The first sight Zalmai “Zeke” Zahir would see most mornings growing up in Seattle and on the Muckleshoot reservation was the ...

Rapper Foreshadow’s new album promotes language and culture. He said it wouldn’t have been possible without support from a ...

In the 1990s, fewer than 350 people spoke Inari Sámi. Today, experts say about 500 people speak the near-extinct language, ...

A new study finds that the brain processes artificial languages, such as Esperanto and Klingon, using the same neural network ...

The cornerstone of the Samish Indian Nation and other Coast Salish peoples' cultural traditions is oral history — an ...

The SpellRing can track the shape of hands, movement, and palm orientation to enable word spelling in American Sign Language (ASL) with impressive accuracy.

The spring session of Finnish language classes is set to begin on Monday, March 31, at the Finnish Center at Saima Park, located at 67 Scott Road. Saija Laurla, a native of Finland, ...

These 10 companies, offering translation, localization, and interpreting, outperformed more than 200 competitors in 2024.

Supported by George and Christiane Smyth’s Salish Weave Fund at the Victoria Foundation, this initiative emphasizes reciprocity, relationship building, and cultural preservation. The Salish Weave ...

After a decade of failed attempts, members of Montana’s American Indian Caucus were stunned when a bill establishing Indigenous Peoples Day as a legal state holiday flew through the Senate with ...

The Vashon Island Chamber of Commerce’s Home & Garden Show, referenced in last week’s edition of The Beachcomber, was cancelled but not with enough notice to prevent some visitors from showing up to ...

This seemingly free and easy infant-feeding technique is anything but.