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Aboriginal English: Some Grammatical Features and Their Implications
Ian G. Malcolm Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, Vol. 36, No. 3, 2013, pp. 267-284. Compares Aboriginal English with English of Southeast England, Ireland and Australian English, and Australian pidgins and creoles using the eWAVE database (World Atlas of Varieties of English). More information... (Rating: 2.67, Votes: 15, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Access to Justice for Deaf Inuit in Nunavut: the Role of "Inuit Sign Language"
J. C. MacDougall Canadian Psychology, Vol. 42, No. 1, February 2001, pp. 61-73. Presents a personal perspective on the access to justice for hearing impaired Inuit population of Nunavut. More information... (Rating: 1.67, Votes: 39, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Aleut Semaphore Signals
Jay Ellis Ransom American Anthropologist, Vol. 43, No. 3, pt.1, New Series, July-September 1941, pp. 422-427. Describes a system of coded hand signals used when weather conditions don't allow the voice to be heard. More information... (Rating: 3.89, Votes: 18, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
American Indian English Language Learners: Misunderstood and Under-served
Jioanna Carjuzaa, William G. Ruff Cogent Education, Vol. 3, No. 1, December 2016. Discusses the need for comprehensive educational support to facilitate culturally and linguistically diverse students whose lack of English skills are a barrier to their academic success. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 4, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Bilingual/Bicultural Education at Peach Springs: A Hualapai Way of Schooling top
Lucille J. Watahomigie, Teresa L. McCarty Peabody Journal of Education, Vol. 69, No. 2, Negotiating the Culture of Indigenous Schools, Winter, 1994, pp. 26-42. Examines the evolution of the program, community involvement, unique issues faced and continuing impact on indigenous schooling. More information... (Rating: 5.00, Votes: 9, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
British Columbia Indian Languages: A Crisis of Silence
Alan Haig-Brown BC Studies, No. 57, British Columbia a Place For Aboriginal Peoples?, Spring, 1983, pp. 57-67. Discusses the importance of preserving and maintaining the remaining Indian languages for cultural continuity and survival. More information... (Rating: 3.53, Votes: 17, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Calling Badger and the Symbols of the Spirit Language: The Cree Origins of the Syllabic System
Winona Stevenson Oral History Forum, Vol. 19-20, Indigenous Voices from the Great Plains, 1999-2000, pp. [19]-24. Looks at conflicting stories surrounding the origin of the Cree syllabic system. [Find offline items for Wheeler, Winona] More information... (Rating: 1.62, Votes: 34, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Cherokee Gospel Songs and Language Revitalization
Bernard "Shiloh" Parresol Whispering Wind, Vol. 36, No. 6, Issue 256, May-June 2007, pp. 8-11. Looks at traditional use of song and reviews the Sequoya's syllabary. More information... (Rating: 4.17, Votes: 6, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Cherokee Phoenix: Pioneer of Indian Journalism
Robert G. Martin Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. 25, 1947, pp. 102-118. Looks at Sequoyah, the man who created the Cherokee alphabet. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Cherokee Shorthand: As Derived From Pitman Shorthand and in Relation to the Dot-Notation Variant of the Sac and Fox Syllabary
Nathan E. Bender American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 15, No. 3, 1991, pp. 63-76. Comparative analysis of the two shorthand systems concludes that although Cherokee shorthand was useful, it was not widely used. More information... (Rating: 3.33, Votes: 9, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Colorado University System for Writing the Lakhóta Language
Allan R. Taylor American Indian Culture and Research Journal , Vol. 1, No. 3, 1975, pp. 3-12. Provides a pronunciation guide, reasons for adoption of specific symbols and writing conventions, and examples. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
A Comparison of the English Translations of a Mayan Text, The Popol Vuh
Denise Low Studies in American Indian Literatures, Vol. 4, No. 2/3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 13-34. Explains the process of translating the book Popol Vuh into English and the difficulties with cultural content and language. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article scroll down to appropriate page. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Composing Processes of Native Americans: Six Case Studies of Navajo Speakers
George Ann Gregory Journal of American Indian Education, Vol. 28, No. 2, January 1989, pp. [1-6]. Findings indicate more focus on transcription and changes in the semester system are needed to produce the expertise required for academic writing. More information... (Rating: 3.57, Votes: 7, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Composite Indigenous Genre Cheyenne Ledger Art as Literature
