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Analysis of Navajo Adolescents' Performances on the Raven Progressive Matrices
Craig Sidles, James MacAvoy, Carolyn Bernston, Anne Kuhn Journal of American Indian Education, Vol. 27, No. 1, October 1987, pp. [1-8]. Comparison of results from a non-verbal intelligence test indicates scores were not affected by primary language and school location. More information... (Rating: 2.67, Votes: 15, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Effects of Language Preference and Multitrial Presentation upon Free Recall of Navajo Children
Jim MacAvoy, Craig Sidles Journal of American Indian Education, Vol. 30, No. 3, May 1991, pp. [33-43]. Results of testing the memory of 8 to 10 year old Navajo children for the same word lists in English and in Navajo. More information... (Rating: 1.56, Votes: 16, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
An Exploration of American Indian Students' Perceptions of Patterning, Symmetry and Geometry
Claudia Giamati, Marion Weiland Journal of American Indian Education, Vol. 36, No. 3, Spring, 1997, pp. [27-48]. Study of Navajo students found their perceptions of aspects of mathematics were influenced by their language and culture. More information... (Rating: 3.33, Votes: 3, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Fortis and Lenis Fricatives in Tanacross Athapaskan top
Gary Holton International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol. 67, No. 4, October 2001, pp. 396-415. Linguistic study of semi-voiced fricatives (high-frequency sounds) in Tanacross, an Athapaskan language of eastern Alaska. More information... (Rating: 5.00, Votes: 6, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Glaciers and Climate Change: Perspectives from Oral Tradition
Julie Cruikshank Arctic, Vol. 54, No. 4, December 2001, pp. 377-[?]. Use of local Tlingit and Athapaskan oral history in non-Indigenous approaches to scientific and historical understanding of global environmental issues. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
A Healing Narrative
Robert Sam Arctic Anthropology, Vol. 40, No. 2, 2003, pp. 70-75. Discusses a Tlingit storyteller's own story and how it helped in recovery and healing. More information... (Rating: 1.67, Votes: 6, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Na-Dene Languages, A Preliminary Report
E. Sapir American Anthropologist, Vol. 17, No. 3, New Series, July-September 1915, pp. 534-558. Argues that Athabaskan, Haida and Tlingit languages derive from a common prototype. More information... (Rating: 3.33, Votes: 9, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Na-Dene Middle Voice: An Impersonal Source of D-Element
Chad Thompson International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol. 62, No. 4, October 1996, pp. 351-378. Examines each type of middle voice verb with the D element in the Na-Dene language. More information... (Rating: 4.44, Votes: 9, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Older Programs in Navajo Area Progressing, New Ones Promising
William J. Benham Journal of American Indian Education, Vol. 11, No. 1, October 1971, pp. [11-15]. Discusses Navajo specialized bilingual programs. More information... (Rating: 3.18, Votes: 11, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Personal Names Among the Sarcee Indians
E. Sapir American Anthropologist, Vol. 26, No. 1, New Series, January-March 1924, pp. 108-119. Focuses on use of names in a Tsuu T'ina (formerly referred to as Sarcee) community near Calgary, in the summer of 1922. [Find location of Tsuu TIna Nation using Google Maps] More information... (Rating: 3.89, Votes: 9, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
A Phonic Reading Program for Navajo Students
Helen C. Wieczkiewicz Journal of American Indian Education, Vol. 18, No. 3, May 1979, pp. [20-27]. Study to determine whether a highly-structured, phonetic approach to reading might be useful for Navajo children. More information... (Rating: 3.33, Votes: 9, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Post-Contact Chipewyan: Trade Rivalries and Changing Territorial Boundaries
J. C. Yerbury Ethnohistory, Vol. 23, No. 3, Summer, 1976, pp. 237-263. Provides a look at Dene culture and argues that assumptions made in the past about boundaries were based on an error. More information... (Rating: 3.33, Votes: 12, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Problem Solving by Navajo Children in Relation to Knowledge of English
Kenneth Stafford Journal of American Indian Education, Vol. 4, No. 2, January 1965, pp. [23-25]. Results appear to suggest that those students who had learned English at an early age may have had an advantage in solving the most difficult problem. More information... (Rating: 2.50, Votes: 8, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Proto-Athapaskan-Eyak and the Problem of Na-Dene: The Phonology
Michael E. Krauss International Journal of American Linguistics, Vol. 30, No. 2, April 1964, pp. 118-128. Problem of Na-Déné complexity in the rescontruction of the ancient proto-Athapaskan language. More information... (Rating: 2.65, Votes: 17, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Reclaiming Land and Spirit in the Western Apache Homeland
John R. Welch and Ramon Riley American Indian Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2001, pp. 5-12. Discusses : "indivisibility of Ndee[Apache] land and culture, the historical forces that operated unsuccessfully to alienate the Ndee from their land, and how the Ndee are returning elements of their geographical, cultural, and linguistic heritage to a central place of honour while addressing contemporary challenges..." More information... (Rating: 2.50, Votes: 14, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Saad Kaakih Bee'enootilji Na'Alkaa: Restructuring the Teaching of Language and Literacy in a Navajo Community School
Galena Sells Dick, Dan W. Estell, Teresa L. McCarty Journal of American Indian Education, Vol. 33, No. 3, Spring, 1994, pp. [31-46]. Describes a innovative program in which teachers developed their own curriculum rather than having it imposed on them from above. More information... (Rating: 3.13, Votes: 8, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Sayisi-Dene First Nation: Nu Ho Ni Yeh (Our Story) top
Michelle Samagalski The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1994, pp. 391-393. Review of the video: Sayisi-Dene First Nation: Nu Ho Ni Yeh (Our Story) produced by Alan and Mary Code. This video is about the relocation of the Duck Lake, or Churchill, Band of Caribou-eater Chipewyan (the Sayisi-Dene) from the bush to the port town of Churchill, Manitoba in 1958. [Find location of Sayisi Dene First Nation using Google Maps] More information... (Rating: 5.00, Votes: 2, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Singing, Laughing and Playing: Three Examples from the Inuit, Dene and Yupik Traditions
Nichole Beaudry The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1988, pp. 277-290. Examination of three musical performances and questions raised for further research. More information... (Rating: 4.17, Votes: 6, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Some Steps for a Beginning Teacher of Navajo Students
Kirk D. Peterson Journal of American Indian Education, Vol. 10, No. 2, January 1971, pp. [21-28]. Discusses how unconscious values can effect teaching and how to improve effectiveness through gaining an understanding of culture and basic language skills. More information... (Rating: 2.22, Votes: 9, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Using a Western-Based Survey to Assess Cultural Perspectives of Dene Mothers in Northern Manitoba
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Luella Bernacki Jonk First Peoples Child & Family Review, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2009, pp. 71-84. Discusses the answers of a Western-based survey to assess cultural perspectives of Aboriginal mothers on how they teach their children language. More information... (Rating: 5.00, Votes: 6, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites |
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