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  • February 2012

    22 February City launches Aboriginal language learning system by Mo Yan-chih Taipei Times

    21 February UNESCO chief warns crucial yet ‘fragile’ linguistic heritage in danger UN News Centre

    21 February Cameroon: The 13th Edition of the Mother Language Day Celebrated AllAfrica

    21 February Border melts as India, Bangladesh celebrate Mother Language Day MSN

    21 February Bhasha, language… What would our lives be without it! Zeenews India

    21 February Battle of survival: Watching the tongues slip into extinction by Manzoor Ali The Express Tribune

    21 February Need for computing in local languages The Hindu

    21 February Conservation of language by Mohammad Shahidul Islam The Daily Star

    21 February Languages are vehicles of understanding, tolerance by Shigeru Aoyagi The Asian Age

    20 February First Nations want to keep language alive by Matthew Gauk Canada.com

    20 February Flexible approach to education helps engage aboriginal youth by Marc and Craig Kielburger Edmonton Journal

    20 February Reverend recognized for helping preserve aboriginal language by Hsu Chih-wei and Kay Liu Focus Taiwan

    19 February First Nations look to keep traditional languages alive by Matthew Gauk Nanaimo Daily News

    19 February Latvia rejects proposal to name Russian an official language by Gary Peach Christian Science Monitor

    18 February Rwanda: The Tasks That Await the Language Academy by Frank Tanganika All Africa

    18 February Keeping Lakota alive by Ruth Moon Rapid City Journal

    18 February Digital tools 'to save languages' by Jonathan Amos BBC News

    18 February Internet may save endangered languages By Richard Gray The Telegraph

    18 February Technology reviving dying languages by Margaret Munro Leader-Post

    18 February Technology key in rush to save dying languages by Dick Ahlstrom Irish Times

    17 February Native American Languages Siletz Dee-Ni, Ashininaabemowin Facing 'Extinction' by Clara Moskowitz Huff Post Science

    17 February Feds braced for lawsuit demanding official status for aboriginal languages: documents by Randy Boswell Nunatsiaq Online

    17 February Digital Tools Help Document Vanishing Languages NPR

    17 February 'Talking dictionary' could help dying languages survive by Margaret Munro Vancouver Post

    17 February Newly unveiled talking dictionaries aim to document, preserve endangered languages Winnipeg Free Press

    17 February Digital Dictionaries Help Save Vanishing Languages by Jesse Emspak Discover News

    16 February Summit to look at new regional television network for Nunavut by Sarah Rogers Nunatsiaq Online

    16 February Taiwan moves to save endangered aboriginal languages by June Tsai Taiwan Today

    15 February Speaking in tongues The Economist

    15 February Digitizing some Native American recordings while keeping others sacred by Peter Crimmins NewsWorks

    14 February The national anthem, as you've never heard it by Matt Neal The Standard

    13 February Preserving a native tongue: Tribe works to maintain elders' language by Barbara Curtin Statesman Journal

    13 February International Mother Language Day on February 21 Business Recorder

    12 February Australia's story in Indigenous languages by Brian McCoy Eureka Street

    12 February Immersion School is Saving a Native American Language Indian Country Today

    10 February North Coast tribes strive to keep Pomo language alive by Clark Mason The Press Democrat

    10 February Native American Language School Hopes To Save Dying Language KFBB News

    10 February Australian researcher helping preserve PNG languages ABC Radio Australia

    9 February Ancient weather forecasting meets the digital age by Beth Neate ABC Local

    9 February Firefox will be translated into South American Quechua to promote digital inclusion by Anna Heim The Nextweb

    8 February Musicians drum up attendance in NT schools by Monique Ross ABC Melbourne

    7 February Is a Local Language Essential to Preserve Cultural Identity on the Social Web? by Sreedhar Pillai Huffington Post

    7 February On the Failure to Consider the 'Native Words' Presented to the Panel Reviewing the Enbridge Pipeline by Tyler McCreary Rabble.ca

    5 February Pioneering print: Chance visit to historic site leads to rediscovery of Alberta's first books by Paula Simons Edmonton Journal

    3 February CIIL preparing White Paper on status of endangered languages The Hindu

    3 February Conversational Ojibwe: hear the language on new online dictionary by Kevin Wallevand and Nathan Bowe DL-Online

    3 February Language denied means citizens ignored by Neville Alexander Mail & Guardian

    3 February New aboriginal languages directory in the works HQ Yellowknife

    2 February Conference on minor languages at CIIL begins today Deccan Herald

    2 February Cultural village to tell the Baklanga story by Shingirai Madondo Mmegi Online

    2 February High school program targets Aboriginals by Jade Schwartzberg Merritt Herald

    2 February The Latino Gap: Dual Language Programs Offer Hope by Jill Replogle KPBS

    2 February Sencoten language nest strives to revive traditional tongue by Christine van Reeuwyk Saanchi News

    1 February Aboriginal rarities in cabaret by Kane Young The Mercury

    1 February Senate State Affairs Committee hears Olson's bill on Alaska Native language council by Austin Baird The Republic

    1 February Domboshaba calls for official use of Kalanga by Sesupo Rantsimako Botswana Gazette

     

  • January 2012

    31 January Centre leads way in preserving language by Alicia Bridges The West Australian

    31 January Senate hears strong support for Native language council Daily News-Miner

    31 January Cherokee Translators: Translation specialist set on preserving Cherokee language by Will Chavez Cherokee Phoenix

    31 January Nunavut Literacy Council translates Robert Munsch book into Inuit language Global BC

    31 January Is Telugu dying a slow death? Post Noon

    31 January Indigenous Mayans in Guatemala rely on pirate radio by Paul Riismandel Radio Survivor

    31 January The Real World Value of Ireland's Indigenous Language and Culture An Sionnach Fionn

    31 January Book speaks up for Indigenous language ABC

    31 January Call for island languages to have official status TV NZ

    30 January New Tlingit 'encyclopaedia' baffling to scholars, speakers by Robert Woolsey KCAW

    30 January State entities must use three languages, says minister by Karl Gernetzky Business Day

    30 January Indigenous Recognition in the Australian Constitution by Anne Twomey Jurist

    29 January First Korean language school opens for Indonesian tribe by Claire Lee Korea Herald

    28 January Dine language conference draws dozens by Ryan Boetel The Daily Times

    28 January District unveils Aboriginal academy by Robin Poon Merritt News

    28 January Je Speak Inuktitut by Zachary Kuehner The Mark

    27 January Guatemalan Mayans take fight to the airwaves by James Fredrick Tico Times

    27 January Lafferty in Alaska to discuss education, languages HQ Yellowknife

    26 January Using Menominee words at school gets girl benched by Tiffany Wilbert Shawano Leader

    26 January Writing on wall for remote tongues by Patricia Karvelas The Australian

    26 January Two years after Andaman tribe dies another 'faces extinction' Survival

    26 January Recovering Aboriginal Languages by Richard Kazandjian Le Blog

    26 January CSUN Lecture to Explore Plight of Endangered Languages California State University

    25 January Nuu-Chah-Nulth language app connects youth with heritage by Shayne Morrow Ha-Shilth-Sa

    25 January Elders track lost Indigenous languages by Alice Roberts ABC Local

    25 January Whispers of forbidden tongues by Ilana Mushin The Australian

    25 January Language of instruction plays role in education dilemma by Karl Gernetzky Business Day

    25 January Good works on show at the festival Manning River Times

    25 January NT indigenous elder is Senior Australian Sydney Morning Herald

    25 January Elder teaches Secwepemc by Barb Brouwer Salmon Arm Observer

    25 January Endangered Language & Poetry in Mexico by Chad W. Post Three Percent

    25 January New schools language plan by Thandiwe Jumo The Witness

    24 January Bush medicine book from Cape York keeps indigenous language alive ABC Radio Australia

    24 January Piecing together region's language puzzle by Skye Shannon ABC Local

    24 January Elon students visit indigenous village, create website to preserve culture by Brandy Steams Times-News

    24 January Only 11% of Chile's Indigenous Youth Speak or Understand Their Native Language by Ryan Seelau Indigenous News

    24 January Endangered cultures: Linguists demand local voices in languages authority Express Tribune

    23 January Salinas hospital to train indigenous-language interpreters by Melissa Flores HealthyCal

    22 January Language and identity Times Live

    22 January Spanish language taking root in Sault by Elaine Della-Mattia The Sault Star

    21 January Minneapolis schools set path of success for Indian students by Steve Brandt Star Tribune

    21 January Why Igbo language movies must survive by Ebele Orakpo Vanguard

    21 January Scholar throws cold water on racist ban clause by Dan Harrison The Age

    21 January Report seen as chance to redefine Australia by Greg Ansley NZ Herald

    21 January Conservative MP's Taxpayer-Funded Survey Insults Indo-Canadians, says Liberal MP The Link

    20 January South Africa: Time to Redress Apartheid-Era Marginalization of Indigenous Languages All Africa

    20 January Historic Constitution vote over indigenous recognition facing hurdles by Patricia Karvelas The Australian

    19 January Constitutional reform sparks mixed reviews by Amy McQuire Tracker

    19 January Sparks fly in debate on language parity by Deon de Lange IOL News

    19 January Native American Languages Could Count for Class Credit by Carol Berry Indian Country Today Media Network

    19 January A new proposal would see the Constitution amended to encourage respect for Indigenous Australians by Patricia Karvelas and Lanai Vasek The Australian

    19 January Ancient Aboriginal 'Iwaidja' language app to be launched for smartphones Australian Business Times

    19 January Other indigenous languages matter too by Anthony Wabuya Chebani Sunday Standard

    18 January Indigenous plea for NBN in remote areas by Patricia Karvelas The Australian

    18 January Wominjeka Festival: Vibrant, festive by the river by Grant Reynolds Maribyrnong Weekly

    18 January Mobile application to save endangered languages Newz Street

    18 January Dana: We should all speak Swahili by Dean de Lange IOL News

    18 January Texting in Endangered Languages by Richard Kazandjian Le Blog

    18 January The First TV Series to Focus on Endangered Languages Stephanie Nikolopoulos

    17 January High-tech bid to save ancient Top End language by Jano Gibson ABC

    17 January Indigenous Studies Students Speak the Language of Cultural Revival by Rob Johnson University of Sydney

    16 January Waking up a sleeping language by Sasha Grbich ABC Open

    16 January Alutiiq Language on the Mend by Jennifer Canfield KMXT

    15 January Okla. man shares love of Choctaw language Canadian Business

    15 January Some Bemidji classrooms to get Ojibwe name signs Albert Lea Tribune

    15 January Bilingual ed plays crucial role in aboriginal communities by Michael Christie Australian Teacher Magazine

    15 January Pearler yarns and a princess by Emily Maguire Sydney Morning Herald

    15 January Overcoming colonial alienation of Indigenous Languages: Part II Panorama Magazine

    13 January Bill boosts native language instruction by Joe Hanel Durango Herald

    13 January Aboriginal artists explore their language by John Pohl Montreal Gazette

    13 January Students help language project in Bemidji schools by Anne Williams Bemidji Pioneer

    13 January 7 Maluku vernaculars dying Pakistan Observer

    12 January Terry Knight, Native Leader Offers Invocation at Colorado General Assembly by Carol Berry Indian Country Today Media Network

    12 January Northern Edge Navajo Casino debuts Monday by Noel Lyn Smith Navajo Times

    11 January Harper Government Invests in Michif Language Classes Canadian Heritage

    11 January A language from Busselton's past by Rob Bennett Busselton Mail

    11 January Endangered Alphabets by Tim Brookes The Platform

    11 January Keeping Your Word by Hilary Smale ABC 720

    10 January Ancient Language Gets Extended LIfe In Iraq by Brooke Anderson Wall Street Journal

    10 January CU linguists seek speakers of undescribed African languages, many of which are also endangered Arts and Sciences

    10 January Reclaiming the Wampanoag Language WGBH

    10 January Giving Aboriginal Students Words of Their Own by Katie Hyslop Indian Country Today Media Network

    10 January Lac du Flambeau receives grant money for language program by Marcus Nesemann Lakeland Times

    10 January UNDP brings indigenous people radio experiences from Laos to Cambodia UNDP

    10 January Vadodara’s Tower of Babel by Leena Misra Indian Express

    10 January Bhasha campaign for languages goes global by Roxy Gagdekar Daily News and Analysis

    10 January Namibia's language policy is 'poisoning' its children by Denver Kisting The Guardian

    10 January Pakistan ruined by language myth by Zubeida Mustafa The Guardian

    10 January Preference for English language divides Arab parents by Renad Ghanem Arab News

    10 January Census Shows Native Languages Count Language Magazine

    10 January 10 Languages on the Verge of Extinction by Martha Barksdale Curiosity.com

    10 January After Vadodara debut, language warriors vow to meet again next year Indian Express

    10 January Laverton centre gets name Hobsons Bay Leader

    9 January Disappearing languages preserved through UBC's online efforts Castanet

    9 January Feds to help with Metis language training Brandon Sun

    9 January New Inuit language app makes learning fun for little ones by Sarah Rogers Vancouver Sun

    9 January New Brunswick Maliseet Language Preservation Gets Boost Indian Country Today Media Network

    9 January Global language meet opens in Vadodara Indian Express

    9 January Additional Chamorro requires time, study by Oyaol Ngirairiki Guampdn

    9 January Bhasha Vasudha pulls together diverse cultures by Gopal Kateshiya Express India

    9 January Niigaane Ojibwemowin K-6 grade Immersion at Bugonaygeshig School in Bena honored Grand Rapids MN

    8 January Bhasha Vasudha helps break language barrier by Roxy Gagdekar Daily News and Analysis

    8 January Linguists learn to fight 'killer' English for survival by Gopal Kateshiya Express India

    8 January Extra classes means cutting subjects by Joseph M. Sanchez Guampdn

    8 January Musical feet of strength by Elissa Blake Sydney Morning Herald

    8 January Global languages meet kicks off The Times of India

    7 January 'Intangible Heritage' discussed in Vadodara by Roxy Gagdekar Daily News and Analysis

    7 January Global language meet kicks off in Vadodara today Indian Express

    7 January Local Philanthropists Fund Project to Save Dying Language Ottawa Start

    7 January Welsh Language Society 'radical' change in 50th year BBC

    7 January China develops minority language translation software China Daily

    7 January Importance of choice in the use of language media by Rajiva Wijesinha Daily News

    6 January Irish language community slam merger of Language Commissioner The Journal

    6 January Tribal languages are not dying by Roxy Gagdekar Daily News and Analysis

    6 January School immerses students by teaching Ojibwe by Anne Williams Grand Forks Herald

    6 January Call to protect Telugu language Deccan Chronicle

    6 January Church of Norway to improve inclusion of native Sami people by Oivind Ostang Christian Century

    5 January Bretons fight to save language from extinction by Simon Hooper CNN

    5 January Govt to step up efforts to promote ancient language Sanskrit Economic Times

    5 January As Morales pushes for more reforms, Bolivians express frustration PRI

    5 January Riga's Mayor supports Russian language Voice of Russia

    5 January Traditional languages witness revival over the festive season Tyrone Times

    4 January East Timor: A Former Colony Mulls the Politics of Teaching Portuguese by Brendan Brady Time

    4 January Bolivian President's School Reforms Facing Resistance by Emily Alpert The World

    4 January For LSA: Books Examining Language and Language Maintenance by Abby Mogollon First Peoples

    4 January Vadodara to host global language meet Express India

    3 January 900 languages to be represented at Bhasha Vasudha Times of India

    3 January Study: Gestures help language learning UPI

    2 January Global language meet at Vadodara New Kerala

    2 January An article on cultural and linguistic rights of some tribes in Manipur by Bishwajit Okram Kangla Online

    2 January Cultivating culture for Tsartlip kids by Christine van Reeuwyk Saanich News

    2 January Preserving language a must, say experts by Lan Lan Viet Nam News

  • December 2011

    30 December First TAFE graduates in Gathang language North Coast TAFE

    30 December Cherokee: An Endangered Language On the Trail of the Trail

    30 December 2012 Elections: Tsai promises to work with Hakka and Aborigines by Chris Wang Taipei Times

    29 December Džíny, hamburgry and komputry: is Czech under threat from English? by Rosie Johnston Radio Praha

    29 December ALMA Observatory supports recovery of the Kunza language ALMA

    29 December Literature the Ojibwe Way: Erdrich Sisters' Wiigwaas Press Helps Preserve Ojibwemowin by Konnie LeMay Indian Country Today Media Network

