With the help of their community and a language app developer, two Indigenous teachers have brought Swinomish Lushootseed ...

Indigenous peoples speak more than 4,000 of the world’s 7,000-odd languages. These native tongues function as so much more than a means of communication; they encode community histories, traditions, ...

At one point in history, Australia was home to more than 250 languages and some 800 dialects. Colonisation and cultural ...

Tulika Bose: You’re listening to a celebration in the Levenofi village in the remote highlands of the island nation of Papua New Guinea. I was here with our Scientific American video crew last year to ...

Words are the binds that keep communities together, but many of Australia's First Languages are rapidly being lost. When combined with new technologies, however, they can be preserved and spread in ...

Bo Johnson from the Confederated Tribes of Siletz in Oregon wanted to know the meaning of the Siletz prayers he heard spoken during ceremonies. Kate Pewenofkit Briner gets stopped on the street in ...

Andrés Villegas stood in the middle of the tiny Homestead radio studio on a recent evening, tapping on the black foam of his microphone. The 57-year-old Mexican laborer began to read the ...

Without the representation of marginalized voices in media, there are only two options left on the table: exclusion and tokenization. Those aspects have dominated the Indigenous experience in the ...

Victoria's proposed Treaty with Aboriginal people will bring about quite a few changes. As one of them, you might start hearing a few words you didn't know.The Statewide Treaty Bill, which passed the ...

In the song “Oceanic Feeling” from her new album, “Solar Power,” singer Lorde alludes to a jump into a lake at Bulli Point, a beloved swimming spot in her homeland of New Zealand: “When I hit that ...