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Lists

1. Native American Language Act of 1992 (Legal Information Institute)
   Provides the federal act that provides funds for projects to preserve Native American languages. 5-02
2. Native American Languages (Cheyenne Language Page)
   Provides sources of information on Native American Languages, listed by language. 5-02
3. Native American Languages (Indian Languages - Gliese)
   Provides places that teach Native American Languages, listed by language. 5-02
4. Native American Languages - Alphabetical Order (West)
   Provides dozens of language links. 7-00

Papers

1. Alaskan Native Languages (University of Alaska, Fairbanks)
   Describes the native languages of Alaska. 7-00
2. Apache Language (Apacheria)
   Provides basic language information, as well as links to Apache information. 4-00
3. Athapascan Languages (Anderson)
   Provides information on the extinct Athapascan native languages of California, as well as Hupa, which is still spoken. 7-00
4. Blackfoot Language (Apacheria)
   Provides basic language information. 7-00
5. Cherokee (Human Languages Page)
6. Cherokee Fonts (University of Oregon)
   Provides fonts for typing the language. 7-00
7. Cherokee Language (Apacheria)
   Provides basic language lessons. 7-00
8. Cheyenne (Becky H)
9. Classification of Native American Languages (Blackaller and Nader)
   Provides the language and language classification alphabetically by Native American tribe. 7-00
10. Dakota Language (Native Language Systems)
    Provides basic information. 7-00
11. Dakota Language (West)
    Provides basic language lessons. 7-00
12. Delaware Lenape Language (Native Links)
    Provides basic language lessons. 7-00
13. Endangered Languages (Crawford)
    Provides a research based case for the fact that languages, Native American languages in particular, are perishing at an accelerated rate. "While Krauss (1995) estimates that 175 indigenous languages are still spoken in the United States, he classifies 155 of these – 89 percent of the total– as moribund. " 5-02
14. Endangered Languages - Learning (Gick)
    Provides an incomplete list of endangered languages and where they may be learned. 7-00
15. Endangered Languages - Resources (Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education - Reyhner)
    Provides an annotated list of resources for preserving endangered Native American languages. 7-00
16. Endangered Languages Grant (Legal Information Institute)
    Provides the US Code under which grants are available "to ensure survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages." 7-00
17. Hupa Alphabet and Example Words (Hoopa Valley Tribe)
    Provides basic language information. 7-00
18. Inuktitut Language (Shindale)
    Provides basic language information. 7-00
19. Lakhota Language (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Members)
    Provides basic language information, including audio. Lakhota are sometimes called Lakota, Sioux, Dakhota, or Nakhota. 7-00
20. Native American Languages - How Many Speak in the USA (Summer Institute of Linguistics)
    Provides information on how many speak each Native American language in the USA and where they are located. 7-00
21. Navaho - Dene Fonts (Stauffer)
    Provides fonts for typing and editing on the computer. 7-00
22. Ojibwe Language (Northern CyberSite)
    Provides nouns, verbs, a dictionary and more.
23. Origin and Classification of Native American Languages (Shindale)
    Provides a history of Native American languages. 7-00
24. Taino Language (Taino Language Project)
    Provides a dictionary and basic language information. 7-00