Native Languages Supporting Indigenous Knowledge

Abstract

This United Nations report for the Department of Economic and Social Affairs focuses on the significance of language in First Nations cultures and knowledge retention despite settler colonial efforts to undermine traditional knowledge systems. Settee also provides suggestions as how Indigenous languages education could improve.

Publication Information

Settee, Priscilla. Native Languages Supporting Indigenous Knowledge. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Division for Social Policy and Development Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. January 8-10, 2008.

Author
Settee, Priscilla
Publication Date
2008
Primary Resource
Secondary
Resource Type
Organization/Agency Report
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