User:Humphreyselynn/Dogrib language

sources found:

https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/10.5334/gjgl.7/ - should be cited for the grammar section

Fact List (history section):

Redress for Linguicide

-- candada's residential schools contributed heavily to language shift away from indigenous languages and towards english

-- British North American Act 1867 and Indian Act 1876

--- allow Canadian government control over indigenous people and lands

--- 1885 indigenous languages not allowed to be spoken in schools

--- by the 1920's it became mandatory for all indigenous children to attend these schools

-- schools operated until 1996

Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì was one of the many Indigenous Canadian languages targeted by the Canadian Indian residential school system. Because of the British North America Act of 1867 and the Indian Act of 1876, the Canadian Government was allowed control over Indigenous people and their lands. By the 1920's these schools became mandatory for all indigenous children to attend. Indigenous languages were not allowed to be spoken at these schools since the late 19th century. The last of the residential schools closed in 1996. These schools contributed heavily to Language shift away from Indigenous languages, including Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì, and towards English.

Reversing Language Shift

-- 1987 - dogrib spoken by 2400 people, bilingual in english and dogrib

-- loanwords as a threat to the language but literacy in it was used to combat language shift

Revitalization Efforts
Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì is one of the 9 official Indigenous languages of the Northwest Territories (NWT) in Canada. Because of its official status, the NWT's department of Education, Culture, and Employment, has been monitoring the language through the Indigenous Languages and Education Secretariat since 2014. This department is devoted to the revitalization of the official languages in the NWT and has policies that ensure the continued use and growth of Indigenous languages. According to the 2018 - 2019 Annual Report on Official Languages, multiple revitalization efforts have been made by the Tłı̨chǫ government. Some of which include an Elder Evening Story Telling that occurs weekly, transcribing and translating materials into Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì for classes, setting up a radio station, and having community language classes in the language. In addition to local efforts, the Official Languages Act ensures that Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì and the other indigenous languages are used in providing government services.

https://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/en/services/le-secretariat-de-leducation-et-des-langues-autochtones/languages-overview

Government of Northwest Territories annual report on official languages (https://www.ece.gov.nt.ca/sites/ece/files/resources/3550_gnwt_ece_official-languages-annual-report-english-web.pdf)

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