Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 6, no. 4, Series 2. Critical Approaches, Winter, 1994, pp. 7-35
Description
Looks at the different relations between reader and text as well as different readings of literary elements.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Research suggests that mother tongue-based bilingual education programs benefit children's language skills and overall academic achievement as well as their self-confidence and cultural pride.
Looks at examples from Apache, Ojibwe, Diné (Navajo), Hawaiian, and Blackfeet language programs.
Condensed version of this article in Heritage Language Journal, vol. 7 no. 2, Fall 2010, pp.138-152.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 1-18
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Discussion on the integration of two disparate intellectual trends in the humanities and social sciences, that of “unexpected places” and the work of linguistic anthropology.
Website provides fonts and keyboard layouts covering alphabetical letter for Algonquian, Athapaskan, Inuit, and Cherokee syllabics as well as other languages which use a Roman orthography but require a number of diacritic marks or special characters.
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 69, no. 2, Negotiating the Culture of Indigenous Schools, Winter, 1994, pp. 12-18
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Author uses personal experiences to explain the stresses involved with understanding two cultures relating to values, activities, obedience, worldview and contemporary cultural tools.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 67-83
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Discusses the development of the syllabary, making reading and writing in Cherokee possible, and looks at how present-day efforts of reading and writing with the syllabary and speaking Cherokee contribute to language perseverance.