Lessons from Fort Apache Beyond Language Endangerment and Maintenance

Eleanor Nevins is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, USA. A specialist in linguistic and cultural anthropology, she researches the interplay of language, education, religion colonialism and indigenous cultures. An accomplished scholar of native North American languages such as Western Apache and Navajo, Professor Nevins teaches courses in cultural anthropology, ethnography, and Native American language, religion, politics, and literature. Her work has appeared in a number of edited volumes as well as in journals such as Language in Society, Language & Communication, Heritage Management, and Journal of Linguistic Anthropology.

Introduction

1. Indigenous Languages and the Dual Mediation of Communities

2. Learning to Listen: Coming to Terms with Conflicting Meanings of Language Loss

3. They Live In Lonesome Dove: English in Indigenous Places

4. Stories in the Moment of Encounter: Documentation Boundary Work

5. What No Coyote Story Means: The Borderland Genre of Traditional Storytelling

6. “Some ‘no no’ and some ‘yes:’" Silence, Agency and Traditionalist Words

Conclusion: Possible Socialities of Documentation and Maintenance

References

Appendix A: Lawrence Mithlo

Appendix B: Rebecca Moody

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