Language Keepers
Open storyThis six-part multimedia experience shares the stories of four Indigenous communities in California who are revitalizing their languages.
Recording Kawaiisu
by Adam Loften
Following a century of loss, the Kawaiisu people of Central California have held on to their language, one of the few aspects of their culture that remain intact. Now, with only two fluent speakers remaining, Julie is attempting to document the language that lives within her elderly father and aunt so that it may be passed on and learned by others.
