Goodbye has a finality to it, so Crow people avoid using it. Yet, without opportunities to practice the Crow language and encouragement from elders, there is fear that some are saying goodbye to their ...

Crow is still spoken among adult members of the southcentral Montana tribe. During public meetings, an opening prayer is said in Crow, and other speakers, in the course of a talk, will move easily ...

A drum circle sang songs of victory. A smudging ceremony wiped away the tears. And Crow tribal elders spoke in Apsáalooke (Crow language) about the next generation that has yet to be born. The early ...

Crow is still spoken among adult members of the south-central Montana tribe. During public meetings, an opening prayer is said in Crow, and other speakers, in the course of a talk, will move easily ...

Michael Joseph, the consortium's public relations coordinator, said the funding will support interns, language digitization and an ongoing effort to build the most extensive Crow dictionary, which ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — A Crow language print dictionary will be released on June 3, after years of collective effort from the community, according to the Crow Language Consortium. This historic print ...

During the 1800s and 1900s, Native American children were forced to attend boarding schools, where they were punished for speaking Indigenous languages. As a result, in the last 60 years, the Crow ...

Native American languages are struggling to stay alive. But with the help of summer language institutes, they are on their way back. Crow Immersion Camp Hopes To Revive A Threatened Native American ...

BUFFALO — For Jacob Brien, a love of language runs in the family. Growing up on the Crow Reservation in southeastern Montana, Brien learned to speak the Crow language from his grandmother, who was the ...

For years, organizers have been collecting a massive database of Crow words, comparing nuance about their meanings and translations, and seeking out as many speakers of the language as possible — all ...

There is no word for “goodbye” in the Crow language. Rather, in Apsalooke, it’s “shia-nuk" (see you later). Goodbye has a finality to it, so Crow people avoid using it. Yet, without opportunities to ...