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 ...

In a modern office near the Sonoma County airport, a noble effort is underway every Wednesday night to preserve an ancient language on the cusp of extinction. Members of North Coast tribes gather ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Copies of photographs depicting Pomo Indians, including formal and informal portraits and views of gatherings for a feast and other ceremonies. Dr. Sally McLendon is an anthropologist and professor at ...

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 ...