Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 2, Summer, 2006, pp. 83-104
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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.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Africa and the New Millennium Development Goals, 2006, pp. 46-54
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Citing examples from research done in Botswana, article discusses several factors effecting education: spatial distance, cultural distance and a failure to accommodate local language and culture.
To access this article, scroll down to page 46.
Anthropology and Education Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, December 2006, pp. 393-398
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Looks at how English literacy was a part of the drive to colonize and assimilate Indigenous peoples, and how support is needed for Indigenous controlled literacy demands.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 51, no. 3, The Native American Languages Act of 1990/1992 - Retrospect and Prospects, 2012, pp. 30-45
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Looks at a school that for 14 years has produced 100 percent high school graduation and 80 percent college attendance but is federally required to test students in English rather than the language they are taught in.