Language and Education Rights for Indigenous Peoples.

Y

25

Civil Liberties; Community Education; Community Programs; Cultural Maintenance; Educational Opportunities; Foreign Countries; Immersion Programs; Indigenous Populations; Language Maintenance; Maori; Maori (People); Uncommonly Taught Languages

0790-8318

Drawing on social and political theory, this article argues that the retention and promotion of specific group-based rights--in this case, indigenous language and education rights--need not result in social and linguistic closure. Principles underlying such rights are illustrated by an extended analysis of recent Maori language-immersion initiatives in Aotearoa/New Zealand. (Author/VWL)

1999

EJ586033