[lg policy] Current status of Native American languages?

Fri Aug 7 14:39:11 UTC 2015

Dear Tere,

This is INDEED helpful--probably a lot more than my friend can handle
right now, but it's good to have this available!  I'll forward it to him
asap.

Best,

Hal

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 2:02 AM, Teresa McCarty <Teresa.McCarty at asu.edu>
wrote:

> Dear Hal,
>
> Perhaps my 2013 book, *Language Planning and Policy in Native America:
> History, Theory, Praxis *will be helpful (Multilingual Matters). Mary
> Hermes, Megan Bang, and Ananda Marin have a 2012 article in *Harvard
> Educational Review* on "Designing Indigenous Language Revitalization."
> Leanne Hinton's (2013) *Bringing Our Languages Home: Language
> Revitalization for Families*, presents accounts of family language policy
> by Native Americans and others. Terrence Wiley et al.'s (2014) *Handbook
> of Heritage, Community, and Native American Languages in the United States:
> Research, Policy, and Educational Practice* (Routledge/CAL) has a section
> on Native American languages.
>
> Others who are doing leading work in the field of Native American LPP:
> Ofelia Zepeda (director of the American Indian Language Development
> Institute at the University of Arizona), Inée Slaughter (director of the
> Indigenous Language Institute in Santa Fe, NM), Richard Littlebear
> (Northern Cheyenne), Sheilah Nicholas (works especially with Hopi), Tiffany
> Lee (Navajo and NM Pueblo communities), Jeston Morris (Navajo), Mary Eunice
> Romero-Little (Cochiti Pueblo), Christine Sims (Acoma Pueblo), Florian Tom
> Johnson (Navajo), Leisy Wyman (AK and Far North), Walkie Charles (Yup'ik),
> Natalie Diaz (Mojave), Noelani Iokepa-Guerrero (HI), William "Pila" Wilson
> (HI), David Beaulieu (White Earth Chippewa and others), Kauanoe Kamana
> (HI), Namaka Rawlins (HI), K. Laiana Wong (HI), Noelani Goodyear-Ka'opua
> (HI), Daryl Baldwin (Miami), Wesley Leonard (Miami), Louellyn White
> (Mohawk), jessie little doe baird (Wampanoag), Jon Reyhner (coordinator of
> the Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium Advisory Board, based at
> Northern Arizona University) -- these are just a few, and most of these
> scholar-activists are working locally and nationally (as are those
> mentioned in the paragraph above). There's a LOT of Native American LPP
> work going on!
>
> There are also some important new policy initiatives, including Alaska's
> recent recognition of Alaska Native languages as co-official, an Alaska
> bill to support Indigenous-language public charter schools, a similar
> initiative by the Montana state legislature, and initiatives at the federal
> level to include provisions for Indigenous-language immersion and
> Indigenous-language assessment in the pending ESEA reauthorization. And of
> course there is the continuing importance of the Native American Languages
> Act; a 20-year retrospective (which includes an article by William Wilson
> on the Hawaiian boycott of NCLB-mandated English-only testing) appeared in
> a recent issue of the *Journal of American Indian Education*.
>
> I've left out many people and much current work; this is just a starter
> list. Googling any of the above will lead to valuable information on
> legislation, policy, and pedagogy related to Native American languages. And
> perhaps others on this listserv will chime in with additional information.
>
> I hope this is helpful!
>
> Teresa L. McCarty, Ph.D.
> GF Kneller Chair in Education and Anthropology
> Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
> University of California-Los Angeles
> Teresa.McCarty at ucla.edu; Teresa.McCarty at asu.edu
>
>
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> *From:* lgpolicy-list-bounces+teresa.mccarty=asu.edu at groups.sas.upenn.edu
> [lgpolicy-list-bounces+teresa.mccarty=asu.edu at groups.sas.upenn.edu] on
> behalf of Harold Schiffman [haroldfs at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 06, 2015 9:48 AM
> *To:* lp
> *Subject:* [lg policy] Current status of Native American languages?
>
> All:  I have been asked recently by a colleague who is not a linguist what
> the
> status of legislation and policy towards Native American languages is.  In
> particular he would like to see a book (or article) that summarizes the
> situation
> so since I'm pretty ignorant of what exists, I'm asking all of you to make
> some
> suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> HS
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>  Harold F. Schiffman
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> Professor Emeritus of
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> Dept. of South Asia Studies
> University of Pennsylvania
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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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