American Indian Studies   Tags: american_indians  

The following bibliography lists reference material dealing with Native American languages which is available in the Labriola National American Indian Data Center in the University Libraries. It is not comprehensive, but rather a selective list of resources useful for developing language and vocabulary skills, and/or researching a variety of topics dealing with Native North American languages. Additional material may be found using the ASU Online Catalog and the Arizona Southwest Index. 

The Center has an extensive collection of curriculum and beginning level reading materials, as well as materials on developing classroom language curriculum and classroom language activities. Much of the Center's education and curriculum material can be found through a search in the Arizona Indian Index. To locate call numbers search the Index using such key word combinations as "Indians of North America" and "Bilingual Education," "Teachers and Teaching," "Curriculum," "Education Programs," or simply "Education." For example, to search the ASU Libraries Online Catalog and the Arizona Indian Index for information regarding

Native American curriculum, use key words as follows:

INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA CURRICULUM

To search for information regarding education for a specific group of people, use the name of the language and "curriculum" as follows:

NAVAJO CURRICULUM

A sample of our bilingual education and curriculum material follows:

The Labriola Center has material on American Indian language patterns, the association between language and culture, language survival, loss, and renewal.

The Labriola Center collects dictionaries and grammar books for a variety of Native American languages. Some of the dictionaries include native language-to-English, others English-to-native language, and some are brief vocabularies. To locate the call numbers for these volumes, search the ASU Libraries Online Catalog using the name of the language and "dictionary" as follows:

 ALABAMA DICTIONARY

 For grammar books, use the name of the language with "grammar" or, as a separate search, "language" as follows:

 AKWESASNE MOHAWK GRAMMAR

 or

 CENTRAL YUPIK LANGUAGE

 Some languages represented are:

 Ahtna Athabaskan; Alabama; Aleut; Akwesasne Mohawk; Algonquian (Algonkin, Algonquin); Blackfoot; Cahuilla; Central Yupik (Alaska Eskimos); Cherokee; Cheyenne; Chickasaw; Chinook; Chippewa; Choctaw (Chahta); Chukchi; Comanche; Cree; Crow; Cupeño; Dakota; Delaware; Diegueno; Hopi; Hualapai; Iroquois; Kickapoo; Kiowa; Koasti; Lakota; Lushootseed (Puget Salish, Skagit-Nisqually, Snuqualmi); Menominee; Micmac; Muncey (Munsee); Navajo; Nez Perce; Nisenan (a Maidu language); North Slope Inupiaq; Nuxalk; Ojibway (Ojibwa, Ojibwe); Oneida; Papago; Passamaquoddy; Pima; Saanich, North Straits Salish; Sarcee; Siberian Yupik Eskimo

Additional material can be found on the Arizona Indian Index using such key words as "Indians of North America" and "ESL" or "English as a second language."