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Direct linkGray, Katti – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2012
Among Oklahoma's 2,636-member Wichita tribe, octogenarian Doris McLemore is the sole person who fluently speaks the native language. And Terri Parton, president of Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, says that makes her both a treasure and an imperiled, cultural linchpin. Developing a coterie of community-based American Indians who are restoring,…
Descriptors: Tribes, Language Maintenance, Language Skill Attrition, Native Language
Boulard, Garry – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
Indian gaming has proven to be a very good thing for all students in Oklahoma, but particularly tribal college students. It also has proven to be remarkably popular, even in the face of the national recession. The Creek Nation operates several casinos in the state, the main one being the River Spirit in Tulsa. The performance of any gaming varies…
Descriptors: American Indians, Tribally Controlled Education, American Indian Languages, Games
Pember, Mary Annette – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2010
At first glance, Miami University in southwestern Ohio seems an unlikely spot for a major American Indian language and cultural preservation and revitalization project. There are no reservations in the state, nor is there a significant American Indian population. Yet, Miami University houses the Myaamia Project, a unique collaboration between…
Descriptors: Preservation, Cultural Maintenance, American Indians, Tribes
Peer reviewedPeter, Lizette; Hirata-Edds, Tracy – Bilingual Research Journal, 2009
In an effort to revitalize the Cherokee language, Cherokee Nation launched an immersion program for preschool and elementary children in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Central to the curriculum is literacy in the Cherokee writing system known as "syllabary". This study focuses on sociocultural and sociolinguistic evidence toward an understanding…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Literacy Education, Immersion Programs, Written Language
Lambert, Valerie – American Indian Quarterly, 2007
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is headquartered in southeastern Oklahoma and has a tribal citizenry of just over 175,000. The tribal government currently compacts almost all of the tribe's Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Service program funding and runs dozens of tribal businesses that today fund more than 80 percent of the tribal…
Descriptors: Tribes, Nationalism, American Indian Languages, American Indians
Download full textFuentes, Nancy – 1999
This source book provides information on school, college, and community programs that teach American Indian languages in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. These programs were identified through leads provided by a nine-member regional task force of Native educators and language activists; consultation with federal and state…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Community Education, Elementary Secondary Education
