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The Role of Adult Immersion in Kanien'Keha Revitalization
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DeCaire, Oherohskon Ryan – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In the face of colonial efforts to extinguish Indigenous language and culture, Kanien'keha:ka (Mohawk people) have been working to revitalize Kanien'keha (the Mohawk language) since the 1970s. However, Kanien'keha continues to experience greater speaker loss than gain. Through a comprehensive vitality assessment, this dissertation examines the…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Native Language Instruction, Language Maintenance, Adult Learning
"e-nitomikoyahkik kakiweyahk [They're Calling Us Home]": Kinship, Land, and Wellness in Indigenous Language Revitalization
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Belinda Daniels; Andrea Sterzuk; Randy Morin; William R. Cook; Dorothy Thunder; Peter Turner – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2025
This paper examines the experiences of adult participants in the nehiyawak Language Experience (nLE), a land-based Cree language immersion camp aimed at reclaiming nehiyawewin (Cree). Using Indigenous methodology, this study explores the following question: What are the experiences of adult learners and teachers in a land-based nehiyawewin…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Indigenous Knowledge
Ya??tmín Cqw?lqwilt Nixw, Ul Nixw, Ul Nixw, "I Need to Speak More, and More, and More": Okanagan-Colville (Interior Salish) Indigenous Second-Language Learners Share Our Filmed Narratives
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Johnson, Michele K. – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2014
way', iskwíst, "my name is", S?ímla?xw, and I am from Penticton BC, Canada. kn sqilxw. I am a Syilx (Okanagan, Interior Salish) adult language learner. My cohort and I are midway in our language transformation to become proficient speakers. Our names are Prasát, S?ímla?xw, C'?r?tups, X?wnámx?wnam, Sta?qwálqs, and our Elder, S?amtíc'a?.…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Canada Natives