The Tolowa language (also called Chetco-Tolowa, or Siletz Dee-ni) is a member of the Pacific Coast subgroup of the Athabaskan language family. Together...

The Tolowa people or Taa-laa-wa Dee-ni’ are a Native American people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethno-linguistic group. Two rancherías (Smith River and...

The Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation, previously known as Smith River Rancheria, is a federally recognized tribe of Tolowa people in Del Norte County, California...

group with the Chetco-Tolowa and Upper Rogue River groups being peripheral. The latter view is common among tribal elders and language revitalizationists...

area languages, Upper Coquille, Tolowa, and Upper Umpqua in Oregon; Eel River, Hupa, Mattole–Bear River, and Tolowa in northern California; and possibly...

an American Tolowa cultural advocate, Tolowa language proponent, and tribal historian. Bommelyn was the last living person to speak Tolowa as a native...

The Smith River (Tolowa: xaa-wvn’-taa-ghii~-li~’, nii~-li~’ ) flows from the Klamath Mountains to the Pacific Ocean in Del Norte County in extreme northwestern...

to Tillamook at all, but is a form of Tolowa, an Athabaskan language rather than a Salishan language. The Tolowa people were one of the 20 Native American...

hand, they were shamans." They are known as lôya (pronounced [lɔːˈja]). In Tolowa, two-spirit is translated as naaxe me’staa~ni (pronounced [náːxe méʔstãːni])...

paralleling Grand Ronde, although, due to language revitalization efforts being focused on the Tolowa language, Chinuk fell out of use.[citation needed]...

the Yurok language. Tolowa language classes have been taught "for many years." Eunice Bommelyn, Class of 1947, Tolowa language proponent, Tolowa cultural...

1956) is a tradition bearer for the Tolowa tribe. He has dedicated himself to preserving the traditional songs, language, and basketry. He is the foremost...

The Rogue River (Tolowa: yan-shuu-chit’ taa-ghii~-li~’, Takelma: tak-elam) in southwestern Oregon in the United States flows about 215 miles (346 km) in...

[nɑ̀ːpèːhópìz̥ɑ̀ːt]) is a Southern Athabaskan language of the Na-Dené family, through which it is related to languages spoken across the western areas of North...

Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 11. Driver, Harold Edson (1935). Vocabularies (from Tolowa, Chilula, Van Duzen...

An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its...

Norte County Tolowa language Tututni Tride 649 Tolowa Indian Villageca.gov California Historical Landmark No. 649, hmdb.org "About Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation...

Two-spirit is translated as naaxe me’staa~ni (pronounced [náːxe méʔstãːni]) in Tolowa. An April 2014 study by the Williams Institute at the University of California...

An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its...

The United States does not have an official language at the federal level, but the most commonly used language is English (specifically, American English)...

federally recognized Indian tribe of Oregon Tolowa language, the traditional language of the tribe Siletz language This disambiguation page lists articles...

It is a public school within the Lincoln County School District. Tolowa language David R.M. Beck, "'Standing Out Here in the Surf': The Termination...

traditional languages of the Tolowa, Karuk, Yurok, Hupa, Tsnungwe, Wiyot, Mattole, and Wailaki." Agha, Marisa (18 March 2012). "Language preservation...

The Massachusett language is an Algonquian language of the Algic language family that was formerly spoken by several peoples of eastern coastal and southeastern...

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Lexicostatistical Database Live Your Language Alliance (LYLA) Working to speak and understand the traditional languages of the Tolowa, Karuk, Yurok, Hupa, Tsnungwe...

Smith River (Tolowa: Kaa-nvsh) is a town and census-designated place in Del Norte County, California, located near the Oregon border. Smith River is the...

American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone...

[dʒalaˈɡî ɡawónihisˈdî]) is an endangered-to-moribund Iroquoian language and the native language of the Cherokee people. Ethnologue states that there were 1...

the care of Cultural Programs Staff. Tolowa is taught as a common tribal language. Beginning Athabaskan language has been taught at the Siletz Valley...