Indians in Brazil: Our Languages /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors: Franca, Bras de Oliveira (Contributor), García, Pedro (Contributor), Inácio, Azilene (Contributor), Jose, Bonifacio (Contributor), Juliao, Agenor Gomes (Contributor), Maná, Joaquim (Contributor), de Jesus, Quitéria Maria (Contributor), Krenak, Ailton (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:Portuguese
Language Notes:In Portuguese, Subtitles in English.
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
Series:Ethnographic Video Online, Volume 1
Video in the Villages
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video
Description
Abstract:Part of the Indians in Brazil series, Our Languages relates the historic repression of indigenous languages in Brazil. Many Indian languages were nearly lost thanks to missionaries and merchants - who rewarded Indians for learning Portuguese with status and material gifts - and government-sponsored schools that punished children for speaking in their native tongues.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 20 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.