Three stories in the Yarn Strong Sista series of books read by Yorta Yorta elder Aunty Zeta Thomson.CDyorta yorta, barmah forest, juvenile fiction

Contents: What is this CD rom for? Why learn an Aboriginal language? : benefits of learning a language; specific benefits for Aboriginal students; why offer an Aboriginal language in NSW schools?; First steps to start a school-based Aboriginal language program Information about NSW Aboriginal languages: Aboriginal language revival in NSW : the same but different; sounds and writing system; some grammatical features; Map of Aboriginal languages of NSW; List of languages on this CD.CD-ROMlanguage maintenance, language and education

These easy to use activities assist learning, skill development and cultural awareness, enabling viewers to gain an insight into Aboriginal language and culture.CD-ROMyolgnu matha, north east arnhem land, linguistics, storytelling

Songs: nakan ni; baba mia; kookaburra sits in the old gum tree; heads shoulders knees; we are Taungurung.taungurung

Series of papers indicating some of the new directions that Indigenous education is taking at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The focus is on education for Native Americans.b&w illustrations, graphs, tablesbilingual education, indigenous language teaching, american indian education, navajo immersion project

Section I: Language and Culture Immersion 1. Native Language Immersion /? Jon Reyhner 2. Assessing the Impact of Total Immersion on Cherokee Language Revitalization: A Culturally Responsive, Participatory Approach /? Lizette Peter with Ella Christie, Marilyn Cochran, Dora Dunn, Lula Elk, Ed Fields, JoAnn Fields, Tracy Hirata-Edds, Anna Huckaby, Margaret Raymond, Deputy Chief Hastings Shade, Gloria Sly, George Wickliffe, Akira Yamamoto 3. Situational Navajo: A School-Based, Verb-Centered Way of Teaching Navajo /? Wayne Holm, Irene Silentman, Laura Wallace Section II: Technology Sustaining Indigenous Languages in Cyberspace /? Courtney B. Cazden 5. Saving a Language with Computers, Tape Recorders, and Radio /? Ruth Bennett Section III: Other Issues 6. How To Teach When the Teacher Isn't Fluent /? Leanne Hinton 7. Preparing Indigenous Language Advocates, Teachers, and Researchers in Western Canada /? Heather A. Blair, Donna Paskemin, Barbara Laderoute 8. Whaia Te Reo: Pursuing the Language': How Metaphors Describe - Our Relationships with Indigenous Languages /? Jeanette King 9. Honoring the Elders /? Evangeline Parsons-Yazzie, Robert N. St. Clair 10.Spanish: A Language of Indigenous Peoples of the Americas /? Florencia Riegelhaupt, Roberto Carrasco, Elizabeth Brandt 11. Keresan Pueblo Indian Sign Language /? Walter P. Kelley, Tony L. McGregor 12. Oral History Shares the Wealth of a Navajo Community /? Sara L. Begay, Mary Jimmie, Louise Lockard 13. Mothertongue: Incorporating Theatre of the Oppressed into Language Restoration Movements /? Qwo-Li Driskill 14. Missionaries and American Indian Languages /? Evangeline Parsons Yazzie Biographical Information on the Authors.tables, b&w illustrationsnavajo, cherokee, indian sign language, bilingual education, indigenous language teaching, native language immersion, language and technology