Ute Mountain Utes work to save their language

February 17, 2022
COLORADO-RIVER-BASIN-TRIBES-LANDSCAPECOLORADO-RIVER-BASIN-TRIBES-LANDSCAPEMichael Elizabeth Sakas/CPR News
A home on the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe reservation in southwest Colorado on November 18, 2021.

Experts predict the world could lose half its languages in the next hundred years, including that spoken by the Ute Mountain Ute tribe in Colorado’s Four Corners region. To save their language, the tribe has created a digital dictionary. Juanita Plentyholes is the project coordinator for the Ute Mountain Utes. Wil Meya is with the Language Conservancy.