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2018
Volume 115, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 0013-8274
  • E-ISSN: 2161-8895
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This article offers examples of Indigenous youth literature and how to incorporate dialogue circles in the English language arts classroom, moving toward pedagogy that is founded in critical hope and cariño perspectives.

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