Threatened Indigenous Languages: An analysis of tribal perspectives and responses

改善STEM教育的机会必须与支持性方法和条件相结合，以帮助学生取得成功。研究表明，精通一种部落语言的学生比精通两种语言的学生在学业上取得更大的成功。本地学生在STEM方面的学习成绩提高，将使更多的本地STEM专业人士进入劳动力市场，从而加强和多样化STEM知识的学习和应用。该项目的工作将增加关于如何保护、培育和恢复土著语言的知识体系，特别是在美洲印第安人中。受威胁的土著语言：对部落观点和反应的分析，将调查土著社区（特别是那些有部落学院的社区）为什么以及如何促进其祖先语言的生存或复兴。虽然大多数语言生存努力都集中在记录和记录受威胁语言的具体任务上，但本研究将考察土著社会中鼓励或抑制社区意识和社区行动的更大的社会和文化力量。实地考察将考察不同的部落社区如何看待土著语言的价值，这些社区如何定义语言生存目标，以及他们如何制定政策和计划来实现既定目标。最后，它将检查当前语言生存努力的成功程度，并根据这些发现，确定经验教训和下一步行动。

Improved opportunities in STEM education must be coupled with supportive approaches and conditions to help students succeed. Studies have shown that students who are fluent in a tribal language have greater academic success than students who are semi-fluent in two languages. The enhanced academic performance of Native students in STEM studies will result in more indigenous STEM professionals entering the workforce, thereby both strengthening and diversifying the study and application of STEM knowledge. The work of this project will increase the body of knowledge around ways to preserve, foster, and restore Native languages, particularly among American Indian people.Threatened Indigenous Languages: An analysis of tribal perspectives and responses, will investigate why and how indigenous communities (especially those with tribal colleges) promote the survival or revival of their ancestral languages. Although most language survival efforts focus on the specific task of recording and documenting threatened languages, this study will, instead, examine larger social and cultural forces in Native societies that encourage or inhibit community awareness and community-based action. Site visits will examine how various tribal communities perceive the value of indigenous languages, how these communities define language survival goals, and how they develop policies and programs to reach established goals. Finally, it will examine the degree to which current language survival efforts are succeeding and, based on these findings, to identify lessons learned and next steps.