Preservation & Revitalization

Describes the desire to keep Aboriginal languages "protected, preserved, promoted and practiced".

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2007.

Discusses the methods being used by the Menominee people to keep their language from extinction.

Comments on the importance of maintaining traditional values, cultures and languages in the effort to close the academic achievement gap that can be found between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students.

First Nations Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Alberta, 2002.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 1998.

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2005.

Criteria used: material written from 1994 through end of 2014, pertaining to populations within the United States, and minimum sample size in research studies of 20 respondents from a singe category (e.g. students, teachers, or parents).

Discusses the use of several political tools, including languages and cultures, that can serve as a force de resistance against political subjugation.

Discusses steps involved in carrying out a language and culture immersion camp. Resource intended for camp organizers, staff, Elders, community members and teachers.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2008.

Reports on responses from four discussion groups with participants who were 15-24 years old. Focus was on finding out about language and cultural broadcasting content of interest and which devices youth would like to receive that content on.

Five top Native American education leaders identify the important issues facing education in the 1980-81 school year.

This resource directory includes linguistic resources, language-specific resources, adaptable resources, language revitalization resources, language teaching journals, further education opportunities, funding sources for Indigenous language revitalization programs, as well as a list of scholarships and bursaries available for Aboriginal students and students in the field of Education, and a list of governmental and non-governmental organizations.

Legislative report as required by Minnesota Laws 2009, Article 4, Section 9 includes status update of languages, best practices, identification of barriers, and recommendations.

Book review of: Dancing on Our Turtle's Back by Leanne Simpson.

Looks at a Anishinaabe methodology, involving "circle of the heart" and "circle of the mind" knowledge, used for dissertation research.

"This article provides an overview and history of Kodiak Alutiiq language revitalization, beginning with status and speaker numbers and a brief history of community-based projects".

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of British Columbia, 2012.

Interviews with 21 youth discovered that maintaining social and cultural connections was crucial to mental wellbeing.

Book review of: Defying Maliseet Language Death by Bernard C. Perley. Review located by scrolling to page 173.

Interview with the developer of an application for mobile devices that features Ojibway common words and phrases. Duration: 28:50.

Program emphasizes teaching languages and cultures is fundamental, takes wholistic approach including parental involvement, teacher commitment, continuing training, and life-long learning.

Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2004.

Describes the Ojibwemodaa! project in Chicago as part of general discussion about community collaboration, knowledge production, and evolution of design.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, Okanagan, 2018.

Presents a model for developing computer-assisted programs to teach Native Americans English.

Teaching and Learning Thesis (Ph.D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1996

Describes the need for a new approach to learning Indigenous languages in the classroom, arguing that programs should emphasize both written and the contemporary local usage of the language.

Reports the results of a usability test conducted to determine if computer technology can provide an effective tool for the education initiative of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.

Book review of: Dinéjí Na'nitin by Robert S. McPherson.

Discussion on the domestic relationships of Aboriginal women and non-Aboriginal men who worked in the sealing industry. The article also discusses how the women were able to maintain traditional activities and practices, and how the teaching of native languages ensured the cultural and physical survival of the Aboriginal community.

Reports on language use after Grade 10 and prior to university and warns of possible future problems resulting from conflicts between the Danish and Greenlandic languages. Some comparisons are drawn with Nunavut.

Argues that acknowledgment of the loss of language and culture is missing from the federal government's Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process for residential school survivors.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.16.

Authors of Collected Wisdom: American Indian Education describe their rationale for using story-based reporting of findings rather than the more traditional methods.

Information Systems project towards (M.Sc.)--Athabasca University, 2007.

Study of Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1997.

Examines cards importance as a historical record and as a representation of Aboriginal language by an Aboriginal person.

Focuses on the benefits of a bilingual Inuttitut education program for Inuit children in kindergarten, grades 1 and 2.

Compares the circumstances surrounding Indigenous languages in Saskatchewan with those found in other areas of the world.

Discussion of the benefits of the Yuchi language project versus the dictionary project, in an effort to find the best method to preserve the Yuchi language.

Five papers describe the Akira Language Project implemented at White Shield School in North Dakota, Nakoda Language Program at Fort Belknap College in Montana and the development of tools for computer language documentation at the American Indian Studies Research Institute. Excerpt from Revitalizing Indigenous Languages edited by John Reyhner, Gina Cantoni, Robert N. St. Clair, and Evangeline Parsons.

Chapter from Språk og språkforhold i Sápmi edited by Tove Bull, Jurij Kusmenko. Provides general information about the Kola Saami language and current state of their documentation.

Book review of: Dying Words by Nicholas Evans. Review located by scrolling to page 343.

Discusses project which brought Elders into the classroom to teach 30-level Cree class through traditional stories. Took place at the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation High School.

Groups raise money to purchase Cree syllabic font for use in publishing service booklets in that language.