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#KeepOurLanguagesStrong: Indigenous language revitalization on social media during the early COVID-19 pandemic
(2021)
Indigenous communities, organizations, and individuals work tirelessly to #KeepOurLanguagesStrong. The COVID-19 pandemic was potentially detrimental to Indigenous language revitalization (ILR) as this mostly in-person work ...
Hear Our Languages, Hear Our Voices: Storywork as Theory and Praxis in Indigenous-Language Reclamation
(2018)
Storywork provides an epistemic, pedagogical, and methodological lens through which to examine Indigenous language reclamation in practice. We theorize the meaning of language reclamation in diverse Indigenous communities ...
Words of encouragement to Indigenous language advocates during the pandemic
(2021-10)
This video offers words of encouragement to Indigenous language advocates during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cultivating Enduring and Reciprocal Relationships in Academia: An Indigenous Mentor-Mentee Model
(2021)
This article takes form following an exchange of letters in which the Chickasaw and Hopi authors reflected on an Indigenous mentorship relationship in higher education as the embodiment of a carved-out space for Indigenous ...
Enacting Hope through Narratives of Indigenous Language and Culture Reclamation
(2019)
In globalizing landscapes, Indigenous ways of knowing and being persist in their connectedness to specific geographies, even as they are transformed by migrations, both forced and voluntary, and dynamic exchanges. This ...
Chikashsha alhihaat Chikashshanompa' anompoli katihma: Chickasaws are still speaking Chikashshanompa'
(2022)
Holisso mako̲ anompa toklo' ishtiiholissochitok, Chikashshanompa' micha Naahollimanompa'. Hopaakikaash Chikashsha mó̲ma'at i̲yaakni' sipokni' áyya'shattook. 1837aash Naahollo i̲naalhpisa'at pomokloshi' wihat kanallichittook. ...
Weaving Words: Conceptualizing Language Reclamation through a Culturally-Significant Metaphor
(Canadian Journal of Native Education, 2019)
When the Creator called us to our homelands to become a distinct people, Chickasaws received the gift of our language—Chikashshanompa'—with which to speak to each other, the land, the plants, the animals, and the Creator. ...
Chikashshanompaat bílli'ya: The Chickasaw language is forever
(2022)
Drawing on research with Chickasaw citizens committed to Chikashshanompa’ (Chickasaw language) reclamation work, this chapter focuses on how Chikashshanompa’ learners and teachers engage in nation-building as they work to ...
Family at the Heart of Chickasaw Language Reclamation
(American Indian Quarterly, 2015)
The Chickasaw Nation faces rapid and unprecedented decline of its language, Chikashshanompa'. As a result, community members are growing increasingly aware of the importance of the language to identity and culture, and ...
Indigenous language learning impacts, challenges and opportunities in COVID-19 times
(2020)
In March 2020, the COVID-19 global health crisis caused disruption to the daily lives and regular practices of most human populations. Indigenous language revitalization (ILR) work is often undertaken face-to-face and ...