Lucille J Watahomigie
Biographic Data
| ID | 702276 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucille J Watahomigie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucille J |
| FAMILY NAME | Watahomigie |
| SIGNATURE | WATAHOMIGIE L J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Endangered Languages
Like most people who have done linguistic field work for thirty years or so, I have worked on languages which are now extinct, eight of them in my case, and I have studied, and continue to study, many languages which are seriously imperiled. My experience is far from unusual, and the testimony of field workers alone would amply illustrate the extent of language loss in the world of the present era
Introduction: Reversing Language Shift in Indigenous America—Collaborations and Views from the Field
Throughout the Western hemisphere—indeed, throughout the world—indigenous languages are being displaced at an alarming rate. While no one knows precisely how many languages were spoken in North America prior to European contact, estimates range from 300 to 600. In what is now the United States and Canada, the number is now reduced to 210. In some respects, this is a story of remarkable resilience and resistance. But numbers alone belie the fragil…
Indigenous Education and Grassroots Language Planning in the USA
What if the children "forget" the heritage language? This testimony by Dorothy Begay, a grandmother and long-time resident of the Navajo community of Rough Rock, Arizona cuts to the heart of language planning issues in Native American communities. Her statement also captures the enormity of the task at hand: With the penetration of English into public and private domains so seemingly complete, can a stable balance between the heritage language an…
Indigenous Community-based Language Education in the USA
in the USA, representing over 500 tribes and 175 distinct languages. The uniqueness of tribal communities notwithstanding, all indigenous peoples in the USA share a history as the targets of federal policies aimed at eradicating their languages and lifeways. The legacy of those policies has been Native language loss and sociocultural dislocation, even as indigenous students have experienced considerable failure in English-only schools. Here, we a…
The native language is a gift: A Hualapai language autobiography
Lucille Jackson Watahomigie is a native speaker of Hualapai, a Yuman language with approximately 1,500 speakers, and a member of the Hualapai Tribe of northwestern Arizona. She is the founder of the nationally acclaimed Hualapai Bilingual/Bicultural Program and of the American Indian Language Development Institute, the first teacher-education program in American Indian linguistics and bilingual/bicultural curriculum development. t. She currently …
The Power of American Indian Parents and Communities
Bilingual/bicultural education at peach springs: A Hualapai way of schooling
Until the Hualapai Bilingual/Bicultural Program began in 1975, Hualapai remained an unwritten language. Today the program is nationally recognized for its achievements in native language literacy and bilingual/bicultural curriculum development. This article is based on a 10‐year collaboration between local and outside educator‐researchers. Specifically, we examine how the program evolved, focusing on the role of indigenous educators and the ways …
Local reactions to perceived language decline
In schools, from kindergarten through high school, the language of instruction was English. When students who had been taught in English left school, they were speaking English. When they married, they spoke English to their children. ‘Indians’ no longer spoke their native languages as their primary means of communication. This was the perceived state of affairs in relation to the Hualapai language in the mid 1970s. Many members of the community …
Endangered Languages
Spirit Mountain: An Anthology of Yuman Story and Song
Hualapai Reference Grammar
Endangered Languages
Indigenous Community-based Language Education in the USA
in the USA, representing over 500 tribes and 175 distinct languages. The uniqueness of tribal communities notwithstanding, all indigenous peoples in the USA share a history as the targets of federal policies aimed at eradicating their languages and lifeways. The legacy of those policies has been Native language loss and sociocultural dislocation, even as indigenous students have experienced considerable failure in English-only schools. Here, we a…
Bilingual/bicultural education at peach springs: A Hualapai way of schooling
Until the Hualapai Bilingual/Bicultural Program began in 1975, Hualapai remained an unwritten language. Today the program is nationally recognized for its achievements in native language literacy and bilingual/bicultural curriculum development. This article is based on a 10‐year collaboration between local and outside educator‐researchers. Specifically, we examine how the program evolved, focusing on the role of indigenous educators and the ways …
