A Race to Rescue Native Tongues

By ELYSE ASHBURN

Do you speak American? Ojibwa, Inupiaq, Navajo, or Tututni? These languages once described everyday life in America, with words like dibik-giizis (moon), láá'íí (one), and tulxata (water) as common as latte, Big Mac, and yes are now.

But along with other Native American tongues, they have faded even more...