    29 December Dreaming festival crosses cultures by Tim Douglas The Australian

    28 December Harper Government Invests in Language-Learning Opportunities for Maliseet First Nation Youth Canadian Heritage

    28 December Touching Their Ancestors' Hands by Jana Pickart Boston Review

    28 December Singing the National Anthem in their Own Language by Eddie Avila Rising Voices

    28 December Saving Native American Languages KERA

    27 December Venezuela: New computing dictionary enriches Wayuu language by Tatiana Chang Infosurhoy

    25 December Canada's First Christmas Carol Was in Huron Language Indian Country Today Media Network

    25 December Call to promote Assamese language Assam Tribune

    24 December Noel Pearson: recognise our place in nation by Patricia Karvelas The Australian

    23 December Achievements Abound for Native American Languages in 2011 Indian Country Today Media Network

    23 December 1000 Languages on the Web by Kevin Scannell Indigenous Tweets

    23 December Tokelauan New Zealanders get help to maintain language Solomon Star

    21 December What If We Occupied Language? by H. Samy Alim New York Times

    21 December Sask. First Nations say students shortchanged by Jason Warick The Star Phoenix

    21 December Even blokes shed a tear as the sounds of the Kimberley hit Broadway by Ellen Connolly Sydney Morning Herald

    20 December Endangered ethnic culture to be preserved China Daily

    17 December Mom Turned Author Creates Aboriginal Children's Character Indian Country Today Media Network

    15 December The Algonquian Language Reborn: An Interview with Blair Rudes Coastal Carolina Indian Center

    15 December Indigenous Person of the Year: The Indigenous Woman by Brenda Norrell The Narcosphere

    15 December Indonesian Languages Dying Out Jakarta Globe

    15 December Elections officials grapple with new Native language rule by Uriel J. Garcia Arizona Daily Sun

    14 December RPM Podcast #012: 'Revitalization' RPM

    14 December Rapper Tall Paul Represents His Culture by Stephanie Woodard Indian Country Today Media Network

    14 December IndigiTUBE an outback video star by Nadine Maloney ABC

    14 December Shelf-Promotion: Famed Novelist Louise Erdrich's Bookstore Stocks Great Native Books by Stephanie Woodard Indian Country Today Media Network

    14 December Navajo tops list of Native language speakers in US by Felicua Fonseca The Guardian

    14 December 169 local languages likely to extinct: Researcher Jakarta Post

    14 December Salish Numbers Book Helps Kids Learn Native Language Indian Country Today Media Network

    12 December I love Sauk language by Barbara Sorensen and Jennifer Weston Cultural Survival

    12 December Constitutional change is 'unfinished business' by Stuart Rintoul The Australian

    12 December Unlock the creativity so teens can get ahead by Paul Collard The West Australian

    11 December Arizona has most Indian language speakers UPI

    9 December Top writers score big at the SALAS by Edward Tsumele Sowetan Live

    9 December Everyone Speaks Text Message by Tina Rosenberg New York Times

    9 December Step to honour our first people by Michael Gordon The Age

    9 December Defying the Myth of Native Desolation: Cultural Continuity in Oaxaca by Kathleen Melville Upside Down World

    8 December Government attacked for lack of language services Kimberley Page

    8 December The Endangered Language Fund funds Southern Puebla Mixtec project Xayacatlan

    8 December Native American Study celebrates 15 years by Andrea Weiner The North Wind

    8 December Island language in a sea of change University of Cambridge

    8 December Parents help their kids speak fluent Spanish and maintain their heritage by David Montgomery Washington Post

    7 December Education research institute identifies ways to avoid extinction of indigenous languages Lagos Television

    6 December Language revitalisation through free software: the case of Aragonese by Kevin Scannell Indigenous Tweets

    6 December Language may trump race for young kids by William Harms Futurity

    5 December Taiwan aborigines back in spotlight as cultures fade Monsters and Critics

    5 December Modern language question by Lino Spiteri Times of Malta

    5 December Indigenous dictionary released on Straddie by Judith Kerr Bayside Bulletin

    5 December 3D animation helps preserve Indigenous history Physorg

    5 December Obama Signs Executive Order on Education and Tribal Colleges by Rob Capriccioso Indian Country Today Media Network

    4 December There Are No Dead Languages by John Farrell Forbes

    3 December Death of a language This Is Jersey

    3 December Igbo language films take centre stage @ Awka by Mukosolu Nzom Vanguard

    3 December Uduaghan endorses Itsekiri film industry by Benjamin Njoku Vanguard

    2 December Group makes case for use of indigenous languages by Dotun Ibiwoye Vanguard

    1 December Alaska Native Film Series continues tonight Juneau Empire

    1 December Destroying Indigenous communities and cultures by Michael Brull The Drum

    December 2011 Lost for words by Geoffrey Maslen About the House

  • November 2011

    30 November Guest: Mark Turin The MacMillan Report

    30 November The Internet: A lifeboat for endangered languages? Leaders Vision

    30 November Jabbali, an endangered language in Oman: is it worth a look before it's gone? Exploring Oman's Linguistic Treasures

    30 November Six Students Complete Choctaw Language Minor at Southeastern Indian Country Today Media Network

    30 November Native Eyes Film Showcase by Kevin Prosise Border Beat

    30 November 10th annual elders gathering promotes aboriginal teachings by Shuja Safavi The Manitoban

    30 November Arunachal Guv for promotion of indigenous languages The Shillong Times

    29 November The loss of Father Kevin McKelson keenly felt in Kimberley communities by Vanessa Mills ABC Kimberley

    29 November Why is it so important to maintain the minority languages? Sapcham

    29 November Ladino Hanukah Songs Shed Light on Endangered Language of Jews by Rhonda J. Miller PRX

    29 November Languages: Online Activism To Save Chakma Language Rising Voices

    29 November Will English kill off India's languages? by Mark Tully BBC News Asia

    28 November New university centre opens way for Indigenous Australians Charles Darwin University

    28 November Navajo Code: Powerful As Any Weapon In WWII NPR

    27 November Music the language to lower all barriers by Sarah Whyte Sydney Morning Herald

    27 November Mother language education by Tariq Rahman Express Tribune

    27 November Weaving history and heritage into an art form by Janet Mendelsohn Boston Globe

    26 November Indigenous cultural centre opens in Oaxaca, Mexico Sorosoro

    26 November How Hip-Hop is Helping Young Australians Find Their Culture by Tracey Croke Technorati

    26 November Volunteers sought to digitize Hawaiian-language newspapers Star Advertiser

    26 November 'A de pan kam': Language 'corruption' or 'enrichment' by Sheik Umarr Kamarah The Patriotic Vanguard

    26 November Day writers invaded Minna for Governor Aliyu's birthday by Henry Akubuiro Daily Sun

    25 November Cutting Centrelink cash won't stop indigenous truancy by Pat Turner Sydney Morning Herald

    25 November Indigenous Languages Discovery Workshop QLD Government

    24 November 'English banned' at song contest for minority languages by Nik Martin Deutsche Welle

    24 November Circassia: The Path to Peace and Reconciliation in the Caucasus UNPO

    23 November Aboriginal community ditched by church and state by Tim Kroenert Eureka Street

    23 November French will maintain favoured status in B.C. schools by Janet Steffenhagen Vancouver Sun

    23 November UMD professor's efforts to save Ojibwe language recognized Duluth News Tribune

    23 November Parent and Teachers Don't See Eye-to-Eye on Merits of Language Mixing by Maane Khatchatourian Brooklyn Ink

    22 November Maintaining Mongolian Culture by Montie Martin Arlington Connection

    22 November More languages added to curriculum plan by Dave Harrison The Age

    22 November Languages: Promoting Indigenous African Language Films Rising Voices

    22 November Kids to learn new lingo by Evonne Barry Herald Sun

    21 November New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language Mother Nature Network

    21 November Immersion course looks to keep Dakota language alive by Dan Olsen Post Bulletin

    21 November Utah governor holds events to celebrate Indigenous Day by Justin Smith Universe

    21 November How does linguistic diversity function in Europe? by Antje Wilton Public Service Europe

    21 November Indigenous languages need a new home base by Lu Shih-hsiang Taipei Times

    21 November Dying Ormuri language finds saviour in English book The Express Tribune

    20 November Colorado professor to speak in Steamboat about endangered languages by Scott Franz Steamboat Today

    20 November Cultural Exchange: CBC Radio links Canadians from shore to shore by Marcia Adair LA Times

    20 November Sami, Frisian and Udmurt - the obscure languages of Europe's 'minority' song contest by Roya Nikkhah The Telegraph

    20 November Linguist discusses endangered languages by Katie Mettler Indiana Daily Student

    20 November Cultural revelation by Jane E. Fraser Sydney Morning Herald

    19 November New Zealand Vies for First Oscar Nomination in Foreign Language Category by Pip Bullbeck Hollywood Reporter

    19 November Digital TV threat to Indigenous languages by Emma Murphy Green Left

    19 November Breaking down the language barrier Lithgow Mercury

    19 November Maintaining the balance The Peninsula

    18 November Elderly Siraya with giant cross starts sit-in protest by Loa Iok-sin Taipei Times

    18 November Indigenous languages 'must be preserved' news.com.au

    18 November Conference: 'Indigenous languages the worst victims of globalisation' by Azam Khan The Express Tribune

    18 November We must pursue all options to revitalise te roe Voxy

    17 November Celebrating Native Language Revitalization Beyond the Box

    17 November First Andaman dictionary a 'linguistic treasure trove' by Alastair Lawson BBC News

    17 November Indigenous Focus: Santiago to host congress on indigenous languages by Laura and Ruan Seelau I Love Chile

    17 November Shortland sells the language short Voxy

    17 November Berkeley declares Native American code names offensive by Frances Dinkelspiel Berkeleyside

    16 November Podcast: Australia Through its Languages by Patrick Cox The World

    16 November Journalist makes case for indigenous language by Biola Azeez Nigerian Tribune

    16 November Breathing life into a dying language by Andrew Buncombe The Independent

    16 November 2012 Elections: Hakkas unhappy with Wu's stance by Chris Wang Taipei Times

    16 November Improved speech, language services targeted by Peggy Revell Fort Frances Times Online

    16 November Dying culture: Anambra community uses new yam festival to launch revival by Dom Ekpunobi Sun News

    16 November Loss of indigenous language, bane of Nigeria's development - Prof Omole by Francis Suberu National Mirror

    15 November Linguistic diversity of Europe by Antje Wilton Public Service

    15 November Program pairs English-speakers with speakers of another language by Lisa Kapps Little Falls Times

    15 November Pioneer school 25 years old today by Sheradyn Holderhead Adelaide Now

    15 November Fight for Nyoongar language by Anne Gartner In My Community

    14 November Apple Siri, Google Voice could help save the world's languages by Chris Jablonski ZD Net

    14 November Culture, language and art bring students together by Elise Batchelor Pilbara Echo

    14 November Aboriginal gospel singer on Broadway ABC News

    14 November PSS urged to include indigenous language class in high school graduation requirements by Moneth Deposa Saipan Tribune

    12 November Cordillera's young people make their own memories Manila Bulletin

    11 November Apaches work to save language by Rene Romo Alamogordo Daily News

    11 November NZ linguist using grant to dissect Vanuatu indigenous languages Radio New Zealand

    11 November Saving Endangered Languages Through Public Service Broadcasting by Levi Obijiofor Nigerian Village Square

    10 November 'We Still Live Here' Traces Comeback of Wampanoag Indian Language by Saskia De Melker PBS

    10 November Forgotten Tongues of the Dying People Mena FN

    9 November Tribe focuses on preservation of Apache language by Sandra Rambler Arizona Silver Belt

    9 November Pilot Program Teaches Sarawak Indigenous Children in Mother Tongue by Lisa Schlein Voice of America

    9 November Mescalero Apaches work to save ancient tongue The Republic

    9 November Racing to Save a Native American Language Indian Country Today Media Network

    9 November Pilot Program Teaches Sarawak Indigenous Children in Mother Tongue by Lisa Schlein Voice of America

    9 November National tongues by Derrick McClure Scotsman

    7 November Narrowing the gap for First Nation residents by Ryan Lux The Daily Press

    7 November Real or unreal: $345, 000 study on Vanuatu languages Radio Australia News

    5 November New NT education policy still sidelines Indigenous language by Emma Murphy Green Left

    5 November Katharine Siva Saubel, preserver of Cahuilla culture, dies at 91 by Elaine Woo LA Times

    5 November Helping indigenous Mexicans: Official visits Central Coast to gather data by Claudia Melendez Salinas Monterey County Herald

    4 November South Africa: Board Supports MEC for Community Safety Faith Mazibuko by Sibusiso Nkosi All Africa

    4 November Senator pushes for preservation of indigenous languages Phillipine Information Agency

    3 November Arts & More: Saving the Potawatomi language and 'The Michigan Poem'  by Lorraine Caron and Nancy Camden WMUK

    3 November Legarda wants to preserve indigenous languages US News Las Vegas

    3 November 'That Which Makes Us Haida' by Heather Ramsay The Tyee

    2 November Native Singers Keep Bird Songs Alive by Chris Clarke KCET

    2 November Research project to preserve Indigenous languages in NT Charles Darwin University

    2 November Language specialists racing with time to revitalise Cherokee language Physorg

    2 November Policy Joins Dots On Indigenous Culture Our Languages

    1 November Global Voices Podcast: Bridging the Language Gaps by Jamillah Knowles Global Voices

    1 November Native American culture being shown at libraries Daily Democrat

    1 November Proposal for i-Taukei academy and village by Epeli Tukuwasa Radio Fiji

  • October 2011

    31 October Laz foundation petitions Turkey to protect Laz language Today's Zaman

    31 October Native Village of Afognak Launches New Alutiiq Language Website by Jennifer Canfield KMXT

    31 October Learning native language bodes well for students' future by Marites N. Sison Anglican Journal

    31 October Diamond Giant De Beers Canada Releases Updated Mining Terminology Booklet Diamond News

    30 October Neto's Tucson: Language, land endure for visiting indigenous teachers by Ernesto Portillo Jr. Arizona Daily Star

    30 October Endangered Languages Week lends speakers' voices to languages almost silenced by Vallari Gupte The Shorthorn

    29 October Life (and death) lessons by Jewel Topsfield The Age

    29 October The Indonesian language at 83: Looking back to look forward by Setiono Sugiharto Jakarta Post

    28 October Linguist trying to rescue Saskatchewan Doukhobor language by Betty Ann Adam The StarPhoenix

    27 October Aborigines risk 'cultural impoverishment', says Noel Pearson by Sarah Elks The Australian

    27 October In Karuk by Heidi Walters North Coast Journal

    27 October Learning in both worlds by Lisa Waller Inside Story

    27 October IU departments co-sponsoring symposium on tacking and learning indigenous languages of Latin America Indiana University

    27 October Languages: A Podcast of Champions in Warlpiri by Eddia Avila Rising Voices

    26 October First Nations fight to preserve languages by Roxanne Stasyszyn Yukon News

    26 October Aboriginals of Australia: New Program Promises Efficient Funding Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation

    26 October Don makes case for indigenous languages by Musa Odoshimokhe The Nation

    24 October Mashpee Wampanoag linguist brings story to Stonehill Wicked Local

    23 October An iPhone app for Native artists Alaska Dispatch

    22 October Native American Language Documentary Wins Upper Midwest Emmy by Michael Meuers Indian Country Today Media Network

