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Peer reviewedCarney, Ginny – WICAZO SA Review, 1997
Examines the history of White-Indian relationships in Latin America and North America and the corresponding fluctuations in loanword borrowing into English from Native American languages. Explores 20th-century attitudes toward Native Americans and the impact of these attitudes on borrowing today, particularly in Alaska where Natives are resisting…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Alaska Natives, American Indian History, American Indian Languages
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This paper offers a general review of literature relating to the maintenance, development, and enhancement of Aboriginal languages in North America, particularly Canada. Drawing primarily on sociolinguistics, several concepts about language usage and change are outlined that are useful for the purposes of thinking about language maintenance. Next,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Bilingual Education
