Navajo is now the official language of the Navajo Nation, placing an obligation on the tribal government to preserve and strengthen the language. Legislation was approved by the Navajo Nation Council ...

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 ...

A New Mexico woman decided to put a local Burger King drive-thru worker to the test by ordering in her native Navajo language. What happened next left her pleasantly surprised. The Navajo language ...

The Museum at Warm Springs will present a lecture by Diné elder Lupita McClanahan from the Navajo Nation from 4-6 p.m. on ...

Pete Sands noticed something as he delivered food to remote corners of the Navajo Nation. It was the middle of the pandemic, and families were stuck at home together. During his visits, Sands, a ...

As Native language programs flourish in classrooms, Indian centers, tribal meeting rooms and online, President Donald Trump issued an executive order over the weekend declaring English would be the ...

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 — Zonnie Gorman remembers the first time she saw an old photo of a group of young, sleek, clean-cut Navajo men — men who would go on to become the Navajo Code Talkers during World War II. The ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The language he once was punished for speaking in school became Chester Nez's primary weapon in World War II. Before hundreds of men from the Navajo Nation became Code Talkers, Nez ...