Native Language Families from the 16th to 18th Centuries
The National Atlas of Canada 5th Edition
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Geographical Mapping Division
Geographical Services Directorate
Surveys and Mapping Branch
Description
Shows distribution of Indian and Inuit communities, Indian reserve, cultural areas, name, linguistics family (eleven major families representing 51 languages). Also shows linguistic families from the 16th to 18th centuries. inset map for southwestern British Columbia.
Website provides student resource for First Nation and Inuit communities at time of first contact across North America. Includes maps and is organized by language.
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Indigenous Epistemologies and Education: Self-Determination, Anthropology and Human Rights, March 2005, pp. 96-103
Description
Uses the example of a program at Michigan State University to explore issues in incorporating heritage languages into the curriculum of post-secondary institutions.
Documentary about the challenges faced by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and how they have combined economic development in the form of tourism, cultural preservation, and spirituality as a means to carry the tribe into the future.
Duration: 1:26:30.
Proceedings of the 24th West Coast conference on Formal Linguistics
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Heather Bliss
Description
Paper from: Proceedings of the 24th West Coast conference on Formal Linguistics edited by John Alderete ... [et al].
Looks at obviation and direct/inverse mechanisms of the Blackfoot language.