    21 October Perfecting His Irish on the Job by Corey Kilgannon New York Times

    21 October Using indigenous films for cultural revival by Simeon Mpamugoh Daily Sun

    20 October Speaking the tricky language of elections in Taiwan by Jialu Chen Reuters

    20 October Don't forget to tweet in both official languages: N.B. language commish by Shawn Berry Vancouver Sun

    19 October Animation used to promote indigenous languages by Liz Trevaskis ABC Rural

    19 October Grant allows Sealaska Heritage to digitise historic recordings Alaska Dispatch

    19 October Indigenous Focus: Indigenous Languages Being Strengthened Throughout Chile by Laura and Ryan Seelau I Love Chile

    18 October Ten languages aged just ten The Sun

    18 October Funds to help save Indigenous language by Kirsty Sexton-McGrath ABC News

    18 October SDLP Gaeilgoir defends use of Irish in the Assembly by Bronagh Murphy The Examiner

    18 October Institute of Welsh Affairs debate BBC Wales and S4C BBC News

    18 October Incredible journey to Peru by Dianna Lee Raukawa Doughty Daily Post

    14 October Remembering Inninimowin a tale of re-learning Cree Wawatay News

    14 October Distinct dialect of Jeju threatened with extinction Korea Times

    14 October Are Kalanga MPs ducking the language issue? by Edward Mpoloka Mmegi Online

    14 October Saving Taiwan's tribal cultures by Cindy Sui BBC News

    13 October National award for Inuvialuktun teacher by Samantha Stokell Northern News Services

    12 October Action needed to save Inuit language in Nunavut: NTI by Sarah Rogers Nunatsiaq Online

    12 October Harper Government Supports the Inuktitut Language Nation Talk

    12 October Cree immersion classes begin at Alexander First Nation by Susan Jones St. Albert Gazette

    12 October A World of First Nations, Learning by Katie Hyslop The Tyee

    12 October Traditional Indigenous language in danger of extinction by Steven Schubert ABC Rural

    12 October How to be relevant in global politics - Don by Dayo Johnson Vanguard

    11 October Giving Aboriginal Students Words of Their Own by Katie Hyslop The Tyee

    11 October Squamish Nation struggles to preserve a threatened language by Tessa Holloway North Shore News

    11 October AM calls for legal fight for Welsh content in local radio by Martin Shipton Wales Online

    10 October Minister must demand better return on Irish language spend by Eoin O Murchu Irish Times

    10 October Indian language literature goes to Frankfurt Book Fair IBN Live

    9 October Woman travels 1,100 miles to learn Omaha language by Kevin Abourezk Journal Star

    9 October It would be unspeakable to lose Gaelic by Kevin McKenna The Guardian

    8 October FIAF 2011: Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba filmmakers converge for indigenous language films The Nation

    8 October FIAF charts a new direction for film makers by Benjamin Njoku Vanguard

    7 October Mapping India - We the speakers by Rudraneil Sengupta Live Mint

    7 October Berenstain Bears Translated into Lakota Language Can Be a Game-Changer by Tanya Lee Indian Country Today Media Network

    6 October Hai Sai (Hello) Uckinaguchi! by Ryoko Ohnishi Rafu Shimpo

    6 October In the World: Murmurs of Mayan by Emily Finn MIT News

    5 October Indigenous students create their own podcast featuring Warlpiri language by Caddie Brain ABC Rural

    5 October Language board chief Meri Huws is Welsh commissioner BBC News

    5 October New plan to increase child Gaelic speakers BBC News

    5 October Atayal-language science cartoons in 3D launched Taipei Times

    4 October FaveQuest creates first Inuktitut app by Elizabeth Howell Ottawa Business Journal

    4 October Workshop educates students on diversity in Texas' and Oklahoma's language by Rachel Snyder The Shorthorn

    1 October Avoiding language extinction by Matt Wells BBC Radio

    1 October Africa pushes for indigenous language in continent's development Afrique en ligne

  • September 2011

    30 September Promoting the language rights of indigenous peoples United Nations

    30 September The Endangered Language Catalog (ELCat) by Maddalene Tacchetti LAT News

    29 September HSU Author Publishes Indian Language Encyclopedia Humboldt State

    29 September Researchers work together to save languages by Sarah Plake The Kansan

    28 September Teaching aboriginal languages key to restoring pride, say residential school survivors by Louise Brown Parent Central

    28 September Boozhoo: Signs of Racial Reconciliation by Mary Annette Pember Daily Yonder

    28 September Irish language pack for schools stresses rights by Lorna Siggins Irish Times

    27 September Seediq Bale sparks renewed interest in aborigines at colleges by Hsu Chih-wei and Jamie Wang Focus Taiwan

    27 September Signing and hip-hop Shakespeare at 2012 Globe festival by Helen Bushby BBC News

    27 September Writer encourages preservation of Ndebele language by Khulani Nkabinde News Day

    26 September Ancient ways and modern times by Joe Mozingo LA Times

    26 September Children join race to save dying language by Titus Too The Standard

    26 September Students learn on the land by Nathalie Heiberg-Harrison Northern News Services

    25 September Cherokee Nation Adds Sixth Grade and iPads to Bolster Native American Education Indian Country Today Media Network

    24 September Students do best when using native language by Janese Silvey Columbia Daily Tribune

    24 September FIAF 2011: Experts open talks on indigenous language films The Nation

    23 September Ageless voices find byways of the songlines Sydney Morning Herald

    23 September Saving Igbo language from extinction by Chidi Nkwopara Vanguard

    23 September Can dubbing a cartoon help save a language? by Antonia Zerbisias The Star

    23 September 'Language policy discriminates' - UB academic by Gothataone Moeng Mmegi Online

    23 September Language and the Right to Decide by Rudolph C. Ryser Center for World Indigenous Studies

    22 September Wiluna's hip-hop hub by Tayissa Barone West Australian

    22 September New books help Nyoongar language Central Advocate

    22 September NT English-only policy under fire Education Review

    21 September Finland engages in dialogue on the rights of indigenous people Finland Government

    21 September Native American Language Revitalization on Red Lake Agenda by Michael Meuers Indian Country Today Media Network

    20 September UN Human Rights Council: Preserving Indigenous languages by Brenda Norrell The Narcosphere

    20 September Sounds of Wiluna by Jane Kennedy ABC NorthWest WA

    19 September Small Number's adventures continue in math movie 2 SFU

    18 September India: fight to preserve dying languages by Jason Overdorf Global Post

    17 September Saving Warrungu ABC Radio National

    15 September Tribal college president to talk on Native languages by Tom Holm Montana Kaimin

    14 September Berenstain Bears Now Speaking Endangered Language in 'Matho Waunsila Thiwahe'  by James Macpherson Huffington Post

    13 September For world explorer, loss of language speaks for itself by Robert Upe The Age

    12 September A century later, Ishi still has lessons to teach by Barry Bergman UC Berkeley

    12 September Wangka Maya open for business by Elise Batchelor Pilbara Echo

    12 September Linguist revives lost Aboriginal language by Evan Schwarten The Australian

    12 September Young indigenous mentors connect by Keeli Cambourne Sydney Morning Herald

    12 September Astorian hones native language skills Down Under Daily Astorian

    11 September Nearly 50 Endangered Languages To Be Digitally Documented Red Orbit

    11 September Interpreters deciphering govt-speak jargon by Michael Inman Canberra Times

    10 September Say what? To find new subjects of study, some linguists simply open their front doors The Economist

    9 September Languages the key to closing the gap by Lisa Martin Nine News

    9 September Peru: The State of Quechua on the Internet Global Voices

    7 September Storm over Welsh Lingo Plea by Nigel Pauley Daily Star

    6 September Early language support for Indigenous school learning success Asian Correspondent 

    6 September Indigenous literacy gap must close by Kylie Ladd Sydney Morning Herald

    6 September Japanese linguist helps revive an Aboriginal language ABC AM

    5 September Silly stories with a serious message by Elisabeth Tarica The Age

    5 September 'How to protect our languages' by Emma Mgbeahurike The Nation

    2 September UQ researchers focus on Aboriginal languages UQ News

    1 September English off pedestal in remote language schooling by Anna Henderson ABC News

    1 September Native American Language Book Named Best Read Indian Country Today Media Network

  • August 2011

    31 August Early language support for Indigenous school learning success Charles Darwin University

    31 August South Dakota Radio Station Is a Good Neighbour - and a Good Listen by Stephanie Woodward Indian Country Today Media Network

    30 August Bilingual brain stays 'flexible' longer Toronto Sun

    30 August Aboriginals of Australia: New South Wales Library Receives New Language Funding Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

    30 August New chapter for ancient songbook by Andrew Bock The Age

    29 August Library to Rediscover Aboriginal Languages by Dan Watson Miller-McCune

    26 August Indigenous Voices of the Arctic by David Braun National Geographic

    25 August The Quest to Save Endangered Languages by Ruth Samuelson Fox News Latino

    24 August Acknowledge the survival of Gaelic out with the isles Herald Scotland

    23 August Feds award money to Tiguas for language, culture by Daniel Borunda El Paso Times

    23 August Virtual Keyboards for Over 1,000 Languages - Keyman Desktop PR Newswire

    23 August Australian Endangered Languages Get Boost from Alumna Georgetown University

    23 August You say tomato, they say 'xitomatl' - New Yorkers channel the Aztecs by saving a dying language by Edgar Sandoval NY Daily News

    21 August NSU offers Cherokee language technology course Wagoner Tribune

    20 August Teen uses song to preserve Native language by Kyle Hopkins News Miner

    19 August Rescuing Endangered Languages Means Saving Ideas by Emily Badger Miller-McCune

    19 August A mission to save indigenous languages by Beau Gamble Australian Geographic

    13 August Australia To Revive Lost Aboriginal Languages by VR Sreeraman MedIndia

    12 August Australian project hunts lost indigenous languages BBC Mobile

    12 August Lost indigenous languages to be revived News.com

    11 August Wikipedia llega a México como una herramienta para las lenguas indígenas by Juan Pablo Mayorga CNN Mexico

    11 August NICO commences Indigenous Language classes by Ohi ojo Vanguard

    10 August With the Dakota language on life support, a resurgence among native youth by Jeff Severns Guntzel MinnPost

    10 August Indigenous designs, stories and culture are valuable sources of knowledge FinChannel

    9 August On Language, Ecology, and Sense of Place by James Treat Before It's News

    9 August Native American Teacher Connects a New Generation With Cherokee Culture Indian Country Today Media Network

    9 August Indigenous languages thriving in Colombia AlJazeera

    9 August People's Linguistic Survey to study over 800 languages The Times of India

    9 August Federal Agencies Take Action to Digitally Document Nearly 50 Endangered Languages National Science Foundation

    8 August Meet Google's Voice Hunter On A Quest For 300 Languages by E.B. Boyd Fast Company

    6 August L.A.'s Tunica tribe revives its lost language by Mary Foster Yahoo News

    1 August Teaching vanishing Native languages by Jonathan Grass Juneau Empire

    1 August Global Voices in Aymara: Preserving Indigenous Language Online Global Voices Online

  • July 2011

    29 July A Novelist, Among Other Roles by Rebecca Thurlow The Wall Street Journal

    28 July Bemidji’s Ojibwe Language Project Seeking Permanence Indian Country Today

    28 July A Chance to Record Some of the 112 Local Languages by Reyhan Harmanci New York Times

    27 July Saving language with a Record-A-Thon By Steven Short KALW News

    27 July Teacher program aids indigenous speakers by Claudia Meléndez Salinas Monterey Herald

    26 July Plan to preserve endangered languages by Bethany Hiatt The West Australian

    26 July Four Tribal Colleges to Receive an Initial $800,000 Each Under American Indian College Fund's Early Childhood Education Project PR NewsWire

    25 July PNG languages dying with each generation Australian Geographic

    25 July Languages on New Guinea vanish without a whisper by Jerome Rivet China Daily

    25 July Students should learn an African language IOL News

    25 July Language tool teaches Tlingit alphabet by Ed Schoenfeld Alaska Public

    24 July The power of Creole by Leon Neyfakh Boston.com

    23 July Starting at home: A revival of Cree culture by Jason Warick The Montreal Gazette

    23 July Natives urged to relearn languages Brantford Expositor

    22 July UA Program Trains Educational Leaders From Rural Mexico by Richard Ruiz UA News

    22 July Council signs off on park's Indigenous name ABC News

    21 July Saving indigenous languages Latin America Press

    20 July NSW Government Announces Funding For Aboriginal Language Centre NSW Dept of Aboriginal Affairs

    20 July Reflections from the 2011 Athabaskan/Dene Languages Conference by Barbra Meek First Peoples Blog

    19 July Alumna Saves Endangered Languages in Australia Georgetown College

    19 July Reviving Indigenous languages ABC Life Matters

    19 July Dene Assembly delegates push GNWT for language programs HQ Yellowknife

    18 July Peru Officially Recognizes Indigenous Languages Cultural Survival

    18 July Twitter to Promote and Preserve Underrepresented Languages by Eddie Avila Rising Voices

    17 July Mi'kmaq language to be taught in 2 more P.E.I. schools CBC News

    17 July Land of 10,000 Stories: Reviving the dying Dakota language by Boyd Huppert Kare11

    15 July Revitalizing language by Nicole Veerman Northern News Service

    15 July Alaska's indigenous languages map gets updated, for first time in 30 years by Ben Anderson Alaska Dispatch

    14 July Aboriginal Languages Institute Returns to NWT Canada Views

    14 July Pitjantjatjara want the whole Bible Eternity

    13 July Researching roots of Tubatulabal language, artifacts in nation’s capital by Valerie Cassity Kern Valley Sun

    12 July Lessons in native languages The Australian Jewish News

    11 July Educators work to preserve endangered Alaska languages by Mike Dunham Anchorage Daily News

    8 July Saving Language ABC New England North West

    7 July Preservation of language and culture and creation of community governments among concerns by Roxanna Thompson Northern News Services

    7 July Aboriginal anthem 'a truly uplifting experience' by Dan Harrison Sydney Morning Herald

    6 July More deeply depressing news from the Northern Territory Languages by Jane Simpson Treaty Republic

    6 July How Do You Save a Dying Language? Crowdsource It Good Education

    6 July Aboriginal leader honoured ABC News

    5 July Six awards recognise contributions by Gemima Harvey Coffs Coast Advocate

    5 July Fluency in Maori dying with elders by Paul Easton Stuff.co

    4 July Social networking 'giving Welsh a new lease of life', according to language expert by Martin Shipton WalesOnline

    4 July The World's First Gaelic Speaking Teddy launches this Autumn Bord Na Gaidhlig

    2 July Native American Language Program Gets Funded for Another Year Indian Country Today

    1 July LiveAndTell, A Crowdsourced Quest To Save Native American Languages by Paul Glader Fast Company

  • June 2011

    30 June Call over language chief job South Wales Evening Post

    29 June Teenagers Revive Dead Languages Through Texting by Margaret Rock Mobiledia

    29 June Biripi's native tongue Manning River Times

    27 June Endangered language studied in Spain Science News

    27 June Compensation for lost languages by Verity Edwards The Australian

    27 June Silenced voices: Languages dying off around the globe by Tim Johnson The Sacramento Bee

    27 June The State Government will today transfer the largest and most iconic national park in the Cape York Peninsula Region to its Traditional Owners in an historic event Media Newswire

