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The Language of Shamans: Communication as Physical, Symbolic and Subtle

Alternate Title
Language and Identity = Langue et Identité
PAMAPLA 23: Papers From the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association ; 1999
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Marilyn Walker
Explores the terms 'shamanism' and 'language' and considers how the physical and metaphysical realms are integrated through shamanic language. Chapter from PAMAPLA 23: Papers From the Twenty-Third Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association edited by Wendy Burnett and Robert Adlam. Chapter located by scrolling to page 117.
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The Language of the Salinan Indians

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.14, no.1
E-Books
Author/Creator
J. Alden Mason
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 14, (pp1-154).
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Language, Power, and Pedagogy: Whose School Is It?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jerry Lipka
Peabody Journal of Education, vol. 69, no. 2, Negotiating the Culture of Indigenous Schools, Winter, 1994, pp. 71-93
Examines collaborative research and school improvement project between the village of Manokotak, school district and University of Alaska Fairbanks about instruction in English or Yup'ik.
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Language Reflection and Lamentation in Native American Literature

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frederick H. White
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 83-98
Explores the dominance of English as the language of communication particularly in poetry and novels. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 83.
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Language Revitalization and Colonization : Decolonizing Language Revitalization

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
April Iris Charlo
Khelsilem Rivers
First part of presentation is April Iris Charol discussing concepts such as ownership, developing consciousness and the way words are interpreted. Second part of presentation is Khelsilem Rivers discussing how colonization shaped identity and indigenous lanaguages. Duration: 1:56:23.
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Language Use and School Performance in a Native Classroom

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard D. Heyman
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 1984, pp. 11-28
Author argues that school performance cannot be understood without examining the everyday interactions in the classroom.
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Languagegeek Fonts

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Chris Harvey
Website provides fonts and keyboard layouts covering alphabetical letter for Algonquian, Athapaskan, Inuit, and Cherokee syllabics as well as other languages which use a Roman orthography but require a number of diacritic marks or special characters.
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The Languages of Australia

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peter Sutton
Aboriginal History, vol. 5, no. 2, Special Issue: Aboriginal-Asian Contact, 1981, pp. 169-171
Book review of: The Languages of Australia by R. M. W. Dixon. Review located by scrolling to page 169.
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Leadership in Learning: Research Abstracts from the Graduates of the Nunavut Master of Education

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Vera Arnatsiaq
Rhoda Cunningham
Louise Flaherty
Matry Joanne Kauki
Bertha Iglookyouak ... [et al.]
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Issue 2014: Revitalizing Education in Nunangat, 2013, pp. 80-83
Presented at the Research Symposium, Leadership in Learning June 2013. Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 80 to read article.
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Learning from Our Elders: Language Acquisition

Alternate Title
Gift of Language and Culture Project
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[Ida Tremblay
Henry Roberts
Daniel Cook
Albert Ross
Isaac McKenzie
Jim Lafleur ... [et al.]]
Elders explain their views on how children learn to speak their language. Duration: 8:00. Cree with English subtitles.
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Learning Inuktitut

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Janet McGrath
Inuktitut, no. 93, 2003, pp. 84-86
Student project solicited terms and determined that there are many Inuktitut dialects.
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Legal Terms from the Choctaw Council Meetings of 1826–1828

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcia Haag
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 42, no. 4, 2018, pp. 67-84
Article discusses the translation of a various English legal terms into Choctaw by leader and intellectual, Peter Perkins Pitchlynn; considers the decisions he made in conveying those terms to Choctaw and how those terms were translated back into English when his notes were translated and published in 2013.
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Legends of Our Times: Cultural identification

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Terms used by First Nation's to identify their people, as well as English and French words used for cultural groups. Includes links to information about sacred beings, ranching, rodeo, arts, entertainment and industries.
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Librarians Share Ideas at 15th Annual Institute

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Librarians Share Ideas at Fifteenth Annual Institute
Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 20, no. 2, Native Green, Winter, 2008
Reports on the Tribal College Librarians Institute attended by 35 tribal college library staff from all over the United States and Canada.
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Linguistic and Cultural Affiliations of Canadian Indian Bands

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Indian Affairs Branch

This booklet describes the ten linguistic groups in Canada and sub-categories used in booklet: location, culture area and principal cultural characteristics. Also included is a table of Indian bands, the Indian Agency to which they belong, language used and population.

