Authors examine government policies and a range of community, education, business, health, and media initiatives that variously support or hinder efforts to maintain or revive the use of Indigenous languages. Compares the effects of language devaluation in two different colonized nations.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 349-354
Description
Reviews and discusses how Blackfeet author James Welch used history, realism, and myth as themes to affirm the power of storytelling and language Fools Crow.
Federal/Provincial/Territorial Early Childhood Development Agreement
The Well-Being of Canada's Young Children: Government of Canada Report
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Government of Canada
Description
Five areas assessed: physical health and motor development, emotional health, social knowledge and competence, cognitive learning and language, and communication. Also provides overview of families in which children are growing up.
Excerpt from The Well-Being of Canada's Young Children: Government of Canada Report.
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