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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 ...
Purism, Prescriptivism, and Privilege: Choctaw Language Ideologies and Their Impact on Teaching and Learning
(2015-12)
Oklahoma Choctaw, a Muskogean language originally spoken in the American southeast, is currently the focus of language revitalization efforts by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The School of Choctaw Language, which has ...
Yíà [i.e. Yíaù
(2007)
Abstract not available.
IRO TŲWAHI WISAHMA NĄHA: THE SEVENTH GENERATION, UNDERSTANDING JIWERE LANGUAGE STATUS AND RECLAMATION THROUGH COMMUNITY INPUT
(2019-12)
Although several scholars have focused their work on Jiwere (Otoe) and related dialects of Chiwere, no published descriptions have come directly from members of the speech community themselves. This lack of self-determination ...
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. ...
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 ...
Growing the fire within: Exploring innovative and successful adult language learning methods in Indigenous communities in Canada and the US
(2021)
This report summarizes the outcomes of a five-day gathering called “Exploring Innovative and Successful Adult Language Learning Methods in Canadian & US Indigenous Communities” at the First Peoples House at the University ...
Repurposing the Comparative Method for Pawnee Language and Dialect Revitalization
(2016-08)
A member of the Caddoan language family, Pawnee is a nearly extinct language with few living fluent speakers. However, there is an active, community-led revitalization movement. Community members involved in revitalization ...