The U.S. Department of Education has granted $6.6 million to launch the National Native American Language Resource Center (N-NALRC), a consortium led by the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
Native Californian tribes never "lost" their tribal languages. In fact, they've tried desperately to preserve them and bring them back into more widespread use despite attempts by Western culture to suppress them. Here's a look at the progress some tribal groups have made in bringing Indigenous languages out of dormancy.