    27 June Hip-hop, texting may help save world's languages by Tim Johnson McClatchy News

    27 June Native youth advocate return to farming, traditional languages by Kim Bac  Native American Times

    26 June Cherokee language immersion school could become public by Wendy Burton Muskogee Phoenix

    23 June "Language is Heart of the People" Little River's Language Camp is Set Native News Network

    23 June Summit celebrates native languages by Nakia Zavalia Santa Ynez Valley News

    23 June Indigenous writer a second time winner of Australia to award ABC Radio Australia

    22 June First original Tlingit children's book published by Katie Spielberger Juneau Empire

    22 June Native American Students Helping Preserve Language Indian Country Today Media Network

    21 June Keeping Aboriginal Languages Alive: Passing on Squamish to the Next Generation by Kevin Griffin Vancouver Sun

    21 June In Wales, mind your language The Telegraph

    21 June Yelkatte one of the last Sencoten speakers by Judith Lavoie Times Colonist

    21 June Preserving Alaska Native culture by Jennifer Gibbins Cordova Times

    21 June Midwest Rappers Show Love for Their Indigenous Ojibwe Language by Thoai Lu Color Lines

    20 June Man arrested after 'pulling gun during pub language row' by Andrew Hough The Telegraph

    20 June California Language Archive clicks with multiple resources by Kathleen Maclay UC Berkeley News Center

    18 June Pioneers devised First Nations written language by Gayle Simonson Edmonton Journal

    17 June Squamish Nation publishes dictionary to keep their language alive by Kevin Griffin Vancouver Sun

    16 June Canada's Inuit leaders unveil education strategy CBC News

    15 June University helps Native Americans save languages by Diane Smith The Seattle Times

    14 June Murdoch launches unique Nyungar program for 2011 Murdoch University

    14 June Tweet Hereafter: Social Media Is Saving Native Languages by Doug Meigs Indian Country Today

    13 June Language lover listed in Queen's honours 9 News

    13 June Ottawa to back recommendation for bilingual Inuit schools CTV News

    12 June Universities partner to dying save languages by Richard Tan Languages Education Center

    8 June Getting tough. Blaming the victims by Dave Gaukroger Crikey

    7 June Awakening the Narungga language by Rhiannon Koch Yorke Peninsula Country Times

    7 June Keeping an old language young by Charla Huber Goldstream Gazette

    6 June After 90 Years, a Dictionary of an Ancient World by John Noble Wilford NY Times

    5 June UTA helps Native Americans learn to save own languages by Diane Smith Star Telegram

    4 June Navajo: a tongue for the young by Alysa Landry The Daily Times

    2 June Taking Native education to national stage by Matt Gilbert The Cordoba Time

    1 June Institute to Teach, Revitalize Indigenous Languages UA News

    1 June Eyak language workshops coming to Anchorage The Seward Phoenix Log

    June-July 2011 Lola's love of language School Matters Edition 4: 12-13

  • May 2011

    31 May Preserving the Navajo Language, One Interpreter at a Time by Rebecca Ruiz-McGill UA News

    30 May Jeju's 'endangered' dialect by Anne Hilty Jeju Weekly

    30 May Praise for bilingual care from the NHS This is South Wales

    27 May Sechelt language saved for posterity by Christine Wood Coast Reporter

    27 May Students work to save Salish language by Jill Valley KPAX News Montana

    26 May Preserving aboriginal languages crucial by Danielle Vandenbrink Standard Freeholder

    26 May Indian Affairs Committee holds hearing on Native language and culture-based education Indian Affairs

    26 May Welsh language activist Geraint Jones jailed BBC News North West Wales

    26 May Hawaiian Educators Spread Immersion Message in Washington by Wendy Osher Maui Now

    26 May Speaking the language by Rudi Maxwell Northern Rivers Echo

    26 May Teachers go back to classroom to learn to give lessons in Gaelic by Fiona MacLeod and Laura Carlin Scotsman

    25 May Revitalizing Indigenous Languages: Why and How by Bonnie Jane Maracle Indian Country Today

    25 May UT Arlington linguist wins NSF grant to breathe new life into endangered Native American languages CisionWire

    24 May Manx language revived in schools with over 1,000 pupils now learning by Tessa Hawley Isle of Man

    23 May Native peoples ask Jesuits to help preserve language by Michael Swan National Catholic Reporter

    23 May Native languages may defeat truancy by Alexandra Smith Sydney Morning Herald

    22 May Lessons preserve Okanagan language by Katherine Mortimer Vernon Morning Star

    21 May Passing down a love of the Indigenous language by Megan Taylor Daily Liberal

    21 May Speaking one's mother tongue is vital by Noel Pearson The Australian

    20 May The return of the Scots language by Brian Logan The Guardian

    20 May Amondawa tribe lacks abstract idea of time, study says by Jason Palmer BBC

    18 May United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is Underway Native News Network

    17 May Language Preservationists in Oklahoma Scramble to Revive Endangered Tribal Tongues by S.E. Ruckman Indian Country Today

    17 May Picture dictionaries keep language alive by Ellie Turner NT News

    17 May Communities strive to save dying languages by Vincent Cabreza Asian Journal

    16 May Press Conference by Chair of United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues UN.Org

    15 May Inupiaq inspires linguistic student's interest in language Alaska Dispatch

    15 May Colombia: Saving dying languages by John Otis Global Post

    15 May The science and the art of language fieldwork Ockham's Razor ABC Radio

    13 May Endangered Languages Program Update: Celebrating Native American Languages at Library of Congress Cultural Survival

    12 May Conference attempts to decode the loss of language issue Wawatay News

    10 May State Library of Queensland sings with Indigenous voices NewsMaker

    8 May Loss of languages speaks volumes about changing times by Alan Dench and Slamet Setiawan The Conversation

    6 May B.C. miners dig deep to save endangered indigenous languages by Gordon Hamilton Canada.com

    5 May Council awards five prominent scholars MMD News Wire

    2 May New Picture Dictionary Ensures Luritja Language Is Alive and Well National Indigenous Times

    1 May Australia: Talking In Language: Indigenous Language Interpreters And Government Communication by Allan Asher Indigenous Peoples, Issues and Resources

  • April 2011

    30 April Living hard, dying young in the Kimberley by Nicolas Rothwell The Australian

    30 April Lapsing languages offer different view of world by Jack Knox Times Colonist

    30 April Will this nation allow its languages to die out - from sheer neglect? by Mondli Makhanya Times Live

    29 April Turning the page on local languages Barrier Daily Truth

    29 April Indigenous language linked to drop in drug abuse ABC

    29 April Language Symposium Focuses on Preservation and Features Wes Studi Indian Country Today

    29 April Northwest Territories: South Slave Minister’s Regional Forum On Aboriginal Student Achievement Focuses On Revitalizing Language And Culture Indigenous Peoples, Issues and Resources

    27 April New textbook endeavors to preserve endangered language Global Times

    25 April NSU holds 39th annual American Indian symposium Cherokee Phoenix

    24 April Race against time and elements to record language World Edu

    21 April Aboriginal Languages Initiative Gives Out $5 Million Annually by Brenda Austin Indian Country Today

    20 April Language students take honors at fair by Sam Noble Oklahoma News

    19 April U of T prof wins Killam Prize for work on Slavey language by Mark Hume The Globe and Mail

    18 April What's the Native American Man Saying in "Meek's Cutoff"? by Nina Shen Rastogi Slate

    18 April In the Fight for Language Survival, Technology Helps Shift the Balance of Power by Nataly Kelly Huffington Post

    18 April We've come a long way in documenting the 90 per cent of languages facing extinction, but rescuing them is another story by David Nathan The Mark

    15 April Endangered languages: the full list The Guardian

    15 April Basque second most tweeted minority language on Twitter by Olwen Mears EITB

    15 April CRTC approves Lenape-language radio licence The Wire Report

    15 April Keeping the Navajo language alive by Steve Pfarrer Intertribal Times

    14 April KBWG Brings Blackfoot Language Lessons to the Airwaves by Stephanie Tyrpak KFBB

    14 April Ashland’s ‘Language Archive’ Speaks to Our Complexity by Candace L. Brown anewscafe

    14 April UHI cuts six Gaelic posts by Hannah Fearn Times Higher Education

    14 April Preserving Indigenous Languages Via Twitter by Neal Ungerleider Fast Company

    13 April An Alaska native who lives in Portland battles cancer while working to save a tribe's language by Elisabeth Dunham Oregon Live

    13 April More about the Alutiiq Language Program by Elisabeth Dunham Oregon Live

    13 April Language at risk of dying out – the last two speakers aren't talking by Jo Tuckman The Guardian

    13 April Conference aims to preserve Indigenous languages ABC Rural

    11 April 2011 Canada Prize in the Humanities: An interview with Louis-Jacques Dorais FedCan Blog

    11 April Language fair celebrates American Indian heritage by Cassi Toney The Oklahoma Daily

    11 April Loss of language gave activist voice by Amos Aikman The Australian

    8 April Fighting to keep threatened Indigenous language alive APTN

    8 April Micro-blogging in a mother tongue on Twitter by Dave Lee BBC

    8 April Northwest Territories: Aboriginal Language And Culture Instructor Program Diploma Indigenous Peoples, Issues and Resources

    7 April Phonetic Flashcards May Help the Future of Language by J. Rae Young Rapid Growth Media

    7 April National Archive Adds Recordings of the "Last" Yahi, Ishi, Who Lived at UCSF by Jeffrey Norris UCSF News (University of California, San Francisco)

    6 April Ojibwe-language signs promote unity in Bemidji by Tanya Lee Duluth News Tribune

    6 April Google includes Cherokee option Oklahoma Daily

    6 April This land is whose land? by Jan Mayman The Age

    5 April Identity dies when tongues are silenced by Geoff Maslen The Age

    5 April Oneida Hymn Singers Keeping Native American language alive Indian Country News

    5 April Identity dies when tongues are silenced by Geoff Maslen The Age

    4 April UMass linguist Margaret Speas helps keep Navajo language alive by Steve Pfarrer GazetteNet

    4 April New program keeps native language alive by Daniel Talbot Tahlequah Daily Press

    1 April Aboriginal Peoples Lose Rights and Mineral Rich Land in Northern Territory Intervention by Sarah Irving The WIP

    1 April SFU News: Electronic billboard explores language in public space SFU News

    1 April Indigenous cultural centre to finally get off the ground by Tony Moore Brisbane Times

    April 2011 John Smelcer/Author Interview Writer from the Far North Ragazine Volume 7, Number 2.5

  • March 2011

    31 March Preserving the Cherokee language with children’s books by Davin Eldridge The Macon County News

    31 March Professor’s project provides first-ever Guatemalan language text for Mayan students University News Appalachian State University

    31 March Tribe honored for language work by Richard Gomez Santa Ynes Valley News

    28 March Students hold key to Nyoongar language revival by Katherine Fleming The West Australian

    26 March Oklahoma man hopes app will help Cherokee language by Keith Purtell Indian Country News

    25 March Government speaking the Goldfields' language by David McGeoch ABC

    25 March Dublin club putting the Gaelic back into football by Cliona Foley Independent

    23 March Linguist’s legacy lives on at the Smithsonian by Robie Liscomb University of Victoria News

    23 March Gathang language revival by Gai Hoddinott Great Lakes Advocate

    22 March Wampanoags Regain Their Voice by Sarah Durham Wilson Martha's Vineyard Patch

    22 March Native Tech Firm Developing Social Indigenous Language Software Platform by Michelle Tirado American Indian Report

    21 March Preserving Gaelic Language Focus of New Program Govt. of Nova Scotia

    21 March MLAs call for elder certification by Guy Quenneville Northern News Services

    21 March Don't be shy - Manx speakers urged to indicate support for language on census by Tessa Hawley Isle of Man

    21 March Irish Language School Gets Upgrade Build IE

    19 March Northern Territory: "Brainwash From English"?: Barunga Kriol Speakers’ Views On Their Own Language by Maïa Ponsonnet Indigenous Peoples, Issues and Resources

    17 March Rebuilding Languages Living Black SBS

    17 March Dying tongues Latin America Press

    17 March Mexican Indian Language Appears Headed for Extinction by Helena Lozano Latin American Herald Tribune

    16 March Nigeria: The Assault on Local Languages Ghana Nation

    16 March Australia's first Indigenous recording star; Fanny Cochrane Smith by Greg Lehman ABC Hobart

    16 March A lesson in Gaelic from the Lowlands by Brian Wilson Scotsman

    16 March Almost half of Irish people 'speak fluent Irish', claims survey Irish Examiner

    15 March 27 Pakistani languages at verge of extinction: UNESCO Associated Press Pakistan

    14 March Fluent in Cherokee, man hopes app will help keep language alive by Keith Purtell Muskogee Phoenix

    14 March Alutiiq speakers gather to discuss future of language by Wes Hanna Kodiak Daily Mirror

    14 March Gaelic centre to be silenced by John Ross Scotsman

    13 March Students, faculty learn to speak the Lakota language by Molly Marcot The Diamondback

    13 March Cherokee language classes help keep tradition alive by Clare Howard Journal Star

    12 March Scotland's Language Myths: 4. Gaelic has nothing to do with the Lowlands by Paul Kavanagh NewsNet Scotland

    11 March Wampanoag Language Film Screening This Month in Chilmark, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. Cultural Survival

    11 March Cultural Survival Partner-advisor Programs Honored with Oklahoma Humanities Award Cultural Survival

    11 March Nigeria: Mother Tongue Day AllAfrica

    10 March Learn the Basics of Language Immersion Programs Indian Country Today

    10 March In conversation with linguist Dan Everett Survival International

    10 March Video games to help teach native language by Deborah Sullivan Brennan North County Times

    5 March World-Herald editorial: Endangered languages Omaha World Herald

    4 March Siberian Yupik – an endangered language? Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples Secretariat

    4 March The soon to be lost languages of our Indigenous cultures by Brett Williamson ABC Adelaide

    3 March Bringing language to life by Kira Curtis Northern News Services

    1 March Language Diversity Index Tracks Global Loss of Mother Tongues National Geographic

  • February 2011

    26 February Calls to safeguard iTaukei language by Ioane Burese Fiji Times

    26 February The loss of mother tongue? by Gothataone Moeng Mmegi Online

    25 February Fighting for another culture's survival by Mindelle Jacobs Edmonton Sun

    25 February In the tradition: APTN series teaches Cree language by Tessa Holloway North Shore News

    25 February Linguist urges preservation of Taiwan’s Austronesian languages by June Tsai Taiwan Today

    25 February Ancestral voices by Matthew Engel Financial Times

    25 February Tapping into Indigenous weather knowledge by Kristina Kukolja SBS podcasts

    24 February Coding cultural riches: Investigating indigenous languages in Australia Up Close

    24 February Linguist breathes life into ancestral language by Samantha Balaban Wicked Local Lexington

    24 February Film: Save Native Tongue by Kathryn Boughton Litchfield County Times

    24 February Berenstain Bears to Speak Lakota Indian Country Today

    23 February Weeklong Gaelic workshop immerses participants in everyday aspects of ancient language The Cape Breton Post

    23 February National chief calls for language revitalization Wawatay News

    23 February Words of wisdom The Coffs Coast Advocate

    22 February Linguistic students learn to preserve languages through revitalization courses The Shorthorn

    22 February Help wanted: Lakota language teacher in Rapid City by Kayla Gahagan Rapid City Journal

    22 February Linguistic Expert: Non documented languages will soon fade out MyJoy Online

    22 February Forty one ethnic group languages under threat in China by Kelly Chan PhBeta

    22 February Who wants to lose their mother tongue? by Heleen Sittig Radio Netherlands Worldwide

    21 February Half of living languages face extinction by Lucy Tobin The Guardian

    21 February National Chief Marks International Mother Language Day CNW

    21 February International Mother Tongue Day: 18 languages spoken in K-P, FATA and G-B at risk by Manzoor Ali Express Tribune

