[Conference of the International Academy of Linguistics Law: Law Language and Global Citizenship, Lisbon, Portugal ; 11th]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chris Kostov
Description
Contends that in order to preserve all aboriginal languages in Canada it will take government funding, public awareness, and First Nations communities working together.
American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ofelia Zepeda
Description
Looks at the contributions of many in their efforts to promote and maintain the Indigenous languages of the United States.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, 2010, pp. 65-88
Description
Looks at the seven indigenous languages of Manitoba, some more threatened then others, and the possibility of revitalizing these languages in Manitoba schools.
Contains resources and links to articles related to North American syllabic writing systems, down-loadable Canadian Syllabic script including Cherokee, Euphemia and Uqammaq and Wawatay.
Episode 83: Anishinaabe Elder and artist Rene Meshake, along with his collaborator, educator Kim Anderson discuss Injichaag: My Soul In Story - Anishinaabe Poetics in Art and Words, out now via University of Manitoba Press.
28th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1906-1907
E-Books
Author/Creator
W. H. Holmes
Description
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by W. H. Holmes
Casa Grande, Arizona by Jesse Walter Fewkes
Antiquities of the Upper Verde River and Walnut Creek Valleys, Arizona by Jesse Walter Fewkes
Preliminary Report on the Linguistic Classification of Algonquian Tribes by Truman Michelson
Historical narrative from 1791, includes several vocabulary lists in several languages including Ojibwa, Mohawk, and Inuktitut vocabulary lists showing some word similarities.
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 39, no. 3, 2004, pp. 342-353
Description
Looks at the development of the Certificate in Aboriginal Literacy Education program and follow-up workshops for creating children's books in-order to preserve the Mi'kmaq language in the community of Wagmatcook, Cape Breton.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 3, Becoming a Healer, Fall, 2008
Description
Highlights the commitment of the Wind River reservation in Wyoming to offer Arapaho language immersion at the elementary school in an effort to keep the language alive for years to come.