Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Native language programs flourish in classrooms, Indian centers, tribal meeting rooms and online, President Donald Trump issued ...

President Donald Trump issued an executive order declaring English as the nation's official language, but Native leaders dispute its reach. For many years, the federal government tried to erase Native ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A few years back, Sage Brook Carbone was attending a powwow at the Mashantucket Western Pequot reservation in Connecticut when she noticed signs in the Pequot language. Carbone ...

POTTSVILLE — Children got a lesson in Native American sign language on Monday at the opening of the week-long summer reading camp at Trinity Episcopal Church. Under the guidance of Patrick “Porcupine ...

The lack of scientific terms and vocabulary in many of the world’s sign languages can make science education and research careers inaccessible for deaf people and those with hearing loss. Meet the ...

The language landscape -- Earliest historical linguistic accounts -- A national treasure -- Early sign language studies -- The spectrum of discourse: from ceremonial to conversational -- The ...