Introduction
The world's 300 million Indigenous peoples reside in 70 countries and every continent on earth. Identified as Indigenous according to international convention because of their aboriginal occupation of lands before colonization or the establishment of state boundaries, and because they retain some or all of their traditional social, economic, cultural, and political institutions, Indigenous peoples have experienced a history of genocide, the armed invasion of their homelands, and concomitant economic, political, and social disenfranchisement (see the United Nations International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 169 Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/62.htm). Central to these assaults have been official and unofficial policies that simultaneously dispossessed Indigenous peoples of their languages and their lands. A primary tool for achieving both ends has been state‐sponsored schooling.
Thus, Indigenous struggles for language rights have...
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McCarty, T.L. (2008). Language Education Planning and Policies by and for Indigenous Peoples. In: Hornberger, N.H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30424-3_11
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