First Peoples' Cultural Council
First Peoples' Cultural Council -- Language
First Peoples' Cultural Council -- BC Indigenous Languages Map
Handbook for Aboriginal Languages Program Planning in Practice in British Columbia
B.C.’s Master-Apprentice Language Program Handbook
A Guide to Language Policy and Planning for B.C. First Nations Communities
The Yinka Dene Language Institute's Bibliography of First Nations Languages of BC
Endangered Language Fund--Resource List
First Language Speaking Project
First Nations Schools Association
UBC's Xwi7xwa Library -- Indigenous Language Resource Guide
UBC's Xwi7xwa Library -- BC FIRST NATIONS SUBJECT HEADINGS
UNESCO -- Endangered Languages Project
BC Indian Language fond--BC Memory Project
University of Saskatchewan -- Indigenous Studies Portal
Native Languages of the America
Subject headings used by libraries to catalogue Indigenous Studies materials can be challenging. When searching be sure to include possible synonyms of your subject or keyword terms. If you need assistance with your library research, please contact the Education Librarian.
Selected scholarly journals in Indigenous Studies, Education, and Linguistics to help you with your research.
Please let me know if you have questions about your library research, I would be happy to help you.
This video clip is an interview excerpt of Professor Onowa McIvor, the Director of the Indigenous Education program at the University of Victoria.
The purpose of this library guide is to support students in UVic's Graduate Certificate or Master's Degree in Indigenous Language Revitalization. In particular, this guide lists relevant resources held by UVic Libraries on language revitalization topics as recommended by students and instructors of these programs. Please let me know if you have recommendations for additional titles to be added to this guide or to be ordered for the libraries' collection.
For more specific resources organized by language family, please refer to the drop-down menu of the "Language Revitalization" tab above.
Because the naming of languages continues to change and develop, searching the libraries' holdings through databases and the catalogue can be challenging; please contact me if you require library research assistance. This guide continues to improve as I learn more about the language revitalization needs of UVic's students and researchers. Please let me know if changes are required.
Reference books and other tertiary resources are often overlooked sources of scholarly knowledge. If you want a great definition of a theory that goes beyond wikipedia, I highly recommend these titles held by UVic Libraries.
Medicine for the Salish Language by 
Cowichan tribes' beginning Hul'qumi'num' : a language guide for parents, teachers and learners by 
A global perspective on costing Indigenous language revitalization by 
Handbook of the Changing World Language Map by 
Handbook of Research and Practice in Heritage Language Education by 
Rejecting the Marginalized Status of Minority Languages by 
Indigenous Language Revitalization in the Americas by 
Gaelic in contemporary Scotland : the revitalisation of an endangered language by 
Linguistic Ideologies of Native American Language Revitalization by 
The Routledge Handbook of Language Revitalization by 
Indigenous adult language revitalization and education by 
Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics by The 2010 Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages by In our own words [electronic resource] : bringing authentic First Peoples content to the K-3 classroom by 
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics by Language nest programs in BC [electronic resource] : early childhood immersion programs in two First Nation communities : practical questions answered and guidelines offered by Heritage toolkit [electronic resource] / created by First Peoples' Heritage, Language and Culture Council by 
Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages? by Culture camps for language learning [electronic resource] : an immersion handbook by A guide to language policy and planning for B.C. First Nations communities by Culture camps for language learning [electronic resource] : an immersion handbook by First Peoples' Heritage, Language and Culture Council [electronic resource] : the Legislative Amendment Initiative : Summer 2009 by 
The United Nations World Water Development Report 3 by Heritage languages in Canada : research perspectives / edited by Jim Cummins by Our first voices [videorecording] / Bliss Pictures in association with Knowledge: and First Peoples' Heritage, Language & Culture Council
Language Endangerment and Language Maintenance by 
Indigenous languages revitalized? : the decline and revitalization of indigenous languages juxtaposed with the predominance of English by 
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger of Disappearing by 
Bringing Our Languages Home by 
The Green Book of Language Revitalization in Practice by 
Saving Languages by Rejecting the Marginalized Status of Minority Languages by 
Transcending Monolingualism by 
Native Speakers and Native Users by 
Language Planning and Policy in Native America by 
Handbook of Heritage and Community Languages in the United States by 
Indigenous Youth and Bi/Multilingualism by Quw'utsun : Hul'q'umi'num' category dictionary / Cowichan Tribes by Koyukon Athabaskan Dictionary by A Concise Dictionary of the Nuuchahnulth Language of Vancouver Island by 
Tellings from Our Elders - Lushootseed Syeyehub by S̲aiku̓z̲ whute̓n hubughunek = Stoney Creek Carrier lexicon by The Routledge Handbook of North American Languages by 
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