Oral History Shares the Wealth of a Navajo Community.

Oral History Shares the Wealth of a Navajo Community. Begay, S. L., Jimmie, M., & Lockard, L. 2003.

This paper describes a collaborative project in which K-3 Navajo students used oral history interviews, archival photos, and primary documents to explore the history of their communities. Participating students attended schools that were implementing the Dine (Navajo) Language and Culture teaching perspective, which is based on the premises that education is best when it reflects a sense of place, education should be based on the philosophy and values of those being educated, and teacher preparation should reflect the Dine perspective of education. Each school had a reciprocal relationship with the community. The community helped identify themes to be explored, and the students conducting field research. Students identified proficiency in the Navajo language as a resource in conducting this research. Many respondents answered students' questions in Navajo. Navajo language place names were an important link to the history of the community, names, and stories that had lost their

@article{begay_oral_2003,
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	url = {http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED482041},
	abstract = {This paper describes a collaborative project in which K-3 Navajo students used oral history interviews, archival photos, and primary documents to explore the history of their communities. Participating students attended schools that were implementing the Dine (Navajo) Language and Culture teaching perspective, which is based on the premises that education is best when it reflects a sense of place, education should be based on the philosophy and values of those being educated, and teacher preparation should reflect the Dine perspective of education. Each school had a reciprocal relationship with the community. The community helped identify themes to be explored, and the students conducting field research. Students identified proficiency in the Navajo language as a resource in conducting this research. Many respondents answered students' questions in Navajo. Navajo language place names were an important link to the history of the community, names, and stories that had lost their},
	language = {en},
	urldate = {2016-07-20},
	author = {Begay, Sara L. and Jimmie, Mary and Lockard, Louise},
	year = {2003},
	keywords = {American Indian, Arizona, Colarado River, Community based research, Cultural Awareness, Culturally Relevant Education, Diné Language/ Culture, Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Hapori, International Indigineous, Korero Onamata, Kounga, Landmarks, Leupp, Native Speakers, Navajo Nation, Oral histories, Pūrakau, Stories, Tāwāhi, Uncommonly Taught Languages},
	pages = {149--154},
}

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