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The Myaamia Center at Miami University in Ohio received a $2 million grant to expand its Indigenous language revitalization efforts through the National Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages.

For the first time in decades, the Shawnee Tribe held a winter stories gathering — a community effort to restore a tradition that strengthens language revitalization.

Trinity College, now known as Duke University, ran the Cherokee Industrial Indian Boarding School in North Carolina. Now, more than 140 years later, Duke University is bringing back a language they attempted to erase.

High school students in the Lawton Public School District can enroll in an entry-level Kiowa language class, beginning in the fall.

A new Muscogee language dictionary is now available for your smartphone.

At least 3,314 students, from elementary through high school, participated in an Indigenous language program at their public school in the 2022-23 school year. That’s over 1,000 more students than the previous school year and 2,500 more than in 2020-21, according to state data.

Spanish and Swahili dictionaries are banned in Michigan prisons. An official says the ban is to prevent prisoners from being disruptive.

First Lady Jill Biden and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland toured immersion program in Tahlequah to promote Native language preservation.

At least 13 U.S. universities have shut down their Confucius Institutes, which are funded by China's government. Critics say the program could be used to recruit spies or steal university research.

Many Tennessee high schoolers graduated in 2015 without meeting state requirements. How they did it reveals a disconnect between district and state expectations.