    21 February Tak Ada Yang Ingin Kehilangan Bahasa Ibu by Heleen Sittig Radio Nederland Wereldomroep

    21 February Dr David Harrison Linguistic Superhero by Gary Goldman The Daily Brink

    20 February Aboriginal community focuses on the young to keep language alive by Christie Peucke Adelaide Now

    18 February UNESCO highlights IT's role in protecting mother languages Xinhuanet

    18 February Miriwoong seasonal calender launched today in Melbourne ABC Rural WA

    18 February Emerging Languages, Emergent Knowledge The Huffington Post

    16 February Preserving language for future generations by Adrian Alleyne Winnipeg Free Press

    16 February Profile: John Bradley by Lucinda Schmidt Sydney Morning Herald

    15 February College of Hawaiian Language marks new chapter with historic groundbreaking University of Hawaii News

    15 February Fine Gael’s proposal to make the Irish language optional at school is rejected by Cathy Hayes Irish Central

    14 February Show introduces kids to Cree by Glen Schaefer The Province

    14 February Indigenous language education Life Matters

    11 February Fears for Aboriginal languages by Jenny Curtis SBS Podcasts

    11 February British Columbia: Government Of Canada Supports Secwepemc Cultural Education Society Indigenous Peoples, Issues and Resources

    11 February Every Tongue: Preserving Language and Culture by Rebecca Walker Corps Resources

    10 February Hawaiian Language Conservation Hawai'i Island Journal

    10 February We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân Cultural Survival

    8 February Old Language - New Voices, Puliima Language Forum by Carissa Paglino ABC Indigenous

    7 February Fine Gael Leaving Cert policy puts the future of Irish at risk Irish Examiner

    7 February Indigenous interpreting services needed for WA Pilbara Echo

    5 February Language, education and poverty by Muhammad Ali Khan Language on the move

    4 February Maintaining ‘partly alive’ languages in Indonesia by Mochamad Subhan Zein Jakarta Post

    4 February Parents Advised To Speak Indigenous Languages To Children National Institute for Cultural Orientation

    2 February Linguists work to save dying languages by Rachel Boehm American Observer

    2 February Funds sought to boost Indigenous language ABC Indigenous

    2 February Funding ends for Alutiiq language project by Louis Garcia Kodiak Daily Mirror

    2 February Gaelic now a core language program at Rankin Cape Breton Post

    1 February Language teaching in the National Curriculum by William Steed Fully(sic)

    1 February Push for indigenous languages by Bethany Hiatt The West Australian

    1 February Caribbean delegates press for language rights Jamaica Observer

  • January 2011

    31 January Rosetta Stone Now Teaches Inupiaq by Richard Brooks K International blog

    31 January S4C funding protesters end sit-in at BBC Wales BBC News Wales

    30 January District offers first Navajo immersion program by Alysa Landry The Daily Times

    29 January Indonesia: A battlefield of linguistic survival by Mochamad Subhan Zein Jakarta Post

    29 January NT gov't fails on bilingual education by Peter Robson Green Left

    28 January Ai bin len lil bit bus daga (I've been learning a little bit about bush tucker) by Beth Neate ABC Open

    27 January NT: Expert calls for more indigenous language education The Australian Teacher Magazine

    26 January NT honours on Australia Day by Anna Henderson and Jane Bardon ABC Alice Springs

    26 January Canada: Government Of Canada Supports Aboriginal Languages Through Production Of Animated Videos In Atikamekw And Innu Indigenous Peoples, Issues & Resources

    25 January Raising Trilingual Kids: English, German, Scottish Gaelic Speech and Science

    25 January Should Australian Kids Learn Aboriginal Languages? Indian Country Today

    25 January Gov. Abercrombie: 'Our Voyage Together' Hawaii News Now

    25 January Learn an ancient tongue: linguist by Larine Statham The Daily Examiner

    24 January Jeju dialect needs protection by Lee Hyo-sik Korea Times

    24 January Hot trip for language students by Erin DeCoste BC Local News

    24 January Native Language In Public School by Linda Stephan IPR News

    24 January Monday Matters: Choctaw Language Classes Popular by Mary L. Crider Times Record Online

    21 January King Lear, Warlpiri style? by William Steed Fully (sic)

    21 January Multilingual Shakespeare for 2012 Olympics ABC News

    21 January Is democracy destroying African languages in South Africa? by Christopher Szabo Digital Journal

    20 January Tongues under threat The Economist

    20 January Indigenous Peoples Meet in Washington DC to Discuss Rights Declaration (7) Indigenous People's Literature blog

    19 January Indigenous artworks found in dusty garage ABC News

    19 January Alaska Natives team with software maker in language project by Kyle Hopkins Anchorage Daily News

    18 January iPhones Bridging The Generation Gap for Cherokee Nation News On 6

    18 January Remote NT education crisis: lost in the Warlpiri triangle by Bob Gosford Crikey

    18 January The Last Speakers: K. David Harrison & the Quest to Save Endangered Languages by David Miller Travelers Notebook

    17 January Government moves on English teaching by Louisa Rebgetz ABC News

    17 January Auditions: Go Lingo! by David Knox TV Tonight

    15 January Riding the waves: Navajo listeners, broadcasters use radio to preserve language by Alysa Landry The Daily Times

    15 January Native language: Onyiza as a metaphor by Amina Alhassan Weekly Trust

    12 January In Memoriam: Wampanoag Tribal Rights Advocate, Alice Lopez Cultural Survival

    8 January Natives seek to save mother tongue by Renato Gandia Toronto Sun

    8 January Native youth rekindle dying language by Valerie Fortney Calgary Herald

    7 January Geek Speak: Dustin Rivers, Squamish language podcaster by Stephen Hui Straight.com

    6 January Forum Supports Eyak Language Preservation Alaska Humanities Forum

    5 January Technology helps rejuvenate endangered language Vancouver Sun

    4 January Endangered language opens window on to past PhysOrg

    3 January Native American Sign Language Indian Country Today

    2 January Remembering a Lost Language by Marina Gaytan Valley Voice Newspaper

    1 January A quiet, humble teacher and elder by Abby Simons Star Tribune

    January 2011 An ancient language, and a people, face extinction in Cambodia Minority Voices Newsroom

  • December 2010

    30 December Eyak language to get boost from website Bristol Bay Times

    27 December Geek of the Week: Halq’eméylem FirstVoices app for iPhone by Stephen Hui Straight.com

    26 December Apple's gadgets help preserve a tribe's endangered language by Murray Evans Washington Post

    24 December Sto:lo Nation deploys FirstVoices iPhone app in fight to keep Halq'eméylem language alive by Stephen Hui Straight.com

    24 December Apple includes Cherokee language in iPods The Age

    24 December Apple, Cherokee Indians Partner on iPhone Language Capability by Nathan Eddy eWeek

    24 December Preserving Sino-Burman languages The Daily Star

    23 December Paraguay: Congress Approves Law On Languages In Paraguay Indigenous Peoples, Issues & Resources

    22 December UA Program Supports Educators in Indigenous Communities by La Monica Everett-Haynes UA News

    21 December A Click of the Tongue: Ultrasound Translates Dying Languages by Lisa Song Scientific American

    21 December Certain Aboriginal organizations receive extra funding by Sean Assor Energetic City

    21 December Government set to help maintain Aboriginal languages Examiner

    20 December Solomons kids use XO and Wiki to bring encyclopedia to life OLPC Oceania

    20 December Alaska Natives seek greater presence on map by Alex DeMarban Alaska Dispatch

    21 December Christ's endangered language gets new lease of life in Oxford by Maev Kennedy The Guardian

    20 December Ottawa to help preserve aboriginal languages by Robert Matas The Globe and Mail

    18 December Nigerian Languages: Dying Slowly Leadership

    17 December Young students learning to speak Cree in attempt to save language by Susan Zielinski Red Deer Advocate

    16 December Obama Announces Support for UN Indigenous Rights Declaration VOA News

    16 December Aboriginal apps give old languages modern edge by Judith Lavoie Montreal Gazette

    16 December Remarks by the President at the White House Tribal Nations Conference Cultural Survival

    15 December FirstVoices apps bring B.C. First Nations languages to iPhone by Stephen Hui Straight.com

    15 December British languages 'in danger of dying out within a generation' by Andy Bloxham The Telegraph

    15 December Students learn indigenous language by Mel Mcmillan Northern Star

    15 December Kids Wanted for New Television Gameshow - Go Lingo! Inside Film

    15 December Soaking up some Ojibwa by Nick Martin Winnipeg Free Press

    14 December Officials hope education program will help preserve aboriginal language CTV Winnipeg

    14 December Teacher of two worlds by Dannae Synot In my community

    13 December Strategy to promote 'fragile' Welsh language BBC News Wales

    13 December Bretons fight to save language from extinction by Simon Hooper CNN

    11 December Saving a language is one thing, but I'm saddened by Scotland going Gaelic by Ian Jack The Guardian

    11 December Canada: Government Of Canada And Assembly Of First Nations Announce The Creation Of A Panel Of Experts To Lead Engagement On First Nation Elementary And Secondary Education Indigenous Peoples, Issues and Resources

    10 December British languages 'dying': an expert writes by Mark Turin The Telegraph

    10 December 'Priorities wrong' adding Aboriginal languages to Qld curriculum ABC News

    10 December Lessons in Alutiiq language coming to Kodiak by Louis Garcia Kodiak Daily Mirror

    9 December Global Voices: Loss of languages a concern from Nepal to Nunavut by Kate Bruce-Lockhart The Star

    9 December Tiga Talk! Returns With More Tools For Teaching Aboriginal Languages To Kids The First Perspective

    9 December God Loving Linguists: Christian missionaries have become strangely vital to conserving endangered languages Sigmund, Carl and Alfred blog

    9 December Indigenous languages introduced to Qld school syllabus by Ynja Bjornsson ABC News

    9 December U. of Cambridge Web Site Aids Study of Endangered Languages by Aisha Labi The Chronicle of Higher Education

    8 December Language sessions help keep the Manx language alive BBC Isle of Man

    8 December Putting local languages on the curriculum by Nathalie Fernbach ABC North Queensland

    8 December Tribal music documentary premieres Saturday by Nancy Gilkey Yuma Sun

    7 December Remote chance to bridge gap Herald Sun

    7 December Cornish language no longer extinct, says UN BBC

    6 December More Aboriginal Studies needed on local curriculum ABC Indigenous

    4 December Human language in eco-region concept Digital Journal

    3 December Aboriginals under 25 in losing native tongue The Canadian Press

    2 December Cooish festival is rocked by several stellar performances IOM Today

    1 December A Name for Home: King Island by Lee Sherman Oregon State University

    1 December Resurrecting Indigenous language by Jonathan Hill Eureka Street

  • November 2010

    30 November Speak up, native language champions urged by Luke Rintod Free Malaysia Today

    29 November Ark. prof works to save endangered Indian language News Times

    29 November Lakota language program fills void Argus Leader

    29 November Australia New Zealand Race Relations Roundtable Human Rights Commission

    29 November ASU Center bringing new life to native languages by Ryan Paul Intertribal times

    28 November Panama: Indigenous Languages Officially Recognized In Panama Indigenous Peoples, Issues and Resources

    27 November Lakota language gets a boost The Jamestown Sun

    27 November Honour the right to identity by Bernard Richard Telegraph Journal

    26 November IntelliSparx Launches Kumeyaay Place Names Project Free Press Release

    26 November At least 7 Indian languages and dialects dying out New Kerala

    24 November Interview with a linguist Listen and Learn blog

    24 November Cultural Diversity in Indonesian Papua by Jaap Timmer Culture Matters

    24 November Native Languages Declared in a "State of Emergency" Cultural Survival

    24 November Fall Native Language Summits Cultural Survival

    23 November Seven questions for K. David Harrison The Economist

    23 November Languages on the endangered list Southern California Public Radio

    22 November Constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians is an important health issue by Melissa Sweet The Croakey blog

    22 November Message is music to Brighton East woman's ears Bayside Leader

    21 November A Click of the Tongue Linguists have found a new application for ultrasound—decoding dying languages by Lisa Song Scientific American

    21 November Breaking stereotypes for Aboriginal culture at Kindaimanna Day by Alex Ward Liverpool Leader

    21 November First indigenous-language Taiwanese film welcomed in Germany Focus Taiwan

    20 November Tribe looks to keep language alive by Justin A. Hinkley Battle Creek Enquirer

    19 November Potawatomi members get language lesson Battle Creek Enquirer

    18 November Extinction of languages in East Africa worries Unesco The East African

    18 November Preserving culture through play, early education in the Warlpiri World Vision Australia

    18 November Bilingual Indigenous Education Special Edition of Languages Education In Australia Volume 4 Number 7

    16 November National Identity and Minority Languages by Kamila Ghazali UN Chronicle Volume XLVII (3)

    16 November Language erosion: You don't hear that often... The Independent

    16 November Lakota LLEAPs to the Leading Edge of Second-Language Education AScribe

    15 November Gempa Dashyat Mentawai dan Kisah Lagu Teteu by Elin Yunita Kristanti Viva News

    15 November Push to get students into the world of languages by Jewel Topsfield The Age

    15 November Language keepers by Donna Laurent Caruso Indian Country Today

    15 November Students learn forbidden language Northern Star

    14 November Mashatile ‘to etch youth on arts canvas’ by Sabelo Ndlangisa City Press

    14 November Ktunaxa for Tots: New curriculum helps to promote Ktunaxa language Pictographs

    12 November Canada Endorses the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples MarketWire

    12 November Australia: Human Rights Agencies Call For Action On UN Racial Discrimination Report Indigenous Peoples, Issues and Resources

    12 November Indigenous language expert is top Territorian by Phoebe Stewart ABC News

    12 November Last bid to save language of Kenyan ex-cave dwellers Yahoo News

    11 November Latin American Indigenous Language Speakers Face Communication Obstacles In New York City Latin America News Dispatch

    11 November Living in the age of language death by Dmytro Drozdovsky The Day Kiev

    10 November Neal Charlie dies at 91: Minto elder, former chief kept language, culture alive by Christopher Eshleman Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

    9 November Deficiency in Foreign Language Competency: What Is Wrong with the U.S. Educational System? by Francisco Marmolejo Chronicle of Higher Education

    9 November Spoken around the World: Zapotec by Ruiling Erica Zhang Daily Bruin

    8 November Saving a language by Carolyn Grant Daily Bulletin

    8 November The ethics of saving endangered languages by Vahid Parvaresh Language on the move

    8 November Tomson Highway releases plays in Cree CBC News

    8 November NT: Intervention led to drop in indigenous school attendance Australian Teacher Magazine

    8 November The fight to revitalize Canada’s indigenous languages by Mark Cardwell University Affairs

    8 November Scientist lives with endangered tribe to save disappearing language by Thair Shaikh CNN

    5 November Dodson gives intervention F on education by Julian Drape Brisbane Times

    5 November New tongue for an elder statesman by Julian Lee Sydney Morning Herald

    4 November Top school makes te reo compulsory by Adrian Evans NZ Herald

    4 November New project kicks-off Native American Heritage Month by Sara Smith Purdue Exponent

    4 November Inuit studies: not just for Qallunaat by Jane George Nunatsiaq Online

    4 November Australian of the Year finalists for NT named by James Glenday ABC News

    3 November Teaching in the mother tongue Bangkok Post

    3 November Books adapted to native languages by Michael Peeling Standard Freeholder

    3 November Saving a language from extinction by Gagandeep Ghuman Pique News Magazine

    3 November Remote Northern Territory schools bleed pupils by Mark Schliebs The Australian

    3 November Indian sound recordings bring history to life by Mark Dummett BBC News

    3 November Center celebrates Native American history month by Kelli Ford Purdue Exponent

    2 November Our World: Bardi Jaawi life at Ardiyooloon by Lana Reed ABC Kimberley

    2 November Books adapted to native languages by Michael Peeling Standard Freeholder

    2 November Yale linguistics professor collecting 5,000 North American dialect recordings Evoca

    1 November New plans for language overhaul by Aaron Beswick Northern News Services

    1 November Mid north coast indigenous language wins U-N recognition ABC Mid north coast NSW

    1 November Huge success in anyone's language by Ute Schulenberg Coffs Coast Advocate

    1 November Smithsonian Reaches Out to Indigenous Groups with Language Effort Native Village Youth And Education News

    November One Arm Point: Endangered Language Preservation in Western Australia by Laura Kling Chase Coggins Fund

