Oratory Skills & Practises

Explores the difficulties of translating a poem by Rex Lee Jim due to phonetic, rhythmic, symbolic and morphological differences and concludes that linguistic critical analysis and ethnographic knowledge are crucial to translation projects. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 37.

Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2010.

Approaches the Winnebago Trickster figure from a broader, humanist view rather than the usual rigid academic disciplines analysis.

Overview of traditional Navajo leadership and western influences.

Discussion of the First Nation and European interpretation of oral traditions and how these traditions are vital to First Nation history, culture and identity.

Cross-Faculty Inquiry in Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2006.

Looks at the vision of revitalizing First Nations languages in First Nations homes, communities and nationwide by the year 2027 and comments on the policies, goals and milestones to reach this vision.

Based on survey findings, looks at how students, teachers and schools integrate Native culture and language into their education. See Part 1 - Performance of American Indian and Alaska Native Students at Grades 4 and 8 on NAEP 2009 Reading and Mathematics Assessments.

Focuses on the extent of culture and language integration into curricula and the school resources available for improving achievement. Divided into four sections: students and Native culture, teacher characteristics, schools and community engagement, and performance results. Reports on results from 14 states.

Focuses on four areas: strengthening Tribal control; investing in cultural and language revitalization; hiring Native American staff and administrators, and promoting interagency coordination.

Explores the current state of Kindergarten to grade 12 and postsecondary Native language education in Canada and examines the possibilities of incorporating outdoor education with Native language programs.

Situates the decline of Indigenous languages within historical and colonial contexts; examines some of the barriers to modern language reclamation and revitalization; discusses different methods and programs for language learning.

Provides information about Native American languages and people. Includes links to related Native American language resources.

Illustrates how language is essential to the survival of a culture and how state-imposed destruction of Indigenous languages has caused the loss of traditional knowledge systems.

Native literacy is explored in terms of oral tradition, storytelling, culture, and language. Compares Native and Euro-Western definitions of literacy and looks at implications in the field of education.

Presents the story of Native American codetalkers in World War II.

Curriculum developed to help students obtain the skills necessary to communicate in the nēhiyaw language.

Includes teaching aids and strategies for Cree language and culture, instruction plans, classroom evaluation and assessment, and teaching applications.

Provides a synopsis of four basic linguistic concepts and brief discussion of their implications for second language learning.

Three photographs (2 scanned here) of David Ahenakew, president of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians, speaking at an NDP convention in Saskatoon, November 19, 1977.

"Comprising: the Abenakis alphabet, the key to the pronunciation and many grammatical explanations, also synoptical illustrations showing the numerous modifications of the Abenakis verb, &c. : to which is added the etymology of Indian names of certain localities, rivers, lakes, &c., &c."

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2015.

Examines the influence of the English language on the pronunciation of the long and short vowels of Māori.

"Report to the Ministry of Education".

"Report to the Ministry of Education".

Report to the New Zealand Ministry of Education.

Discusses a proposed Indigenous educational theory centering on Niitsitapi ways of knowing to reappropriate the curricular space.

Author describes insights gained during his eight-week research project to improve his Mi'gmaw language skills by using the Aboriginal Language Initiative and the Migmaq Online websites, and engaging in weekly meetings with a fluent speaker and Elder-in-Residence at St. Thomas University.

Virtual nursery level book in Plains Cree with English translation.

Virtual nursery level storybook in Cree.

Virtual nursery level storybook in Woodland Cree with English translation.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 2003.

Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2008.

Looks at the rules of grammar, and the nature of the Blackfoot English dialect in Southern Alberta.

Explores oral traditions and their importance to tribal culture in Louise Erdrich's novelTracks. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Discusses the health of the four Polynesian Pasifika languages from the researchers and writers perspective.

Discusses how language can empower people or disenfranchise them.

Looks at policies for language practices and official language status for Norway's Aboriginal peoples.

Website of a nonprofit organization based on Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario established to preserve and nurture Iroquoian languages and songs.

"In Three Parts: Part I - The Grammar, Part II - Dialogue and Exercises. Part III - The Dictionary."

Users are able to browse and search in both Ojibwe and English; includes audio for pronunciation of most words, terminology relating to specific topics, and links to cultural galleries.

Swampy Cree stories told by Louis Bird can be listened to in either English or Cree. Includes links to storytelling lessons for grades K-8.

Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1992.

From the Transactions of the American Philological Association, 1874.

Discusses the characterization of discontinuous constituents in Swampy Cree.

Discusses the variation of spellings of First Nations languages and names. The article also includes a pronunciation guide to various Cree dialects.