ZUNI, NM — The Zuni Youth Enrichment Project announced today that preparations are under way for the 7th Annual Delapna:we Project. Made possible with support from the New Mexico Humanities Council, U ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Zuni group presenting “The Delapna:we Project: Preserving the Art of Zuni Storytelling” on Oct. 8 (Photo/V) ZUNI, N.M. — ...

PHOENIX — The boxes were tucked away when the government found Curtis Cook on the Internet. They had been in storage for about 20 years — not quite forgotten but now collecting dust. The Library of ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – With students in Albuquerque Public Schools representing more than 121 Native American tribes and 100 different dialects, the district has started to teach native languages ...

With other tribal leaders, Vicenti worries that Zuni is a vanishing language, like more than 80 percent of the remaining 175 Native American languages. Some scholars estimate that unless something is ...

ALBUQUERQUE – The University of New Mexico Libraries is working to preserve the Zuni language as part of a new digital initiative. The school recently announced it has digitized books and posters ...

The University of New Mexico is leading the effort to preserve the language of the state’s biggest pueblo. One student, along with UNM Libraries, has digitized Zuni language materials to reach a ...

Kaylene Quam (Zuni), a senior at the Santa Fe Indian School, still remembers the first time she heard the Zuni language being spoken by her older brother, even though she was a baby at the time.

Adhering to tradition is a way of life among the Zuni Indians of northwestern New Mexico, whether it's dryland farming or wedding ceremonies. "The Zuni's complex social web seems to hold people," says ...