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Marking One's Place: Expressions of Identity in Athabaskan Student Writing.
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Basham, C. – Language Sciences, 1999
Uses examples from pen-pal letters written in English to unknown Navajo peers by elementary and secondary Athabaskan students to argue that even in written English, the Athabaskan sense of place is evident, and it is an integral part of the construction of self and the world. (SM)
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Awareness, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education