Local reactions to perceived language decline
In schools, from kindergarten through high school, the language of instruction was English. When students who had been taught in English left school, they were speaking English. When they married, they spoke English to their children. ‘Indians’ no longer spoke their native languages as their primary means of communication. This was the perceived state of affairs in relation to the Hualapai language in the mid 1970s. Many members of the community …
The Power of American Indian Parents and Communities
The native language is a gift: A Hualapai language autobiography
Lucille Jackson Watahomigie is a native speaker of Hualapai, a Yuman language with approximately 1,500 speakers, and a member of the Hualapai Tribe of northwestern Arizona. She is the founder of the nationally acclaimed Hualapai Bilingual/Bicultural Program and of the American Indian Language Development Institute, the first teacher-education program in American Indian linguistics and bilingual/bicultural curriculum development. t. She currently …
Hualapai Reference Grammar
Spirit Mountain: An Anthology of Yuman Story and Song
Local reactions to perceived language decline
In schools, from kindergarten through high school, the language of instruction was English. When students who had been taught in English left school, they were speaking English. When they married, they spoke English to their children. ‘Indians’ no longer spoke their native languages as their primary means of communication. This was the perceived state of affairs in relation to the Hualapai language in the mid 1970s. Many members of the community …
Endangered Languages
Bilingual/bicultural education at peach springs: A Hualapai way of schooling
Until the Hualapai Bilingual/Bicultural Program began in 1975, Hualapai remained an unwritten language. Today the program is nationally recognized for its achievements in native language literacy and bilingual/bicultural curriculum development. This article is based on a 10‐year collaboration between local and outside educator‐researchers. Specifically, we examine how the program evolved, focusing on the role of indigenous educators and the ways …
The Power of American Indian Parents and Communities
Indigenous Community-based Language Education in the USA
in the USA, representing over 500 tribes and 175 distinct languages. The uniqueness of tribal communities notwithstanding, all indigenous peoples in the USA share a history as the targets of federal policies aimed at eradicating their languages and lifeways. The legacy of those policies has been Native language loss and sociocultural dislocation, even as indigenous students have experienced considerable failure in English-only schools. Here, we a…
The native language is a gift: A Hualapai language autobiography
Lucille Jackson Watahomigie is a native speaker of Hualapai, a Yuman language with approximately 1,500 speakers, and a member of the Hualapai Tribe of northwestern Arizona. She is the founder of the nationally acclaimed Hualapai Bilingual/Bicultural Program and of the American Indian Language Development Institute, the first teacher-education program in American Indian linguistics and bilingual/bicultural curriculum development. t. She currently …
Introduction: Reversing Language Shift in Indigenous America—Collaborations and Views from the Field
Throughout the Western hemisphere—indeed, throughout the world—indigenous languages are being displaced at an alarming rate. While no one knows precisely how many languages were spoken in North America prior to European contact, estimates range from 300 to 600. In what is now the United States and Canada, the number is now reduced to 210. In some respects, this is a story of remarkable resilience and resistance. But numbers alone belie the fragil…
Indigenous Education and Grassroots Language Planning in the USA
What if the children "forget" the heritage language? This testimony by Dorothy Begay, a grandmother and long-time resident of the Navajo community of Rough Rock, Arizona cuts to the heart of language planning issues in Native American communities. Her statement also captures the enormity of the task at hand: With the penetration of English into public and private domains so seemingly complete, can a stable balance between the heritage language an…
Endangered Languages
Like most people who have done linguistic field work for thirty years or so, I have worked on languages which are now extinct, eight of them in my case, and I have studied, and continue to study, many languages which are seriously imperiled. My experience is far from unusual, and the testimony of field workers alone would amply illustrate the extent of language loss in the world of the present era
Linguistics (7 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Indigenous (4 works) · Language revitalization (4 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (4 works)