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Jurgita Antoine – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2024
When the first tribal colleges were established over 50 years ago, Native American languages were more widely used than today. Tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) were envisioned to offer a base for the retention and development of Indigenous languages and cultures, and they would establish archival collections to support this mission.…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Tribally Controlled Education, Minority Serving Institutions, Universities
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MacKay, Gail A. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2010
On a chilly Toronto evening in November 2005, an envelope was opened in a darkened auditorium, and the words spoken reached out across the land to Muskoday First Nation in Saskatchewan. No doubt Lindsay Knight's family was watching the televised Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards that night and would have felt elated to hear her being honored with…
Descriptors: Social Structure, Values, Foreign Countries, Social Environment
Native American Educational Services, Inc., Chicago, IL. – 1986
Five papers presented at two academic seminars are collected in this document which deals with the survival of American Indian tribes, focusing on language maintenance, tribal government, and intergovernmental relations. Robert Dumont and David Kaudy note the remarkable way in which the written English word has been incorporated into the core of…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indian Languages