A World of Indigenous Languages ― Politics, Pedagogies and Prospects for Language

Spanning Indigenous-language settings across six continents, this book examines the multifaceted efforts of Indigenous peoples to reclaim and sustain their languages. The authors foreground Indigenous knowledges and perspectives, highlighting the decolonizing aims of contemporary Indigenous language movements both inside and outside schools.

Teresa L. McCarty is G.F. Kneller Chair in Education and Anthropology and Faculty in American Indian Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Her research interests include Indigenous education, language planning and policy, language revitalization/reclamation, ethnography of education, and educational and linguistic anthropology. Sheilah E. Nicholas is Associate Professor of American Indian Studies, University of Arizona, USA. Her research interests include Indigenous/Hopi language reclamation and maintenance, Indigenous language ideologies and epistemologies, the intersection of language, culture and identity, and Indigenous language teacher education. Gillian Wigglesworth is Distinguished Professor of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at the University of Melbourne and chief investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language. Her research interests include the languages of Indigenous children growing up in remote communities in Australia, the complexity of their language ecology, and how these interact with English once they enter the formal school system.