| Summary: | The purpose of this essay is to introduce nativist expression, historic practices, and perceptions in describing an important approach to exercising language revitalization based on traditional fundamentals and operational ownership in Native organizations of these reflections. Information is presented to enhance the understanding of how Native knowledge is expressed from oral tradition for non-Natives to understand. This explanation is the basis of recommendations for Native organizations that are focused on the Native languages renaissance. It is also reinforcing and explaining traditional approaches of how Native cultures have formalized their customs and practices in historic times to better define their civilizations as relevant and significant to their regions in North America. An emphasis is presented for Native educators to liberate and compliment their contemporary educational approaches and methods with traditional knowledge and practices to perpetuate and formalize their knowledge for perpetuating the future of their language, culture, history, and relevance.
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