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Indigenous literacies in the Americas : language planning from the bottom up / edited by Nancy H. Hornberger.

By: Hornberger, Nancy H
Language: English Publisher: Berlin : Mouton de Gruyter, 1997.Description: [vi], 393p. : ill., diagrs. ; 23cm.ISBN: 3110152177
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Book Book British Museum Africa Oceania and the Americas Open Shelves KUA [HOR-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available M33650
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Includes bibl. references. - Contents: North America. Teaching and preserving Yup'ik traditional literacy / N. Wahlberg; Ciulistet and the curriculum of the possible / J. Lipka, E. Ilutsik; Reclaiming Navajo / Galena S. Dick, T.L. McCarty; Literacy for what? Hualapai literacy and language maintenance / L.J. Watahomigie, T.L. McCarty; Language revitalization efforts in the Pueblo de Cochiti / Rebecca Benjamin, Regis Pecos, M.E. Romero; MesoAmerica. Language preservation and publishing / H. Russell Bernard; Experiences in the development of a writing system for Ñuu Savi / J.L. González Ventura; Saving and strengthening indigenous Mexican languages: CELIAC / J. Salinas Pedraza; Mayan language literacy in Guatemala / J. Becker Richards, Michael Richards; South America. Quechua literacy and empowerment in Peru / N.H. Hornberger; Literacy and modernization among the Quechua speaking population of Peru / J.C. Godenzi; An experience of indigenous literacy in Peru / A. Chirinos; Indigenous politics and native language literacies: Ecuador / Kendall A. King; Attitudes of teachers, children and parents towards bilingual intercultural education / M. Cotacachi; Bringing the language forward: Quechua language revitalization in Ecuador and Bolivia / N.A. Hornberger, K.A. King; To Guaranize: a verb actively conjugated by the Bolivian Guaranis / L. Enrique López.

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