EDITOR'S NOTE: The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the third-largest tribe ... is when we went to boarding schools. We lost our language. We lost our history, our culture," Batton said.

(KTEN) — The number of fluent Native American language speakers is declining. The Bureau of Indian Affairs says approximately ...

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is the third largest federally ... have been documented as being the first to use their native language as a “code” to transmit military messages during WWI ...