As many linguists continue to work with and analyze First Nations/Native American languages, the consensus opinion usually direly predicts the loss of daily use for almost all of the extant Indigenous languages. Tremendous efforts are being expended for renewing, revitalizing, and restoring these languages to everyday use. The model upon which much Native American language renewal research is based--second language acquisition or second language learning (SLA/L)--at first may seem to provide solutions to this problem. However, the author argues that the SLA/L models of characteristics do not apply to Native American language acquisition/learning circumstances. The author also provides a brief review of research on North American Indigenous languages and assess the applicability of SLA/L characteristics upon current Indigenous languages. Furthermore, the author concludes with recommendations to reconsider further research among Indigenous communities apart from the SLA/L paradigm. (Contains 26 notes.)