Native Languages of the Americas

Native Languages of the Americas is a small non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting indigenous languages of the Americas. On this blog we respond to selected questions about Native American languages, folklore, and traditions that have been submitted to us.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Nantan Lupan

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Q : Upon reading an entry on the internet concerning American General George Crook, I saw his Native American scouts who were of the Apac...

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Saturday, October 26, 2013

Aponi

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Q : I am the proud father of a new baby girl. My wife and I have an international family, so we had to find a name that would work (and be ...

Thursday, October 24, 2013

How many Native Americans are there in the US?

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Q : I'm in 7th grade and I'm writing an essay on Native Americans for Language Arts class. I'm learning a lot, but I can't ...

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Friday, October 18, 2013

Chief Seattle

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Q : Can you tell me what's the proper way to spell Chief Seattle's name? Some places say Seattle but others say Si'ahl. A : T...

Monday, October 14, 2013

Algonquian tribes?

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Q : I was looking for information on the Statue of Liberty and on U.S. National Park Service website they write ”In 994 A. D., the first pe...

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Bee Bi'nishnííh: Navajo translators wanted

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Heads up to our Diné friends... we've gotten a request for native speakers of Navajo interested in freelance work translating health car...

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Blackfoot syllabary question

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Q : I was contacting you to see if you could help me out with a situation. I was looking for the proper symbols and way to spell out the w...

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Native Languages of the Americas: Welcome to our blog! Native Languages of the Americas is a small non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting indigenous languages of the Americas, particularly through the use of Internet technology. We make small grants to Native language preservation projects, and we create Internet and classroom resources to support language learning programs. Let us know how we can help your community's language projects today!

We are using this blog for a question and answer forum to publicly respond to selected questions that have been submitted to us. Although we have speakers and learners of more than 40 different Native American languages in our organization, we do not know everything and we welcome additions and corrections. Wado, miigwech, pilamaya ye, and thanks to all!

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