  • October 2010

    31 October One of Minnesota’s first languages makes a comeback by Lisa Steinmann TC Daily Planet

    31 October My bright idea: English is on the up but one day will die out by Robert McCrum The Guardian

    29 October Yurok Language Course Offered at California High School by Basla Andolsun Spoken First

    29 October Getting Native languages into more classrooms: Teacher certification policies across the U.S. are growing by Haley de Korne Spoken First

    27 October Speaking the Same Language by Eilís Quinn Eye on the Arctic

    27 October Native Environmentalism and the Alberta Oil Boom by Chris Wood Miller-McCune

    27 October First Speakers: Restoring the Ojibway Language First Person Radio Truth to tell

    27 October Hui looks at saving language by Laurel Stowell Wanganui Chronicle

    26 October Using art to illustrate the art of First Nation storytelling by Leisha Grebinski Leader Post

    26 October Aboriginal language story proves a winner at UN Media Peace Awards Indigenous.gov

    25 October Project to save endangered languages hits a roadblock by Muralidhara Khajane The Hindu

    25 October American Indian Studies Program Celebrates Milestones University of Wyoming News

    24 October Project aims to halt loss of Aboriginal languages by Marie Le Moel Yahoo News

    22 October Home focus vital for language by Tahu Potiki The Press NZ

    22 October Government of Canada Supports Talking with Technology Project Marketwire

    21 October What’s in a name? A way to save a First Nations language by Judith Lavoie Times Colonist

    21 October MU students meet with Dalai Lama by Cliff Peale Cincinnati.com

    20 October Langue huronne-wendat: Premiers documents pédagogiques Radio Canada

    20 October Youth & elders call for Alaska Native Language Commission ADN

    20 October Tribunal warns te reo Maori near crisis point by Yvonne Tahana NZ Herald

    19 October Return to storytelling could encourage young Natives to preserve languages Anchorage Daily News

    19 October Traditional Athabascan stories retold through modern technology by Mary Beth Smetzer Fairbanks Daily News Miner

    18 October Government of Canada Supports Preservation of the Blackfoot Language Marketwire

    18 October Yolŋu innovator to receive national award Charles Darwin University News

    17 October Three books on language by Christopher Schoppa Washington Post

    17 October Film to the rescue of indigenous languages by Benjamin Njoku Vanguard

    16 October Back from the brink: Learning the Yurok language by Kelley Atherton The Daily Triplicate

    16 October Bahasa Daerah Perlu Dilestarikan by Apolonia Dhiu Pos Kupang

    14 October Edo language now compulsory in Edo schools by Jethro Ibileke Next

    14 October Hawaii earns an education 'World’s First' Indian Country Today

    13 October Arts council speaks out to save Indigenous languages by Stephanie Fitzpatrick ABC North West Queensland

    12 October Tribe awarded grant to train middle school language teacher Indian Country Today

    12 October N.B. program aims to increase the use of Maliseet language by Jennifer Pritchett Telegraph Journal

    11 October Trying out indigenous languages by Esmeralda Bermudez Los Angeles Times

    11 October Hunting One Language, Stumbling Upon Another by John Noble Wilford New York Times

    11 October Students Document Disappearing Languages by Tracy Matsushima Mālamalama

    10 October 'Experimental Eskimos' tells story of attempt to assimilate Inuit kids in 1960s by Nelson Wyatt Winnipeg Free Press

    9 October Vanishing world of the last Arctic hunters by Stephen Leonard New Zealand Herald

    8 October Endangered Tongues by Yoshina Gautam, Jebin Gautam and Aashish Jha The Asia Mag

    8 October Trent University Welcomes Cree Elder to Promote Indigenous Knowledge in a New Program Initiative Nation Talk

    7 October Alutiiq language flash cards debut on phone apps by Louis Garcia Kodiak Daily Mirror

    7 October Sealaska Heritage Institute receives donation of recordings of Native elders Juneau Empire

    7 October Rare Find: a New Language by Robert Lee Hotz Wall Street Journal

    6 October The world of the last Arctic hunters is vanishing by Stephen Leonard Taipei Times

    6 October Film Documents Passamaquoddy Tribe's Struggle to Save Language by Tom Porter MPBN

    6 October Language program begins by Shannon Hurst Interior News

    6 October In The Search For 'Last Speakers,' A Great Discovery NPR All things considered

    5 October Hale Kuamoʻo awarded grant for Hawaiian oral language development University of Hawai'i News

    5 October Government of Canada Supports Preservation of the Nakoda Language Benzinga

    5 October "Hidden" Language Found in Remote Indian Tribe by Dan Morrison National Geographic Daily News

    5 October Linguists discover new language in Arunachal Pradesh Yahoo News

    5 October Undocumented language found hidden in India by Randolph E. Schmid MSNBC

    4 October Exclusive Interview: K. David Harrison "The Last Speakers" by Karyn Campbell Flaunt

    4 October New Bill Seeks To Help Save Native American Languages by Laura Weber Michigan Radio

    4 October Native Language Teachers No Longer Need Certification by Laura Weber Interlochen Public Radio

    4 October Nahow (yes), speak your language by Jorge Antonio Vallejos North Bay Nugget

    4 October Rescue Mission: American Indian tribes across the U.S. are working to revive their lost languages by Patricia Cohen The New York Times Upfront, Vol. 14

    3 October Educators are trying to make learning more effective and friendly for ethnic Malays in the South by using their first language as a bridge to understanding Thai Bangkok Post

    1 October Code talker, 87, never misses a day in kindergarten by Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi Navajo Times

    1 October Wôpanâak Talk Leads Little Doe To Genius Grant by Peter Brannen Vineyard Gazette Online

  • September 2010

    30 September A vanished language returns The Boston Globe

    30 September Lorretta Webster, fluent in Oneida, dies at 100 by Scott Williams Greenbay Press Gazette

    30 September Preserving Mechoopda tradition by Meredith J. Cooper News Review

    30 September Cherokee Language Available On iPhone, iPod Touch Times Record Online

    28 September Stunned Native American Linguist Gets 'Genius Grant' AOL News

    28 September Cultural Survival Partner Receives MacArthur "Genius Grant" Cultural Survival

    24 September Government of Canada Supports the Preservation and Revitalization of the Atikamekw and Innu Languages Marketwire

    23 September Lost language unearthed in a letter by Emily Schmall Reuters

    22 September Niue And Cook Island Māori Languages Threatened Pacific Scoop

    22 September Australian CU "Speaks" to Indigenous Members CU Insight

    21 September Cherokee language added to new iPhone and iPod software by Travis Noland Native American Times

    20 September Nigerian academics seek to elevate humble Pidgin by Yinka Ibukun Reuters

    20 September Professor Jeffrey Davis lectures about the endangerment of Native American Culture Tennessee Journalist, Deaf Times

    20 September Documenting a dying dialect: mavericks learn to study and record the native language of the Triqui by Allen Baldwin The Shorthorm

    19 September Leave endangered languages to die in peace by Roxanne Sorooshian Herald Scotland

    19 September English first for indigenous kids: Arbib 7 News

    17 September Rebirth of a language Hayley Williams Manning River Times

    16 September Old anthem, native voice by Owen R. Smith East Oregonian

    15 September Are dying languages worth saving? BBC News

    14 September Gathang dictionary hoped to lead a revival of the language Toni Bell Manning River Times

    14 September 1 in 5 aboriginal kids off-reserve know native language CTV News

    14 September Alaska Native Language Center linguist helps document dialects by Christopher Eshleman News Miner

    14 September Language study may improve Navajo students' writing by Ryan Boetel The Daily Times

    13 September Shameless use of dodgy data by Terry Mills Country Liberals media release

    13 September NIEA's Annual Language Summit Cultural Survival

    13 September Endangered Languages Archives Project Cultural Survival

    13 September No More Pacific Language Reading Materials Pacific Scoop

    12 September Bilingual Indigenous education recommended ABC News

    12 September Language Camp by Libby Sterling Juneau Empire

    12 September Saskatchewan native dialects endangered CBC

    11 September Anger as council shuts Aboriginal library by Saffron Howden Sydney Morning Herald

    11 September The Story Of African Cinema by Bruce Paddington Trinidad Express Newspapers

    11 September Preserving our Literary Heritage by Petamber Persaud Guyana Chronicle

    10 September The Beauty of Language: Like a river, Dine', O'odham and Spanish by Brenda Norrell Censored News

    10 September Health talk in language they can understand Sydney Morning Herald

    9 September Cherokee language added to new iPhone and iPod software Native American Times

    8 September Dictionary turns Aboriginal words into good health by Iskhandar Razak ABC News

    7 September Language and the Socialist-Calculation Problem by Danny Hieber Mises Daily

    7 September N.B. Grits propose First Nations language classes CBC

    7 September N.B. Liberals make campaign pledge of native language training in schools Winnipeg Free Press

    7 September Coquille Tribe celebrates salmon, culture, language by Andy Rossback The World Link

    6 September South Africa's forgotten bushmen fight for recognition by David Smith The Guardian

    6 September Wangka Maya open day by Alan Richardson Pilbara Echo

    3 September Keeping a Language Alive Haverford News Room

    3 September Saving First Nations languages from extinction CBC News

    2 September Israel sponsors Dubbo Indigenous languages hub ABC Indigenous

    1 September Being a ranger changes everything by Fonzie Brown ABC Katherine

    September 2010 Last of Their Kind: What Is Lost When Cultures Die? by Wade Davis Scientific American

    September 2010 Mavericks Help Nations Find Their Voice With Revitalization Efforts UTA College of Liberal Arts Report

    September 2010 Kenya’s Smallest Indigenous Tribe Faces Extinction by Shadrack Kavilu Gáldu

  • August 2010

    29 August White paper soon on tribal languages by Cithara Paul The Telegraph India

    29 August Indigenous lore and law focus by Alan Lander Sunshine Coast Daily

    29 August The Last Fluent Speaker of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Language KSNT

    28 August Salish language taught at Tulalip culture camp by Bill Sheets Indian Country News

    27 August A look at ancient languages that still haven't been deciphered by Tucker Lieberman Helium

    27 August "Lost" Language Found on Back of 400-Year-Old Letter by Brian Handwerk National Geographic News

    27 August Memorundum To The Governor Of Mizoram: Zo Indigenous Forum Indigenous Peoples, Issues and Resources

    26 August Does Your Language Shape How You Think? New York Times

    26 August Ojibwe radio launch a success Soo Today

    25 August The U.N. comes West by Caitlin Sislin High Country News

    25 August Reflections on Language, Power, and Friendship in Amazonian Ecuador by Abby Mogollón First Peoples blog

    25 August Navajo language software hits the market by Alysa Landry Daily Times

    25 August Traces of Lost Language and Decimal Number System Discovered in Peru Heritage Key

    24 August The Vancouver Olympics; a critical retrospect by Laura Robinson Play the Game

    24 August Berenstain Bears help keep Lakota language beating by Sarah Reinecke Argus Leader

    24 August Highlands host Aboriginal language camp by Jenn Watt The Haliburton Echo

    23 August Wanted: Ebonics Translator for Federal DEA Job by Sarah Netter ABC News

    22 July Indigenous language institute looking at high-tech solutions to an age-old challenge by Ileiren Poon Express News

    21 August PSS receives $250K to improve language curriculum by Moneth Deposa Saipan Tribune

    20 August Nation Hosts International Seminar on Language Documentation by Milton Aberinga All Africa

    19 August Preserving a language Ray Kiogima, tribal elder and expert in Anishinaabemowin, writes definitive book on Odawa language by Christina Rohn Petoskey News

    19 August Language matters by Randy David Philippine Daily Inquirer

    18 August Making connections across the desert by Claire Krol ABC News

    17 August Language revitalization on the Standing Rock Reservation Indian Country Today

    17 August Preserving Endangered Languages The Leonard Lopate Show WNYC

    17 August Huge collection of written legal texts in Māori now available University of Hawai'i at Manoa

    16 August Linguist brings language lessons, laughter to Indian Exposition by Dana Attocknie Native American Times

    16 July Keeping Aboriginal languages alive ABC Radio

    15 August Tribal 'hand-talk' in danger of being silenced by Donna Healy Missoulian

    15 August Scientist to live amongst Inuits to document threatened language by Yi Ming Lai All Voices

    14 August Celebrating culture, calling for action by Emma Murphy Green Left

    14 August Race Discrimination Commissioner appears before United Nations Workers Bush Telegraph

    14 August When one death endangers a language Sydney Morning Herald

    13 August Scientist lives as Inuit for a year to save disappearing language by Thair Shaikh CNN

    13 August Linguist on mission to save Inuit 'fossil language' disappearing with the ice Mark Brown The Guardian

    12 August Kenya's New Constitution Benefits Indigenous Peoples Cultural Survival

    12 August Tribal signs endangered by Donna Healy The Spokesman Review

    11 August National Geographic story to feature vanishing languages by John Gutekunst Parker Pioneer

    11 August UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's message for the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples: 9 August Earth Action

    11 August Punk music preserves indigenous culture Public Radio International

    10 August United Nations marks international day of the world’s indigenous peoples Montgomery United Nations Examiner

    10 August Deep breath of culture in Yolngu country by Lex Hall The Australian

    10 August In Alaska, a Frenchman Fights to Revive the Eyak's Dead Tongue by Jim Carlton Wall Street Journal

    10 August Ojibwe declared official language of White Earth Nation The Bemidji Pioneer

    10 August Our languages must not die – Culture Minister by Lekan Olaseinde Nigerian Compass

    7 August An intimate portrayal of loss and hope by Nicolas Rothwell The Australian

    6 August First Indian sign language conference in 80 years will be held in August by Pam Hughes Indian Country Today

    6 August Hmar, Paite, Mao language extinct: UN report Mizoram Express

    6 August Mi’kmaq language dispute erupts at Membertou by Michael Lightstone The Chronicle Herald

    5 August Chief forced to step in to protect worker’s right to speak Mi’kmaq Cape Breton Post

    3 August Singing Saltwater Country by Phillip Adams with John Bradley ABC Radio Late Night Live

    3 August Native scholar doubts UNESCO report on indigenous languages E-Pao

    3 August University to host languages in peril seminar by Robin Turner Wales Online

    4 August Aboriginal education needs a legal framework, says NDP Canada Views

    2 August International Conference on Multilingualism and Education Kenyatta University News

    2 August Magazine digest -- Taiwan's disappearing indigenous languages Focus Taiwan

    2 August CU project seeks local speakers of rare Latin American languages byWhitney Bryen Colorado Daily

    1 August Stakeholders urge preservation of indigenous languages Next

    1 August Caring for Our Country Part 1 ABC Message Stick

    Spring 2010 Language Rights by Krista Mogensen Australian Educator

  • July 2010

    31 July Young Indigenous Hero Teaches History in Video Game by Fabiana Frayssinet IPS

    30 July Elder seeks to preserve Mi'kmaq culture Times & Transcript

    30 July Early learning will include Hul'qumi'num by Lexi Bainas Canada.com

    30 July Native Youth, Clinging to Their Culture by Jacqueline Windh The Tyee

    29 July Maori in Australia losing language Sydney Morning Herald

    29 July Keeping Alutiiq culture alive by Sam Friedman Kodiak Daily Mirror

    29 July UA Researchers Help Preserve Scottish Gaelic by La Monica Everett-Haynes UA News

    27 June Tribe hopes to fund Cherokee as foreign language class in public Waynesville by Giles Morris Smoky Mountain News

    27 July Labor Senator criticises NT's bilingual policy by Kirsty Nancarrow ABC News

    27 July Video: Battle to save languages Cambridge News

    25 July As English Spreads, Indonesians Fear for Their Language by Norimitsu Onishi New York Times

    25 July Death of a language The Telegraph

    25 July Eyak language finds new speaker from unlikely upbringing by Rhonda McBride KTUU

    24 July National Anthropological Archives Receives Grant from President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities Art Daily

