“Ma'iingan Is Just a Misspelling of the Word Wolf”: A Case for Teaching Culture through Language
Abstract
Framed by the English language and positioned as a distinct subject, Ojibwe culture and language are often appreciated by students rather than taught for a deeper understanding or fluency, or used as the language of instruction in tribal schools. Ojibwe culture and language have been “added on” to existing school curriculum, an approach that changes the meaning of culture. In this article I critique the add‐on approach and propose that teaching through the Indigenous language (immersion) supports cultural and language revitalization in a more fundamental way.
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Teaching through an Indigenous language supports cultural and language revitalization.
“We focus on language revitalization, rather than culture, as Hermes (2005) argues teaching through an Indigenous language supports cultural and language revitalization.”
From Creating third spaces in K-12 socio-environmental education through indigenous languages: a case study (2024) · cites this paper as Hermes (2005)
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When Tribal Sovereignty Challenges Democracy: American Indian Education and the Democratic Ideal
Lomawaima, K. T., & McCarty, T. L. (2002) · American Educational Research Journal · doi:10.3102/00028312039002279 · Cited by 183 · see citing works
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Designing Indigenous Language Revitalization
Hermes, M., Bang, M., & Marin, A. (2012) · Harvard Educational Review · doi:10.17763/haer.82.3.q8117w861241871j · Cited by 191 · see citing works
Self-citationAudley, S., & D’Souza, A. B. (2024) · Globalizations · doi:10.1080/14747731.2022.2038833 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
“We focus on language revitalization, rather than culture, as Hermes (2005) argues teaching through an Indigenous language supports cultural and language revitalization.”
Background
- Authors
- HERMES, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota, Duluth (US)
- Corresponding author
- HERMES, MARY
- ORCID
- HERMES, MARY
- Venue
- Anthropology & Education Quarterly
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2005-03
- Volume
- 36
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 43-56
- ISSN
- 0161-7761 (ISSN-L)
- 1548-1492
- OpenAlex
- W2041555450
- Cited by
- 58
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 8.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Anthropology & Education Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Multilingual Education and Policy
- Social Sciences › Education › Indigenous and Place-Based Education
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Indigenous Cultures and Socio-Education
- Keywords
- Ojibwe language, Indigenous language revitalization, language immersion, culture in language teaching, tribal schools, curriculum integration, language of instruction, indigenous education
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