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Peer reviewedShonerd, Henry G. – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1990
Present-day language policy for the Navajo reflects a lengthy history of attempts to suppress indigenous language varieties. Recent rationalization is rooted in the doctrine of compensatory education, but the suppression is even more total. Alternative policies and practices, rooted in a nonprescriptive view of language variety and progressive…
Descriptors: American Indians, Compensatory Education, Cultural Traits, Educational Policy
