This Tohono O'odham linguist is fighting to keep Indigenous languages alive in Arizona
Ofelia Zepeda is a renowned poet and linguist, and one of the world’s foremost experts on the Tohono O’odham language.
From silence to sound: The Tohono O’odham language revival
The Tohono O’odham language is at risk of disappearing, with far fewer people speaking it today. To help keep it alive, the Tohono O’odham Nation has opened the O’odham Ňi’okĭ Ki: Language Center, which offers classes and resources for learning the language. There have also been events put on by the community to discuss how to continue the language into the future. Efforts by educators, elders and the community continue to look for solutions to keep O’odham alive.
A New Legacy: Tucson considers renaming Columbus Park to honor Tohono O’odham educator
Danny Lopez spent over 30 years teaching the Tohono O'odham Nation's traditional way of life to its people and surrounding community.
UA exhibit of photos, poetry shows Tohono O’odham transformed by U.S.-Mexico border
The Show's Sam Dingman visits the "The Place Where Clouds Are Formed" exhibit and asks the co-curators about the stories behind the effort to illustrate a heavily guarded barrier between two regions of the ancestral O’odham homelands.