    24 July Mendota tribe struggles to keep language, culture alive by Corey Mitchell Star Tribune

    23 July Native names becoming more widespread as first nations work to keep their culture alive by Kim Pemberton Vancouver Sun

    23 July Tribute to a Barkly legend Tennant and District Times

    22 July Government of the Northwest Territories Hosts Aboriginal Languages Institute in Collaboration with the University of Victoria Nation Talk

    22 July Indigenous language institute looking at high-tech solutions to an age-old challenge by Ileiren Poon Express News

    22 July Inupiaq word of the day spoken on Facebook by Victoria Barber The Arctic Sounder

    22 July Language immersion required for Aboriginal students by Rick Garrick Wawatay News

    20 July Native voices heard at national language summit by Rob Capriccioso Indian Country Today

    20 July National Anthropological Archives Receives Grant from President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities Smithsonian

    20 July Hopi Language Program KUYI Hopi Radio

    18 July San Manuel Band of Mission Indians making television history with KVCR My Desert

    16 July Keeping Aboriginal languages alive ABC Radio

    16 July Linguistics in the News: The Linguists (2008) gets Emmy nod by Heather Froehlich Examiner

    16 July Government of Canada Announces New Research Project to Revitalize Cayuga Language at Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve, Ontario Marketwire

    16 July NCLB Seen Impeding Indigenous-Language Preservation by Mary Ann Zehr Education Week

    16 July Native Language Advocates Gather on Capitol Hill Cultural Survival

    16 July Technology rejuvenates neglected languages Sydney Morning Herald

    15 July Priority to protect non-scheduled languages Times of India

    15 July The Language Divide, Writ Small, in Belgian Town by Suzanne Daley New York Times

    15 July Revisiting the Native American Languages Act of 1990 Education Week

    14 July Digital Tools for Learning & Preserving Indigenous Languages by Tim Fontaine Media Indigena

    14 July Rookie linguist learns more than Arapaho by Finn Thye University of Colorado at Boulder Alumni Association

    14 July Taiwan seeks to save indigenous languages by Cindy Sui BBC News, World News Network

    13 July Filmmakers focus on First Voices by Steve Kidd Penticton Western News

    12 July Joe Wilmot / Mi'kmaq Online Dictionary CBC Newfoundland

    12 July Hope pictorial dictionaries will preserve Indigenous languages by Chrissy Arthur ABC News

    12 July Alaska and Siberia Sustain 12,000-Year Relationship in Beringia America.gov

    9 July Kwak'wala added to N. Island curriculum Canada.com

    9 July Professor Investigates Ket Language by Lori Townsend APRN

    9 July Language lessons serve future generations Express News

    8 July Words for 'canoe' point to long-lost family ties Ottawa Citizen

    7 July Chiefs raise alarm about First Nations languages in B.C. by Matthew Burrows Straight.com

    6 July Language immersion camp cements cultural traditions by Konnie LeMay Indian Country Today

    6 July New book claims link between Asian dialects and some Canadian native languages by Randy Boswell The Windsor Star

    6 July Government agency pledges to promote rights of Pingpu aborgines Focus Taiwan

    5 July Immersion Camp teaches Ojibwe language using conversation by Jana Peterson The Pine Journal

    5 July Xinhua Insight: Language lessons help deepen ethnic ties in China's Xinjiang People's Daily Online

    4 July Saibai Island Home Message Stick

    3 July Arlee Celebration and Powwow: Horses spark spontaneous fun; rodeo set for today by Keila Szpaller Missoulian

    2 July Gumbaynggirr language by Fiona Poole and Gary Williams ABC Coffs Coast

    July-August Project Maps Native Languages—Before They Disappear by Susan Hagen In Review

  • June 2010

    30 June Natives want improved education law by Rob Capriccioso Indian Country Today

    29 June A native language lives on young tongues by Melissa Lampman BC Local News

    29 June Biocultural diversity: The true web of life by Luisa Maffi NatGeo News Watch

    29 June Finding their voice China Daily

    28 June Argentina: Little joy among indigenous peoples over bicentennial by Julia Nissen Energy Publisher

    28 June Extinct Alaska Native language draws French student's interest by Kyle Hopkins Anchorage Daily News

    28 June Native Eyak language may have a follower SWFLA

    26 June Potawatomi language lives on by Jan Biles CJ Online

    24 June Women and culture her passion by Sipho Masombuka Sowetan

    23 June Zambia makes learning of local language compulsory in primary education Xinhua Net

    23 June Bilingualism key to language survival by Anna Salleh ABC Science Online

    21 June UNL Omaha language professor facing pressure from some tribe members by Kevin Abourezk Journal Star

    20 June Last Lakotah code talker dies by Deep Harm Native American Netroots

    18 June Last Lakota code talker Clarence Wolf Guts dies at 86 by Holly Meyer Rapid City Journal

    18 June Diwurruwurru-Jaru Aboriginal Corporation seeks assistance ORIC

    17 June 'Important day in our history': Sinclair hopes TRC opening signals start of new chapter Winnipeg Free Press

    17 June Mi'kmaq immersion classes needed: band CBC News

    16 June Yukon native language story book crosses the Pacific by Patricia Robertson Yukon News

    16 June Educators and Scholars Come Together to Examine and Improve Language Preservation by Abby Mogollón First Peoples

    16 June Donation establishes the Nation’s First 24-Hour Native American TV Channel Cherokee One Feather

    15 June Busy summer for UO Northwest Indian Language Institute Inside Oregon

    15 June 25th Anniversary of Barunga Festival by Brooke Bannister ABC Radio

    15 June Saving the Yaqui language MyNativeBiz, KVOA

    12 June Are we going to use Creole, the only language known by all Haitians, as the language of instruction? Yves Dejean Rebati

    11 June Documentaries Preserve First Nations Languages Indigenous Peoples, Issues and Resources

    11 June U.S. Department of Education and Senate to Host Native Language Summit Cultural Survival

    10 June Treasured teacher embodies 100 reasons to learn Oneida Smithsonian Museum American Indian News Service

    10 June Groups' open letter on 'threats' to Welsh language BBC News

    10 June Within the city of Timmins, there is a lack of Aboriginal language classes for students attending elementary or secondary schools Wataway News Online

    10 June Less children eligible to attend French school: report by Adam Huras Telegraph Journal

    10 June Documentaries Preserve First Nations Languages Village 900 and news.gov.bc

    9 July Learning Noongar language by Sharon Kennedy ABC Southwest WA

    9 June Funds for arts, culture, heritage Koori Mail

    9 June Preserving the language of First Nations people in Canada Global Good News

    8 June Reclaiming Native Language Title Rights by Ghil'ad Zuckermann Galus Australis

    7 June Study: Inuit students benefit from schooling in own language Anchorage Daily News

    7 June Miller: Tribal nations and museums working in partnership by Robert J. Miller Indian Country Today

    7 June Robert Miller: Tribes and museums can create partnerships Indianz.com

    7 June Free aboriginal language classes open to public Focus Taiwan

    7 June American Indian languages get 'Breath of Life' by James S. Tyree News OK

    6 June Reviving Igbo language and culture Daily Sun

    6 June Study: Inuit language schooling brings long-term benefits by Sarah Rogers Nunatsiaq Online

    4 June Journey through the eyes of native law by Jake Wilson Sydney Morning Herald

    4 June First Nations event targets traditional language by Megan Stewart Vancouver Courier

    3 June Essay competition in indigenous languages underway The Guardian News Nigeria

    3 June TV helps Aboriginal language revival by Courtenay Rule Australian Geographic

    3 June E-dictionary aims to spread Aboriginal languages, cultures Taipei Times

    2 June Tribal leader has helped preserve Cahuilla culture Monique R. Henderson The Press-Enterprise

    2 June Yorke Peninsula schools revive lost language by Lucy Hood Adelaide Now

    2 June Lexicons To Help Preserve Native Tongues by Quratul-Ain Bandial BruDirect

    1 June New Quechua class at OSU exposes students to indigenous Incan language by Jessica Ostrau The Lantern

    1 June Trying to save vanishing languages American Indians turn to recordings at American Philosophical Society by Stephan Salisbury The Philadelphia Inquirer

    1 June Indigenous languages online - challenges and opportunities by Eduardo Avila Global Voices Online

    Spring 2010 Guardians of Language by Marc Dadigan Cascade

  • May 2010

    31 May e-dictionary preserves dying indigenous languages, cultures Focus Taiwan

    28 May Yaqui tapes a treasure for UA researchers by Becky Pallack Arizona Daily Star

    28 May Aboriginal astronomers: world's oldest? by Bridget Brennan Australian Geographic

    27 May On saving traditional languages: Young activists are tackling the disappearance of traditional Aboriginal languages using a unique learning method Columbian Centre Society

    27 May Thornes Helps Tribe Preserve Native Language University of Central Arkansas Campus News

    27 May Robbed of their language and pride by Kevin Rollason Winnipeg Free Press

    27 May HRD ministry's initiative to protect languages Times of India

    26 May 2010 Language lessons: You are what you speak by Christine Kenneally New Scientist

    26 May Courses to Be Designed in Endangered Languages Outlook India

    25 May Sealaska Heritage Institute Releases Landmark Dictionaries  For Tlingit, Haida, And Tsimshian, Juneau Empire and Indigenous Peoples, Issues and Resources

    25 May Endangered tongues by Sam Roberts Deccan Herald

    21 May HRD forms panel for preservation of endangered languages by Anubhuti Vishnoi Indian Express

    18 May University of Goroko hosts seminar on language translation by Kate Gunn Malum Nalu

    18 May State will spend thousands to aid Lakota speakers at voting booths by Bob Mercer The Daily Republic

    16 May Saving Turkey's endangered Laz language Al Jazeera

    16 May Smithsonian Reaches Out to Indigenous Groups with Language Effort by E.E. Mazier Suite 101

    16 May Indigenous Language Acquisition Nigerian Parents Forum

    15  May Saving the language of the Cherokee by Rob Reynolds Aljazeera.net Americas

    15 May Half of world's languages may become extinct by year 2100 Digital Journal

    14 May Payne Family Native American Center opens on UM campus by Travis Coleman Great Falls Tribune

    13 May WORLD: Languages endangered National Indigenous Times

    13 May Daylong events mark dedication of Native American Center at UM by Travis Coleman Great Falls Tribune

    12 May Schools boss seeks solution to bilingual anger by Eleni Roussos ABC News

    12 May Aboriginal pupils in sharp focus in education plan by Anna Patty and Dan Harrison Sydney Morning Herald

    11 May Tiwi Music ABC Behind the News

    10 May TV show teaches Aboriginal language to kids The Australian

    10 May Kids show to teach Aboriginal language Straits Times

    10 May Australian TV show teaches Aboriginal language Northern Territory News, Oregon Herald, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, Inquirer Global Nation, Live JournalYahoo! NewsHealth Life Source

    11 May First Nations languages need greater use by George T. Baker Prince Rupert Daily News

    10 May Federal Agency Issues Voter Guides in Native American and Alaska Native Languages EV Living

    7 May B.C.'s fluent speakers of First Nations languages are a dwindling minority by Stefania Seccia Westerly News

    6 May China-Taiwan: Pingpu activists ask UN assistance in Aboriginal claim Indigenous Portal

    6 May Fight for cultural diversity amidst globalization by Philip Fernando Daily News

    6 May Native language endangerment in BC by Garry Peterson Resilience Science

    6 May First Nations language endangered by George T. Baker Prince Rupert Daily News

    6 May Preserving the Lushootseed language for the next generation by Holly Taylor Crosscut

    5 May Channeling Ngugi: language and identity in Kenya and Africa by Sitawa Namwalie Kenya Imagine

    4 May Native languages face extinction by Dustin Walker Nanaimo Daily News

    3 May Native languages are in peril, report says by Judith Lavoie Times Colonist

    2 May Training on new Indigenous language program Torres News Online

    2 May It's all Tifinagh to us: Vermont project aims to preserve endangered alphabets by Ruth Hare Times Argus

    2 May B.C.’s native languages at risk of extinction by Wendy Stueck Globe and Mail

    2 May Report – Indigenous languages at serious risk on Canada’s Pacific Coast Buffalo Post

    1 May Native languages in peril by Judith Lavoie Times Colonist, The Province, Vancouver Sun

    1 May B.C. First Nations languages face extinction unless action taken now by Stephen Hui Straight.com

    1 May Strengthening Education With Indigenous Languages In Bangladesh: Video Report Indigenous Peoples, Issues and Resources

    Winter 2010 Bilingual works by Yalmay Yunupingu Australian Educator

    Spring 2010 Speaking Their Language Carleton College

  • April 2010

    30 April Cherokee immersion students win language fair by Will Chavez Cherokee Phoenix

    30 April Unicode simplifies using Cherokee language on computers by Will Chavez Cherokee Phoenix

    30 April Report Urges Action for B.C.'s First Nations Languages Marketwire

    30 April Losing a Language by Desi Anwar Jakarta Globe

    29 April Poke from the future, protect the Cree past by Zev Singer Ottowa Citizen

    28 April Learning local Koori language the hip hop way by Anthony Scully ABC Southeast NSW

    28 April Elders pair with Tlingit teachers in training course Capital City Weekly

    28 April Listening to (and Saving) the World’s Languages New York Times

    27 April World's 18 most endangered spoken languages by Leigh Montgomery and Elizabeth Ryan Christian Science Monitor

    27 April Linguist races to save a dying language spoken in Cambodia by Jared Ferrie Christian Science Monitor

    27 April Indian reservation works to save Lakota language by Kayla Gahagan Indian Country Today

    27 April MB. to recognize aboriginal languages by Paul Turenne Winnipeg Sun

    27 April Manitoba to recognize aboriginal languages First Nations: Native tongues to be official The Orillia Packet

    26 April Bangladesh: Primary Education For Adivashis (Indigenous) Indigenous Portal

    25 April Indigenous Peoples Draw Focus at UN by Jaya Ramachadran Pressenza International Press Agency

    23 April Métis community recognized 680News

    23 April Indigenous Peoples draw focus at UN by Jaya Ramachadran IDN-InDepthNews

    22 April $201,670 NSF Grant to Create Online Atlas of Endangered Native Languages Media Newswire

    20 April Language: Treasured teacher embodies 100 reasons to learn Oneida Smithsonian American Indian News

    20 April Manitoba moves to preserve seven aboriginal languages Calgary Herald

    20 April Manitoba Proposes Legislation To Recognize Aboriginal Languages Gov Monitor

    20 April U of M offering Cree language courses Winnipeg Free Press

    20 April Digital archiving tool to give voice to indigenous peoples by Gail Siegel WSU Today

    19 April 9th UN Forum On Indigenous Issues Opens With Ban Ki-moon Calling For Respect For Values Indigenous peoples, Issues and Resources

    16 April Lakota striving to stay alive by Kayla Gahagan Rapid City Journal

    15 April The impact of English on the preservation and maintenance of Indigenous and other old languages ABC Radio National

    15 April Young Sami eager to breathe new life into culture Helsinki Times

    15 April Temotu language to be preserved Solomon Star

    15 April Heritage ‘Smoke’ signals go digital The Tillsonburg News

    13 April Call for investment in Gaelic to show it has uses in modern world by Craig Brown News Scotsman

    13 April Eisenhower Elementary School’s studies help preserve American Indian languages NewsOK

    13 April The island that no longer sings by Mira Baz The Daily Star

    9 April Historic meeting of North American Athabaskan people and the Ket people of Siberian Russia Arctic Athabaskan Council

