Oratory Skills & Practises

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.

Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Manitoba, 2006.

Looks at a Reverend who introduced a bilingual language policy at an Aboriginal mission station.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2004.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Brock University, 2008.

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.

Brief article describes the various forms of English that need to be spoken by Aboriginal health workers who speak English as a second or third language.

Discussion on innovative uses for narrative assessment in a child care setting.

Compares language skills of students attending different Mi'kmaq language programs in Cape Breton using formal language tests.

Reviews the Lakota Oyate author's book, which presents life stories by her mother Lone Woman (Wiya Isnala) and grandmother Turtle Lung Woman (Kheglezela Chaguwi). Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 83.

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.

The Legends Project is a compilation of traditional oral stories, legends, and histories of Canada's Inuit and First Nations. They are transcribed, dramatized, and cast within the communities. Audios contain general information on the First Nations involved, recordings of Elders, explanation of the legends, and legends recorded in both English and the original First Nations language.

Discusses deficiencies in English language proficiency and the need for appropriate materials for teaching English as a second language to Navaho students.

File contains a copy of Diefenbaker's speech during the election campaign of 1965 in which he details his attempts to bring about equality of citizenship for indigenous persons, mentioning the appointment of indigenous senator, James Gladstone, and the establishment of an Indian Claims Commission.

Language Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Montreal, 2010.

Storytelling and narrative as part of the healing process in a North Slope Iñupiat community.

Discussion about the lack of visibility linguistic anthropology in Canada has and suggestions to reclaim its many contributions.

Author predicts rapid decline of Indigenous languages in Canada will lead to their extinction before the end of the century.

Article examines the Lipan Apache narrative about Coyote which had been recorded and translated by the linguist Harry Hoijer from a telling by Lisandro Mendez. Author examines the content and themes of the text alongside the poetic and narrative devices it uses; situates the text among other Coyote narratives.

Looks at a festival set on reviving the dormant Northern Community Literacy Network and to look at literacy issues faced in northern Saskatchewan communities. Article located by scrolling to page 22.

Looks at approaches to closing the literacy achievement gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal kindergarten students.

Book review of Loss and Renewal edited by Felicity Meakins and Carmel O'Shannessy.

Traditional ecological knowledge in the Fort Albany First Nation is being lost between generations.

Poem which reflects on speaking an Indigenous language and the loss of it.

Discusses the importance of teaching through Indigenous language immersion rather than adding on a culture and language class to the existing curriculum.

Cree textbook.

Discusses results of Navajo and Yup'ik school-based maintenance and language renewal efforts and tribal and national language policies.

Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Santa Barbara, 1998.

Discusses the Northern Native-Languages Project (NNLP) and government policies and their development regarding the use of native languages as modes of instruction in Ontario schools.

Reports on the interaction that took place between the Frisian, Dutch whalers and Greenlanders in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Indigenous Governance Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2012.

Educational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, (Vancouver), 2009.

Presents an oral story titled, The Marriage Crow, told my Martha Lamont, transcribed by Thom Hess and Levi Lamont, and translated by Crisca Bierwert. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Goal of study was to describe how responses from parents/guardians could be used as language indicators.

Examines initiatives and constraints in the development of educational programmes which aim to regain traditional Cook Islands language and cultural practices.

An investigation into Native Americans worldviews in relation to many versions of the life and death of Sacajawea, the interpreter who accompanied Lewis and Clark.

Lists schools and district support recommendations, culturally responsive teaching strategies for the classroom, and state and national programs and initiatives.

Metrical study of songs in Tohono O'odham, a language of the Uto-Aztecan family spoken in Arizona.

Analyzes the emergence of performance-based methods to examine narratives in which performance itself is a feature.

Site discusses history, culture, battles, symbols of identity like the sash, fiddle and beading, and Elders, including a photo or video gallery.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 2006.

Book review of: Miracle Hill by Blackhorse Mitchell.

Traditional Knowledge Thesis (Ph.D.)--California Institute of Integral Studies, 2002.

Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1971.

Defines concepts of both living and dead language, the difference between revitalization and revival, and offers a three step model for reviving languages.

Looks at a group, the Regina First Nations Language Speaking Circle, formed to keep First Nations languages from vanishing, including posting phrases and lessons on the internet. Article located by scrolling to page 19.

Compares grassroots Mayan languages revitalization movements in Belize and Guatemala/Mesoamerica; considers the academic and publishing communities’ marginalization of Belize language revitalization efforts and the effects on Kriol and Mopan dialects, and the socioeconomic and geopolitical factors at play in the language landscape of Belize.