On a warm mid-November morning at the Tohono O’odham Community College, Leslie Luna, Tohono O’odham Legislative Council Gu Vo’o District Representative, spoke about the attrition of his language. “In ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Tohono O'odham girl growing up in the 1950s spent her formative years helping her farmworker family pick cotton in the fields in ...

Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan realized she wanted to learn her language better when she noticed it was difficult to communicate with her grandmother, and take in and remember the stories she shared. “I ...

Ofelia Zepeda, a renowned poet and linguist, grew up in poverty working in Arizona’s cotton fields. Zepeda became a leading expert on the Tohono O’odham language and a regents professor at the ...

A Tohono O'odham girl growing up in the 1950s spent her formative years helping her farmworker family pick cotton in the fields in central Arizona. With a thirst for learning but few books at home, ...