Halay Turning Heart has over twenty years of practical experience in the field of Indigenous language revitalization, working with Elders and teaching children. She established a Yuchi language immersion school in 2018 as part of the Yuchi Language Project, which serves as a model program for visitors from around the world. Halay is raising her three young children as the first zOyaha (Yuchi) speakers in four generations. From the womb, she has only spoken to them in Yuchi, a language isolate known as one of the world’s most ancient languages. Halay is the 2021 NDN Changemaker Fellow representing the Great Plains region, USA. She is published in the field of language revitalization and has a Linguistics Degree from Dartmouth College. She works in local, national, and international arenas to promote and mentor organizations in reclaiming Indigenous lifeways.