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Linguistic and Cultural Evolution in an Unyielding Environment

Alternate Title
Cultural Diversity and Education: Interface Issues
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Barbara Burnaby

Looks at language developments within the context of modern day circumstances of two Innu communities in Labrador. Chapter in book: Cultural Diversity and Education: Interface Issues by David F. Philpott, Wayne C. Nesbit, Mildred F. Cahill, and Gary H. Jeffery.

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Linguistic Classifications of Aboriginal Languages in Canada: Implications For Assessing Language Diversity, Endangerment and Revitalization

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Norris
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 22-34
Analyzes of two linguistic classifications using Census and UNESCO-based language measures. Scroll down to page 22 to read article.
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Linguistic Families, 17th Century

Alternate Title
Historical Atlas of Canada ; v. 1, plate 18
Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project
Linguistic Families, Seventeenth Century
National Perspectives: Native Canada
Native Population and Subsistence, 17th Century
Native Population and Subsistence, Seventeenth Century
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Byron Moldofsky
Mariange Beaudry
Chris Brackley
Mark Suarez]
Interactive map shows linguistic families as well as major food sources by area. Original print version from Historical Atlas of Canada, v. 1 edited by R. Cole Harris ; Geoffrey J. Matthews, cartographer and designer.
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Linguistic Families of California

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.16, no.3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Roland B. Dixon
Alfred L. Kroeber
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 16, (pp47-118).
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Linguistic Origins of Native Americans

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joseph H. Greenberg
Merritt Ruhlen
Scientific American, vol. 267, no. 5, November 1992, pp. 94-99
Discusses Greenberg's classification which places American languages into three families: Eskimo-Aleut, Na-Dene, and Amerind.
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Linking Arms Together 2013: AM Session Residential School Survivor Panel [Part 4]

Alternate Title
Linking Arms Together (Part 4): Residential School Survivor Panel
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Margaret Tourville
Michael Cheena
Murray Crow
Three survivors of residential schools, Margaret Tourville, Michael Cheena, and Murray Crow speak about their experiences at panel session from Linking Arms Together Symposium held York University June 28, 2013. Duration: 1:12:53.
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Lips' Inking: Cree and Cree-Métis Authors' Writings of the Oral and What They Might Tell Educators

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Gingell
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. suppl., Aboriginal Englishes and Education, 2010, pp. 35-61, 154
Discussion on the mixing of Cree, Michif, and English languages in Indigenous communities; and looks at the evidence of how teachers are responding to this Indigenizing of EngUsh.
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Literacy Instruction in Aboriginal Settings

Alternate Title
Research Brief (Society for Advancement of Excellence in Education) ; October 2004
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Helen Raham
Summary of the findings of Sharing Our Success which looked at successful literacy programs in 10 schools.
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Literacy: More Than Words: Literacy for Aboriginal Populations

Alternate Title
Literacy for Aboriginal Populations
Literacy More Than Words: Presentations: Literacy for Aboriginal Populations
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Council of Ministers of Education
Canada
Contains links to webcasts and presentations on Aboriginal literacy from the Pan-Canadian Interactive Literacy Forum 2008: Legacy, which was put on by the Council of Ministers of Education and took place in nine different locations across Canada.
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Literacy Profile of Off-Reserve First Nations and Metis People Living in Urban Manitoba and Saskatchewan: Results from the International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey 2003

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Evelyne Bougie
Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada, vol. 4, no. 5, [January] [7], [2008], p. [?]
Measured prose literacy (information from sources such as editorials, news stories, brochures and instruction manuals) and document literacy (job applications, payroll forms, transportation schedules, maps, etc.).
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