Systems: Writing, Signing

Author reviews current research on Indigenous language revitalization in Canada and the United States, argues that successful programming will require methods other than those contained within the frameworks of Second Language Acquisition/Learning (SLA/L).

Book reviews of: The Crown of Columbus by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich A Second View: The Crown of Columbus by Michael Dorris and Louise Erdrich Baptism of Desire: Poems by Louise Erdrich Interior Landscapes: Autobiographical Myths and Metaphors by Gerald Vizenor Griever: An American Monkey King in China by Gerald Vizenor Native Writers and Canadian Writing edited by W.H.

Reports on the progress of a dictionary of the Jicarilla Apache language.

Comments on the imminence of the Lakota language being lost and the many decisions needed to be made in order to keep the language vibrant, including choosing which set of diacritics to use.

Offers some suggestions for community-based language restoration work. Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.

[Linguistics] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Netherland Graduate School of Linguistics, 2011.

1st edition.

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

Contains Catholic catechism text transcribed and translated for the Ottawa and Ojibwa (Ojibwe, Anishinaabe, Otchipwe) peoples.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 4, (pp65-165).

Brief article using descriptions from the book Canadian Savage Folk by John Maclean, published in 1896.

Excerpt from the First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880.

Study of the use of multilingual and multigraphic signs in Inuit localities. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.

Adult and Higher Education, Educational Policy Studies Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Alberta, 2002.

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Ancient Art of the Province of Chiriqui, Colombia by William H. Holmes A Study of the Textile Art in Its Relation to the Development of Form and Ornament by William H. Holmes Aids to the Study of the Maya Codices by Cyrus Thomas Osage Traditions by Rev. J. Owen Dorsey The Central Eskimo by Dr. Franz Boas

Book review of: Some Grammatical Aspects of Labrador Inuttut (Eskimo) by Lawrence R. Smith.

Examines reading and writing as separate skills; how writing enables communication to travel up the hierarchy and how historically the Southern Paiutes historically used their new writing abilities.

Book review of: Speak Like Singing by Kenneth Lincoln.

Computer Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--Memorial University, 2011.

Looks at a school reform project that studies effective instructional practices for Native American students in the Zuni Public School District, New Mexico.

Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Buffalo, State University of New York (SUNY), 2011.

Discussion on how to proceed with standardizing the Inuktut Atausiq writing system.

Focuses on an old account of the Oglala Sioux ceremony including prayers and songs; this revised text uses Rigg's Siouian alphabet and includes a verbatim translation.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--The University of Manitoba, 1981.

Includes stories in both Waŋgaŋuru and English text.

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

Findings from project involving Maori language.

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Picture-writing of the American Indians by Garrick Mallery

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Notes on Certain Maya and Mexican Manuscripts by Cyrus Thomas On Masks, Labrets, and Certain Aboriginal Customs by William H. Dall Omaha Sociology by Rev. J. Owen Dorsey Navajo Weavers by Dr. Washington Matthews Prehistoric Textile Fabrics of the United States by William H. Holmes Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made by the Bureau of Ethnology During the Field Season of 1881 by William H.

Contains resources and links to articles related to North American syllabic writing systems, down-loadable Canadian Syllabic script including Cherokee, Euphemia and Uqammaq and Wawatay.

Paper from: Proceedings of the 24th West Coast conference on Formal Linguistics edited by John Alderete ... [et al]. Looks at obviation and direct/inverse mechanisms of the Blackfoot language.

Challenges Eurocentric perceptions of Aboriginal "writing systems".

Looks at a variety of linguistic, technical and historical reasons for the lack of English translations of Australian Aboriginal songs.

Discusses issues surrounding translation, including creating text versions of languages that remain essentially oral, agreement on the "best" translation, and literalism.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol 34, no.2 (pp.55-190).

Story of two writing systems: syllabics developed around 1840 by James Evans and a system developed for the A-hmao, in south-western China, around 1904.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Université Laval, 2004.

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

"Officially adopted by the Boy Scouts of America … adopted by the American Library Association and the American Indian Association." Historical text.

Case study using the Ute Reference Grammar. Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.

Discusses Cherokee man Sequoyah and the writing system he created for the Cherokee language. Scroll to page 47 to read article.

Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2012.

Describes approaches such as building on oral tradition as well as the use of computing equipment to preserve the language.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 4, (pp251-317).

Book review of: wâskahikaniwiyiniw-âcimowina/Stories of the House People edited and translated by Freda Ahenakew.

Discusses the development of the syllabary, making reading and writing in Cherokee possible, and looks at how present-day efforts of reading and writing with the syllabary and speaking Cherokee contribute to language perseverance.

Includes several structurally distinct forms of writing developed by Aboriginal peoples, and discussion about the loss these systems.

Authors examine government policies and a range of community, education, business, health, and media initiatives that variously support or hinder efforts to maintain or revive the use of Indigenous languages. Compares the effects of language devaluation in two different colonized nations.