Language

Use of traditional words and stories as metaphors. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology , vol. 22, (pp391-443).

First page describes ease of learning this system: "a hundred times easier than the old writing" with "Two million people...throughout the world already practising this system of phonography." The Phonetic Alphabet(front cover, inset).

[Prehistory and Anthropology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Australian National University, 1991.

Focuses on what was heard from participants in the interviews/talking circles and from email survey respondents.

Discusses the development of the syllabary, making reading and writing in Cherokee possible, and looks at how present-day efforts of reading and writing with the syllabary and speaking Cherokee contribute to language perseverance.

Public Issues Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Guelph, 2014.

Statistics on health status, chronic conditions, education, crowding in homes, and language. Information from the 2002 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.

Book review of: The West Coast (Nootka) People by E. Y. Arima. Scroll down to page 68 to read review.

Book review: West Over Sea edited by Beverley Ballin Smith, Simon Taylor and Gareth Williams.

Looks at priorities for language curriculum development including recruitment, training and certification of Aboriginal teachers and teaching assistants.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Victoria University of Wellington, 2013.

Study shows Sami patients' language choice in different situations is influenced by complex social and cultural factors.

Looks at the origins of names for the Indigenous people of the Lower Kenai Peninsula of Alaska and explains the difficulties encountered when deciding which term is most appropriate.

Suggests that the methodologies involve "...those that enable and permit Indigenous researchers to be who they are while engaged actively as participants in research..."

Problems children encounter in learning English as a second language in school.

Looks at Aboriginal distribution based on information gathered from a group of people who still speak their ancestral language and those who do not.

Reports on the role of language in mathematics teaching.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1998.

Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2012

Presents author's personal life experiences using traditional Stó:lõ narrative style and metaphor and the importance of reviving the Halq'emeylem language.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 1994.

Forms part of the Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 24 (p.369-527).

Focuses on how students' educational attainment is affected by differences in home and school dialects, and the impact of inadequate assessment and evaluation by teachers and speech practitioners.

Title and document are in Kitksan (Gitksan), from the New Testiment (Bible) chapter,Luke, translated by A. E. Price, a 19th century Anglican missionary on the Skeena River.

Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2006. Title may be translated as, Coyote Was Traveling.

Documentary with Elders, fathers, and matriarchs on strengthening the role for First Nations, Inuit and Mètis fathers. Accompanying Report. Durations: 26:30.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 22, (pp1-215).

Describes factors leading to the development of the Summer Turtle Program in Mashpee, Massachusetts.

Provides guidance on appropriate terminologies and the evolution of many terms, including select terms of art.

Discusses how local definitions were developed specifically for each Tribal community's culture and its empowering effect.

Book review of: Words of Our Country, Stories, Place Names and Vocabulary in Yidiny, the Aboriginal Language of the Cairns-Yarrabah Region compiled and edited by R. M. W. Dixon. Review located by scrolling to page 272.

"Reviews concepts and approaches related to cultural responsiveness in the literature in the field of education, pointing out how these are parallel with or might further inform practices in communication sciences and disorders."

Discusses the first code talkers who began transmitting on October 26, 1918 which marked the turning point for the Americans in the war.

Looks at orthographic or spelling systems developed for each of the case studies.

Discusses the student-run school newspaper, Talks and Thoughts of the Hampton Indian Students.

Book review of: Writing on the Backs of the Blacks by Mari Rhydwen. Review located by scrolling to page 258.

Argues that Thomas King draws on connections between orality, mother tongue and maternity, and between written language and paternity; also notes that King writes to encourage readers to question what they "think they know about history" and to consider whose history is being questioned.

Review of website, Wyandot Nation of Kansas created by the Wyandot Nation of Kansas.

Website includes links to history, sacred sites, treaties, lifestyle, language and literature, ancestors, missions, and genealogy.

Interview with author about his thoughts on Aboriginal life, films and literature. Discusses Welch's books Fools Crow and Killing Custer.

Indigenous Language Revitalization Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2016.

Anthropology and Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2014.

Book review of: Yakama Rising by Michelle M. Jacob. Scroll down to page 208 to read review.

Provides links to language resource materials, some publications, culture, education and history.

Terminology guide developed for the Australian context.