While writing this paper our goal was to give a short reiew on the current state of Native American languages. With some scarce historical facts, we have stated fundamental problematics of teaching Native American languages as well as the survival of forementioned languages in a society that primarily uses the English language as a way of communication. We have explained basic terminology of language preservation, revitalisation and revival as well as their role and purpose in this context. We have introduced the question of should Native American languages be codified and two different opposing opinions on the matter. We have then shifted out focus on phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical peculiarities and similarities of the mentioned languages. Beacuse of the sheer complexity of Native American languages, we have decided to single out the most characteristic as well as the most interesting examples of the above mentioned with a special focus on morphology and syntax as the most researched aspect of these languages.