Meet the robots – and their kid programmers – preserving Indigenous languages

NPR · 1:32

30,989 views · 4,020 likes · Jul 27, 2026

With the help of his mentor, a 12-year-old in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., is building a robot to help him learn the Ojibwe language, an endangered Native American language.

Reported by Kadin Mills/NPR
Video produced by LA Johnson/NPR

Read the full story at https://www.npr.org/2026/07/26/nx-s1-5825798/robot-speaks-endangered-native-american-languages…

With the help of his mentor, a 12-year-old in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., is building a robot to help him learn the Ojibwe language, an endangered Native American language.

Reported by Kadin Mills/NPR
Video produced by LA Johnson/NPR

Read the full story at https://www.npr.org/2026/07/26/nx-s1-5825798/robot-speaks-endangered-native-american-languages…

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