Designating Navajo as the official language brings a sense of prestige, said Donovan Pete, the community library manager of the Navajo Nation Library, who holds a master’s degree in Native ...

The Census Bureau counted about 372,000 people who speak Native North American languages at home. The most common of these languages is Navajo, with nearly 170,000 speakers.

"I do know my language," Joshua Nelson, a sophomore in the class said. "But I wanted to increase my knowledge about it." Nelson said he can now talk to his parents in Navajo.

In 2013 the Navajo Nation Museum, based in Window Rock, Ariz., partnered with Lucas Films to dub a version of Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope and followed that in 2016 with Disney's Finding ...

Navajo Nation Museum director Manuelito Wheeler, left, introduces "Béeso Dah Yiníljaa," the adaptation of "A Fistful of Dollars" in the Navajo language, during the Nov. 16 premiere in Window ...

HONGEVA: It's a great deal for me because my grandparents can see this movie. There are a lot of elders in our community where Navajo is the only language they know.