Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 2, 1999, pp. 249-262
Description
Relates the history of educational programs in Northern Canada, the government policies of 1960s to 1970s, and the implementation of a bilingual educational policy in Nunavik.
Chapter 2 from Revitalizing Indigenous Languages edited by John Reyhner, Gina Cantoni, Robert N. St. Clair, and Evangeline Parsons Yazzie.
Comments on the success of a kindergarten class which mastered a vocabulary of 200 words and phrases at the end of 18 weeks.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 4, April 2009, p. 13
Description
Comments on the 2009 Sakewewak Artists' Collective Storytellers Festival of which one goal was to bridge modern and traditional storytelling practices.
Article located by scrolling to page 13.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 4, 2009, pp. 139-149
Description
Comments on the imminence of the Lakota language being lost and the many decisions needed to be made in order to keep the language vibrant, including choosing which set of diacritics to use.
American indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Teresa L. McCarty
Lucille J. Watahomigie
Akira Y. Yamamoto
Ofelia Zepeda
Description
Offers some suggestions for community-based language restoration work.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 33, no. 1, 2010, pp. 140-175
Description
Interviews students about factors that contribute to their learning success and presents the characteristics needed for effective teaching especially in the sciences.
Discusses the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre's First Nations Language Deeper's Conference which promoted and celebrated all First Nations languages.
Article located by scrolling to page 15.
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
Michell Daveluy
Jenanne Ferguson
Description
Study of the use of multilingual and multigraphic signs in Inuit localities.
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.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research , vol. 55, no. 3, Expanding Knowledge Systems in Teacher Education, Fall, 2009, pp. 382-396
Description
Looks at aboriginal ways of knowing involving school culture, language-learning, and multicultural, culturally responsive teachers. Includes a cultural framework model.
[Conference of the International Academy of Linguistics Law: Law Language and Global Citizenship, Lisbon, Portugal ; 11th]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chris Kostov
Description
Contends that in order to preserve all aboriginal languages in Canada it will take government funding, public awareness, and First Nations communities working together.
Discusses consequences of loss of culture through eradication of language, destruction of family unit, forced Christianization, and abuse.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Canadian Modern Language Review , vol. 66, no. 1, September 2009, p. 19–47
Description
Looks at research and reports about young Indigenous children’s early language learning trajectories and developmental needs, for cognitive, social, and cultural learning.
American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ofelia Zepeda
Description
Looks at the contributions of many in their efforts to promote and maintain the Indigenous languages of the United States.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, 2010, pp. 65-88
Description
Looks at the seven indigenous languages of Manitoba, some more threatened then others, and the possibility of revitalizing these languages in Manitoba schools.
Ethnohistory, vol. 56, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 269-284
Description
Distinguishes between code talkers who were specifically trained by the military and used codified vocabulary, from those who were discovered by accident. Discusses the role of the second group in World War I and World II.
Resource for instructing students in the teachings associated with the moons in the three cultures, as well as numbers, days of week, months, and seasons in each language.