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Publication Date: 2025
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Relationality in Online Indigenous Language Courses
Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, v19 n2 p108-125 2025
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 creators used these features to enact relational epistemologies. Audio represented the voices of learners and speakers across generations. Images, whether photographs or graphics, offered visual representations of community life and cultural teachings. Videos showed interactions between community members engaged in cultural activities and shared stories. Text-based instruction wove together grammar teaching with culture. Some communities have also pushed against the rigid conventions of formal assessment to prepare learners through culturally appropriate measures. Through the intentional use of the course features, community-led Indigenous language courses are centering relational epistemologies and decolonizing digital language learning spaces.
Descriptors: Online Courses, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Second Language Learning, Course Content, Content Analysis, Design, Epistemology, Multimedia Materials, Evaluation Methods, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Cultural Education, Grammar, Language Teachers, Culturally Relevant Education
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Author Affiliations: 1Independent Scholar, Chickasaw Nation, USA; 2Educational Psychology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA