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San Pedro, Timothy – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2015
This article explores the benefits of verbal conflicts--contested storied spaces--in a Native American literature classroom composed of a multi-tribal and multicultural urban student body. Students in this course engage in whole-class verbal discussions focusing on contemporary and historical issues concerning Native American tribes and…
Descriptors: American Indian Students, American Indian Literature, Ethnic Studies, Federal Legislation
Brady, Margaret K. – Bilingual Resources, 1981
Using formal devices of language (grammar and phonology) and sociolinguistic norms, the study looks closely at the way in which narrative competence is recognized within the Navajo peer group. Children used in the study analysis are 10- and 11-year old Navajo children attending a Catholic school on the eastern part of the Navajo reservation. The…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Literature, Children, Competence