From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Aug  1 00:46:48 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:46:48 -0700
Subject: Endangered Language (fwd link)
Message-ID: <THU.31.JUL.2008.174648.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Endangered Language
Tribal elder to teach Sahaptin at UO

By Victoria Stephens

The UO will be offering an endangered Native American language to its students
this fall. At the request of Native American tribes in the state, a two-year
series of classes in the Sahaptin language will be added to the curriculum.
This is with the hope of supporting and encouraging Native American students
and in order to preserve the language of the original people of the Northwest.
These courses will qualify for the language requirement for BA students.

Sahaptin and its variants are spoken by the native peoples along the
Mid-Columbia River area in Washington and Oregon and are currently spoken on
the Umatilla, Colville, Warm Springs and Yakama reservations.

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http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2008/07/17/news2.html


From jcrippen at GMAIL.COM  Fri Aug  1 02:15:49 2008
From: jcrippen at GMAIL.COM (James Crippen)
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:15:49 -0400
Subject: N.M. first state to adopt Navajo textbook (fwd link)
In-Reply-To: <20080731101026.zmysksswogokcww4@www.email.arizona.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.31.JUL.2008.221549.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 13:10, phil cash cash
<cashcash at email.arizona.edu> wrote:
> Dine Bizaad Binahoo'aah is an impressive publication because it adopts a
> speech community orientation in the presentation of language content/data.
> I hope this trend continues and other linguists/community language advocates
> follow this example.  Linguists should take careful note too as this
> publication has all the power of language description common to linguistics
> but is versatile enough to be adopted by a state in its public education
> system.
>
> This is by far better than force feeding a linguist's reference grammar to
> communities and students, dont' you think?  ;-)

Yes indeed. Linguistic work is hard for anyone but linguists to use.
But remember, you've really got to have a reference grammar before you
try to write a textbook. It's hard to teach a language without
reference materials...

James


From David.Lewis at GRANDRONDE.ORG  Fri Aug  1 02:18:41 2008
From: David.Lewis at GRANDRONDE.ORG (David Lewis)
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:18:41 -0700
Subject: UH Hilo's Hawaiian Ph.D. program ordered to improve (fwd link)
Message-ID: <THU.31.JUL.2008.191841.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

This is a very interesting article. This issue of program conflict of interest is a common enough critique of any indigenous people who work within their cultural sphere. A friend, Beth Piatote, now at Berkeley, had this problem when working at a newspaper. they would not allow her to write articles about Indian people as it was called a conflict of interest. However, they do not say there is a conflict of interest when former or current athletes work in sportscasting or write articles about sports. Now, clearly this is not the same case, but it is related. What this says to me is that Indigenous people cannot be unbiased or avoid a conflict of interest when involved at the highest levels of education, when the issue is their own cultural phenomenon. If this is the case do the similarly monitor and criticize French people who are getting a PhD within French studies? Of course not. In fact, in American universities, it is quite common that people who are studying a "classical language" will be teaching in the department to gain experience in teaching and to paid for the college fees. 

The implications in the article are unspecific- what exactly is the program doing wring that is different from a classical language program? 

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Manager, Cultural Resources Department
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde




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To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: Re: [ILAT] UH Hilo's Hawaiian Ph.D. program ordered to improve (fwd link)
 
Here is the full URL:

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080730/BREAKING01/80730060/-1/LOCALNEWSFRONT

Listserv note: I tried turning the above URL into a "tinyURL" but it did not seem to fly.  So for some, the width of your email display area will create line breaks often breaking the URL as well.  When this happens the link may not work.  You may have to resort to a news search in your favorite news search engine and find today's news item.  

Phil
UofA ILAT mg

Quoting phil cash cash <cashcash at email.arizona.edu>:

> Wednesday, July 30, 2008
>
> UH Hilo's Hawaiian Ph.D. program ordered to improve
> Associated Press
>
> HILO, Hawai'i — The University of Hawai'i at Hilo has been told to 
> improve its
> new Hawaiian language doctorate program or face sanctions.
> Advertisement
>
> The Western Association of Schools & Colleges, which accredits schools across
> the West, issued the warning in a June 30 letter to Hilo Chancellor 
> Rose Tseng.
>
> Access full article below:
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From wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU  Fri Aug  1 03:54:43 2008
From: wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU (William J Poser)
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:54:43 -0400
Subject: UH Hilo's Hawaiian Ph.D. program ordered to improve (fwd link)
In-Reply-To: <ED1092A3B17C0E4EB40F5DFFBAAA33B53B7C16@EXCHG1.grandronde.org>
Message-ID: <THU.31.JUL.2008.235443.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

As I understand it, there are three criticisms of the Hawaiian Ph.D. program:
(a) lack of a published curriculum;
(b) size - only three permanent faculty and five students;
(c) since four of the five students also hold faculty positions,
    the faculty may feel unable to evaluate their work objectively.

The last is the "conflict of interest" issue. The criticism is not that
Hawaiian people cannot teach Hawaiian studies without conflict of
interest, it is that faculty may have difficulty objectively evaluating
students who are also their colleagues.

Bill
 


From lanz at RICE.EDU  Fri Aug  1 15:01:21 2008
From: lanz at RICE.EDU (Linda Lanz)
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:01:21 -0500
Subject: Bethel's Yup'ik voters to get more assistance
Message-ID: <FRI.1.AUG.2008.100121.0500.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>



BETHEL'S YUP'IK VOTERS TO GET MORE ASSISTANCE
RULING: Judge orders elections officials to help with translations.

========================================
A federal judge has ordered state election officials to provide more Yup'ik language assistance to voters in Bethel.

The order, by U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess, applies to state-run elections through the November general election and is a temporary order until a court case about Yup'ik voting in Bethel is resolved.

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Aug  1 17:39:50 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:39:50 -0700
Subject: Long-nosed potoroo found at Gulaga (fwd link)
Message-ID: <FRI.1.AUG.2008.103950.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Long-nosed potoroo found at Gulaga

Australia
30/07/2008 3:37:00 PM

A project to assist the recovery of long-nosed potoroo populations on the Far
South Coast has developed an information booklet in a local Aboriginal dialect
to help find the vulnerable marsupials.

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http://narooma.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/longnosed-potoroo-found-at-gulaga/1230861.aspx


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Aug  1 17:48:08 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:48:08 -0700
Subject: Judge orders Alaska to help Yup'ik voters (fwd link)
Message-ID: <FRI.1.AUG.2008.104808.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Friday, August 01, 2008

Judge orders Alaska to help Yup'ik voters
Ruling requires state to provide language assistance in Bethel area

By Mary Pemberton | The Associated Press

ANCHORAGE - A federal judge is requiring elections officials to provide
Yup'ik-speaking voters in the Bethel area with language assistance so that they
can participate in a meaningful way in state elections.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess issued his order late Wednesday. The judge's
ruling stems from a lawsuit filed last year alleging a failure to satisfy
provisions of the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act.

The ruling requires the state to provide language assistance, including trained
poll workers who are bilingual in English and Yup'ik. Sample ballots will have
to be written in Yup'ik. A glossary of election terms also written in Yup'ik
will have to be provided.

