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Peer reviewedDyc, Gloria – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1994
Many American Indian students are alienated from schooling by the obvious disparities and conflicts between language usage in the oral tradition of their communities and that required in written academic discourse. A community-based language model used with Lakota college students empowers students by teaching critical writing that fuses…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, American Indian Education, Critical Thinking, Cultural Maintenance
