Indigenous Languages and the Promise of Archives - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Indigenous Languages and the Promise of Archives write by Adrianna Link. This book was released on 2021-05. Indigenous Languages and the Promise of Archives available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Indigenous Languages and the Promise of Archives captures the energy and optimism that many feel about the future of community-based scholarship, which involves the collaboration of archives, scholars, and Native American communities. The American Philosophical Society is exploring new applications of materials in its library to partner on collaborative projects that assist the cultural and linguistic revitalization movements within Native communities. A paradigm shift is driving researchers to reckon with questionable practices used by scholars and libraries in the past to pursue documents relating to Native Americans, practices that are often embedded in the content of the collections themselves. The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research at the American Philosophical Society brought together this volume of historical and contemporary case studies highlighting the importance of archival materials for the revitalization of Indigenous languages. Essays written by archivists, historians, anthropologists, knowledge-keepers, and museum professionals, cover topics critical to language revitalization work; they tackle long-standing debates about ownership, access, and control of Indigenous materials stored in repositories; and they suggest strategies for how to decolonize collections in the service of community-based priorities. Together these essays reveal the power of collaboration for breathing new life into historical documents.
The Role of Archives in Indigenous Language Maintenance and Resurgence
The Role of Archives in Indigenous Language Maintenance and Resurgence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Role of Archives in Indigenous Language Maintenance and Resurgence write by Samantha Booth. This book was released on 2020. The Role of Archives in Indigenous Language Maintenance and Resurgence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For centuries, Indigenous peoples have been advocating for their rights to their land, cultures and languages in the context of (settler) colonial institutions that have repressed and removed these rights and knowledges, as well as the mechanisms for their transmission. This thesis attempts to open up questions regarding what settler-colonial archives and archivists could do to support Indigenous language maintenance, resurgence and use, given the reality that most Indigenous languages in Canada (and globally) are declining in use and number of speakers. Using Inuktut (Inuit languages) as a case study, it will outline the circumstances that have led to both this decline and the role that settler-colonial archives have had in it. By examining Inuktut records held by the settler-colonial institution of Hudson's Bay Company Archives (HBCA) and their Names and Knowledge Initiative as a case study, this thesis will illustrate both the challenges posed by Indigenous language records held by such institutions, as well as the opportunities for (settler) colonial archives to contribute to Indigenous sovereignty over their linguistic data, knowledge and records. It will also explore the use of Indigenous languages in the delivery of services by archives to further support their use as languages of daily life.
Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Americas
Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Americas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Americas write by Serafín M. Coronel-Molina. This book was released on 2016-04-28. Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Americas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Focusing on the Americas – home to 40 to 50 million Indigenous people – this book explores the history and current state of Indigenous language revitalization across this vast region. Complementary chapters on the USA and Canada, and Latin America and the Caribbean, offer a panoramic view while tracing nuanced trajectories of "top down" (official) and "bottom up" (grass roots) language planning and policy initiatives. Authored by leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, the book is organized around seven overarching themes: Policy and Politics; Processes of Language Shift and Revitalization; The Home-School-Community Interface; Local and Global Perspectives; Linguistic Human Rights; Revitalization Programs and Impacts; New Domains for Indigenous Languages Providing a comprehensive, hemisphere-wide scholarly and practical source, this singular collection simultaneously fills a gap in the language revitalization literature and contributes to Indigenous language revitalization efforts.
A World of Indigenous Languages
A World of Indigenous Languages - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A World of Indigenous Languages write by Teresa L. McCarty. This book was released on 2019-03-13. A World of Indigenous Languages available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Spanning Indigenous settings in Africa, the Americas, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Australia, Central Asia and the Nordic countries, this book examines the multifaceted language reclamation work underway by Indigenous peoples throughout the world. Exploring political, historical, ideological, and pedagogical issues, the book foregrounds the decolonizing aims of contemporary Indigenous language movements inside and outside of schools. Many authors explore language reclamation in their own communities. Together, the authors call for expanded discourses on language planning and policy that embrace Indigenous ways of knowing and forefront grassroots language reclamation efforts as a force for Indigenous sovereignty, social justice, and self-determination. This volume will be of interest to scholars, educators and students in applied linguistics, Ethnic/Indigenous Studies, education, second language acquisition, and comparative-international education, and to a broader audience of language educators, revitalizers and policymakers.
Making Dictionaries
Making Dictionaries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Making Dictionaries write by William Frawley. This book was released on 2002-10-03. Making Dictionaries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A collection of essays about the theory and practice of Native American lexicography, and more specifically the making of dictionaries, by some of the top scholars working in Native American language studies.
