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Anuschka van ’t Hooft; José Luis González Compeán – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2024
Young urban migrants can be valuable actors in projects that aim to document and revitalize their Indigenous languages, especially when these efforts involve new technologies. Based on data from a Huastec (Tének) language documentation project in Mexico, this article describes the digital interactions of young migrants in the documentation and…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Urban Areas, Native Language, Language Maintenance
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Casanova, Saskias – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2019
Relatively little research has focused on the experiences of students and families of Yucatec-Maya origin in the U.S., and even less has focused on Yucatec-Maya youth and resilience, a normative process of positive adaptation despite exposure to adversity. Using Critical Latinx Indigeneities, which centers on Indigeneity across multi-national…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Youth, Resilience (Psychology), Acculturation
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Barillas Chón, David W. – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2019
One highly significant yet under-investigated source of variation within the Latinx Education scholarship are Indigenous immigrants from Latin America. This study investigates how Maya and other Indigenous recent immigrant youth from Guatemala and Mexico, respectively, understand indigeneity. Using a Critical Latinx Indigeneities analytic, along…
Descriptors: Maya (People), Immigrants, Indigenous Populations, Hispanic Americans
Abreo, Christina – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Indigenous education in Guatemala is currently undergoing a massive overhaul in the depth and breadth of its reach in Maya areas. Although much can be said about the re-evaluation and incorporation of indigenous culture, language and worldview into the schools' curricula, it is still failing to reach the country's adult population. As a result of…
Descriptors: Cultural Maintenance, Community Education, Maya (People), American Indian Education