Language

Final report and recommendations of the Nunavut Broadband Task Force.

Committee appointed to research physical characters, languages and industrial and social conditions of the peoples of British Columbia including the Kwakiutl, Tsimshians, and Salish peoples.

Looks at the Sami reindeer herding community of Sevettijö Skolt and state subsidy policy.

Looks at aboriginal ways of knowing involving school culture, language-learning, and multicultural, culturally responsive teachers. Includes a cultural framework model.

Looks at the relationship between language policies, social capital and cultural and economic development in a multilingual region. Chapter 21 from International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship edited by Léo-Paul Dana and Robert B. Anderson. Entire e-book on one pdf. To access chapter, scroll to page 257 or select chapter 21 on side bar.

Looks at how age, sex, education and household type affect the importance of Indigenous language for Indigenous people living in urban communities.

Applied Psychology Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Toronto (Canada), 1992.

Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, Northridge, 2013.

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Origins of certain place names in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta.

Examines reading and writing as separate skills; how writing enables communication to travel up the hierarchy and how historically the Southern Paiutes historically used their new writing abilities.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2001.

Ethnohistory Field School Research Paper, University of Victoria, 2009.

Explores the role that indigenous languages have played in advancing Indigenous self-determination in the Americas.

Identifies common service barriers and highlights practices that address need for improved and appropriate services.

Review process revealed that speech language pathology services are being utilized more effectively as the referral sources become more familiar with the program.

Comments on the diffusion of Pacific Pidgin English, the resulting creole, and creole's survival and expansion due to historical events.

Extensive list of monographs (281 pages). Current as of 2011.

Comments on the difficulties and differences that may cause Aboriginal students to struggle with Standard English.

Explores development of different standards for oral and written English by comparing Anglo and Navajo writers.

Study delves into which of the 25 Indigenous research themes has been under-explored. Geography Thesis (B.A.)--Laurentian University, 2016.

Discusses the importance of language to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people.

Statistical data of employment and unemployment rates in Nunavut, Canada as a whole and each of the provinces and other territories. 5 tables. Source: 2001 and 2006 Censuses of Population.

Contends that there is a need for further documentation of the native languages of British Columbia and that training to do documentation work should be a high priority.

Looks at barriers to education in Botswana especially difficulties of English language instruction.

Uses language to crystallize various themes throughout the novel.

Discusses how government boarding schools focused on vocational rather than academic curriculum.

Looks at factors affecting education of Native students in Canada and recommends strategies for future direction.

Book review of: Studies in Comparative Pama-Nyungan edited by G. N. O'Grady and D. T. Tyron. Review located by scrolling to page 291.

Contends that North American languages have some of the most complex phonological, morphological, and syntactic structures.

Educational Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1971.

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.

Looks at linguistic development of Inuit children in Nunavik and the effects of English-French language instruction compared to heritage-language instruction.

Book review of: Suffixes of the Eskimo Dialects of Cumberland Peninsula and North Baffin Island by Kenn Harper.

Looks at research and reports about young Indigenous children’s early language learning trajectories and developmental needs, for cognitive, social, and cultural learning.

Looks at the gaps in knowledge regarding what Indigenous children and families need for optimal language development.