ABSTRACT
Community-based language planning (CBLP) is distinguished by its holistic, grass-roots quality and the agency of local people in language decision making. Drawing on international research and practice, this chapter explores CBLP for Indigenous peoples, for whom language revitalization and sustainability are key language planning goals. Indigenous CBLP operates under conditions of decolonization and ongoing social, linguistic, economic, and political marginalization. Thus, Indigenous CBLP is both a linguistic and a political effort, integrally tied to community-based struggles for originary lands, knowledge systems, and self-determination. This chapter considers CBLP when there are no living first-language speakers, when the speaker base is very small, and when it is undertaken within the domain of education in and out of schools. The chapter concludes with seven recommendations from and for CBLP practice.
