A World of Indigenous Languages

Politics, Pedagogies and Prospects for Language Reclamation

Edited by Teresa L. McCarty, Sheilah E. Nicholas, Gillian Wigglesworth

Publication date:

13 March 2019

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781788923064

Spanning Indigenous settings in Africa, the Americas, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Australia, Central Asia and the Nordic countries, this book examines the multifaceted language reclamation work underway by Indigenous peoples throughout the world. Exploring political, historical, ideological, and pedagogical issues, the book foregrounds the decolonizing aims of contemporary Indigenous language movements inside and outside of schools. Many authors explore language reclamation in their own communities. Together, the authors call for expanded discourses on language planning and policy that embrace Indigenous ways of knowing and forefront grassroots language reclamation efforts as a force for Indigenous sovereignty, social justice, and self-determination. This volume will be of interest to scholars, educators and students in applied linguistics, Ethnic/Indigenous Studies, education, second language acquisition, and comparative-international education, and to a broader audience of language educators, revitalizers and policymakers.

Introduction. Teresa L. McCarty, Sheilah E. Nicholas, and Gillian Wigglesworth: A World of Indigenous Languages—Resurgence, Reclamation, Revitalization, and Resilience

Part I—Policies and Politics in Indigenous Language Reclamation

Chapter 1. Barbra A. Meek: Configuring Language(s) and Speakers: Politics of an Aboriginal Ethnolinguistic Identity in the Yukon, Canada

Chapter 2. Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu: Language Policy in Post-Apartheid South Africa—An Evaluation

Part II—Pedagogies and Processes in Indigenous Language Reclamation

Chapter 3. Cath Rau, Waimātao Murphy, and Pem Bird: The Impact of “Culturalcy” in Ngā Kura ā Iwi Tribal Schools in Aotearoa/NZ: Mō Tātou, Mā Tātou, E Ai Ki a Tātou—For Us, By Us, Our Way

Chapter 4. Serafín M. Coronel-Molina:Media and Technology: Revitalizing Latin American Indigenous Languages in Cyberspace

Chapter 5. Inge Kral and Elizabeth Marrkilyi Ellis: Language Vitality In and Out of School in a Remote Indigenous Australian Context

Chapter 6. Mary Hermes and Kendall A. King:Task-Based Language Learning for Ojibwe: A Case Study of Two Intermediate Adult Language Learners

Chapter 7. Marja-Liisa Olthuis and Ciprian-Virgil Gerstenberger: Strengthening Indigenous Languages through Language Technology: The Case of Aanaar Saami in Finland

Part III—Prospects and Possibilities for Indigenous Language Reclamation

Chapter 8. Sheilah E. Nicholas: Without the Language, How Hopi Are You?: Hopi Cultural and Linguistic Identity Construction in Contemporary Linguistic Ecologies

Chapter 9. Prem Phyak: Transformation from the Bottom Up: Ideological Analysis with Indigenous Youth and Language Policy Justice in Nepal

Chapter 10. Rosalva Mojica Lagunas: Language Key Holders for Mexicano: The Case of an Intergenerational Community in Coatepec de los Costales, Mexico

This collection of international voices and perspectives – speaking about and in Māori, Ojibwe, Aanaar Saami, Hopi, Limbu, Ngaanyatjarra, Quechua, and Nahuatl, among others – powerfully works for the reclamation of Indigenous languages and the resilience of Indigenous peoples. The authors and editors provide transformative visions of Indigenous futures for Indigenous languages.