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Reclaiming the Gift: Indigenous Youth Counter-Narratives on Native Language Loss and Revitalization
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McCarty, Teresa L.; Romero, Mary Eunice; Zepeda, Ofelia – American Indian Quarterly, 2006
In this article, the authors explore the personal, familial, and academic stakes of Native language loss for youth, drawing on narrative data from the Native Language Shift and Retention Project, a five year (2001-06), federally funded study of the nature and impacts of Native language shift and retention on American Indian students' language…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Biographies, Participant Observation, Language Skill Attrition