Access full article below:
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/080108/sta_312394876.shtml


From aberez at UMAIL.UCSB.EDU  Sat Aug  2 15:21:58 2008
From: aberez at UMAIL.UCSB.EDU (Andrea L. Berez)
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 08:21:58 -0700
Subject: Call for Papers: Colloquium on GIS and Geography in Language
 Documentation
Message-ID: <SAT.2.AUG.2008.082158.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Call for Papers for a themed session on all aspects of geography and  
geographic
information systems (GIS) in Language Documentation, to be submitted  
as part of
the 1st International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation at
the University of Hawai'i, March 12-14 2009. The main conference  
website is at http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ICLDC09 .

ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 1 SEPTEMBER 2008.

We are welcoming abstracts for a themed session on geography and the use of
geographic information systems (GIS) in language documentation and  
conservation.
Topics may include:

- the role of geographic knowledge in language maintenance programs
- the use of GIS technology in linguistic fieldwork
- the digitization and/or dissemination of legacy place-based linguistic data
- any other topic on the relationship between language documentation,
conservation, geography and/or GIS.

Presentation format:
Papers will be allowed 20 minutes with 10 minutes of question time.

Abstract submission:
Abstracts must be first submitted directly to the session organizer, Andrea
Berez, at aberez at umail.ucsb.edu by September 1, 2008. Once the session  
has been
organized, accepted abstracts will be submitted to the main conference  
website.
Please note that the deadline for abstracts for this themed session is earlier
than the deadline for the main conference.

Maximum abstract length is 400 words. Please send your abstract as a pdf
attachment to aberez at umail.ucsb.edu .


More information about the 1st International Conference on Language
Documentation and Conservation can be found at the conference website, at
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ICLDC09 .


-----------------------------
Andrea Berez
PhD student, Dept. of Linguistics
University of California, Santa Barbara
http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~aberez/


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Aug  3 18:51:43 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 11:51:43 -0700
Subject: Saving Oneida language becomes a full time job (fwd link)
Message-ID: <SUN.3.AUG.2008.115143.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Saving Oneida language becomes a full time job

By WILLIAM KATES | Associated Press Writer
August 3, 2008

ONEIDA, N.Y. - Heath Hill looks forward to the day when all ceremonies in the
Oneida Indian Nation Longhouse can once again be held in the native language
spoken by someone from his upstate New York tribe.

"We used to have to pay people to come out here and help us," said the
32-year-old Hill. "I didn't really care for that. We want to be able to do it
for ourselves."

"I want to raise my family in the traditional ways but it's hard when you can't
even speak your own language," said Hill, who along with his girlfriend are
among eight tribal members finishing up a unique two-year program to learn the
Oneida language.

Indian tribes across the country are taking steps to preserve their native
languages. The Oneida Indian Nation of New York has made it a full-time job,
paying tribal members what they would earn in other jobs to immerse themselves
in the nation's spoken word.

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http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--languagerevival0803aug03,0,5341954.story


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Aug  3 18:57:31 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 11:57:31 -0700
Subject: Ancient path to universal language (fwd link)
Message-ID: <SUN.3.AUG.2008.115731.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Ancient path to universal language

The Sydney Morning Herald, AUS
Sarah Price
August 3, 2008

A NEW program designed to preserve traditional languages is set to improve
literacy rates in Aboriginal communities.

The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation believes committing the oral
languages to paper will help indigenous Australians with their English language
skills.

Foundation founder Mary-Ruth Mendel said the indigenous languages needed to be
converted from oral formats into the written word.

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http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/ancient-path-to-universal-language/2008/08/02/1217097610608.html


From gmccone at NAL.USDA.GOV  Tue Aug  5 19:01:51 2008
From: gmccone at NAL.USDA.GOV (McCone, Gary)
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 15:01:51 -0400
Subject: Arabic Calligraphy
Message-ID: <TUE.5.AUG.2008.150151.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>


The National Museum of Language


                 Presents:

             "Arabic Calligraphy"

                     by Dr. Khaled Mohamed 

 

         A fascinating look at the role of calligraphy in Arabic
culture.  This presentation will include a

         demonstration of the art form, and there will be several pieces
on display.

         

           Saturday, August 23, in the main exhibit room
           2:00 - 3:00 pm

 

           Open to the public.  Admission is free. 

           Reservations are needed because of limited seating. 

 

           This presentation will examine the history of Islamic
calligraphy, equally known as Arabic 

           calligraphy, the art of writing, and, by extension, of
bookmaking. Calligraphy is especially revered

           among Islamic arts since it was the primary means for the
preservation of the Qur'an. Throughout

           Islamic history, the work of calligraphers was collected and
appreciated.  Consideration of 

           figurative art as idolatrous led to calligraphy and abstract
figures becoming the main methods of 

           artistic expression in Islamic cultures.

 

            Calligraphy has arguably become the most venerated form of
Islamic art because it provides a link

            between the languages of the Muslims with the religion of
Islam. The holy book of Islam, the 

            Qur'an, has played an important role in the development and
evolution of the Arabic language, 

            and by extension, calligraphy in the Arabic alphabet.
Proverbs and complete passages from the

            Qur'an are still active sources for Islamic calligraphy. The
Arabic alphabet consists of 28 letters

            and 18 different forms of writing.

 

            This presentation will be given by Dr. Khaled Mohamed who is
a graduate of Alazhar University

            in Cairo.  He is an expert in Arabic language and Islamic
studies and has taught for DLI, the

            Defense language Institute, in Monterey, California as well
as other schools.  He is author of the

            book Arabic Idioms and has been practicing calligraphy for
over 15 years.

 

            For future related events, please visit our Web site at: 

            http://www.languagemuseum.org/calendar.htm

 

             For reservations, please call (301)-864-7071 or e-mail
events at languagemuseum.org by 

            August 21.  Please include your name and phone number.

 

            Light refreshments will be served. Ample free parking
available. Directions can be found at      

            http://languagemuseum.org/directions.html

                     National Museum of Language

                                                            7100
Baltimore Avenue - Suite 202
                                                   College Park,
Maryland 20740

                                        Phone (301) 864-7071

 

 

 

Gary K. McCone



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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Aug  5 23:36:17 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 16:36:17 -0700
Subject: Venezuela Indigenous Greet Language Law (fwd link)
Message-ID: <TUE.5.AUG.2008.163617.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Venezuela Indigenous Greet Language Law

Caracas, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan indigenous leader Noeli Pocaterra
expressed satisfaction of this community Tuesday for the recent approval of an
autochthonous language legislation in the whole country.

Pocaterra said the instrument will strengthen ancestral peoples by means of the
widening of the oral and written use of their languages consecrated in the
Venezuelan Constitution as national languages.

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http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B123240ED-CA94-49B1-A60E-3590E96B84BD%7D)&language=EN


From nflrc at HAWAII.EDU  Wed Aug  6 03:38:37 2008
From: nflrc at HAWAII.EDU (National Foreign Language Resource Center)
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:38:37 -1000
Subject: REMINDER: 2008 SLRF Conference - preregistration deadline August
 15
Message-ID: <TUE.5.AUG.2008.173837.1000.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Our apologies for any cross-postings . . .

