ERIC Number: EJ1378894
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1466-4208
EISSN: EISSN-1747-7506
Sustaining and Revitalizing Indigenous Languages in Oklahoma Public Schools: Educational Sovereignty in Language Policy and Planning
Current Issues in Language Planning, v24 n1 p60-80 2023
As Indigenous scholars committed to Indigenous education in Oklahoma, we use a decolonizing approach to consider how the 39 Indigenous Nations in Oklahoma assert educational sovereignty to sustain Indigenous high school students' linguistic and cultural identities. Seeking to promote education models that sustain and revitalize Indigenous languages, we ask: 1) How do Indigenous Nations in Oklahoma engage in language planning and liberate educational sovereignty through policies, programs, and services to their high school students? and 2) How do Indigenous Nations navigate Oklahoma state education language-in-education policies that may support or restrict Indigenous language education in public high schools? We consider the function of Oklahoma public high school classrooms as sites of Indigenous language revitalization and reclamation. We discuss how Indigenous educational sovereignty to support language revitalization occurs in interaction with overlapping and often competing language-in-education policies imposed by the state of Oklahoma. A goal of this article is to share knowledge with Indigenous Nations, educators, and policy makers who are involved in language planning. We conclude with recommendations of ways to support culturally sustaining and revitalizing education models for Indigenous students, communities, and languages in Oklahoma.
Descriptors: Public Schools, American Indian Languages, High School Students, American Indian Culture, Self Concept, Language Maintenance, Cultural Maintenance, Language of Instruction, Educational Policy, Culturally Relevant Education, Student Attitudes, Indigenous Knowledge, Federal Indian Relationship, Tribal Sovereignty, Language Enrollment, Language Teachers, Teacher Certification, Language Planning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language Instruction
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: Teachers; Policymakers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Oklahoma
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