TY - BOOK ID - 77877857 TI - The bearer of this letter PY - 2009 SN - 1282423932 9786612423932 0803226292 9780803226296 0803267576 9780803267572 PB - Lincoln, Neb. University of Nebraska Press DB - UniCat KW - Multicultural education KW - Education, Bilingual KW - English language KW - Yankton dialect KW - Hidatsa Indians KW - Assiniboine Indians KW - Intercultural education KW - Education KW - Culturally relevant pedagogy KW - Bilingual education KW - Bilingualism KW - Multilingual education KW - Germanic languages KW - Nakota dialect KW - Yanktonai dialect KW - Dakota language KW - Gros Ventre Indians (Siouan) KW - Gros Ventres Indians (Siouan) KW - Grosventre Indians (Siouan) KW - Grosventres Indians (Siouan) KW - Minitaree Indians KW - Minnetaree Indians KW - Indians of North America KW - Siouan Indians KW - Assiniboin Indians KW - Nakota Indians KW - Stoney Indians KW - Stony Indians KW - Dakota Indians KW - Written English KW - Study and teaching KW - Languages. KW - Fort Belknap Indian Reservation (Mont.) KW - Social conditions. KW - History. KW - Culturally sustaining pedagogy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77877857 AB - The Bearer of This Letter illuminates the enduring effects of colonialism by examining the decades-long tension between written words and spoken words in a reservation community. Drawing on archival sources and her own extensive work in the community, Mindy J. Morgan investigates how historical understandings of literacy practices challenge current Indigenous language revitalization efforts on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana. ER -