The preregistration deadline for the 2008 SLRF Conference is August 15.
Register now to enjoy discounted conference rates.  For more information
or the registration form, visit:

http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/slrf08/registration.htm

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Theme:  EXPLORING SLA: PERSPECTIVES, POSITIONS, AND PRACTICES

Plenary speakers:
- Dr. Harald Clahsen (University of Essex)
- Dr. Alan Firth (Newcastle University)
- Dr. Carmen Munoz (Universitat de Barcelona)
- Dr. Richard Schmidt (University of Hawai'i at Manoa)

Invited colloquia:
- "Comparing child L2 and SLI: Crosslinguistic perspectives" (Theres
   Gruter - organizer)
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   language use with learning and teaching practices" (Christina Higgins -
   organizer)

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From bischoff.st at GMAIL.COM  Thu Aug  7 09:50:10 2008
From: bischoff.st at GMAIL.COM (s.t. bischoff)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 05:50:10 -0400
Subject: Indigenous Language Articles?
Message-ID: <THU.7.AUG.2008.055010.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Hi all,

I'll be teaching a graduate seminar on languages of North America (very
general in scope at this point) and am looking for articles to give the
students to read. I'm open to anything. If you have any ideas I'd love to
hear them. Also, if anyone has taught such a course and has suggestions,
they would be welcome.

Thanks,
Shannon
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From bernisantamaria at GMAIL.COM  Thu Aug  7 15:29:35 2008
From: bernisantamaria at GMAIL.COM (Bernadette Santamaria)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 08:29:35 -0700
Subject: Indigenous Language Articles?
In-Reply-To: <1c1f75a20808070250w1f332457gcb9c1cfeb188182f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.7.AUG.2008.082935.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Shannon:  I have taught White Mountain Apache language at the UofA in the
Critical Languages Program. There's not a lot of grammar books, curricula,
or documentation on the Western Apache languages and everyone seems to
believe that all Apache groups have one language which is untrue.  I would
be willing to respond to questions that you may have if I can answer. Our
languages should be included in any discussions on Indigenous languages of
the US because the Apache nations of several states, if populations are
combined as other tribes do for the census, are among the top ten in totals
and also, the Southwestern tribes are the core groups that comprise the
Indigenous languages that are still used among their children, a common
measure often utilized to describe languages that are classified in the "A"
category (or stronger than others) and that have younger fluent speakers
than other Indigenous groups.

Berni

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 2:50 AM, s.t. bischoff <bischoff.st at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'll be teaching a graduate seminar on languages of North America (very
> general in scope at this point) and am looking for articles to give the
> students to read. I'm open to anything. If you have any ideas I'd love to
> hear them. Also, if anyone has taught such a course and has suggestions,
> they would be welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Shannon
>
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From hsouter at GMAIL.COM  Thu Aug  7 16:04:45 2008
From: hsouter at GMAIL.COM (Heather Souter)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:04:45 -0500
Subject: Indigenous Language Articles?
In-Reply-To: <1c1f75a20808070250w1f332457gcb9c1cfeb188182f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.7.AUG.2008.110445.0500.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Taanshi, Shannon,

My name is Heather Souter.  I am a Michif (Metis) from Camperville,
Manitoba, Canada and an emerging speaker of Michif (the mixed language as
spoken in North Dakota (Turtle Mountain Reservation), Montana (Rocky Boy
Reservation), communities in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and some other provinces
of Western Canada. I am also a language activist and graduate student.  I
work with my auntie and other elders here, doing both documentation and
research.  I have attended ALIDI, CILLDI, U of K in Lawrence, KS (where Dr.
Akira Yamamoto was teaching until recently).  I will be starting a degree
program at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta this fall.  If any of
your students happen to be interested in Michif an/or its origins, please
feel free to contact me. BTW, I use video Skype and would be pleased to
answer any questions I can for individual students or your class as a whole.

Eekoshi pitamaa.

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 4:50 AM, s.t. bischoff <bischoff.st at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'll be teaching a graduate seminar on languages of North America (very
> general in scope at this point) and am looking for articles to give the
> students to read. I'm open to anything. If you have any ideas I'd love to
> hear them. Also, if anyone has taught such a course and has suggestions,
> they would be welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Shannon
>
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From wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU  Thu Aug  7 20:32:07 2008
From: wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU (William J Poser)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:32:07 -0400
Subject: Indigenous Language Articles?
In-Reply-To: <1c1f75a20808070250w1f332457gcb9c1cfeb188182f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.7.AUG.2008.163207.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Not an article exactly, but for such a course you'll very likely
want a map showing where the languages are. By far the best such map
in my opinion is the one in the back pocket of Volume 17 of the Handbook
of North American Indians, created by Ives Goddard at the Smithsonian.
The map actually comes in two versions. There is a wall-sized version that
is available from Amazon.com. However, that tends to get beat up (I haven't
found a place that can laminate my copy), and students can't really make
out much if you put it up at the front of a classroom. It is also possible
to buy the smaller version of the map that comes with the Handbook, but
Amazon.com and such places appear not to carry the small version. For the
small version, you need to go to the publisher, which is the University of
Nebraska Press. They not only have both versions, but their price for the
wall-sized version was much lower than the price elsewhere the last time
I checked. The small version is cheap enough (around $5.00) that you can
provide one for every student if your class isn't too large.

Bill


From bischoff.st at GMAIL.COM  Thu Aug  7 23:19:06 2008
From: bischoff.st at GMAIL.COM (s.t. bischoff)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:19:06 -0400
Subject: Indigenous Language Articles?
In-Reply-To: <20080807203208.037C5B246D@lorax.ldc.upenn.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.7.AUG.2008.191906.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Thanks William, that is a really good idea. I have the Volume and love the
map, I've been meaning to frame it. I will certainly use in the class now
that I know you can buy it.

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 4:32 PM, William J Poser <wjposer at ldc.upenn.edu>wrote:

> Not an article exactly, but for such a course you'll very likely
> want a map showing where the languages are. By far the best such map
> in my opinion is the one in the back pocket of Volume 17 of the Handbook
> of North American Indians, created by Ives Goddard at the Smithsonian.
> The map actually comes in two versions. There is a wall-sized version that
> is available from Amazon.com. However, that tends to get beat up (I haven't
> found a place that can laminate my copy), and students can't really make
> out much if you put it up at the front of a classroom. It is also possible
> to buy the smaller version of the map that comes with the Handbook, but
> Amazon.com and such places appear not to carry the small version. For the
> small version, you need to go to the publisher, which is the University of
> Nebraska Press. They not only have both versions, but their price for the
> wall-sized version was much lower than the price elsewhere the last time
> I checked. The small version is cheap enough (around $5.00) that you can
> provide one for every student if your class isn't too large.
>
> Bill
>
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From David.Lewis at GRANDRONDE.ORG  Thu Aug  7 23:42:32 2008
From: David.Lewis at GRANDRONDE.ORG (David Lewis)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:42:32 -0700
Subject: Indigenous Language Articles?
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I recommend this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Oregon-Native-Languages-Gross/dp/0870711938/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218152454&sr=8-1

 

Teaching Oregon Languages, published in 2007. I have a chapter in the book. It's a pretty good overview of the subject. 

 

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Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

Office 503.879.1634

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From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of s.t. bischoff
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 2:50 AM
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Subject: [ILAT] Indigenous Language Articles?

