"Our beloved Cherokee": A naturalistic study of Cherokee preschool language immersion

Anthropology and Education Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-342

  Peter, Lizette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cherokee language; Language immersion; Naturalistic inquiry; Reversing language shift

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649024234     PISSN: 01617761     EISSN: 15481492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/aeq.2007.38.4.323     Document Type: Article

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