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The Myaamia Center at Miami University is a tribally directed research center working to preserve the Myaamia language and culture. Learn more about their work at the ELP blog.
Fotografía de Abamu Degio cantando en koro. Proporcionada por el Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, realizada por Jeremy Fahringer.
Myaamia tribe students from Miami University look up an entry in the Myaamia Dictionary. Andrew J. Strack, Photo courtesy Myaamia Center Archive.
Daryl Baldwin teaches Myaamia language to young students at a tribal educational program. Andrew J. Strack, Photo courtesy Myaamia Center Archive.
Ehattesaht language activists record their elder, the last remaining fluent speaker of their language.
Techi-savvy W̱SÁNEĆ youth recording his SENĆOŦEN language with elder and language champion John Elliott.
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