 

Hi all,

I'll be teaching a graduate seminar on languages of North America (very general in scope at this point) and am looking for articles to give the students to read. I'm open to anything. If you have any ideas I'd love to hear them. Also, if anyone has taught such a course and has suggestions, they would be welcome. 

Thanks,
Shannon

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From rtroike at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sat Aug  9 05:08:36 2008
From: rtroike at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Rudy Troike)
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 22:08:36 -0700
Subject: Indigenous Language Articles?
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Shannon,

    I was going to suggest Vol. 17 of the Handbook of North American Indians,
but Bill beat me to it. I've used Harry Hoijer's Linguistic Structures of
Native America, originally published by the Viking Fund, for such a course,
but I don't know if it is still available anywhere. If available, I'd
definitely suggest the introductions to Boas' Handbook and Powell's work,
which were reprinted together by, I believe, Nebraska U Press, in a paperback
some years ago. Both still bear reading for historical purposes, since
newcomers tend to focus on the latest work and overlook the state of knowledge
in the past. I also always require Edward Sapir's famous article "Time 
Depth in
Aboriginal North America", which was reprinted in David Mandelbaum's valuable
collection, Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and
Personality (the original edition, not the stripped-down reprinting). Sapir's
Encyclopedia Britannica article, which sets forth his superstock 
classification,
also deserves inclusion as a framework for much subsequent comparative work
and the basis for much still-ongoing discussion.

    Rudy


From sissela at YAHOO.COM  Sat Aug  9 17:31:24 2008
From: sissela at YAHOO.COM (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Donna_A._Williams?=)
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 10:31:24 -0700
Subject: Anishinaabemowin Distance Instructor sought for Sault College
 (Canada)
Message-ID: <SAT.9.AUG.2008.103124.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

(Apologies for cross-postings)
(NB: "Since this position is for a distance education course, the location
of the instructor is not an issue." Candidates located in US welcome.)

Sault College is looking for a part-time instructor for the course,
Anishinaabemowin – Conversational, to be offered via Contact North (distance
education).
http://www.saultc.on.ca/Programs/1033.asp
http://www.saultc.on.ca/Academics/ContinuingEducation/DistanceEducation/CN_FAQ.asp

Course Description
This course will concentrate on conversation key sentences, to use at work
or in a social setting. The double vowel method is used. The four language
skills: listening, speaking, writing and reading will be incorporated into
each lesson. There will be a variety of activities and interaction with
other students. The environment will be both entertaining and educational,
thus giving a sense of pride in learning this beautiful language. A portion
of the course lessons will be in the basic Medicine Wheel Teachings. Our
goal is to regain and retain Anishinaabemowin language and culture.

Qualifications
·       B.A. in English/ Communications or Sciences
·       3 years proven teaching experience, preferably with adults
·       Active participation in Aboriginal life, culture, and language
·       Experience with Blackboard, WebCT or other Learning Management
System an asset
·       Proficient computer skills (i.e. Word processing, email, Internet)
·       Strong human relations, organization and verbal/written
communication skills
·       A recognized language certificate – Anishinaabemowin will be
considered an asset.
Since this position is for a distance education course, the location of the
instructor is not an issue.
Salary is commensurate with education and experience.


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sat Aug  9 18:31:11 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 11:31:11 -0700
Subject: Indigenous Language Articles?
In-Reply-To: <20080808220836.2z4jnk0w88cggs0s@www.email.arizona.edu>
Message-ID: <SAT.9.AUG.2008.113111.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Just a few entries here taking an endangered language approach...
McCarty, Teresa L. and Ofelia Zepeda (eds.). (1998). Indigenous Language Use
and Change in the Americas. International Journal of the Sociology of 
Language,
Vol. 132. Mouton de Gruyter.
Nettle, Daniel and Suzanne Romaine. (2000). Vanishing Voices: the 
extinction of
the world's languages. Oxford. 

Be sure to see the archived articles at the Teaching Indigenous Languages web
page:
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/TIL.html
Many such more elsewhere...
Phil
UofA
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sat Aug  9 18:38:07 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 11:38:07 -0700
Subject: Land handover a dream (fwd link)
Message-ID: <SAT.9.AUG.2008.113807.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Land handover a dream

Caitriona Murtagh
Thursday, August 7, 2008
© The Cairns Post
Australia

FIFTY-eight years have passed since Kaanju elder Allan Creek was born in a tin
shed by a dusty Coen road.

Then, Aboriginal ownership of Cape York land was unheard of.

Access full article below:
http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2008/08/07/6063_local-news.html


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sat Aug  9 19:10:46 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:10:46 -0700
Subject: UN rights officials call on countries to back declaration on
 indigenous peoples (fwd)
Message-ID: <SAT.9.AUG.2008.121046.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

UN rights officials call on countries to back declaration on indigenous peoples

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27640&Cr=Indigenous&Cr1=

8 August 2008 – Two senior United Nations human rights officials called today
for political commitment from States and the support of the public at large to
fulfill the rights of indigenous peoples around the globe, in a joint statement
released on the eve of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People.

Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang and the Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of
indigenous people. S. James Anaya, both lauded the adoption of the Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples last year by the General Assembly, but said
that it “will not in itself change the everyday lives of the men, women and
children whose rights it champions.”

“For this we need the political commitment of States, international cooperation,
and the support and good will of the public at large, to create and implement a
range of intensely practical programmes, designed and undertaken in
consultation with indigenous peoples themselves,” they said.

The Declaration lays down minimum standards for the survival, dignity and
well-being of the world’s estimated 5,000 indigenous groups, comprising as many
as 370 million people.

In a separate statement, Mr. Anaya expressed his concern at reports of arbitrary
displacement and other abuses suffered by members of the Charco la Pava
community, which is part of the Ngöbe indigenous community in Bocas del Toro
Province in Panama, where the construction of a hydroelectric project, called
CHAN 75, is taking place.

“I observe with concern the human rights violations suffered by members of the
Charco la Pava community, such as arbitrary displacement from their lands, loss
of housing and destruction of agricultural crops, and other abuses such as the
excessive use of force and detaining of members of the community that have
opposed the construction of the hydroelectric project, including women and
children.”

Mr. Anaya said he was concerned that the situation was deteriorating, and that,
given the presence of an armed police force in the area, the situation could
worsen. He said he had information that the AES Changuinola Company was moving
ahead without the control or the supervision of the government authorities.

He added that the project could result in the complete flooding of the Charco la
Pava community, without obtaining their informed consent.

In another development today, the UN refugee agency said that forced
displacement was devastating the lives of indigenous people in Colombia.

“There are around a million indigenous people in Colombia, belonging to more
than 80 different Indian-American groups with over 60 separate languages.
Nearly all of these groups have been victims of forced displacement or are
threatened by it as a result of the internal armed conflict,” Ron Redmond,
spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said today. Mr.
Redmond added that every year between 10,000 and 20,000 indigenous people are
registered by national authorities after being forced to flee from their lands,
stressing that the economic, social and cultural survival of indigenous
communities depends on their very strong links with their ancestral land.

“In many cases, losing their territory and moving into the entirely foreign
environment of the cities threatens the very survival of the group and its
individual members,” he said.

Also on the eve of the International Day, the UN Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) said that indigenous peoples were especially vulnerable to
the effects of climate change.

