An experience of indigenous literacy in Peru

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Indigenous literacies in the Americas 3
5. North America
6. Teaching and preserving Yup’ik traditional literacy 19
7. Ciulistet and the curriculum of the possible 45
8. Reclaiming Navajo: Language renewal in an American Indian community school 69
9. Literacy for what? Hualapai literacy and language maintenance 95
10. Language revitalization efforts in the Pueblo de Cochiti: Becoming “literate” in an oral society 115
11. Meso America
12. Language preservation and publishing 139
13. Experiences in the development of a writing system for Ñuu Savi 157
14. Saving and strengthening indigenous Mexican languages: The CELIAC experience 171
15. Mayan language literacy in Guatemala: A socio-historical overview 189
16. South America
17. Quechua literacy and empowerment in Peru 215
18. Literacy and modernization among the Quechua speaking population of Peru 237
19. An experience of indigenous literacy in Peru 251
20. Indigenous politics and native language literacies: Recent shifts in bilingual education policy and practice in Ecuador 267
21. Attitudes of teachers, children and parents towards bilingual intercultural education 285
22. Bringing the language forward: school-based initiatives for Quechua language revitalization in Ecuador and Bolivia 299
23. To Guaranize: a verb actively conjugated by the Bolivian Guaranis 321
24. Conclusion
25. Language planning from the bottom up 357
26. Afterword
27. Local literacies and vernacular literacies: Implications for national literacy policy 369
28. Index 387