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Download full textFettes, Mark – 1997
This paper develops a speaker-centered view of language as an alternative to the monolithic decontextualized abstractions favored by modern linguistics, and suggests the application of the speaker-centered view to indigenous language renewal. The paper contends that the modern notion of languages as homogeneous stable "things" that are…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Community Action, Discourse Modes, Indigenous Knowledge
Peer reviewedPheasant-Williams, Shirley – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 2003
Revitalization of the Nishinaabeg language started in 1998 with the development of language materials. A committee on Nishinaabemwin orthography advised on the development of the text and writing system. Teaching methods follow the four parts of Medicine Wheel teachings: spiritual, emotional, physical, and mental. An interactive hockey game and a…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Foreign Countries, Holistic Approach
