Crossing Mountains: Native American Language Education in Public Schools

Crossing Mountains: Native American Language Education in Public Schools

by Phyllis Ngai
Crossing Mountains: Native American Language Education in Public Schools

Crossing Mountains: Native American Language Education in Public Schools

by Phyllis Ngai

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Overview

Collaboration among contemporary Native American communities and local public schools is vital for nurturing Native languages. Although public schools cannot bear the entire burden, Native-language education will remain on the margins without their support. Using case studies of school districts on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana, Crossing Mountains provides important insights about integrating Native-language learning into public education. Phyllis Ngai argues that carefully designed and inclusive Native-language programs can benefit communities and students regardless of ethnic identity by providing for language-revitalization and promoting intercultural competence.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780759121249
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication date: 03/16/2012
Series: Contemporary Native American Communities
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 298
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

Phyllis Ngai teaches in the Department of Communication Studies at The University of Montana-Missoula. She co-directed primary-school and middle-school Indian Education for All (IEFA) programs in Missoula, Montana.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Context of Native American Language Education in Montana
Chapter 2. How Can Public Schools Help? A Local Inquiry
Chapter 3. Salish Language Education: A Record of Heroic Steps in the Face of Steep Obstacles
Chapter 4. Collaborative Possibilities for Enhancing Native American Language Education: Grassroots Suggestions
Chapter 5. Churchill School District: The Balancing Act
Chapter 6. Elkhorn School District: Leading the Way
Chapter 7. Mountainview School District: Breaking the Barriers
Chapter 8. Building a Bridging Native American Language Curriculum
Chapter 9. Native American Language Learning as Place-based Multicultural Education
References
Appendix 1
About the Author

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