Tag: language preservation

Culturally tailored books to showcase Native languages for children in the Colorado River Indian…

1/27/2024
Colorado River Indian Tribes

The FTF Colorado River Indian Tribes Regional Partnership Council funds native language preservation strategies to give parents and caregivers tools to promote…

First Things First joins in recognizing the International Decade of Indigenous Languages

10/20/2022
language preservation

Some FTF regions support a Native Language Preservation Strategy to give families tools to promote their children’s language development.

picture of small book with a dog illustration and Hualapai words for dog

New book of common Hualapai words helps families of babies, toddlers and preschoolers encourage…

3/3/2022
Hualapai Tribe

A new book in the Hualapai language is designed to support efforts to begin teaching the language early to preserve culture and identity.

As Native American Heritage Month is recognized, importance of teaching young children native…

10/11/2019
early learning

This year, the importance of teaching young children native language is being highlighted during November’s Native American Heritage Month.

Keeping ancestral languages alive and relevant today

8/1/2019
language literacy and culture

Language expert says maintaining Native American languages in early childhood helps to preserve culture and identity.

Quality First center in Peach Springs preserving native language for next generation

12/14/2018
Quality First

The Hualapai Day Care center teachers in Peach Springs focus on preserving the region’s native language by teaching it to the next generation of young…

Bilingual books build early literacy and cultural knowledge for Peach Springs sisters

8/17/2017
tribal

After almost two years, 7-year-old Lena Montana and her little sister, Alyssa, 5, still carry around their bilingual children’s books filled with…

Native language preservation program benefits San Carlos Apache girl

3/31/2017
Quality First

One of the reasons April Noline enrolled her infant daughter Emma-Jean in the San Carlos Apache Kid Child Care Center was that it provided instruction in the…