Lessons from Fort Apache : beyond language endangerment and maintenance /

• Main Author: Nevins, M. Eleanor
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell, [2013]
• Series: Wiley-Blackwell studies in discourse and culture ; 5.
• Subjects: Apache Indians > Arizona > Fort Apache Indian Reservations > Languages.; Apache Indians > Arizona > San Carlos Indian Reservation > Languages.; Endangered languages.; Language maintenance.; Ethnology.; Anthropological linguistics.; Apache Indians > Social life and customs.; HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.; Electronic books.

"This incisive ethnographic analysis of indigenous language documentation, maintenance, and revitalization focuses on linguistic heritage issues on the Native American reservation at Fort Apache and explores the broader social, political and religious influences on changing language practices i...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Indigenous languages and the mediation of communities
• Learning to listen
• They live in Lonesome Dove
• Stories in the moment of encounter
• What no Coyote story means
• "Some 'no no' and some 'yes'"
• Sustainability
• Appendix A: Lawrence Mithlo
• Appendix B: Eva Lupe on her early life
• Index.