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Reinhardt, Martin – Cogent Education, 2017
In 2016, Dr. Martin Reinhardt and Dr. Jioanna Carjuzaa produced a series of three webinars concerning Indigenous language immersion programs. The first webinar focused on broad curriculum development ideas including core relationships, guidelines and principles for effective pedagogy, and models. The second webinar focused on the elements of…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Language Maintenance, Indigenous Populations, Seminars
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Lockard, Louise; De Groat, Jennie – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2010
This paper describes the historical and social foundations of the Navajo Headstart Immersion program. The researchers have worked as teachers, teacher educators, and parents in these programs. They reflect on the need for new partnerships among tribes, tribal colleges and universities to prepare teachers and to develop curriculum materials for…
Descriptors: Navajo, American Indian Languages, Native Language Instruction, Immersion Programs
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Ngai, Phyllis Bo-yuen – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2007
The inclusive bilingual-education programme suggestions and insights presented here are derived from grassroots input on the Flathead Reservation. This study focuses on the emic point of view. Views from the inside are valuable because they provide authoritative interpretations of local conditions. The author conducted 101 interviews with 89…
Descriptors: Language Skill Attrition, Rural Schools, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1988
This publication is a framework for the development of local curricula that will integrate principles of second language acquisition with New York State program requirements and the Board of Regent's goals for elementary and secondary education. The syllabus places emphasis on communicative proficiency and the understanding and appreciation of…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, American Indians, Communication (Thought Transfer), Course Descriptions
Bennett, Ruth – 2003
This paper discusses the use of technology in instruction. It begins by examining research on technology and indigenous languages, focusing on the use of technology to get community attention for an indigenous language, improve the quantity of quality language, document spoken language, create sociocultural learning contexts, improve study skills,…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, American Indians, Computer Uses in Education, Culturally Relevant Education
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Dale, Jennifer – Tribal College, 2000
Sets forth the five-year development history of Bay Mills Community College's Nishnaabemowin Language Instructors' Institute, which provided a pathway for regaining the Ojibwe or Chippewa language of the Anishnabeg people. Presents an early history of efforts to preserve the language and the development of a three-summer holistic curriculum for…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
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McLeod, Yvonne – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 2003
A British Columbian Native teacher education program is guided by a team of First Nations educators and elders, university faculty, a representative of the teacher federation, and students. Aboriginal languages are incorporated into a Native cultural studies course using a holistic approach based on the Medicine Wheel that empowers students to…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indian Studies, Biculturalism
Demmert, William G., Jr. – 1993
As part of a symposium on issues related to diversity and American education reform in the context of Goal 3 of the National Education Goals, this paper addresses public attitudes about languages that are different from official or national languages. It is noted that the use of a native language as the medium of instruction to rebuild historical…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, Cultural Pluralism