“Indigenous peoples are among the first to suffer from increasingly harsh and
erratic weather conditions, and a generalized lack of empowerment to claim
goods and services to which other population groups have greater access,”
Regina Laub, FAO focal point for indigenous peoples, said today.

FAO stressed that indigenous peoples also had a critical role to play in
supporting global adaptation to climate change.

“Indigenous communities are often the custodians of unique knowledge and skills,
and the genetic and biological diversity in plant and animal production that may
be vital in adapting to climate change. Approximately 80 per cent of the world’s
remaining biodiversity is found within indigenous peoples’ territories,” the
agency said.

Also today, the UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said that
indigenous people all over the world are stewards of an immense wealth of
diversity and that their existence is crucial to sustaining development in the
countries where they live.

Speaking at an event in New York to commemorate the International Day, she said
the UN was firmly committed to promoting and protecting the rights of every
human being – regardless of background, creed or culture.


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sat Aug  9 19:15:05 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:15:05 -0700
Subject: Protect, Promote Endangered Languages...
Message-ID: <SAT.9.AUG.2008.121505.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Article quote:

"As 2008 is the International Year of Languages, this International Day is also
an opportunity to recognize the silent crisis confronting many of the world’s
languages, the overwhelming majority of which are indigenous peoples’
languages.  The loss of these languages would not only weaken the world’s
cultural diversity, but also our collective knowledge as a human race.  I call
on States, indigenous peoples, the United Nations system and all relevant
actors to take immediate steps to protect and promote endangered languages and
to ensure the safe passage of this shared heritage to future generations."

PROTECT, PROMOTE ENDANGERED LANGUAGES, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IN MESSAGE
FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/sgsm11715.doc.htm


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sat Aug  9 19:17:59 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:17:59 -0700
Subject: Whistler centre preserves ancient traditions of Lil'wat,
 Squamish nations (fwd link)
Message-ID: <SAT.9.AUG.2008.121759.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Whistler centre preserves ancient traditions of Lil'wat, Squamish nations

Aug 09, 2008 04:30 AM
Jim Byers
Staff Reporter

whistler, B.C.–It was only a few decades ago that Shawnna Apodaca and other
Squamish people faced cultural extinction. They were forbidden to speak their
native language or continue their traditional artistry of basket-weaving and
wood-carving.

Access full article below:
http://www.thestar.com/Travel/article/473418


From dzo at BISHARAT.NET  Sat Aug  9 20:23:27 2008
From: dzo at BISHARAT.NET (Donald Z. Osborn)
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:23:27 +0800
Subject: "Ban Ki-Moon calls for protection of all endangered languages"
Message-ID: <SUN.10.AUG.2008.042327.0800.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

This item from Mathaba News Network may be of interest:


Ban calls for protection of all endangered languages
Posted: 2008/08/09
From: MNN
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=601474

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the International  
Day of the World's Indigenous People, August 9, 2008 called on States,  
indigenous peoples, the UN system and all relevant actors to take  
immediate steps to protect and promote endangered languages.

"In 1994, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 9 August as  
the International Day of the World's Indigenous People.

There were many reasons for this decision, but the fundamental  
motivation was the Assembly's recognition of the need to place the  
United Nations clearly and strongly behind the promotion and  
protection of the rights of indigenous peoples, in order to put an end  
to their marginalization, their extreme poverty, the expropriation of  
their traditional lands and the other grave human rights abuses they  
have faced and continue to encounter.

Indeed, the suffering of indigenous peoples includes some of the  
darkest episodes in human history," he said in his message according  
to UN Information Center.

"Important as it was, proclamation of the day was only a prelude to a  
greater milestone: last fall's adoption by the General Assembly of the  
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Declaration is a  
visionary step towards addressing the human rights of indigenous  
peoples.

It sets out a framework on which states can build or rebuild their  
relationships with indigenous peoples.

The result of more than two decades of negotiations, it provides a  
momentous opportunity for states and indigenous peoples to strengthen  
their relationships, promote reconciliation, and ensure that the past  
is not repeated.

I encourage Member States and indigenous peoples to come together in a  
spirit of mutual respect, and make use of the Declaration as the  
living document it is so that it has a real and positive effect  
throughout the world.

"As 2008 is the International Year of Languages, this International  
Day is also an opportunity to recognize the silent crisis confronting  
many of the world's languages, the overwhelming majority of which are  
indigenous peoples' languages.

The loss of these languages would not only weaken the world's cultural  
diversity, but also our collective knowledge as a human race.

I call on States, indigenous peoples, the UN system and all relevant  
actors to take immediate steps to protect and promote endangered  
languages, and to ensure the safe passage of this shared heritage to  
future generations." --IRNA

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Mon Aug 11 17:16:45 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:16:45 -0700
Subject: Land gives indigenous people health (fwd link)
Message-ID: <MON.11.AUG.2008.101645.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Land gives indigenous people health

Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Desert Knowledge CRC
Australia

There is mounting scientific evidence that keeping the connection that
Aboriginal people have with their traditional country strong can make an
important contribution in the fight against the epidemic of chronic disease and
social dislocation.

Access full article below:
http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20081208-17778-2.html


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Mon Aug 11 17:22:30 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:22:30 -0700
Subject: Caught in the grips of linguistic paranoia (fwd link)
Message-ID: <MON.11.AUG.2008.102230.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Caught in the grips of linguistic paranoia

OP-ED
By Nataly Kelly
August 11, 2008

WHAT MAKES the largest military power on earth tremble in its boots? What causes
an entire nation of people - the majority of whom descended from non-English
speakers - to shudder in fear? What provokes outrage at debates and town hall
meetings in the current presidential campaign? Language, that's what.

Access full article below:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/08/11/caught_in_the_grips_of_linguistic_paranoia/


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Mon Aug 11 18:46:28 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:46:28 -0700
Subject: The Esselen Puzzle: Re-learning a dead language (fwd media link)
Message-ID: <MON.11.AUG.2008.114628.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Intern Edition Summer 2008

The Esselen Puzzle: Re-learning a dead language
One woman's fight to revive her native language

Reported by Sarah Whites-Koditschek
Produced by Ben Phelps-Rohrs

Listen Now (media link)

57-year-old Louise Ramirez studied Spanish in ninth grade but she never mastered
it and she couldn't roll her Rs. Learning Esselen is different, she says, in
part, because she's just about the only tribe member learning more than a few
words, and there's no one around to correct her pronunciation.

Access NPR media link below:
http://www.npr.org/about/nextgen/internedition/sum08/esselen.html


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Aug 12 17:16:52 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:16:52 -0700
Subject: International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (fwd link)
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International Day of the World’s Indigenous People

Posted: Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 9:50 (EST)
Australia

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Tom Calma,
has urged governments to fund and resource the protection and promotion of
Indigenous languages, as part of this year’s International Day of the World's
Indigenous People (9 August).

“The theme of this year’s International Day of the World's Indigenous People is
the protection and promotion of the world’s endangered languages, which is
especially relevant to Australia, whose Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
languages are under threat of extinction,” Commissioner Calma said.