    9 April Endangered Languages Bill Moyers Journal PBS

    9 April Giving Dzongkha a shot in the arm Kuensel Online

    7 April African science must tackle local language barriers by Charles Dhewa SciDev Net

    7 April Talk urges protection of endangered languages by Christy O'Keefe The Dartmouth

    6 April Inland Cherokee gather each week in Riverside to preserve their ancestors' native language The Press-Enterprise

    6 April A battle that must be won International Falls Daily Journal

    6 April Ojibwe unite to save their heritage by Faye Whitbeck International Falls Daily Journal

    5 April Indian Tribes Go in Search of Their Lost Languages by Patricia Cohen New York Times

    4 April Aramaic 'an endangered language' BBC News

    4 April 2,000 attend five-day event North Bay Nugget

    4 April Case for Pakhtunkhwa The International News

    3 April Shinnecocks Learning an Old Language The Sag Harbor Express

  • March 2010

    30 March Embracing his Kaurna heritage by Katelin Nelligan News Review Messenger

    30 March RBC becomes first Canadian bank to offer indigenous languages telephone service iStock Analyst

    30 March Precious research rediscovered, 'a breakthrough for Indigenous studies' by Kim Lyell ABC News

    29 March Revelstoke School District Signs First Aboriginal Education Agreement Indigenous Peoples, Issues and Resources

    29 March Digital threat to remote area indigenous TV by Sally Jackson The Australian

    26 March ‘The Wendat people are survivors' Project hopes to revive ancestral Huron language by Mark Cardwell The Montreal Gazette

    26 March Bringing Cherokee Language studies into the 21st Century Cherokee One Feather

    25 March Community pay tribute to priest by Heather Ewart 7.30 Report

    24 March Chickaloon Elder Katie Wade Left Behind Lasting Legacy Alaska Public Radio Network

    24 March New push begins to save Salish language by David Flores Lake County Leader

    23 March Shinnecock Indian Nation Agawam Notes 27 East Community News

    19 March Google to add Maya, Nahuatl languages to search engine Agence France-Presse

    18 March Native Languages Proposal Delivered to Obama Administration Cultural Survival

    18 March Saving their mother tongue by Jennifer Pritchett Telegraph Journal

    17 March Entrench Language Rights in Constitution All Africa

    18 March Legal services now available in Cree by Kate McLaren Northern News

    16 March Wiradjuri in the classroom by Blake Nicholson Forbes Advocate

    16 March Rosetta Stone preserving Chitimacha language: Course made available to tribe in Charenton by Richard Burgess The Advocate

    13 March Keeping traditional languages alive by Jeff Labine TB newswatch

    11 March Experts Translate Texts from Mexican Indian Cults Latin America Herald Tribune

    11 March Questions Answered: Invented Languages New York Times

    10 March CPPCC member: Beware of English invasion by Wang Jingqiong China Daily

    9 March Whose culture is it? Taking on the myth that Quebec’s culture belongs to a select few by William M. Burton The McGill Daily

    9 March Call for 'civic disobedience' to save minority languages EurActiv

    8 March MEPs push for EU recognition of Catalan, Welsh languages EurActiv

    7 March Tribal program is saving Salish by Kevin Graman The Spokesman-Review

    5 March Only seven can speak dying language by Samwel Kumba and Mwangi Ndirangu Daily Nation News

    4 March Wade Davis on Dying Languages You Tube

    4 March Student films aim to bring Native languages back to life by Robert Nott Santa Fe New Mexican

    4 March UNESCO releases new publication on linguistic diversity in the Internet UNESCO news

    4 March Cyprus Maronites battle to preserve ancestral language France 24

    3 March Cultures around the world at risk of losing their languages World Focus

    3 March Prof Nirupama Prakash from BITS Pilani invited to participate in UNESCO International Mother Language Day Symposium at Paris India PR Wire

  • February 2010

    Jan/Feb 2010 Humilavekian Vol. 1, Issue 20-21 (downloadable PDF)

    28 February Rosetta Stone helps Chitimacha revive language by Jennifer Ashawasegai Indian Country Today

    27 February A Cultural Revival: The spirit of Japan's Ainu artists by Lucy Birmingham The Wall Street Journal

    24 February Athabascan linguist, tradition bearer Katherine Peter dies Fairbanks Daily News Miner

    24 February Tribe develops language immersion program by Lynn Fischer Morning Sun

    24 February Education in mother tongue by Dr Manzur Ejaz Daily Times

    24 February Now, master your mother tongue, on weekends Indian Express

    24 February Heart of Louisiana: The Chitimacha's lost language by Dave McNamara Fox 8 TV

    24 February Is Arabic a dying language? by Tom Hundley Minn Post

    23 February Nigeria: Preserving the Mother Tongue Initiative AllAfrica

    23 February Aborigines Must Save Language Gold Coast Bulletin

    23 February Aborigines against Globalization "Universal Man" isn’t as universal as we once thought by Julienne Eden Busic Javno

    23 February Indigenous languages facing extinction Gulf Times

    23 February Making technology speak your language The Independent

    23 February Opening virtual doors across the language barrier by Anthony Salcito R&D Magazine

    22 February More Than 1 Billion Speakers Of Endangered Languages Get Access To Technology The Street

    22 February Microsoft throws a lifeline to endangered languages by Hani Megerisi PC Pro

    22 February Speaker breaks down Native American code at annual Pow Wow by Alysia R. Brooks The Shorthorn

    22 February Opinion: The Survival of Languages is Economically Determined, My Dear Arch- Nemesis! by Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe Joy Online

    21 February Linguists Scramble To Save The World's Languages by Richard Solash Radio Free Europe

    21 February Mother tongues nurture sense of cultural identity by Shweta Satyan Gulf News

    21 February Punjabi National Conference marks Mother Tongue Day Daily Times

    21 February Violence mars Bangladesh's 'language movement' day Prokerala

    21 February UNESCO marks International Mother Language Day ITAR TASS

    21 February India, B’desh celebrate International Mother Language Day Zeenews

    21 February UN promotes multilingualism Inquirer Global Nation

    21 February Int'l Mother Language Institute opens in Bangladesh's capital Xinhua News

    21 February Linguist Says Slovenian Language Not Endangered Slovenian Press Agency

    21 February Bangladesh pays tributes to 1952 language heroes Zeenews

    21 February 21 February 2010: International Mother Language Day by Dr. Eugene D’Souza, Moodubelle Bellevision

    21 February College course passes on Dena'ina language by Joseph Robertia Peninsula Clarion

    20 February Indigenous leaders want primary edn in mother tongues by Jasim Majumder The Daily Star

    20 February Native leader critical of efforts to preserve language by Mary Ellen Macintyre The Chronicle Herald

    20 February Virginia Beavert keeping Sahaptin language alive by Pat Muir Yakima Herald

    20 February More than 248 native languages face serious risk of extinction in Latin America by Jennifer Ross VHeadline

    20 February ADMAF Celebrates International Mother Language Day Eye of Dubai

    20 February Entrepreneur designs shirts with Language Day message by Megan Schmidt The Holland Sentinel

    20 February International Mother Language Day Manila Bulletin

    20 February Conference on international mother language day tomorrow India Edunews

    20 February International Mother Language Day in Ontario Kaberi Chatterjee Canadian Immigrant

    19 February Contest dedicated to International Mother Language Day completes in Azerbaijan Trend

    19 February Bangladeshi minister: Int’l Mother Language Institute to help country stand straight in global arena Brunei fm

    19 February Preserving languages vital to world by Shankar Das The Star Phoenix

    19 February Hillary greets B'desh on International Mother Language Day Zeenews

    19 February Kutztown University holding International Mother Language Day Reading Eagle

    19 February Celebrating and protecting languages other than English by Vanessa Mills ABC Kimberley

    19 February Teaching indigenous language by Greg Dickson GreenMag

    19 February State settles Yup'ik language ballot lawsuit Anchorage Daily News

    19 February Apache speakers hang on by Mark Herz The Camp Verde Journal

    19 February One More Endangered Language Falls Silent by Ford Cochran National Geographic BlogWILD

    18 February Human Rights and the Languages of the Olympics by Richard Kagan The Daily Journal

    18 February Fabrica creates the image for the International Mother Language Day Sfilate Fashion Avenue Network

    18 February Nuu-chah-nulth found by Wawmeesh G. Hamilton Alberni Valley News

    18 February Critical Shortage of Sami Language Teachers YLE

    18 February Let Us Save the Ga Language Ghana Web

    18 February New ideas needed on how language is used in schools by Margie Owen-Smith Sowetan

    17 February Canada should support the endangered language protection accord by Nazrul Islam Guelph Mercury

    17 February In America, 191 Languages are Endangered or Extinct by Mary Silver Epoch Times

    17 February Off the Coast of India, Another Language Dies by Ishaan Tharoor Time Magazine

    15 February Saving endangered languages: Some better reasons for keeping languages alive by Derek Bickerton Psychology Today

    15 February Teach English or miss out on funds: Abal by James Apa Gumuno The National

    15 February 'Tribal Voice Radio' broadcasting now by Scott Woodham Alaska Dispatch

    14 February Popular music a way to preserve Inuktitut CBC News

    14 February Nigeria: enforcing Indigenous Languages in Homes by Yemi Adebisi AllAfrica

    12 February Call for Aboriginal language studies in schools ABC News

    12 February Butchulla may be taught in schools by Stephen O'Grady Brisbane Times and Fraser Coast Chronicle

    9 February Nunavut language summit begins CBC News

    9 February Oral language further preserved at University of Goroka by Philip Tama Malum Nalu

    8 February Simultaneous interpretation of te reo Maori to be launched Scoop Independent News

    8 February Anishinabe-kwe on the air North Bay Nugget

    8 February The race to save Indigenous languages by Louisa Rebgetz ABC news

    5 February The tragedy of dying languages by K. David Harrison BBC News

    4 February Last speaker of ancient language of Bo dies in India by Alastair Lawson BBC News

    4 February Indigenous Language Institute Received Grant for Native Youth Language Project by Inée Y. Slaughter Tribalog

    2 February Software Company Helps Revive 'Sleeping' Language by Larry Abramson on NPR

    2 February The Canadiens lost, but Inuktitut scored a win The Gazette

    1 February Indigenous verse back on agenda by Jonathan Atkins ABC News

    1 February Taiwan Journey Part 4: Aboriginal Sounds in Taiwan with Inka Mbing and Totem by Michal Shapiro World Music Blog

    Autumn 2010 Wrong way, go back by Krista Mogensen Australian Educator

  • January 2010

    31 January Researcher gave the Chumash a gift: their heritage By Steve Chawkins in the Los Angeles Times

    27 January On language and Ktunaxa women by Brian Coombs Kootenay News Advertiser

    29 January San children risk losing language Namibia Economist

    28 January Saving Endangered Languages from Being Forgotten Science Daily

    28 January Fluent Arikara speaker dies KITV NEWS

    25 January Rosetta Stone Endangered Language Program Releases Chitimacha Language Software Rosetta Stone press 

    25 January "Protecting Our Language" and the Dakota way by Scott Tedrick Advocate Tribune

    24 January Marshallese language gets online dictionary by Craig Gima Honolulu Star Bulletin

    22 January Cambodia's Minority Languages Face Bleak Future by Robert Carmichael Voice of America

    17 January Tokyo prof strives to rescue an Aboriginal language from oblivion by Eriko Arita Japan Times

    14 January Congress Increases Funding for Native American Language Programs Cultural Survival

    11 January Burma: ZBC To Start Language Learning Programme in Six Dialects Indigenous Portal

    11 January Giving new life to her native language, Ojibwe Chicago Tribune

    2 January Holding our tongues Awaye!

  • December 2009

    31 December Northern Territory’s small languages sidelined from schools by Greg Dickson Ogmios 40: 3-4

    25 December Christmas In 10 Native American Languages by Monika Evstatieva NPR

    23 December Social Justice Report 2009 Australian Human Rights Commission

    15 December Simultaneous interpretation of Parliament into Maori by Pita Sharples Infonews

    14 December Efforts to save endangered languages by Lin Edwards Physorg

    13 December The beckoning silence: Why half of the world's languages are in serious danger of dying out by Paul Bignell The Independent

    5 December Education failure in any language by Nicolas Rothwell The Australian

    4 December Speakers of Dena'ina race to save their language by Eric Sowl 2KTUU.com

  • November 2009

    30 November Learning Yuwaalaraay in Walgett The Sydney Morning Herald

    28 November First languages first, then English by Mary-Ruth Mendel The Sydney Morning Herald

    27 November Talking 'bout their generation comes last by Debra Jopson The Sydney Morning Herald

    27 November Schools to teach Aboriginal culture by Heath Gilmore in Higher Education The Sydney Morning Herald

    27 November Cut to bilingual teaching won't help students: educators by Lindsay Murdoch In Yirrkala The Sydney Morning Herald

    26 November Language is power; let us have ours by Aden Ridgeway The Sydney Morning Herald

    12 November 2009 Almost 200 Indian Languages Face Extinction Deutsche Welle

    11 November Law on native languages of the indigenous peoples of the North of the Yamal-Nenets Okrug Indigenous Portal

    3 November Losing Your Tongue: World's Top Endangered Language Experts Gather Science Daily

  • October 2009

    31 October Indigenous languages still being used ABC News

    29 October Why Save Dying Languages? The New York Times blog

    Fall 2009 The Cosmopolitan Tongue: The Universality of English by John McWhorter World Affairs: A Journal of Ideas and Debates

    29 October Bilingual education changes 'defy commonsense' by Anna Henderson ABC News

    20 October Keynote Lecture Language Death by David Crystal The 2009 Compass Interdisciplinary Virtual Conference

    19 October The death of language? by Tom Colls BBC Radio Today

    13 October How to talk to Aboriginal students by Myrna Tonkinson Eureka Street Vol. 19(20)

    11 October Native communities fighting to keep traditional languages alive by Jamie Komarnicki The Star Phoenix

    1 October Bilingual education 'never given a chance' by Louisa Rebgetz ABC News

  • September 2009

    24 September Alice Springs closer to getting language centre ABC News

    14 September Bilingual debate rages in NT ABC News

    14 September Bilingual education changes hit roadblock ABC News

    5 September Language challenge for Cree Nation by Aldo Santin Winnipeg Free Press

  • August 2009

    9 August Government tips in $9.3m to help indigenous languages AAP

  • July 2009

    27 July 2009 Scientist at Work: Tucker Childs Linguist’s Preservation Kit Has New Digital Tools by Chris Nicholson New York Times

    19 July Ten Teens Study To Guard Their Native Language by Jenny Brundin NPR

    2 July Call to save bilingual education by Stuart Rintoul The Australian

  • June 2009

    26 June Bilingual schools plan blasted ABC News

  • May 2009

    26 May Languages on Life Support by Peter Monaghan The Chronicle of Higher Education Review

    23 May Endangered Alaskan Language Goes Digital by Martha Woodroof NPR

  • April 2009

    19 April Salem linguist preserves endangered tongues by Barbara Curtin Statesman Journal

    14 April Endangered Aramaic language makes a comeback in Syria by Ian Black The Guardian

    14 April Lost Aboriginal language revived by Phil Mercer BBC News

    8 April Women on front line of language preservation by Gail Liston The Australian

    1 April Saving Native American languages by Jane O'Brien BBC News

  • March 2009

    13 March Indigenous languages dying - and fast by Tara Ravens news.com.au

    8 March 2009 Holding our tongues Hindsight ABC Radio

  • February 2009

    27 February UNESCO Experts Consider Chuvash Language Endangered Russia-ic

    20 February Welsh language "is still endangered" by Eryl Crump Daily Post

  • 2008

    1 May 2008 UN Youth Caucus- Intervention on Language You Tube

    27 March Last Indians of the Amazon The Guardian Weekly

    2008 Seeking a New Identity by Fiona Ngarachu African Global Networks

  • 2007

    13 September Canada votes 'no' as UN native rights declaration passes CBC

  • 2003

    Winter More Than Words -Mohawk Language and Cultural Revitalization in New York by Lisa Matthews Cultural Survival Quarterly 27.4