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Rethinking Expertise: Creating a Decolonial Space in a University Setting by Broadening (and Sometimes Narrowing!) Who We Think Knows What
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Ignacio L. Montoya; Julien De Jesus; Macario Mendoza-Carrillo – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2024
This paper focuses on the development, planning, and implementation of Numu (Northern Paiute) language classes at the University of Nevada, Reno. The authors' engagement with the Numu classes as well as the description and analysis presented in this paper are guided by principles of decolonization, language reclamation, and community-based…
Descriptors: Expertise, Decolonization, Universities, Courses
Teaching Dena'ina Language through Dena'ina Culturally Based Reading Practices
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Joel Isaak Liq'a Yes – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The Dena'ina language is a well-documented Northern Dene Alaska Native language in south-central Alaska. The Dena'ina language is on the brink of going to sleep. The Dena'ina community strongly desires for the Dena'ina language to once again thrive in the community. Language-use within the community is a contributing factor to the health of the…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Alaska Natives, American Indian Languages, Indigenous Populations
Native American Language Rights in Light of "Lau": Overlapping Policies and Possibilities
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Cynthia Benally; Daniel Piper – Bilingual Research Journal, 2024
Using a sociocultural approach with Indigenous epistemology, we examine language policies related to Lau. We researched how Lau impacted Native language policies through the "Sinajini v. Board of Education of San Juan School District." Native education rights are embedded in treaty rights. As such, Native students have unique statuses…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Educational Legislation, Indigenous Knowledge, Language Minorities
Valuing Indigenous Research Paradigms in the Context of Language Acquisition
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Morrison, Jennifer – International Journal of Adult Education and Technology, 2020
The purpose of this article is to justify the value of Indigenous research paradigms, specifically in the context of research on language acquisition. This argument has implications not only for research on language acquisition and the practice of language instruction but also for qualitative research, more broadly. Specifically, depending on the…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, World Views, Indigenous Knowledge, Research Methodology
Reflections on School Engagement: An Eco-Systemic Review of the Cree School Board's Experience
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Visser, John; Fovet, Frédéric – in education, 2014
The parameters are readily interesting: The Cree School Board experience over the past 25 years represents one of the first occurrences worldwide of a society having globally acknowledged that a curriculum, as a whole, did not necessarily fit a specific group, rather than the individuals not performing within a curriculum. As such, this represents…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Canada Natives, Tribes
Information Technology and Indigenous People
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Dyson, Laurel, Ed.; Hendriks, Max, Ed.; Grant, Stephen, Ed. – Information Science Publishing, 2007
Information Technology and Indigenous People provides theoretical and empirical information related to the planning and execution of IT projects aimed at serving indigenous people. It explores many cultural concerns with IT implementation, including language issues and questions of cultural appropriateness, and brings together cutting-edge…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge