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Download full textReyhner, Jon – 1989
Rock Point Community School's bilingual program is described. Located in the Navajo Nation in Northeast Arizona, the school began its English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction in 1960 and bilingual education in 1967. In 1982, the first high school seniors were graduated. By 1988, 43 percent of Rock Point students were dominant Navajo speakers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Languages, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedReyhner, Jon; Tennant, Edward – Bilingual Research Journal, 1995
Reviews research on maintaining and revitalizing American Indian languages, focusing on the interrelationship of language and culture; Fishman's theoretical paradigm for reversing language shift; national and tribal language policies; and examples of native language instruction at the early childhood, elementary, secondary, and tribal college…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education Programs, Cultural Maintenance
