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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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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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Sustaining and revitalizing Indigenous languages in Oklahoma public schools: Educational sovereignty in language policy and planning
As Indigenous scholars committed to Indigenous education in Oklahoma, we use a decolonizing approach to consider how the 39 Indigenous Nations in Oklahoma assert educational sovereignty to sustain Indigenous high school students’ linguistic and cultural identities. Seeking to promote education models that sustain and revitalize Indigenous languages, we ask: 1)…
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Teaching from a place of hope in Indigenous education
The Council on Anthropology and Education’s Standing Committee on Indigenous Education has had a presence at the Annual Meetings of the American Anthropology Association over the past decade. Member activities focus on engaging in theoretical and methodological discussions central to the field of Indigenous education, particularly those related to power…
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Rosetta Stone Chickasaw Level 1
Rosetta Stone Chickasaw is a partnership between the Chickasaw Nation and Rosetta Stone. Level 1 features forty immersive and interactive lessons. Each lesson has video, vocabulary cards, audio examples, and assessments to support beginning language learners. I was part of a team of linguists, educators, and language speakers who helped…