RENO, Nev. — Reed High School celebrated the contributions of three Paiute elders who have been instrumental in preserving the Native Paiute language within the Washoe County School District. The ...

Growing up in the Las Vegas Paiute tribe, part of the Southern Paiute Nation, Kenny Anderson didn’t give much thought to learning Nuwu, the Southern Paiute language. Neither did other kids he knew. “A ...

When Native students are exposed to their cultural languages, their sense of well-being improves and they’re more likely to graduate, studies show. Similarly, culturally responsive teaching and ...

Esa Nasumuna means Wolf Pack in Northern Paiute (Numu). If you take a Paiute language class from Pyramid Lake Paiute elder Ralph Burns *, you might learn that “Esa Nasumuna” can be translated to “Wolf ...