Help keep Salon independent

Mneesha Gellman

Mike Carlson, 19, teaches pre-school age children Yurok words at the Klamath Family Head Start program. The Yurok tribal language revitalization program has developed curricula for all ages. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Indigenous languages make inroads into public schools

Mneesha Gellman
FILE - This April 5, 2016 file photo shows a masked, armed police officer patrolling a gang controlled neighborhood in San Salvador, El Salvador. Government statistics show a sharp drop in homicides so far in 2017 after the gang-plagued country posted some of the world's highest murder rates in recent years, according to National police Commissioner Howard Cotto on March 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Peña, File) (AP)

Deported to death: U.S. sent 138 Salvadorans home to be killed

Mneesha Gellman