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KANIEN’KEHA / MOHAWK INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE REVITALISATION EFFORTS IN CANADA
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This paper gives an overview of ongoing revitalisation efforts for Kanien’keha / Mohawk, one of the endangered Indigenous languages in Canada. For the Mohawk people, their language represents a significant part of the culture, identity and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. The endangerment of Kanien’keha and other Indigenous languages in Canada was greatly accelerated by the residential school system. This paper describes the challenges surrounding language revitalisation in Mohawk communities within Canada as well as progress made, specifically for the Kanien’keha / Mohawk language.
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- Authors
- Gomashie, G. A.
- Affiliations
- Western University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Gomashie, Grace A.
- ORCID
- Gomashie, Grace A.
- Venue
- McGill Journal of Education
- Published
- 2019-06-17
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 0024-9033 (ISSN-L)
- 1916-0666
- OpenAlex
- W2948034210
- Cited by
- 19
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 10.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- Locations
- McGill Journal of Education / Revue des sciences de l'éducation de McGill (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Érudit (Université de Montréal) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Multilingual Education and Policy
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies
- Social Sciences › Health › Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Keywords
- Mohawk language, Indigenous language revitalization, endangered languages, residential schools, language and identity, Canada
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