A language can tell you a lot about a culture. There are some words that just don’t translate into English, or any other language. This is especially true for Native Americans, who are working to preserve their languages after decades of being told by the U.S. and Canadian governments they were wrong to speak them. Mohawk language classes take place a few times a week at the Native American Cultural Center on Empire Boulevard in Webster. The classes are pretty informal, held in the basement of