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Thornton, Russell, Ed. – 1998
Based on a conference, this volume examines the past, present, and future of Native American studies. Native American studies seeks to understand Native Americans, America, and the world from a Native American indigenous perspective, and thereby broaden the education of both Native and non-Native Americans. Part 1 asks who Native Americans are…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Languages, American Indian Literature
Reyhner, Jon, Ed. – 1990
This volume includes papers delivered at the Ninth Annual International Native American Language Issues (NALI) Institute. Dick Littlebear's keynote address describes the importance of maintaining Native American languages. James Crawford's "Language Freedom and Restriction: A Historical Approach to the Official Language Controversy,"…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Canada Natives
Lee, Dorothy Sara, Ed; And Others – 1984
This catalog describes wax cylinder recordings of music collected by two pioneers in ethnomusicology. The 101 cylinders in the Benjamin Ives Gilman Collection recorded at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago contain Fijian, Samoan, Uvean, Javanese, Turkish, and Kwakiutl or Vancouver Island Indian music. The Gilman Collection is…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Area Studies
Howard, Roy E. – 1988
This summary of a dissertation reports results of a study of teachers providing bilingual education at a Navajo border town school. History, demography and geography, socioeconomics, and politics all affect cultural knowledge to be taught and teachers must study these subjects. However, teaching Navajo language and culture in a bordertown school…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education Programs
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Running Crane, Jenny; And Others – 1984
The text of this document was taken from a videotape of anecdotal stories told by Blackfeet elders to students at the Heart Butte School during the spring of 1983. An explanation of the transliterated Blackfeet language is presented. The stories are given in both English and Blackfeet. "No More Buffalo" describes Indian life in Montana…
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indian Languages, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
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Peter, Katherine, Ed. – 1975
This reader, the fourth in a series of stories, is intended for use in a bilingual education setting and is geared toward students who are competent speakers of Gwich'in Athabaskan with a knowledge of the writing system. It consists of two stories about traditional life. A free English translation is appended. (AMH)
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Languages, Athapascan Languages, Bilingual Education
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Kalifornsky, Peter – 1974
This reader is intended for use in a bilingual education setting and is geared toward students who are competent speakers of Tanaina Athabaskan with a knowledge of the writing system. The story is about a favorite Tanaina game and the way it used to be played. The text is in an interlinear translation format and is followed by a free English…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Languages, Athapascan Languages, Bilingual Education
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Tenenbaum, Joan M., Comp. – 1976
This is the first of a set of four books containing 24 examples of the Tanaina art of storytelling. They are intended for use in a bilingual education setting for competent speakers of Tanaina Athabaskan who have knowledge of the writing system. The six stories in this volume are part of a large group of traditional stories called…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Languages, Athapascan Languages, Bilingual Education
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Tenenbaum, Joan M., Comp. – 1976
This is the second of a set of four books containing 24 examples of the Tanaina art of storytelling. They are intended for use in a bilingual education setting for competent speakers of Tanaina Athabaskan who have knowledge of the writing system. The five stories in this volume are examples of a large number of raven stories told by the Tanaina…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Languages, Athapascan Languages, Bilingual Education
Laughlin, Robert M. – 1976
This collection of 260 dream texts from Zinacantan, Chiapas, Mexico, is an English translation of the original texts recorded in the Tzotzil (Mayan) language. The introduction discusses dreams as a centrally important, but much neglected aspect of Middle American cultures. The dreams of eleven Zinacantecs, two of whom were shamans, are included.…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Background, Cultural Enrichment
Galloway, Brent D. – 1975
The core of this paper consists of two lessons in beginning Halkomelem, the tenth and eleventh of a set for adult classes in the Halkomelem (Upper Stalo) language of the Indians of Coqualeetza, British Columbia. The lessons deal with tenses and words for time, show the orthography used, and introduce the notion of pronouns. The subject matter…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Languages, Canada Natives, Cultural Influences
Christmas, Peter – 1977
Just as the Micmac word "wejkwapniaq" may be interpreted in several ways, the title of this compilation of fact, folklore, and history of the Micmac people can be interpreted to mean "The Dawn of Nova Scotia History" or "The Coming of New and Bad Things for the Micmac". This teacher's guide provides information on the…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Canada Natives, Clothing, Cultural Awareness
Platero, Paul, Ed. – 1974
This issue of the Navajo Language Review consists of five papers. The first, by E. Perkins, deals with the semantics and syntax of the Navajo negation particle "hanii." In the second paper, S. Billison speaks of the need to preserve the Navajo language and culture through bilingual education programs. M. Saville-Troike studies variation and change…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Contrastive Linguistics
Scavnicky, Gary Eugene A. – 1975
This paper examines the actual content and use of Indian vocabulary in standard Guatemalan Spanish, as opposed to the numerous entries found in antiquated dictionaries. Over 600 Indian words were extracted from contemporary Guatemalan literature and Lisandro Sandoval's "Semantica guatemalense." Interviews were arranged with middle and…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Area Studies, Bilingualism, Cakchiquel
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Kari, James – 1973
Over the years the Navajo language has received more attention than any other American Indian language. The grammatical work represents all traditions in American Indian linguistic research, from the earliest descriptivism to the latest generative grammar. In addition, there exists a large amount of material written in Navajo and a plethora of…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Athapascan Languages, Bibliographies, Bilingual Education
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