There is no word for “goodbye” in the Crow language. Rather, in Apsalooke, it’s “shia-nuk" (see you later). Goodbye has a finality to it, so Crow people avoid using it. Yet, without opportunities to ...

A drum circle sang songs of victory. A smudging ceremony wiped away the tears. And Crow tribal elders spoke in Apsáalooke (Crow language) about the next generation that has yet to be born. The early ...

There’s a big difference between being able to speak the Crow language and being able to teach it. But, for a language used by a dwindling number of people in the roughly 13,000-member tribe, there ...

Beneath the shade of a large tent, 29 Crow teenagers repeat Lanny Real Bird's words, trying their best to match his pronunciation and corresponding hand signs. They speak and sign them quickly: ...

Crow is still spoken among adult members of the south-central Montana tribe. During public meetings, an opening prayer is said in Crow, and other speakers, in the course of a talk, will move easily ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — A Crow language print dictionary will be released on June 3, after years of collective effort from the community, according to the Crow Language Consortium. This historic print ...

Crow is still spoken among adult members of the south-central Montana tribe. During public meetings, an opening prayer is said in Crow, and other speakers, in the course of a talk, will move easily ...

Michael Joseph, the consortium's public relations coordinator, said the funding will support interns, language digitization and an ongoing effort to build the most extensive Crow dictionary, which ...

CROW RESERVATION — On a weekday morning, teacher Janice Wilson leads a class of Wyola second-graders in a Crow song, their hands and their mouths in motion at the same time. Wyola, a small town not ...

Native American languages are struggling to stay alive. But with the help of summer language institutes, they are on their way back. Many Native American languages have only a few speakers left. But ...

Goodbye has a finality to it, so Crow people avoid using it. Yet, without opportunities to practice the Crow language and encouragement from elders, there is fear that some are saying goodbye to their ...