Loretta Kelsey closed her eyes, letting memories ripple through her. Visions of coyotes, childhood acorn hunts and fishermen filled her head. A minute dragged by. She opened her eyes, stared at the ...

Four Ukiah High School students have become stewards of a once-dormant Indigenous language native to California after completing an intensive four-year course of study centered on Northern Pomo ...

Elenor Stevenson Gonzales, one of the last remaining native speakers of the Northern Pomo language, died in her home this week surrounded by many generations of family. She was 99. “In a sense, 10,000 ...

UKIAH, CA, UNITED STATES, May 19, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ukiah Unified School District (UUSD) announced today that in a celebration of culture, language, and ...

CLEARLAKE OAKS – As a child in the 1950s, Loretta Kelsey grew up hearing the sounds of Elem Pomo, an 8,000-year-old dialect spoken by early peoples of Northern California along the shores of Clear ...

Pomo tribal leaders partnered with the Lake County Office of Education, in Northern California, to develop new curriculum based on Pomo culture and history, according to The Press Democrat. The lesson ...

Nearly half of the more than 6,000 languages spoken in the world are in danger of extinction. And leading the world's epidemic of disappearing dialects is the U.S. state of California. This weekend, ...

Four Ukiah High students complete 4 years of Northern Pomo; two earn first-ever CA Seal of Biliteracy in the Indigenous language My students will be the first ever to earn the California Seal of ...