Also Try Native American Confederacies, Nations, and Tribes Native American Languages by Confederacies, Nations, and Tribes Native Americans Lists 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 Native American Languages (Cheyenne Language Page) Provides sources of information on Native American Languages, listed by language. 5-02 Native American Languages (Indian Languages - Gliese) Provides places that teach Native American Languages, listed by language. 5-02 Native American Languages (YourDictionary.com) Provides language resources by name of group. Includes more than Native American languages, but languages are in alphabetic order. Native American Languages - Alphabetical Order (West) Provides dozens of language links. 7-00 Papers Alaskan Native Languages (University of Alaska, Fairbanks) Describes the native languages of Alaska. 7-00 Classification of Native American Languages (Blackaller and Nader) Provides the language and language classification alphabetically by Native American tribe. 7-00 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 Endangered Languages - Learning (Gick) Provides an incomplete list of endangered languages and where they may be learned. 7-00 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 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 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 Origin and Classification of Native American Languages (Shindale) Provides a history of Native American languages. 7-00 Purchase Resources Language Translations (World Language Resources) Provides resources for various Native American languages.

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