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Reyhner, Jon, Ed.; Martin, Joseph, Ed.; Lockard, Louise, Ed.; Gilbert, W. Sakiestewa, Ed. – 2000
This volume compiles 11 papers indicative of the new directions that indigenous education is taking in North America. Three sections focus on language, culture, and teaching; indigenous perspectives on indigenous education; and issues surrounding teaching methods. The papers are: (1) "Teaching Dine Language and Culture in Navajo Schools: Voices…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Culturally Relevant Education
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Keeshig-Tobias, Lenore – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 2003
For Canada Natives, storytelling and describing dreams are the beginnings of literacy. Many elders survived abuse in residential schools because of language, and claim that one cannot be Indian without the language. This author works in English, yet her writings are informed by Native culture. Language can be a tool or a weapon; it depends on how…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages
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McCarty, Teresa L. – Comparative Education, 2003
Data from three well-documented American Indian language immersion programs (teaching Navajo, Hawaiian, and Keres) and from an ongoing large comparative study of language shift/retention in six Indian school-community sites suggest that immersion schooling can serve the dual roles of promoting students' school success and revitalizing endangered…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education
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McCarty, Teresa L.; Watahomigie, Lucille J. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1998
Provides an overview of indigenous-education programs in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii. Discussion focuses on the historical context that has seen consistent attempts to eradicate the languages and life ways of Native Americans. Case studies are presented that illustrate the role of indigenous-language-education programs in…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Case Studies
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Davidson, Jill – Practicing Anthropology, 1999
Culturally appropriate means of conducting language research among American Indians is critical for maintaining cooperation and for increasing the depth of data collected. The apprentice-elder and fictive kinship models used in research with two Siouan-speaking tribes are discussed, as well as their practical applications, the importance of…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, American Indians, Anthropological Linguistics, Apprenticeships
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Boyer, Paul – Tribal College, 2000
Describes the Learning Lodge Institute, a collaboration of seven Montana tribal colleges that utilizes language courses to promote and strengthen knowledge of traditional culture. Also discusses documenting the loss of language and building support for tribal languages. The institute supports existing language instruction programs to make them…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education
Hill, Jane H. – 1996
Theories of human migration have been invoked to account for the difference between large-scale spread of languages and linguistic elements, as opposed to small-scale local, residual distributions. The field of dialectology understands linguistic elements as distributed across human populations, with migration as only one possible mechanism of…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Anthropology, Comparative Analysis, Diachronic Linguistics
Young, Robert W. – 1997
Lexical derivation in the Navajo verb system is described, with examples. Derivation involves four broad processes: (1) straightforward use of verbal roots and adverbial-derivational prefixes, with their base meanings; (2) extension of base root meaning, often by metaphor, to permit application to disparate concepts; (3) figurative use of…
Descriptors: Affixes, American Indian Languages, Diachronic Linguistics, Figurative Language
Rubin, Daniel S. – 1999
School District 52 (Prince Rupert, British Columbia) is committed to providing support for the renewal of Sm'algyax, the language of the Tsimshian Nation. However, the Tsimshian Nation must provide guidance and establish a positive direction for Sm'algyax language programs. This paper examines language renewal issues and options as a basis for…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Canada Natives, Educational Needs
Bennett, Ruth; Mattz, Pam; Jackson, Silish; Campbell, Harold – 1999
This paper shows how a traditional story can be used to teach an indigenous language, and how the inclusion of writing can help students learn the language effectively. Hupa people have told Coyote stories for thousands of years. Such Hupa stories are incorporated in Hupa language instruction using the Language Proficiency Method, which involves a…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Elementary Secondary Education
National Advisory Council on Indian Education, Washington, DC. – 1990
This report summarizes two joint sessions held by the Indian Nations At Risk Task Force and the National Advisory Council on Indian Education to hear testimony on educational issues related to Native American language and culture. Educators, students, parents, and tribal officials made presentations concerning: the importance for academic success…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1992
This Senate hearing received testimony expressing the concern that Alaska Native languages are dying, and suggesting ways to stimulate and improve Native language instruction in schools and community settings. The director of the Alaska Native Language Center (University of Alaska, Fairbanks) provided information about the history of suppression…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Community Education
Fareh, Shehdeh; Yumitani, Yukihiro – 1987
Seven original research papers by faculty and students of the Linguistics Department and other related departments of the University of Kansas are presented. The titles and authors are as follows: "Particles in Tojolabal Mayan Discourse" (Jill Brody); "One Hundred Years of Lakota Linguistics (1887-1987)" (Willem J. de Reuse);…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Anthropological Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Context
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Bennett, Ruth, Ed.; And Others – 1986
An introduction to the Hupa number system is provided in this workbook, one in a series of numerous materials developed to promote the use of the Hupa language. The book is written in English with Hupa terms used only for the names of numbers. The opening pages present the numbers from 1-10, giving the numeral, the Hupa word, the English word, and…
Descriptors: Addition, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Arithmetic
Bennett, Ruth, Ed.; And Others – 1985
A description of how the Karuk Indians of northwestern California gathered and prepared acorns for food includes illustrations and Karuk words for utensils and processes. The booklet explains how women of the tribe gathered, dried, stored, cracked, ground, leached, and cooked acorns to make acorn soup. Illustrations supplement descriptions of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages
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