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Journal of Applied Hermeneutics, 2013 With the near extinction of many tribal languages at the present, language immersion education offers considerable promise for the restoration of Ojibwe culture and identity.
Brian Donald McInnes
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
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Language mixing and language shift in Indigenous Australia
, 2008 Australian Indigenous languages are undergoing rapid loss through language shift to English and English-based creoles, particularly in the last 50 years. Less than 20 traditional languages are now being learnt fully by children.
McConvell, Patrick (R18383)
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Children experiencing parental imprisonment are known to be among the most overlooked in our community. They often experience multiple and compounding disadvantages, with long‐term consequences, but receive no specialised assistance. Knowledge about these children and their families is lacking in Australia and is required to inform policy ...
Catherine Flynn +6 more
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Schooling Inequality among the Indigenous: A Problem of Resources or Language Barriers? [PDF]
Using large household data sets from rural Mexican communities, where a majority of indigenous people live, we analyze the potential explanatory factors for low educational attainment of indigenous children.
Susan W. Parker +2 more
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Who owns land, who owns language? Challenging the commercialization of Indigenous language data
Maya AmericaAs Indigenous scholars and activists have pointed out, the commercialization of Indigenous language data resembles the historical and ongoing dispossession of Indigenous land. Using Mayan languages as a case study, this article illustrates the process by
Matthew Riemland
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest living custodians in the world. However, Australian identity has been purposefully established to exclude Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contributing to systemic oppression and harmful consequences. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres
Jack Farrugia, Jonathan Bullen
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LANGUAGE VITALITY: A CASE ON SUNDANESE LANGUAGE AS A SURVIVING INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE [PDF]
, 2011 Most Indonesians speak their own mother tongue as well as the national language which they learned at school. Sundanese language (basa Sunda) is one of the ethnic languages of Indonesia, spoken by the Sundanese people (urang Sunda), the second biggest ...
Indrayani , Lia Maulia +1 more
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Impact of digital media on language revitalization: the case of BBC News Igbo
Frontiers in CommunicationThe United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has identified the Igbo language as critically threatened. The language has low linguistic and social profiles, which make it unappealing to producers and advertisers and ...
Ikechukwu Williams Eke, Abiodun Salawu
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Australia, governments fund Community Legal Centres (CLCs) as part of the legal assistance sector (LAS) to meet the ‘legal needs’ of people experiencing disadvantage who cannot afford private legal services. Persistent unmet demand for CLCs is well‐documented. As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in private legal practice to
Catherine Hastings +2 more
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