WORLD WIDE WEB LINKS:

• Language and Identity
• Effective Language Maintenance American Indian Language Issues: Language survival
• Language Maintenance at the College and University Levels
• "Maintaining Languages: What Works? What Doesn't?" Joshua Fishman
• Navajo Language Immersion Programs in Arizona Center for Excellence in Education, Flagstaff
• State of the Navajo Nation Address and Second Quarterly Report "The Dine' language is a very key element of our culture. Our elders have always reminded us that once we as Dine' lose our language, we will no longer be a people. Today it is discouraging to hear that only 70,000+ Navajo people speak our language, out of our total population of 275,000+. It is incumbent of you and I to ensure that our language does not die off and that we will continue to be 'the people'. It is of the utmost importance that our goal as a government is to nurture the development of a vision of what it is to be a Dine' in the coming century. The second most critical and fundamental principle is the preservation, protection and enhancement of Navajo sovereignty. " Presented to the Navajo Nation Council, Spring 1999
• "What Do You Lose When You Lose Your Language?" Joshua Fishman
• "What My Hualapai Language Means To Me" Damon Clarke

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