Access full article below:
http://au.christiantoday.com/article/international-day-of-the-worlds-indigenous-people/4075.htm


From bischoff.st at GMAIL.COM  Tue Aug 12 19:48:14 2008
From: bischoff.st at GMAIL.COM (s.t. bischoff)
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:48:14 -0400
Subject: # of Indigenous Languages today?
Message-ID: <TUE.12.AUG.2008.154814.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Hi all,

Is there a reference for the number of Indigenous languages spoken today in
North or South America?  I've run across several figures from the early
1990s, but I'm wondering if there is anything more recent. I recall a
possible post similar to this earlier...sorry if it was addressed there.

Thanks,
Shannon
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From sgehr at KARUK.US  Tue Aug 12 18:48:28 2008
From: sgehr at KARUK.US (Susan Gehr)
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:48:28 -0700
Subject: Employment Opportunity: Karuk Language Program Coordinator
Message-ID: <TUE.12.AUG.2008.114828.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Reminder: The application deadline is 5pm, Friday August 22nd.

Update: We still haven¹t gotten official word, but that is a good sign.

Ayukîi:

We¹re looking to hire a coordinator for the Language Program who would start
later this year, contingent on the funding of our 2008-2011 project proposal
from ANA.  I hope to continue on in a tribal linguist role.

The application deadline is August 22nd, with interviews to take place in
early September.  Contingent on the receipt of an official funding letter,
the coordinator could potentially begin work on September 30th, the first
day of the project.

The ANA proposal¹s project title is the Karuk Master / Apprentice
Documentation Project.  The goal of the project is to document elder and
fluent speakers using younger learners to record spoken language that will
be used to update the dictionary, capture variations in Karuk language among
different villages, and share spoken Karuk via video podcast.  The project
will also be recruiting 5 Karuk master speakers and 5 apprentices.

To see the job description, follow this link:
http://www.karuk.us/jobs/pdf/Language.pdf

To get information on how to apply, follow this link:
http://www.karuk.us/jobs/

Call or write me if you want more project-related information.

Yôotva,
-- 
Susan Gehr
Karuk Language Program Director
Karuk Tribe of California
PO Box 1016, Happy Camp, CA 96039
(800) 505-2785 x2205  NEW FAX # (530) 493-1658

Karuk Language Resources on the Web - http://www.karuk.org/
Karuk Section of William Bright's Site - http://ncidc.org/bright/karuk.html
Karuk Dictionary - http://dictionary.karuk.org/


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From enviro.design at YAHOO.COM  Wed Aug 13 13:27:48 2008
From: enviro.design at YAHOO.COM (Sandra Gaskell)
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:27:48 -0700
Subject: Fw: [ASNJ] New Tower of Babel?
Message-ID: <WED.13.AUG.2008.062748.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

forwarding this article about the Native people I am related to...member New Jersey Archaeological Society and Society California Archaeology...
This is from the list serve...
 
Sandra Gaskell, RPA, MS, MA 
Registered Professional Archaeologist 
ARC Archaeology Resources & Culture 
Speech & Language Therapist 
Glazing Contractor CA C17-862592 since 1986 
4986 7th Street @ Bullion 
P. O. Box 1881, Mariposa CA 95338 
(209) 614-2505 , (209) 846-0157 fax
2808 Espana Lane, Modesto, CA 95355
enviro.design at yahoo.com 
arcresours at gmail.com 
www.enviro-design.org
www.arcresours.com
 



----- Forwarded Message ----
From: "Becker, Marshall" <mbecker at wcupa.edu>
To: Anvilbangr <anvilbangr at aol.com>
Cc: ASNJ at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 11:36:08 AM
Subject: RE: [ASNJ] New Tower of Babel?


Seems that the various natives speaking their traditional languages met on saturday, when I could join them. The claimant "Lenape" group from Penna (ask Jim Rementer about them) met on sunday, a date for which I had a previous commitment. From what I have been told, none of the people in this claimant group have any document relationship with any native peoples, although the claims vary. They do have a website.
 
Best to all - MArshall

________________________________
From: ASNJ at yahoogroups. com on behalf of Anvilbangr
Sent: Mon 8/11/2008 10:42 AM
To: asnj at yahoogroups. com
Subject: [ASNJ] New Tower of Babel?


Reporting on a recent "Native Language Crisis Conference", an August 11th item in 'News From Indian Country' informs us:
 
"Language workers from the Miccosukke, Chichti Pueblo, Lakota, Miami, Sac and Fox, Apache/Chicana, Yuchi, Euchee, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Snqwiiqwo Salish, Maliseet, Shawnee, Kashaya, Navajo, Munda, Kallawaya, Maori, Sami, Hnahno, Turkic and LENAPE/DELAWARE (emphasis mine) languages came together to talk of the urgency of revitalization, best practices, new technologies and recognizing the roles of linguists and non-Native educators." 
 
(My question: wonder what language they used to speak to one another  as they "came together to talk" of all these portentuous affairs? H-m-m-m-m... .)
 
************ *
 
NJ Lenape "buffs" and others may enjoy further some au courant beliefs and activities of the Native Person participants:
 
" ....The Lenape’s homeland spanned thousands of acres across New Jersey and Pennsylvania for more than 10,000 years. They were pushed from their homelands to Wisconsin and Kansas, southwest to Oklahoma and northward to Canada. 
The English called them Delaware, likely because the people centered around the Lenape Sipu which became called the Delaware River. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, about 16,000 people across America say they are descendants of the Lenape.... "
"....People of the Lenape came from the Delaware Nation of Oklahoma, the Moravian Band Delaware Nation in Ontario, the Delaware Nation in Thamesville, Ontario, the Stockbridge- Munsee Band of Mohicans in Wisconsin and the Delaware Tribe of Indians in Anadarko, Oklahoma.... "
"...The Lenape presenters are discussing how to provide Lenape language curriculum to schools in Pennsylvania and New Jersey...." 
Kawliga
 
 
 
 
 

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From: mona at ALLIESMEDIAART.COM (Mona Smith)
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:59:03 -0500
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Subject: 	[Dakota-net] Tribe Declares State of Emergency
Date: 	Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:43:50 -0500 (CDT)
From: 	Tammy DeCoteau <tdc.aaia at verizon.net>
Organization: 	Assoc on American Indian Affairs
To: 	dakota-net at mail.socsci.umn.edu



Executive Proclamation
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Office of the Tribal Chairman

Whereas, the Tribal Council of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, by and through its authority vested by the Revised Constitution and By-laws adopted Resolution No. SW-08-079; and

Whereas, by that resolution the Tribal Council of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Lake Traverse Reservation declared that the Dakota language embodies the life, culture and identity of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate and revitalization is paramount to the survival of our Nation; and,

Whereas, the Tribal Council of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Lake Traverse Reservation recognized the importance of revitalizing the Dakota language and declared that it will be recognized as the first language of the people of the Lake Traverse Reservation and we must eliminate the disparity between the use of English and the Dakota language; and

Whereas, in this year, 2008, from January through this date, nine — and possibly more — of our fluent treasured elders have went on their journey to the spirit world representing a loss to the Oyate of nine percent (9%) of the entire population of our fluent treasured elders: 

Now, Therefore, I, Michael I. Selvage Sr., Tribal Chairman of  the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, do hereby proclaim a Dakota Language Crisis and further declare that the Dakota language is in a state of emergency.


In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, on the Lake Traverse Reservation, in Agency Village, South Dakota, this 30th day of July, 2008.
   




