On Christmas Eve, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren signed long-awaited legislation to have the Navajo language used, taught and supported by appropriations. With his signature, Diné bizaad, is now ...

Dec. 30—The Navajo Nation will start 2025 with a new effort to preserve and spread the use of its native tongue. President Buu Nygren signed legislation on Christmas Eve officially recognizing Diné ...

The Navajo Nation will start 2025 with a new effort to preserve and spread the use of its native tongue. President Buu Nygren signed legislation on Christmas Eve officially recognizing Diné Bizaad, ...

Navajo language classes in Albuquerque are helping Navajo students reconnect with their at-risk language and, more broadly, their culture. The Navajo language, or Diné bizaad, is one of the most ...

As you walk through the halls of Navajo Preparatory School, you will see students from across Diné Bikeyyah— the Navajo Nation — often wearing a tsiiyééł, a traditional Diné hair bun, Nike sneakers, ...

Navajo teacher works to preserve indigenous language, emphasizing oral traditions and cultural ties. Elfreida Begay, a Navajo language teacher at Durango High School, is preserving Diné Bizaad by ...

GALLUP, N.M. – A group of Navajo Nation elders is using traditional storytelling to try to pass down their native language to the next generation. The Dine Council of Elders for Peace recently ...

Since January, the Trump administration has threatened funding for tribal colleges, erased Navajo history, and proposed cuts ...

All eyes were cast on the six young women competing. Cheers erupted as they came out, waved to the crowds and took their spots by large wooden butchering stands, tied-up sheep close by. Behind them ...

FLAGSTAFF — Manuelito Wheeler did not join millions of sci-fi fans who packed into movie theaters in May 1977 to see the original “Star Wars.” He was only 7 and living with his family in remote Window ...