The bearer of this letter: language ideologies, literacy practices, and the Fort Belknap Indian community
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1. Verfasser: Morgan, Mindy J. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lincoln, Neb. University of Nebraska Press ©2009
Schriftenreihe:Indigenous education
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Notes on Terminology and Abbreviations; Introduction: Fort Belknap and the Question of Indigenous-Language Literacy; 1. Before the Reservation: Language Practices and the Documentary Record; 2. Creating Boundaries: English Literacy in the Early Reservation Era; 3. English Only: Language Ideologies and the Limits of Literacy; 4. Shifts in Practice: Literacy during the Indian New Deal; 5. Bringing the Languages Back: Developing Bilingual Education at Fort Belknap; 6. The Nakoda Alphabet: Reimagining Literacy and Tradition
New Literacies and Old WaysNotes; Bibliography; Index
The Bearer of This Letter illuminates the enduring effects of colonialism by examining the decades-long tension between written words and spoken words in a reservation community. Drawing on archival sources and her own extensive work in the community, Mindy J. Morgan investigates how historical understandings of literacy practices challenge current Indigenous language revitalization efforts on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 325 pages)
ISBN:0803226292
9780803226296

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