Tohono O'odham Language Maintenance
Theses
Author/Creator
Daniel Lopez
Description
Language Maintenance Thesis (M.A.)--Prescott College, 1998.
Thesis text written in Tohono O'odham language.
A personal reflection by the author on the comparison of traditional western and Indigenous educational teaching practices. Survey questionnaire included in the appendix.
Examines how a Community School (CS) model can be used to improve Indigenous education and facilitate more cross-cultural collaboration.
Discussion with Margaret Wapass, who intends to utilize traditional holistic counseling in order to address residential school syndrome, intergenerational impacts, crime prevention, corrections services and addictions.
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