Language

Examines the language challenges students face in the classroom and explores how literacies develop and function in local communities.

Key objectives of the Native Indian Teacher Education Program (NITEP) at the University of British Columbia.

Provides data from the 2000 census.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Davis, 2002.

Book review of: Cherokee Reference Grammar by Brad Montgomery-Anderson.

First pages features alphabet from a-z with corresponding Chinook shorthand. Hymns composed of Chinook shorthand text with longhand Chinook headings as follows: I. O Tloos St. Joseph; II. Naika chako wawa; III. O Maika Hoos J.-C.; IV. Iakwa alta; V. Sahale-Taye Tanaz; VI. Sahale Taye iaka mamook; VII. Kopet iht Sahale Taye; VIII. O J.-C. Nawitka; IX. Tloos alta nsaika; X. O Tloos Muri nsaika wawa; XI. O Salutaris; XI[repeated] Ankate Okook J.C. Chinook Alphabet is printed upside down on 2nd to last page (appears that pages 2 and 15 have been reversed).

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Chinook text with headings in Chinook longhand with some English. Chinook Alphabet. Chinook Hymns: 1. O Tloos St. Joseph; 2. Naiko chako wawa; 3. O Maika tloos J.-C.; 4. Iakwa alta; 5. Sahale Taye Tanoz; 6. O J.-C. Nawitka; 7. Ankaate Ookook J.-C.; 7[repeated]. Naiko O J.-C.; 8. Tloosatta nsaika; 9. O Tloos Maric; 10. Kanawe Son O.I.M.; 11. Oookook Son ilep tloos; 12. Wek Saia J.-C.; 13. Na Jesus Tanas etc. 14. Dtet nsaika mamook. Refrain; 15. Sahale Taay iaka monmod; 16. Koper iht S. Taye; 17. o Salutaris Hostia; 18. Tantum Ergo. Last page identifies Father LeJeune as the author.

Chinook text with headings in Chinook longhand with some English. Chinook Hymns: 1. O Tloos St. Joseph; 2. Naika chako wawa; 3. O Maika Hoos J.C.; 4. Iakwa alta; 5. S.T. Tanoiz; 6. O.J.C. Nawitka; 7. Ankate Okook J.C.; 7[repeated]. Naika O.J.C.; 8. Tloos alta nsaika; 9. O Tloos Marie; 10. Kanawason O T. Mali; 11. Ookook Son Hep Tloos; 12. Na Jesus...; 13. Dret Nsaika mam este[?]; 14. S.T. iaka mamook; 15. Kopet iht S.T.; 16. namich[?] kata; 17. O Salutaris; 18. Tantum ergo; 19 and 20 titles and text entirely in Chinook shorthand.

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Booklet contains approximately 300 words in three columns: Chinook; Chinook shorthand; and English.

Historical note:

This version has similar handwriting to Father LeJeune's "Chinook Vocabulary, Chinook-English" (2nd edition) printed in Kamloops in 1892. The content varies, however.

Presents linguistic analysis of data collected on field trips from 1930 to 1934.

Review of the film Choctaw Code Talkers by Valerie Red-Horse, Gale Anne Hurd, and Stacy Mahoney.

Looks at the relationship between Threlkeld, a missionary, and Biraban, a Awabakal man, in the nineteenth century.

Indigenous Peoples Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2011.

Written in response to requests for names suitable for use "by Camp Fire Girls and as camp names, and often for the translation into one or more of the many Indian languages of English expressions involving concepts wholly foreign to the Indian Mode of thought".

Includes statistics for demographics, family, housing, language, education, employment, and income. Data from the 2011 Census of Canada and the 2011 National Household Survey.

Response to Dr. Boas' article (American Anthropologist vol. 22, page 367) on the point of view to be used in classifying languages.

Lists proposed commitments to address issues.

Investigates the causes, treatments and possible preventions of otitis media with effusion (glue ear) which affects hearing and language development.

List of scholarly research on historic and contemporary Coast Salish cultures, current as of March 29, 2011.

Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1966.

Looks at the linguistic language study findings on the cognitive metaphors of Hupa, an Athapaskan language spoken in California.

Statistics primarily from 2006 Census of Canada.

Argues that the fundamental changes needed in the way that diversity is dealt with in the classroom could be accomplished by moving from a lesson plan-centered approach to a inquiry-centered approach.

Book review essay of: Language and Art of the Navajo Universe by Gary Witherspoon.

Examines the problem of providing an authentic, reliable and repeatable tourism experience on a reindeer farm due to language barriers. Suggests the use of scripted narratives as a solution.

CCSS (Common Core State Standards) adoption meant to provide an equatable education for all students is a concern to American Indian leaders who are worried the standards would be a barrier to learning culture, history and language.

A book of common prayer entirely in the Ojibway language.

Reports on issues raised by Indigenous clients themselves and discusses features of Aboriginal varieties of English and how linguistic prejudice may affect interactions between lawyer and client and court outcomes.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1995.

Discusses Sami's traditional, co-operative style of reindeer husbandry and challenges faced by herders trying to maintain this system in a cash-driven economy.

Accompanying documents: Language Attitude Questionnaire. Language Activity Survey

Looks at the connection to environment, Sámi language competence, and reindeer husbandry as factors in community resilience.

Ojibwe Traditional Elder briefly discusses the pipe ceremony, language, clan system, legends/stories, code of conduct, beginning of man and womanhood, and the eagle feather.

Book review of: Comparative Eskimo Dictionary With Aleut Cognates by Michael Fortescue, Steven Jacobson, Lawrence Kaplan.

The introduction states that "the following vocabularies are presented about 211 words of one or more dialiects of every Indian language spoken on the Pacific slope from the Columbia River north to the Tshilikat River". A map of the distribution of these languages is appended.

Examines oral tradition of the Anishnaabe and the Irish Celtic.

Counseling and Guidance Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1982.

[Education] Thesis (Ed.D.)--Arizona State University, 2008.

Investigated age, gender, ethnic background and history of middle ear disease as factors affecting the degree of hearing impairment. The article also discusses how language acquisition can be affected due to hearing loss.

Lists title, location of research, principal investigator, etc. for over ninety projects. Divided by topic area: health related, physical science, social science and traditional knowledge

Studies barriers to implementing the Zimbabwean language education policy in primary school grades and the perception of socio-economic benefits that come with the English language.

Looks at one of the earliest Inuit vocabularies collected in English.

This website provides information about the Secwepemc nation including modules on language, origin story, village life, and archaeology. .

Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1991.

Shows how literacy effects existing cognitive, linguistic and social structures.