Looks at how Aboriginal children develop language in Lac Brochet, a First Nations community in northern Manitoba.
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Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 37-44
Description
Highlights the foundational role of language in ensuring long-term academic, social, and economic success.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 37.
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 28, no. 1, 2003, pp. 109-131
Description
Looks at cultural dialogue using Mikhail Bakhtin’s theories of language and the novel; and examines dialogism in light of Native literary theory as it is manifested in Ravensong.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Guy Bordin
Description
Examines relationship between dreams and collective oral discourse and the attempts to re-invigorate the practice.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence D. Kaplan
Description
Gives an overview of some of the current concerns in Eskimo-Aleut linguistics.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Native Studies Review, vol. 18, no. 2, 2009, pp. 51-67
Description
Looks at the Halq'eméylem language renewal, community challenges and strengths of the Stó:lō and the programs available to the preservation of the language.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marja Korhonen
Description
Looks at the importance of orality in the 21st century and throughout human history.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, 2003, pp. 1-32
Description
An investigation into Native Americans worldviews in relation to many versions of the life and death of Sacajawea, the interpreter who accompanied Lewis and Clark.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 6, June 2009, p. 19
Description
Looks at a group, the Regina First Nations Language Speaking Circle, formed to keep First Nations languages from vanishing, including posting phrases and lessons on the internet.
Article located by scrolling to page 19.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 27, no. 1, Advancing Aboriginal Language and Literacy, 2003, pp. 23-28
Description
Native literacy is explored in terms of oral tradition, storytelling, culture, and language. Compares Native and Euro-Western definitions of literacy and looks at implications in the field of education.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. 2, 2009, pp. 62-77, 117
Description
Looks at effective ways to revitalize obsolescing languages through school and community programs such as the Cree Immersion Day Camp at the Canadian Indigenous Languages and Literacy Institute.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 159-180, 263
Description
Discusses the preservation, protection and promotion of the Inuit language and debates about the development of language politics and policies in Nunavut.