The first comprehensive lexicographic work on Cayuga, an Iroquoian language spoken in southern Ontario at Six Nations of the Grand River, this dictionary, combines the work of Dyck, a professor of lin
The key to the study of the language and history of the Classic Maya (A.D. 293–900) is the verb. Maya Glyphs: The Verbs is a comprehensive study of the verb morphology and syntax of the Maya writing s
Bawaajimo: A Dialect of Dreams in Anishinaabe Language and Literature combines literary criticism, sociolinguistics, native studies, and poetics to introduce an Anishinaabe way of reading. Although na
Seven of the nine essays in this book were previously published in books such as The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore (Greenwood Press) and Born in the Blood: On Native American Translation (U
"This state-of-the-art Handbook provides an overview of major issues related to acquisition, use, retention, loss, and revitalization of heritage languages spoken in the United States. Contributions o
Bridging the fields of youth studies and language planning and policy, this book takes a close, nuanced look at Indigenous youth bi/multilingualism across diverse cultural and linguistic settings, dra
Bridging the fields of youth studies and language planning and policy, this book takes a close, nuanced look at Indigenous youth bi/multilingualism across diverse cultural and linguistic settings, dra
Educators, scholars, and community activists recognize that immersion education is a key means to restoring Indigenous and other heritage languages. But language maintenance and revitalization involve
In "Benasn I Remember: Dene Su in Oral Histories with Morphological Analysis," Josh Holden presents twelve autobiographical narratives about cultural change from Dene Su in elders in an Aboriginal com
This dictionary covers all dialects of the Central (Alaskan) Yup'ik Eskimo language, though some more than others. The language is one of four Yup'ik Eskimo languages that help make up the Eskimo port
With the help of elders, educators, and tribal councils of the Klallam Tribes at Elwha, Port Gamble, and Jamestown, Washington, and Becher Bay on Vancouver Island, Timothy Montler has compiled a compr
Crossing Mountains provides important insights about integrating Native-language learning into public education. Using case studies of school districts on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana, P
Based on extensive fieldwork that spanned more than 50 years, this comprehensive dictionary is a monumental achievement and will help to preserve this American Indian language that is nearing extincti
Traces the history of the struggle to decipher the Mayan language, describing the conflicting approaches and explaining what Mayan inscriptions reveal about their culture.
In 1821, Sequoyah, a Cherokee metalworker and inventor, introduced a writing system that he had been developing for more than a decade. His creation—the Cherokee syllabary—helped his people learn to r
Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon FoundationToday, indigenous communities throughout North America are grappling w
Writing and recording are key cultural activities that allow humans to communicate across time and space. Whereas Old World writing evolved into the alphabetic system that is now employed around the w
This dictionary describes a previously undescribed Totonac-Tepehua language of Mexico--the native language of some 3,400 people living in or near the villages of Patla, Chiconthla, Cacahuatlan, and Sa
