ELL: Tribal College Journal Special Issue on Endangered Languages

[Jon Reyhner]

Articles in the spring issue of Tribal College Journal will explore the
tribal colleges’ efforts to revitalize Native languages. It will be
available March 1. The bulk issue rate for classrooms and conferences is
$4/ copy for orders of 10 or more (plus shipping and handling) while
supplies last. If you want to order many copies, please place your order
as soon as possible.

Contents include:

Paul Boyer describes the Learning Lodge Institute, an ambitious project
by the seven tribal colleges in Montana and funded by the W.K. Kellogg
Foundation to save their languages from extinction

A traditional Blackfoot society member, Duane Mistaken Chief, explains
how Red Crow Community College prepares teachers in Alberta to abide by
the tribal maxim, "don’t take the way of life in the wrong direction."

Language scholar Jon Reyhner provides a resource guide on Native
language revitalization publications, videos, and web sites.

Northern Cheyenne language scholar Dr. Richard Little Bear (president of
Dull Knife Memorial College) believes language revitalization efforts
are on the wrong track and explains what he thinks needs to be done
differently.

Jennifer Dale describes the Nishnaabemowin Language Instructors’
Institute, a three-year summer institute for language instructors at Bay
Mills Community College, whose graduates are teaching Ojibwe throughout
the region.

Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education is a 56-page,
4-color quarterly magazine published by the American Indian Higher
Education Consortium, the organization of 33 tribal colleges and
universities in the United States and Canada. It focuses upon new models
for Native American higher education.

For more information contact the editor Marjane Ambler at
editor at tribalcollegejournal.org

Posted by Jon Reyhner, Associate Professor, Northern Arizona University


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