Released
just
over
1
year
ago,
the
7-volume
report
as
well
as
the
Calls
to
Action
of
Canada’s
Truth
and
Reconciliation
Commission
in
many
ways
focused
on
language.
In
this
talk,
Dr.
Jane
Griffith
will
share
her
research
on
English
language
instruction
in
Indian
residential
schools,
revealing
attempts
at
linguicide--what
Andrea
Bear
Nicholas
defines
as
killing
a
language,
not
(necessarily)
the
speaker.
Dr.
Griffith
will
connect
this
research
to
Indigenous
resistance
evidenced
in
fiction
and
memoirs
by
survivors,
and
offer
insights
from
future
work
on
the
promises
and
pitfalls
of
public
pedagogy
for
understanding
tangible,
long-term
support
for
Indigenous
language
resurgence
not
as
charity
but
as
responsibility.