POTTSVILLE — Children got a lesson in Native American sign language on Monday at the opening of the week-long summer reading camp at Trinity Episcopal Church. Under the guidance of Patrick “Porcupine ...

Roger Jacob started teaching Ichishkiin in Wapato in 2011. The principal at the time at PACE asked him to start teaching a ...

Texas native, interpreter behind Black American Sign Language for ‘Sinners’ movie streaming on Max (Olivia Beer (HBO) , Copyright 2025 by Warner Bros. Discovery ...

Every November, someone contacts me to present about Native Americans for Native American Heritage Month. In such presentations, I provide background about the month and why it matters. But I also ...

If you were fortunate enough to come to the library for our visit from James Vukelich Kaagegaabaw, you may already have a good start on reading material for the month of November, which is Native ...

After an illness during pregnancy deafened Doug and Naomi Foley’s baby, they got a call from a friend of the family who had a deaf and blind son. Her emphatic message: Learn American Sign Language.

Learning American Sign Language (ASL) is not only a way to break communication barriers, it is viewed as a respectful and worthwhile skill to have. Sign language is not universal, and different ...

When Native students are exposed to their cultural languages, their sense of well-being improves and they’re more likely to graduate, studies show. Similarly, culturally responsive teaching and ...

We all communicate through words, either by speaking or writing. Very rarely, we use nods, or some simple hand signs to communicate. Unfortunately, there are deaf people in the world who cannot hear ...

When Joshuaa Allison-Burbank worked as a speech pathologist in his home community of the  Navajo Nation, he saw an effect of ...

The Caddo Nation of Oklahoma announced the death of Edmond Johnson on July 14 Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE. She has been writing about fashion, parenting and pop culture for more than 15 ...

When I (Nakamura) first arrived in the U.S. for a postdoctoral fellowship, the anxiety of speaking English struck the first moment I put my feet in the immigration hall at Miami International Airport.