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(Bi)literacy and Empowerment: Education for Indigenous Groups in Brazil.

Chacoff, Ana – 1989

There are approximately 170 indigenous languages spoken in Brazil, by a population of about 200,000. Language policy regarding these communities has not been well defined or explicit. Through several changes of constitution, only Portuguese has been considered the national and official language. Only recently has the government begun to develop a…

Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Cultural Pluralism, Educational History