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Asoshiitiik (forthcoming)
“The work that is closest to my heart is bringing the language back into my home and using it with my family.” Chew, K. A. B. (forthcoming). Asoshiitiik. In B. Brayboy, A. Marin, A. Craig, M. Villegas, K. Kawaiʻaeʻa, L. T. Smith (Eds.), Across lands and waters: Storying the future…
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Child language development: Questions and answers for Indigenous language nests
This paper discusses foundational aspects of child language development for the benefit of language nests, which are immersion-based Indigenous language revitalization programs for children from birth through around age five. Our review of child language development research is guided by eight key questions that focus on: 1) when children begin…
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Relationality in online Indigenous language courses
This article considers ways Indigenous Peoples enact relational epistemologies in online Indigenous language courses which support Indigenous language education. We give an overview of popular platforms and their key features, including audio, images, video, text-based instruction, and assessment. Based on our reviews of Indigenous language courses, we discuss how course…
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Orthography choice in Indigenous language CALL courses
For many Indigenous Nations and organizations, computer-assisted language learning (CALL) courses have become an effective means to support Indigenous language revitalization and reclamation (ILR) efforts. Engaging a methodology of storywork and highlighting relationships between relevant fields of ILR, CALL, and applied linguistics, this article focuses on orthography choice and use…
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Perspectives on relationality in online Indigenous language learning
This study focuses on perspectives and experiences of Indigenous community members who have either created or are in the process of creating computer-assisted language learning courses for Indigenous languages and how these community members center relationality in the creation of the courses. We engaged a decolonizing and relational methodology to…
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Creating online Indigenous language courses as decolonizing praxis
This article shares a participatory action research project about the use of technology, specifically online Indigenous language courses, to learn and teach Indigenous languages. The research collaborators are the NEȾOLṈEW̱ ‘one mind, one people’ Partnership, 7000 Languages, and two Indigenous Partners who have created courses with 7000 Languages: the Hase’…
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Decolonizing Indigenous language pedagogies: Additional language learning and teaching
Given the experiences of colonization common to North American Indigenous communities, people learn Indigenous languages in situations with multiple layers of removal: communities from land; relations from intergenerational continuity; and grammar from real communicative contexts, places, and spirituality. Indigenous languages are often taught in ways inscribed by norms and assumptions…
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Chikashshanompaat bílli’ya: The Chickasaw language is forever
Drawing on research with Chickasaw citizens committed to Chikashshanompa’ (Chickasaw language) reclamation work, this chapter focuses on how Chikashshanompa’ learners and teachers engage in nation-building as they work to ensure the continuance of Chikashshanompa’ for future generations. Complementing Michelle Cooke’s chapter about teaching university Chickasaw language courses, I draw upon…
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Learning in relation: A guide to creating online Indigenous language courses
This guide is an outcome of two-years of research about how Indigenous Peoples plan and create Indigenous language courses. Of focus is how these courses center relational epistemologies to support Indigenous language revitalization and reclamation. This guide is intended to support Indigenous Nations, communities, and organizations plan and create online…
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Creating Online Indigenous Language Courses: Video Series
Indigenous language revitalization and reclamation movements connect Indigenous Nations and organizations working to support the teaching and learning of ancestral languages. Many Indigenous language learning and teaching efforts focus on home, school, and community settings, but also important are virtual spaces. These short videos provide some information to help those…