Looks at a holistic model of assessment to evaluate language revitalization program developed by the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma.
Chapter from Nurturing Native Languages edited by Joh Reyhner, Octaviana V. Trujillo, Roberto Luis Carrasco and Louise Lockard.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 161-164
Description
Book review of: âtalôhkâna nêsta tipâcimôwina. Cree Legends and Narratives from the West Coast of James Bay told by Simeon Scott and translated by C. Douglas Ellis.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, 2003, pp. 425-446
Description
Book review of:
Common and Contested Ground: A Human and Environmental History of the Northwestern Plains by Theodore Binnema.
Out of the Background: Readings on Canadian Native History by Ken Coates and Robin Fisher (Editors).
Gay Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Myths from Arapaho to the Zuni: An Anthology by Kim Elledge (Editor).
E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake: Collected Poems and Selected Prose by Carole Gerso and Veronica Strong-Boag.
Canadian Social Trends, vol. 51, Winter, 1998, pp. 8-16
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Presents data and factors related to endangerment and viability; based on 1996 Census data author suggests three languages could be considered "secure."
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, 1998, pp. 313-333
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Discusses ways Cayuga Chief Jacob E. Thomas (1922-1998) of the Six Nations Reserve taught language; examines the educational materials he produced, and some reactions to his efforts.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 42, no. 1, Celebrating Tribal Colleges and Universities American Indian Higher Education Consortium, 2003, pp. 75-84
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Looks at the danger of extinction of Native American languages and the programs in place to curb this fate.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 1985, pp. 262-267
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Examines the unique role that universities can play in helping to maintain both the Micmac (Mi'kmaq) and Maliseet languages in Indigenous communities in the Maritimes to assist in the preservation of culture and communication between generations.
Aboriginal History, vol. 9, no. 2, 1985, pp. 148-169
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Looks at an era whereby the presence of English speakers created a situation of culture contact and new languages were created to allow for verbal communication.
International Journal of the Sociology of Language, no. 132, 1998, pp. 61-78
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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.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 3 & 4, Series 2; [Indigenous Intersections], Fall/Winter, 2003/2004, pp. [189]-191
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Book review of: The Decipherment of Ancient Maya Writing edited by Stephen Houston, Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos, & David Stuart.
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