Teaching indigenous languages / Jon Reyhner, editor. - xii, 324 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

"Celebrating Northern Arizona University's centennial year of education.". "Teaching Indigenous Languages is a compilation of papers presented at the Fourth Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium sponsored by Northern Arizona University's Center for Excellence in Education and Dept. of Modern Languages on May 1-3, 1997 at the University's du Bois Conference Center in Flagstaff, Arizona"--verso t.p.

Includes bibliographical references.

Tribal and school roles. Keeping minority languages alive : the school's responsibility / Gina P. Cantoni -- A tribal approach to language and literacy development in a trilingual setting / Octaviana V. Trujillo -- Teaching students. Going beyond words : the Arapaho immersion program / Steve Greymorning -- Teaching children to "unlearn" the sounds of English / Veronica Carpenter -- Learning ancestral languages by telephone / Alice Taff -- Coyote as reading teacher : oral tradition in the classroom / Armando Heredia & Norbert Francis -- Revernacularizing classical Náhuatl through Danza (Dance) Azteca-Chichimeca / Tezozomoc, Danza Azteca Huehueteotl, & Danza Azteca Tenochtitlan -- The KinderApache Song and Dance Project / M. Trevor Shanklin, Carla Paciotto, & Greg Prater -- Teacher education. School-community-university collaborations : the American Indian Language Development Institute / Teresa L. McCarty ... [et al.] -- Language preservation and human resources development / Joyce A. Silverthorne -- Curriculum and materials development. Issues in language textbook development : the case of Western Apache / Willem J. de Reuse -- White Mountain Apache language : issues in language shift, textbook development, and native speaker-university collaboration / Bernadette Adley-SantaMaria -- Science Explorers Translation Project / Dolores Jacobs -- Incorporating technology into a Hawaiian language curriculum / Makalapua Ka'awa & Emily Hawkins -- It really works : cultural communication proficiency / Ruth Bennett, editor -- Language attitudes and promotion. Marketing the Maori language / Rangi Nicholson -- Tuning in to Navajo : the role of radio in native language maintenance / Leighton C. Peterson -- The Wordpath Show / Alice Anderton -- The Echota Cherokee language : current use and opinions about revival / Stacye Hathorn -- An initial exploration of the Navajo Nation's Language and Culture Initiative / Ann Batchelder & Sherry Markel -- Summing up. Four successful indigenous language programs / Dawn B. Stiles -- Language of work : the critical link between economic change and language shift / Scott Palmer -- The invisible doors between cultures / Robert N. St. Clair -- Personal thoughts on indigenous language stabilization / Barbara Burnaby -- Stabilizing what? : an ecological approach to language renewal / Mark Fettes.

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Indians of North America--Languages--Study and teaching--Congresses.
Native language and education--Congresses
Education, Bilingual--Congresses
Indians of North America--Education--Congresses
Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.

PM205 / .T43 1997

497.07