The Choctaw Nation, one of the largest Native American tribes in the United States and based in southeastern Oklahoma, is accelerating language and cultural preservation with Oracle AI. Facing a decline to just 300 native speakers after generations of forced assimilation, the tribe urgently turned to technology to safeguard its heritage.

Leveraging Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Data Science, Oracle AI solutions, and a custom Oracle APEX application, the Choctaw Nation’s linguists trained Llama AI large language models from Meta to verify translations between English and Choctaw. Oracle’s robust AI infrastructure and advanced model fine-tuning enable tribal language experts to process twice as many translation requests each day. This increased capacity supports tribal programs and education, laying a foundation for future language revitalization and cultural continuity. Discover how Oracle and the Choctaw Nation are working together to ensure the tribe’s language, traditions, and identity thrive for generations to come.