Language shift among the Navajos : identity politics and cultural continuity /

Discusses the alarming reduction in the speaking of the Navajo language on the reservation, mapping out some of the intricacies of relations between the English and Navajo languages and the teaching of them, explaining why and how Navajos are having difficulty maintaining their native language, and...

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Main Author: House, Deborah
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2002.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Hegemony, ideology, and "culture"
  • The benefits of being American
  • The revitalization of Navajo culture
  • Narratives of Navajo-ness
  • Navajo-ization of Navajo schools
  • A Navajo paradigm of reversing Navajo language shift.