Denise Low Studies in American Indian Literatures, Vol. 18, No. 2, Summer, 2006, pp. 83-104. Explains how Cheyenne text-images including glyphs, pictographs, winter counts, and ledger books helped sustain a unique literature form and present a legitimate alternative to European defined literacy. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 83. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Creating Language Teams in Oklahoma Native American Communities
Mary Linn, Marcellino Berardo, Akira Y. Yamamoto International Journal of the Sociology of Language, No. 132, 1998, pp. 61-78. Presents an account of what most elderly speakers of Oklahoma Native American languages feel about their languages and the issues and problems of designing programs for language revitalization. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 8, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Cree Fish Names From Eastern James Bay, Quebec
Fikret Berkes, Marguerite Mackenzie Arctic, Vol. 31, No. 4, December 1978, pp. 489-495. Provides a list of fish names used in several communities to identify species correctly and compare to names used by Western science. More information... (Rating: 3.33, Votes: 9, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Cugtun Alngautat: The History and Development of a Picture Text Among the Nuniwarmiut Eskimo, Nunivak Island, Alaska
Dennis G. Griffin Arctic Anthropology, Vol. 47, No. 2, 2010, pp. 32-41. Looks at the appearance and development of a picture text and its use to date for a variety of things from church hymns to shopping lists. More information... (Rating: 1.92, Votes: 13, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Decolonizing Description: First Steps to Cataloguing with Indigenous Syllabics
Luc Fagnan Author examines some of the projects currently under way in libraries which respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Calls to Action; discusses possible first steps for cataloguers to add Indigenous Syllabics to records for Cree and Inuit Materials. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
The Development of "New" Languages in Native American Communities
Anne Goodfellow American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2003, pp. 41-59. Describes the need for a new approach to learning Indigenous languages in the classroom, arguing that programs should emphasize both written and the contemporary local usage of the language. More information... (Rating: 3.75, Votes: 12, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Diyari Language Postcards and Diyari Literacy
Peter Austin Aboriginal History, Vol. 10, No. 2, 1986, pp. 175-192. Examines cards importance as a historical record and as a representation of Aboriginal language by an Aboriginal person. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
“Enwau Prydeinig gwyn?” Problematizing the Idea of “White British” Names and Naming Practices from a Welsh Perspective
Sara Louise Wheeler AlterNative, Vol. 14, No. 3, September 2018, pp. 251-259. Compares the names and naming processes of different “White” Indigenous peoples in “Britain,” and challenges the assumptions of a cultural homogeneity, among the original peoples of Britain. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Eskimo Bird Names at Chesterfield Inlet and Baker Lake, Keewatin, Northwest Territories top
E. O. Höhn Arctic, Vol. 22, No. 1, March 1969, pp. 72-76. Provides list with English and scientific name, and Inuit name collected at Chesterfield and where different at Baker Lake (B) as well as explanatory comments. More information... (Rating: 5.00, Votes: 4, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Exchanges Between Two Rivers: Possibilities For Teaching Writing in the Northwest Territories
Susan Jane Catlin Canadian Journal of Education, Vol. 36, No. 2, Indigenous Education: Pathways to (Re)membering, 2013, pp. 119-143. Non-Aboriginal teacher reflects on own experiences with Indigenous oral tradition on methods to teach writing. More information... (Rating: 1.25, Votes: 8, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Exploring Why and How Encounters with the Norwegian Health-care System can be Considered Culturally Unsafe by North Sami-Speaking Patients and Relatives: A Qualitative Study Based on 11 Interviews
rete Mehus, Berit Andersdatter Bongo, Janne Isaksen Engnes & Pertice M. Moffitt International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol. 78, No. 1, 2019. Qualitative study uses semi structured interviews in the North Sami language; content was transcribed and analyzed. Data indicates that many Sami people are not culturally safe within mainstream health-care systems and need medical practitioners to engage in culturally safe practices. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
A Few Thoughts on the Language of the Inuit
Louis-Jacques Dorais The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1981, pp. 303-309. 1981 viewpoint on the Inuit language situation, reasons for linguistic assimilation, and possible influences on the way Inuktitut has changed over time. More information... (Rating: 3.57, Votes: 7, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites |
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