{"id":254362,"date":"2025-10-13T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=254362"},"modified":"2025-10-13T12:19:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T17:19:52","slug":"native-america-calling-language-teachers-celebrate-success-on-indigenous-peoples-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/10\/13\/native-america-calling-language-teachers-celebrate-success-on-indigenous-peoples-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Language teachers celebrate success on Indigenous Peoples Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, October 13, 2025<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Language teachers celebrate success on Indigenous Peoples Day\r\n<\/div>\r\nAfter an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokesman.com\/stories\/2023\/nov\/05\/our-language-identifies-who-we-are-determined-to-p\/\">intensive two-year adult immersion program<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokesman.com\/stories\/2025\/oct\/08\/the-number-of-fluent-spokane-salish-speakers-has-m\/\">number of fluent Spokane Salish language speakers nearly doubled<\/a>.  \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe success represents the work of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Spokane-Language-House-100054480879291\/\">Spokane Language House<\/a>, a non-profit that is funded and supported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokanetribe.com\">Spokane Tribe<\/a> in Washington state. Now, some of the immersion program graduates will be hired on as full-time language teaching staff as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spokanelanguageculture.com\">tribe expands<\/a> its <a href=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100063485263462&#038;ref=embed_page>language revitalization efforts<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n Meanwhile,  the Yuchi Tribe in Oklahoma has established the <a href=https:\/\/www.yuchilanguage.org\/\/>Yuchi Language Project<\/a>. As part of the work, the tribe developed  a unique partnership with an Australian Aboriginal nation to exchange ideas for revitalizing both of their endangered languages.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n Tune into Native America Calling to hear about these two recent Native language success stories.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nAlso,  hear about a five-part talk show, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/show\/rematriated-voices-with-michelle-schenandoah\/\">Rematriated Voices<\/a>\u201d, centered on Haudenosaunee culture and principles.  The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcny.org\/rematriated-voices-premieres-october-13-2025\/\">first episode airs on Indigenous Peoples Day<\/a> on New York PBS affiliate WCNY.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\nSulustu Barry Moses (Spokane Tribe of Indians), program manager for adult fluency training and executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Spokane-Language-House-100054480879291\/\">Spokane Language House<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nRichard Grounds (Yuchi and Seminole), executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuchilanguage.org\">Yuchi Language Project<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nMichelle Schenandoah (Oneida), founder and executive lead of <a href=\"https:\/\/rematriation.com\/\">Rematriation<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After an intensive two-year adult immersion program, the number of fluent Spokane Salish language speakers nearly doubled.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":254414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,1,23],"tags":[1952,121,603,175,243,2709,133,34,127,134,6832,312,6831,109,314,1451],"class_list":["post-254362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-national","category-world","tag-australia","tag-employment","tag-indigenous-peoples-day","tag-languages","tag-media","tag-michelle-schenandoah","tag-native-america-calling","tag-new-york","tag-oklahoma","tag-radio","tag-richard-gorunds","tag-spokane","tag-sulustu-barry-moses","tag-tv","tag-washington","tag-yuchi","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-14aC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/13\/SpokaneLanguageHouse.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254362"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254413,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254362\/revisions\/254413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}