16 language projects and counting

Indigenous-Led
Language Technology

Building responsible language technology rooted in Indigenous data sovereignty.

Research & Governance

Transparent by design.

Our data sovereignty policy, language committee, and published research are all publicly available.

— Policy

Data Sovereignty Policy

Heritage Lab's commitment to Indigenous data sovereignty: community ownership.

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— Committee

Language Committee

Community-led linguistic oversight ensuring cultural authenticity across content and tools.

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— Research

Translator Evaluation Results

Published research measuring the quality of our AI translation models using human evals.

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Tool Explorer

What we’ve built so far, shaped by the communities we serve.

A collection of tools developed through our community projects. Browse by category or click any card to see what it takes to build one for your language.

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Community Partnerships

Five things we ask of every partnership.

Heritage Lab partners with communities that meet these five commitments. They are the foundation for everything we build together.

  1. 01

    Ground all tools in traditional knowledge and community ways of knowing

  2. 02

    Commit to community ownership and control of all language data

  3. 03

    Respect and document local cultural protocols and regional dialects

  4. 04

    Have an established language committee with authority over all linguistic decisions

  5. 05

    Commit to building internal capacity so the community can sustain these tools over time

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