<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="725" style="width: 544.1pt; border-collapse: collapse; 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margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center; "><span style="color: yellow; ">Umaall Shuluuk, N¨¢awi T¨¦elanga<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height: 1in; "><td width="177" style="width: 132.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: yellow; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; height: 1in; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: center; font-size: 30pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 102, 204); "><span><img width="125" height="125" id="Picture_x0020_169" src="cid:image001.png@01CB4898.0EE7C410"></span><o:p></o:p></div></td><td width="549" style="width: 411.6pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; 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"><p class="NewsletterDate" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: white; font-weight: bold; "><span style="color: windowtext; ">August, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width="549" valign="top" style="width: 411.6pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(192, 80, 77); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p class="VolumeandIssue" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; text-align: right; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: white; font-weight: bold; "><span style="color: windowtext; ">Volume 2, Number 8<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="177" valign="top" style="width: 132.5pt; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p class="TableofContentsHeading" style="margin-top: 12pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 16pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 153); "><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: windowtext; ">In This Issue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="TableofContentsEntry" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0.15in; text-indent: -0.15in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: white; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: windowtext; "><span>¡¤<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: windowtext; ">Karuk Language Immersion & Cultural Enrichment Classes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="TableofContentsEntry" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0.15in; text-indent: -0.15in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: white; "><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: windowtext; "><span>¡¤<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: windowtext; ">Become on Advocate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="SideBarHeading" style="margin-top: 24pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; page-break-after: avoid; font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(255, 255, 153); font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(192, 80, 77); ">Language News<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Links" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 204, 255); "><u><span style="color: windowtext; "><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/magazine/29language-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&ref=general&src=me" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: windowtext; ">Does Your Language Shape How You Think?</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="Links" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 204, 255); "><u><span style="color: windowtext; "><a href="http://nativetelecom.org/language_revitalization_efforts" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: windowtext; ">Language Revitalization Efforts</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="Links" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 204, 255); "><u><span style="color: windowtext; "><a href="http://www.navajohopiobserver.com/main.asp?SectionID=74&SubSectionID=547&ArticleID=12748" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: windowtext; ">Hopi Lavayi Institute works to revitalize Hopi language</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="Links" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 204, 255); "><u><span style="color: windowtext; "><a href="http://www.argusleader.com/article/20100824/NEWS/8240316/1001/news" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: windowtext; ">Berenstain Bears help keep Lakota language beating</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="Links" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 204, 255); "><u><span style="color: windowtext; 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"><span style="color: windowtext; ">Survey of California & other Indian Languages, UC Berkeley</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: windowtext; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="Links" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 204, 255); "><span style="color: windowtext; "><a href="http://aicls.org/pages/pam.htm" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: windowtext; ">Intro to Grammatical Analysis, Pam Munro</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="Links" style="margin-top: 6pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 204, 255); "><i><u><span style="color: windowtext; "><a href="http://www.tewhanake.maori.nz/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: windowtext; 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font-weight: bold; "><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: rgb(221, 217, 195); "><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none; "> </span></o:p></span></span></p></td><td width="549" valign="top" style="width: 411.6pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; "><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><a name="AB544"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212); ">Karuk Language Immersion & Cultural Enrichment Classes<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212); ">Spring 2010</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212); "><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><img border="0" width="511" height="383" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.png@01CB4898.0EE7C410"></span></b><b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">By Crystal Richardson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">This spring for the month of May, I taught a series of language and cultural classes at Happy Camp Elementary School.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Much of my time, cultural and material resources went into teaching three classes over the course of the month.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Two of the classes were held twice a week during after school sessions.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>One of these classes was open to boys and girls of all ages, the other was meant only for older kids to work on creating their ceremonial regalia.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>The materials for this program were paid for by the Karuk Community Development Center in order to provide a source of cultural healing and meditation for at risk community children.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>The third class was a volunteer effort lead by myself, the special needs teacher, and the cultural coordinator for KCDC.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>In Happy Camp Elementary there is a class where all the children deemed "unteachable" are sent.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>This year the class had three to five boys at any given time, ranging from second grade to fifth.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>By pure coincidence all of the boys in the program were Karuk tribal members.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Because of this, upon hearing about the after school program we were putting on, the special needs teacher in charge of these boys contacted me to see if it would be possible to come into her class during school and teach language, stories, and regalia making once a day for two weeks.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I agreed to try it out and found myself surrounded by the sweetest, most sensitive, playful, and culturally appropriate little boys I've ever had the pleasure of working with.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><img border="0" width="511" height="383" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.png@01CB4898.0EE7C410"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">Over the allotted time, one traditional ceremonial dress was hung and is ready for adornment, and a matching full set of regalia necklaces were made to completion during the big kids series of afterschool sessions.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>The smaller children completed eleven everyday necklaces, five mother's day gift necklaces, three sets of earrings, and one set of traditional beaded hair ties.<span> </span>All of the regalia work was done with situational Karuk immersion at its core.<span> </span>As a result several of the children know the Karuk names of local natural resources, as well as their colors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText3" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; ">The bulk of the language was taught in the special needs class, partially because they had an immense interest and matching ability, but also because the classes were held more often which allowed for more repetition and faster Karuk language acquisition.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Also, all of the boys had previous exposure to language, and at least one of them used Karuk words in his family every day<span> </span>In the regularly held "culture class" we were able to complete three top quality regalia necklaces, seven traditional every day necklaces, four miniature eel baskets, and we also worked repeatedly on learning colors, color construction vocabulary, and color related sentence construction.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>We also did a series of immersion sets that taught the boys how to use their already existing vocabularies in simple sentences and related commands.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>These courses were popular with the children, as well as local community adults.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>I've been titled "Culture Teacher" by several of the local community children, and every time I walk through Happy Camp I am followed by at least one little girl singing her traditional gathering song.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>This more than anything, lets me know that the spring session was a success.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-right-style: none; 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