It's not the kind of Los Angeles County map people expect to see. Instead of geographic markers, it shows languages. The Pico-Union and Westlake areas light up with red and green dots for households ...

President Biden became the first president to officially recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day in 2021, and did so again this year. It falls on the same day as Columbus Day, which was established by ...

Native Land Digital / Screenshot by NPR President Biden became the first president to officially recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day in 2021, and did so again this year. It falls on the same day as ...

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This commitment came to life in Altona through the Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada floor map — a unique educational tool offering a new way to view the land. Unlike traditional maps focused on ...

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Blas Jaime has spent nearly two decades resurrecting Chaná, an Indigenous language in Argentina that he learned from his mother. Blas Omar Jaime has, in many ways, placed the Chaná Indigenous group ...

For more than 300 years, the Monterey Bay area has served as a cultural and linguistic crossroads where diverse communities have met, mingled, and exchanged ideas. One of the lesser-known but deeply ...

Brazil has more speakers of indigenous languages than it did in 2010. According to the 2022 census on indigenous ethnic groups and languages, released by the statistics bureau IBGE, the number of ...