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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.

Multicultural education --- Education, Bilingual --- English language --- Yankton dialect --- Hidatsa Indians --- Assiniboine Indians --- Intercultural education --- Education --- Culturally relevant pedagogy --- Bilingual education --- Bilingualism --- Multilingual education --- Germanic languages --- Nakota dialect --- Yanktonai dialect --- Dakota language --- Gros Ventre Indians (Siouan) --- Gros Ventres Indians (Siouan) --- Grosventre Indians (Siouan) --- Grosventres Indians (Siouan) --- Minitaree Indians --- Minnetaree Indians --- Indians of North America --- Siouan Indians --- Assiniboin Indians --- Nakota Indians --- Stoney Indians --- Stony Indians --- Dakota Indians --- Written English --- Study and teaching --- Languages. --- Fort Belknap Indian Reservation (Mont.) --- Social conditions. --- History. --- Culturally sustaining pedagogy