Systems: Writing, Signing

Reviews concepts of identity and culture and discusses the importance Indigenous languages, reasons they are threatened, and efforts that have been made to revitalize them in northern Canada and United States. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.

Analyzes the story, How the Bear Lost Its Tail, to show the textual arrangement of written Mohawk.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol 3.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 11, (pp399-472).

Basic reference covering main word and sentence patterns; aimed at reinforcing and extending knowledge of the languages.

Looks at efforts of explorers and travelers, missionaries, and scholars to record the languages they came in contact with and the methods they used.

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.

Book review of: Navajo/English Dictionary of Verbs by Lucy Moore.

Discusses how the 1645 treaty council involved the intersection of the Indigenous method of recording and communicating such agreements (wampum) and European textual traditions.

Author explores 150 years of Navajo education and of language preservation, teaching and learning, and resurgence.

Describes the evolution of the Inuktitut alphabet from the late 1800s to present.

Gives a outlilne history of the Inuit writing system and the establishment and recommendations of the Inuit Language Commission. There is also a syllabarium for Inuttitut syllabic writing.

Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1965.

Interview with the authors of a book about the language, culture and history of the Nooksack indigenous people. Duration: 30:20. Access part II.

Interview with the authors of a book, Nooksack Place Names: Geography, Culture and Language researched over 35 years, about the language, culture and history of the Nooksack indigenous people . Duration: 38:30. Access part I.

Looks at the artist's claim of Cherokee ancestry by examining his use of excerpts from a letter written in Cherokee syllabary by Zeke Proctor in his work Proctor's Letter.

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

Author examines 19th century liturgical texts adapted and translated to the Cherokee language. Semantic analysis reveals several representational and conceptual problems that had to be overcome in order to create effective translations of the texts.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 8, (pp235-269).

Mathematics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Chicago, 1911.

From the Transactions of the American Philological Association, 1874.

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

Introductory article to themed issue. Scroll down to page 3 to read article.

Paper presented at the Canadian Linguistic Association Conference / Congrés de l'ACL 2007 held in Saskatoon, May 28, 2007.

Examines adjectives and adjective phrases in Métchif.

Book review of: The Paper War by Anna Johnston. Scroll down to page 181 to read article.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 10, (pp1-12).

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 11, (pp177-188).

"Extract form the Tenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology."

From: Transactions of the Canadian Institute, vol. V, 1893-94.

Reports on the numerous hurdles involved in the building of the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline.

Linguistic Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California,1963.

Describes the structure of words in Plains Cree.

Reviews the creation of a theatre training methodology that uses the principles rooted in storytelling, sign language, pictographs and oral language.

Special Education and Rehabilitation Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1996.

Describes Aztec texts from the pre-Cortesian period that are fundamentally map-equivalents.

Includes phonemic lexicon, translation of a series of questions and answers about characters from the Bible, catechism, prayers, and translations of other scriptural teachings, e.g., Ten Commandments, Lord's Prayer.

English translation for Malecite words, published under the patronage of the Honorable Mrs. Manners Sutton.

Reports on detailed linguistic work conducted on kinship terminology of the Uto-Aztecan language Tubatulabla, perhaps still spoken in Kern County, California.

Comments on a successful program that returned the Yup'ik language into the classroom.

Using an example in which she challenged a newspaper story claiming that that there was no written Lakota language the author talks about the way that Indigenous people are often not considered to be knowledgeable about their own languages and cultures in the academy.

Drawing on the Language Shift and Retention Project, article explores the personal, familial, and academic costs of Indigenous language loss.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 2012.

Comments on the Qik'rtarmiut Alutiit Regional Language Advisory Committee and the work they are doing to ensure preservation of the Alutiiq language for future generations.

Authors use a critical making methodology to engage with the Zuni Pueblo people in the digital humanities project, Zuni Language Materials Collection; argue that collaboration with members of the community of creation dramatically improved item description, collection discoverability and collection interactivity.