/s/Michael I. Selvage Sr., Tribal Chairman


Tammy DeCoteau
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Subject: Call to protect mother tongues (fwd link)
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Call to protect mother tongues

KATHMANDU, Aug. 13: It has been stressed that mother tongues spoken by various
communities should be protected, promoted and used in the administrative works
as well, citing the reason that Nepal is a multilingual country and federal
system is being launched here.

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Garrett announces $37m indigenous funds

August 14, 2008 - 12:02PM
Australia

Federal Arts Minister Peter Garrett has announced $37 million in funding for
indigenous arts and culture, saying they touch and resonate with people all
over the world.

Mr Garrett says it will go to indigenous arts, cultural, languages and
broadcasting programs Australia-wide in 2008-09.

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TORONTO, August 13, 2008 -- Many of the 50 Aboriginal languages spoken in Canada may be included in graduate work at York University as it becomes the first postsecondary institution in Canada to officially sanction graduate thesis work in languages other than English and French.
 Starting this fall, graduate students at York can complete and defend a major paper, project, thesis or dissertation in French or in the language of Aboriginal people in North America. Interested students must first receive confirmation from the director of the graduate program concerned that relevant supervision and sufficient support can be provided. The change in the Faculty of Graduate Studies regulation on language was approved by the Committee on Curriculum & Academic Standards of the Senate of York University and reported to Senate this past spring. Proposed initially by the graduate program in York’s Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES), the successful amendment to the language requirement follows years of discussion and research by FES Dean Barbara Rahder and Anders Sandberg, associate dean and professor of environmental studies, among others. "Several years ago, I was approached by two graduate students who wanted to write their graduate theses in their native language [Míkmawísimk]," said Rahder. “They were both passionate about the importance of Aboriginal languages and wanted to create a path for future students to follow.”Rahder discussed the topic with interested students and faculty members and determined that there would be considerable support for the initiative. She also surveyed the academic scene to determine if precedents had been set by universities in North America for Aboriginal languages. While Trent University in Peterborough, Ont. and St. Mary’s University in Halifax, NS, had limited provisions for undergraduate and master’s level study, Rahder found there were no formal precedents in Canada. Rahder and Sandberg developed a mechanism for appointing a supervisor for master’s level students interested in completing their work in French or a First Nations language. They also considered the conundrum of the PhD dissertation and the requirement for a doctoral candidate to defend their work before a panel of expert examiners appointed by the University.“How could we create that same environment in a dissertation defense where there would be provisions for speakers and non-speakers that would allow people to ask questions in either language,” Rahder said.There are 50 languages spoken by Canada’s First Nations peoples that belong to 11 major families. A survey completed for the most recent Atlas of Canada map published in 1996 shows that many of these languages are in danger of extinction. The map illustrates that while some languages are strong and viable, others are small and vulnerable to extinction. The three largest families represent 93 per cent of people with an Aboriginal mother tongue and include the Algonquin, Inuktitut and Athapaskan languages. “The Faculty of Environmental Studies thought it was very important to create a way for people to work in their language,” Rahder said. “I surveyed other scholars in Canada and it sparked an interesting debate on how we could retain the academic integrity of graduate studies.”Once the proposal was approved by the Faculty of Environmental Studies’ Council, it was expanded to include all graduate studies programs at York. Members of the council noted that the proposal had implications for York students studying American Sign Language, and that scholars who graduate after accessing the language option could then become facilitators, supervisors and committee members. For Rahder, the formal adoption of the motion marks a new era in graduate studies at York University. “There are many living languages, cultures and knowledge that are on the brink of extinction,” said Rahder. “This is one way of helping preserve that knowledge.”York University is the leading interdisciplinary research and teaching university in Canada. York offers a modern, academic experience at the undergraduate and graduate level in Toronto, Canada’s most international city. The third largest university in the country, York is host to a dynamic academic community of 50,000 students and 7,000 faculty and staff, as well as more than 200,000 alumni worldwide. York’s 11 faculties and 24 research centres conduct ambitious, groundbreaking research that is interdisciplinary, cutting across traditional academic boundaries. This distinctive and collaborative approach is preparing students for the future and bringing fresh insights and solutions to real-world challenges. York University is an autonomous, not-for-profit corporation.-30-Media contact:Killeen Kelly, Media Relations, York University, 416 736 2100 x22938 /

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Table of contents:

Fw: [ASNJ] New Tower of Babel? 
[Fwd: [Dakota-net] Tribe Declares State of Emergency] 

Fw: [ASNJ] New Tower of Babel? 

Fw: [ASNJ] New Tower of Babel? (08/13)From: Sandra Gaskell <enviro.design at YAHOO.COM>
[Fwd: [Dakota-net] Tribe Declares State of Emergency] 

[Fwd: [Dakota-net] Tribe Declares State of Emergency] (08/13)From: Mona Smith <mona at ALLIESMEDIAART.COM>


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forwarding this article about the Native people I am related to...member New Jersey Archaeological Society and Society California Archaeology...
 
This is from the list serve... 
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Seems that the various natives speaking their traditional languages met on saturday, when I could join them. The claimant "Lenape" group from Penna (ask Jim Rementer about them) met on sunday, a date for which I had a previous commitment. From what I have been told, none of the people in this claimant group have any document relationship with any native peoples, although the claims vary. They do have a website.
 
Best to all - MArshall


From: ASNJ at yahoogroups. com on behalf of AnvilbangrSent: Mon 8/11/2008 10:42 AMTo: asnj at yahoogroups. comSubject: [ASNJ] New Tower of Babel?





Reporting on a recent "Native Language Crisis Conference", an August 11th item in 'News From Indian Country' informs us:
 
"Language workers from the Miccosukke, Chichti Pueblo, Lakota, Miami, Sac and Fox, Apache/Chicana, Yuchi, Euchee, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Snqwiiqwo Salish, Maliseet, Shawnee, Kashaya, Navajo, Munda, Kallawaya, Maori, Sami, Hnahno, Turkic and LENAPE/DELAWARE (emphasis mine) languages came together to talk of the urgency of revitalization, best practices, new technologies and recognizing the roles of linguists and non-Native educators." 
 
(My question: wonder what language they used to speak to one another  as they "came together to talk" of all these portentuous affairs? H-m-m-m-m... .)
 
