Bly seeks state office of indigenous language

[Myra Johnson]

We have used US Parks posters, they have a varity of posters on flowers, 
trees, insects, animals, etc.  I have also seen students do great jobs of 
drawing animals pertinant to local areas.  Myra
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "annie ross" <annier at SFU.CA>
To: <ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [ILAT] Bly seeks state office of indigenous language


> regarding use of images:
>
> this may seem a silly remark on my part....but here goes.
>
> why not ask people in your language classes, their family members, and
> artist friends to make original art for your language classes? and 
> remember,
> everyone is an artist.
>
> that way, all the images and words will be created by the people 
> themselves,
> and it may help spread the work of language learning/retention further 
> into
> the community.
>
> thank you everyone for your always awesome work
>
> annie
>
> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 23:16:52 -0400 ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU wrote:
>> Hi Don,
>>
>> It might depend on the publication and the use, but my impression is
>> that in
>> general, most of what Dover offers is intended for use as clip art, with
> no
>> restrictions as long as a purchase has been made of the book that
>> includes the
>> collection of source material.  The individual source images tend to
>> be in the
>> public domain.  For specifics, they can be reached at
>> <rights at doverpublications.com>.
>>
>> A bigger consideration for an online application though is that the
>> images would
>> have been printed using a halftone screen process, so you'd get a lot
>> of dots
>> left in the picture. Could be resolved by adjusting resolution and
>> display,
>> but a digital source (from CD or online) might be better to start with.
>>
>> Charles
>>
>>
>> Quoting Don Osborn <dzo at BISHARAT.NET>:
>>
>> > Hi Charles, If by royalty-free you mean free to use (no license
>> > restrictions?) then I wonder if these illustrations might also be
>> adaptable
>> > to wiki content (scan to image file). On the AfrophoneWikis list
>> there has
>> > been discussion of use of "template" illustrations with tags that can 
>> > be
>> > filled in with names à la Duden for different language editions of
>> > Wikipedia. Any potential addition to the bank of quality
>> illustrations that
>> > could be used would be welcome.
>> >
>> > Don
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Indigenous Languages and Technology
>> >> [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of Charles RIley
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 9:55 PM
>> >> To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
>> >> Subject: Re: [ILAT] Bly seeks state office of indigenous language
>> >>
>> >> Hi Richard;
>> >>
>> >> This would be one option:
>> >> http://store.doverpublications.com/0486291022.html
>> >>
>> >> The books listed there aren't limited to N. America, and they're small
>> >> illustrations rather than poster-sized photos, but it's royalty-free
>> >> material that can be used.
>> >>
>> >> Charles Riley
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Quoting Richard Smith <rzs at TDS.NET>:
>> >>
>> >> > This is a rather basic request:
>> >> > Is there anyone who knows where I could get posters of N. American
>> >> animals
>> >> > Or good clear photos of american wild animals that can be made into
>> >> posters
>> >> > Where the native name can be printed below it?
>> >> > The Wyandot language classes are going great
>> >> > here in Wyandotte Oklahoma, and the public school has even given us
>> >> our own
>> >> > room...but it seriously needs posters...and non-state maps
>> >> > Thanks
>> >> > Richard Zane Smith
>> >> >
>> >
>>
>
>
> annie g. ross
> First Nations Studies
> School for the Contemporary Arts
> Simon Fraser University
> 8888 University Drive
> Burnaby, British Columbia
> V5A 1S6
> annier at sfu.ca
> Telephone:  604-291-3575  Facsimile:  604-291-5666