#NativeAmericaCalling: Language teachers celebrate success on #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Monday, October 13, 2025

"After an intensive two-year adult immersion program, the number of fluent #SpokaneSalish language speakers nearly doubled.

"The success represents the work of the #SpokaneLanguageHouse, a non-profit that is funded and supported by the #Spokane Tribe in #WashingtonState. Now, some of the immersion program graduates will be hired on as full-time language teaching staff as the tribe expands its language revitalization efforts.

"Meanwhile, the #YuchiTribe in #Oklahoma has established the #YuchiLanguageProject. As part of the work, the tribe developed a unique partnership with an #AustralianAboriginal nation to exchange ideas for revitalizing both of their endangered languages.

"Tune into Native America Calling to hear about these two recent Native language success stories.

"Also, hear about a five-part talk show, '#RematriatedVoices', centered on #Haudenosaunee culture and principles. The first episode airs on Indigenous Peoples Day on New York #PBS affiliate #WCNY.

"Guests on Native America Calling
#SulustuBarryMoses (Spokane Tribe of Indians), program manager for adult fluency training and executive director of the Spokane Language House

"#RichardGrounds (Yuchi and #Seminole), executive director of the Yuchi Language Project

"#MichelleSchenandoah (#Oneida), founder and executive lead of Rematriation"

Listen: https://indianz.com/News/2025/10/13/native-america-calling-language-teachers-celebrate-success-on-indigenous-peoples-day/

#IndigenousPeoples #LanguageExchange #LanguagePreservation #CulturalPreservation

Native America Calling: Language teachers celebrate success on Indigenous Peoples Day

After an intensive two-year adult immersion program, the number of fluent Spokane Salish language speakers nearly doubled.

Indianz.Com

"sôKAnAnô: We Are Still Here"

The Yuchi Language Project

Yuchi is the critically endangered language of the indigenous Yuchi or Tsoyaha people, who mostly live in Oklahoma today. Yuchi is incredibly unique and distinct from all other languages. Learn more about the ongoing efforts Yuchi are taking today to preserve and pass on their language in this documentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7HxR4tyABM
#IndigenousLanguage #YuchiLanguageProject

sôKAnAnô: We Are Still Here (Yuchi - Euchee Language)

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