Reviving Yurok: Saving one of California's 90 languages

Author

Producer

BBC News

Year

2013

California is home to the greatest diversity of Native American tribes in the US, and even today, 90 identifiable languages are still spoken there. Many are dying out as the last fluent speakers pass away and English dominates. But one tribe is having success reviving the Yurok language, which was on the verge of extinction and now is being taught in schools...

identity

language fluency

language preservation

language programs

language revitalization

cultural knowledge

Additional Information

Native Nations

Yurok Tribe

Resource Type

News and Opinion

Topics

Cultural Affairs

Citation

Leithead, Alastair. "Reviving Yurok: Saving one of California's 90 languages." BBC News. June 25, 2013. Video documentary. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23053593, accessed October 18, 2023)

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