The Language Conservancy

Watch & Learn Wednesday! Learn about the mammals of Dilzhe'e Apache territory!

Watch the full video here or on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsBUgS5Pnak

This video introduces high-frequency vocabulary through illustrative sentences and vibrant imagery — supporting beginning learners as they build connections between language, land, and the world around them.

Created in collaboration with the Yavapai-Apache Nation and supported by the Department of Education.

Narrated by Barbara Harney McCabe and Priscilla Lewis
Illustrated by Allison Horner, František Valer, Noah Link, and Marty Two Bulls Sr.
Developed with Dilzhe’e language and cultural guidance from Vincent Randall, Priscilla Lewis, and Barbara McCabe
Linguistic consultation by Willem de Reuse and Ashleigh Surma

For more resources, including pronunciation and expanded vocabulary, visit the Dilzhe'e Apache Online Dictionary:
https://dilzhee.western-apache.org/

Language connects us to land, knowledge, and each other.

Mammals Dilzhe'e Apache Picture Book Learn about mammals that occur in Dilzhe'e Apache territory! With high frequency vocabulary, illustrative sentences and colorful images, this video is ideal ...

Watch & Learn Wednesday feature, Ta Hech Ktelamalsin? (How Are You?) This Delaware Nation Lenape early story book introduces vocabulary for everyday emotions.

Language carries emotion.
Language carries relationships,
Language carries us.

Narrated by Jim Rementer and illustrated by Tammy Jo Art.

Watch here:

Ta Hech Ktelamalsin? (How Are You?) - Delaware Nation Lenape This picture book video for early Lenape learners introduces vocabulary for several everyday emotions. Big emoji faces illustrate some of these familiar feel...

Like other Native languages the Ute language has always been a spoken language. Today, literacy efforts are helping bring the language into classrooms with books to increase literacy and support new learners as they build new skills while honoring oral tradition.

We’re honored to see Indigenous language education in Colorado classrooms highlighted by Colorado Public Radio.

This story centers Ute educators, Elders, and students who are working to ensure their language is spoken, taught, and carried forward — even in the face of limited resources and generations of disruption.

We’re grateful to work by invitation alongside the Ute Mountain Ute Language Project and it's partnering schools who are leading this work and shaping language learning in ways that reflect their values, culture, and lived experience.

📖 Read the full story:

These elementary schools in Southwest Colorado are trying to save the Ute language The only problem: No one is fully fluent.