Endangered Languages Project

How can technology be used to grow Indigenous language revitalization, uphold data sovereignty, and change narratives? If you missed this illuminating conversation between Yulha Lhawa and Peter-Lucas Jones, the recording is now available: https://youtu.be/BdQzBtXWVRQ

Join us to learn from Indigenous voices in language & technology! In this new event series, Yulha Lhawa (ELP) will speak with other Indigenous technologists working to build ethical, equitable tools in language technology.

Monday, May 18
2:00 pm Pacific
Free and online
Register: https://bit.ly/IndigTech

The first guest is Peter-Lucas Jones (Māori), CEO of Te Hiku Media (https://tehiku.nz/). Te Hiku Media is a charitable media organisation, collectively belonging to the Far North iwi of Ngāti Kuri, Te Aupouri, Ngai Takoto, Te Rārawa and Ngāti Kahu. The station is an iwi communications hub for iwi radio, online TV and media services. Māori language revitalisation is a core focus of Te Hiku Media, as is archiving and training.

Your host: Yulha Lhawa is a Language Revitalization Mentor and the 2026 ELP Technology Fellow, in partnership with Stanford SILICON. She is a computational linguist and native speaker of Khroskyabs from the Tibetan Plateau. She works to explore ways technology can support community-led language revitalization efforts.

We are excited to kick off this interview series, and look forward to seeing you there!

Join us for Part 2 of our Indigenous Language Symposium: Developing Community Language Revitalization Plans. This gathering will focus on strengthening strategies, collaboration, and action steps to support long-term Indigenous language restoration and thriving knowledge systems.
Registration is now open, and attendance is free. We welcome tribal planners, language speakers, educators, learners, leaders, and community members committed to building strong pathways for intergenerational language transmission and community empowerment.