Native American Language

Preservation
By Kayla Cook

picture: http://xpatnation.com/10-things-i-did-not-know-about-native-americans/#.r76h40m0c
 Native American Languages are endangered.
Native American Languages in the United States (2015)

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/09/us/indians-striving-to-save-th
eir-languages.html?pagewanted=all

http://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1499&cont
ext=syllabi
Aspects of culture are lost with the language.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/top-lists/best-ways-to-celebrate-native-american-history-and-culture-in-orange-county/
The increase in major languages cause smaller ones to
diminish.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/04/23/the-worlds-languages-in-7-maps-and-charts/
https://www.alsintl.com/blog/how-us-language-diversity-affects-your-businesses/
Language extinction deprives a culture from identity.

We understand things, events, ourselves

and others through a process of
interpretation which occurs in language.
-Pamela Serota Cote, Linguistic Researcher UCSF

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2009/11/whats-lost-when-a-language-dies/29886/
 Native American Language extinction deprives the world of
significant knowledge.

http://www.shmoop.com/columbian-exchange/economy.html; https://fieldnotesfromfatherhood.com/2013/11/25/a-side-of-reality-with-your-pumpkin-pie-teaching-your-kids-about-thanksgiving-2/
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/08/14/can-you-crack-navajo-code-tal
ker-codes-161389; http://itvs.org/films/true-whispers
When Native American languages are replaced by major
languages, diversity in America is discouraged.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/04/23/the-worlds-languages-in-7-maps-and-charts/
Native American Assimilation Policy in America
Only 20 of the 175 Native American languages
are still taught to their children.
-Dr. Gina P. Cantoni, Northern Arizona University

http://www.weday.com/files/2015/01/WST-E47-Elementary_TheArts.pdf;
http://www.afn.ca/uploads/files/education2/stabilizing_indigenous_languages,center_for_excellence_in_education,_2007.pdf
Preserving languages can be inexpensive while effective.

Star Wars was translated

into the Navajo language
within 36 hours, and only
only $75,000 was spent on
dubbing the movie.

http://bethpartin.com/navajo-star-wars/;
http://navajotimes.com/news/2013/0513/052313sta.php;
http://www.therobotsvoice.com/2013/11/the_five_coolest_things_about_the_navajo_t
ranslati.php
 Native American Language Revitalization has been granted
minimal support with strings attached.
NCLB Act requires that new teachers hold a
bachelor's degree, have full state certification
and demonstrate subject-matter competency.
-U.S. Department of Education 38 million

Less than 13% of American Indians hold a

bachelors degree or higher. 2 million

-U.S. Census Bureau

http://www2.ed.gov/teachers/nclbguide/toolkit_pg10.html
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/how-much-did-the-us-spend-on-the-endangered-species-act-in-2012/
http://www.nrcprograms.org/site/DocServer/FUNDING_FACTS.pdf?docID=1441;
https://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acsbr10-19.pdf