American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 389-405
Description
Author examines 19th century liturgical texts adapted and translated to the Cherokee language. Semantic analysis reveals several representational and conceptual problems that had to be overcome in order to create effective translations of the texts.
Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision
Description
Measures the well-being against indicators across a range of areas including health, education and employment, and identifies programs and policies which appear to be improving outcomes.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 30-60
Description
"This article shows that Ridge's Socrates articles provided a public venue in which to define relationships among the Cherokees, the states, and the federal government".
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la langue et las savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 5-30
Description
Introductory article to themed issues presents various author perspectives' on reversing language and knowledge shifts.
French text pages 5-15. English text pages 16-30.
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Indigenous Epistemologies and Education: Self-Determination, Anthropology, and Human Rights, March 2005, pp. 107-111
Description
Comments on a successful program that returned the Yup'ik language into the classroom.
Recovering From Colonization: Perspectives of Community Members on Protection and Repatriation of Kw KW Akw Aka'Wakw Cultural Heritage (January 2005 Draft)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Catherine Bell
Heather Raven
Heather McCuaig
Description
Examines community efforts to revive cultural practices, reclaim knowledge, and get back cultural objects, specifically involving the potlatch system. Scroll to page 51
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.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 127-132
Description
Author of Eating the Landscape discusses how resilience theory can explain the relationship between traditional knowledge and adaptive change to ecological circumstances.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 29, no. 1-2, Préserver la Langue et les Savoirs / Preserving Language and Knowledge, 2005, pp. 207-219
Description
Outlines changes in attitudes towards language use and preservation, and the importance of Cree as the language of instruction. Uses the community of Mistissini, Quebec as an example of one language being used in the home and when hunting, and another dominating in other situations.
Text in French.
Discussion on various aspects of traditional knowledge, including traditional knowledge and the law,
comparison of scientific and traditional approaches to knowledge, and tools for maintaining traditional knowledge.