Indigenous language learning impacts, challenges and opportunities in COVID-19 times
Date
2020
Authors
McIvor, Onowa
Chew, Kari A. B.
Stacey, Iris (Kahtehrón:ni)
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples
Abstract
In March 2020, the COVID-19 global health crisis caused disruption to the daily lives and regular practices of most human populations. Indigenous language revitalization (ILR) work is often undertaken face-to-face and regularly includes the most elderly populations in our communities. Therefore, ILR activities that were not already online were vastly affected. The authors of this Situation Report are three Indigenous colleagues, scholars, language teachers, learners and co-activists in the on-going efforts toward the reclaiming, maintaining, and reviving of Indigenous languages across the lands now known as Canada and the USA. We describe the early impacts, challenges and foreseeable opportunities this current global health crisis brings to the critical work of continuing Indigenous languages into the future.
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Keywords
Indigenous language revitalization, language reclamation, language learning, COVID-19, NEȾOLṈEW̱ ‘one mind, one people’: Indigenous Language Research Network
Citation
McIvor, O., Chew, K. A. B., Stacey, K. I. (2020). Indigenous language learning impacts, challenges and opportunities in COVID-19 times. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 16(4), 409-412. https://doi.org/10.1177/1177180120970930.