************ *
 
NJ Lenape "buffs" and others may enjoy further some au courant beliefs and activities of the Native Person participants:
 

" ....The Lenapeʼs homeland spanned thousands of acres across New Jersey and Pennsylvania for more than 10,000 years. They were pushed from their homelands to Wisconsin and Kansas, southwest to Oklahoma and northward to Canada. 
The English called them Delaware, likely because the people centered around the Lenape Sipu which became called the Delaware River. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, about 16,000 people across America say they are descendants of the Lenape.... "
"....People of the Lenape came from the Delaware Nation of Oklahoma, the Moravian Band Delaware Nation in Ontario, the Delaware Nation in Thamesville, Ontario, the Stockbridge- Munsee Band of Mohicans in Wisconsin and the Delaware Tribe of Indians in Anadarko, Oklahoma.... "
"...The Lenape presenters are discussing how to provide Lenape language curriculum to schools in Pennsylvania and New Jersey...." 
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--Forwarded Message Attachment--Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:59:03 -0500From: mona at ALLIESMEDIAART.COMSubject: [Fwd: [Dakota-net] Tribe Declares State of Emergency]-------- Original Message -------- 



Subject: 
[Dakota-net] Tribe Declares State of Emergency

Date: 
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:43:50 -0500 (CDT)

From: 
Tammy DeCoteau <tdc.aaia at verizon.net>

Organization: 
Assoc on American Indian Affairs

To: 
dakota-net at mail.socsci.umn.eduExecutive Proclamation
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Office of the Tribal Chairman

Whereas, the Tribal Council of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, by and through its authority vested by the Revised Constitution and By-laws adopted Resolution No. SW-08-079; and

Whereas, by that resolution the Tribal Council of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Lake Traverse Reservation declared that the Dakota language embodies the life, culture and identity of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate and revitalization is paramount to the survival of our Nation; and,

Whereas, the Tribal Council of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Lake Traverse Reservation recognized the importance of revitalizing the Dakota language and declared that it will be recognized as the first language of the people of the Lake Traverse Reservation and we must eliminate the disparity between the use of English and the Dakota language; and

Whereas, in this year, 2008, from January through this date, nine — and possibly more — of our fluent treasured elders have went on their journey to the spirit world representing a loss to the Oyate of nine percent (9%) of the entire population of our fluent treasured elders: 

Now, Therefore, I, Michael I. Selvage Sr., Tribal Chairman of  the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, do hereby proclaim a Dakota Language Crisis and further declare that the Dakota language is in a state of emergency.


In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, on the Lake Traverse Reservation, in Agency Village, South Dakota, this 30th day of July, 2008.
   




/s/Michael I. Selvage Sr., Tribal Chairman


Tammy DeCoteau
AAIA Native Language Program
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Dakota-net mailing list
Dakota-net at mail.socsci.umn.edu
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Aug 15 05:49:13 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:49:13 -0700
Subject: Linguist studies unique variant of Russian found on Kodiak Island
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Linguist studies unique variant of Russian found on Kodiak Island

Article published on Thursday, August 14th, 2008
By ERIK WANDER
Mirror Writer

A unique version of the 18th century Russian language still spoken by a handful
of people in Kodiak and Port Lions is the subject of a study by a researcher
from St. Petersburg, Russia.

Evgeny Golovko, a professor of linguistics at the Institute for Linguistic
Studies and the European University at St. Petersburg, is in Kodiak to document
what remains of an unusual variant of the Russian language before it vanishes.

Golovko, who specializes in the Native languages of Siberia, is collaborating
with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Native Language Center on a
project called Documenting Alaska Native and Neighboring Languages.

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Aug 15 16:30:16 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:30:16 -0700
Subject: Colombia's Indians risk extinction from conflict,
 drugs war and multinationals (fwd link)
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Article qoute:

"Colombia's indigenous groups speak 64 different languages and live in distinct
habitats - from remote jungle to mountainous regions - which means their plight
remains largely invisible."

Colombia's Indians risk extinction from conflict, drugs war and multinationals
15 Aug 2008 14:06:00 GMT
Written by: Anastasia Moloney
http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/46655/2008/07/15-140558-1.htm


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Aug 17 18:18:34 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:18:34 -0700
Subject: Recording oral traditions (fwd link)
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Recording oral traditions

DANIEL BOURCHIER
August 17th, 2008

Australia

A TERRITORY scientist has won a Churchill Fellowship for his work in documenting
Aboriginal names and uses for plants and animals.

Glenn Wightman, an ethnobiologist with the Natural Resources Department will
visit research centres in the United Kingdom and United States to discover how
traditional plant and animal knowledge is being preserved.

He has been working with Aboriginal woman Ada Goodman, of 15 Mile Camp, near
Palmerston, for three years to compile the most extensive written record of the
region's flora and fauna.

Mr Wightman has been working in this field for 26 years and has been involved in
recording biological knowledge of 44 Aboriginal language groups, overseeing the
publication of 24 books.

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http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2008/08/17/5266_ntnews.html


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Aug 17 19:29:37 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:29:37 -0700
Subject: Delaware traditions rekindled: Preservation program seeks to save
 tribal heritage (fwd link)
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Delaware traditions rekindled: Preservation program seeks to save tribal
heritage

By Emily Droege E-E Feature Writer

For more than two decades, Annette Ketchum witnessed her culture slowly dwindle
away. However, rather than standing by and watching the heritage of the
Delaware Indians continue to become a distant memory, she felt compelled to
save her tribe’s traditions before it became forever lost in history.

Ketchum consequently came up with a local preservation program which caters to
saving the language and cultural practices of her tribe. Officially established
this past June, the Delaware Tribe Cultural Preservation Program holds weekly
classes at the Delaware Community Center.

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http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2008/08/17/community/com985.txt


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Aug 19 06:21:00 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:21:00 -0700
Subject: Indian language textbook becomes part of state's education
 mission (fwd link)
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Indian language textbook becomes part of state's education mission

Posted: August 19, 2008
by: Rob Capriccioso

SANTA FE, N.M. - Long-talked-about efforts to infuse Native culture and language
learning in the public education system have resulted in action in New Mexico.

A textbook co-authored by Evangeline Parsons Yazzie, a Navajo professor at
Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, has been selected by the state's
education department as a high-quality resource that will soon be made
available to all school districts in the state.

State officials believe that New Mexico is the first state to adopt a Navajo
textbook for use in the American public education system.

So far, officials from 10 districts have already signed on to have teachers in
their systems use the book and its companion teaching guide. BIA schools are
also eligible to review the text and decide whether to use it starting in the
2009-10 school year.

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Aug 19 06:28:41 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:28:41 -0700
Subject: Research using Aborigines makes maths breakthrough (fwd link)
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Research using Aborigines makes maths breakthrough

The Australian
Andrew Trounson | August 19, 2008

BASIC mathematical ability appears to be innate, or hard-wired into the human
brain, according to an international study.

The research found that outback Aboriginal children with only a few number words
in their language can still "count" just as well as English-speaking children.

The results of the joint study by University College London and Melbourne
University, challenges notions that we need language in order to think and
count.

It also suggests that mathematical disabilities such as dyscalculia, the little
known maths version of dyslexia, is a genetic or neurological disorder rather
than a memory or language deficiency.

The results have been published this week in the Washington-based journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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From hardman at UFL.EDU  Tue Aug 19 13:10:59 2008
From: hardman at UFL.EDU (MJ Hardman)
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:10:59 -0400
Subject: FW: Bolivia to Open 3 Universities Teaching in Indigenous
 Languages
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Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:04:04 -0400

Subject: Bolivia to Open 3 Universities Teaching in Indigenous Languages

I just saw this and thought everyone would be interested!
 
From: 
http://chronicle.com/news/article/5003/bolivia-to-open-3-universities-teachi
ng-in-indigenous-languages
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August 15, 2008: Bolivia to Open 3 Universities Teaching in Indigenous
Languages
 
Bolivia plans to open three indigenous universities next year that will
teach in Aymara, Quechua, and Guarani, which are co-official languages in
the South American country, along with Spanish. The Bolivian president, Evo
Morales, has said the universities would help ³decolonize² the country
ideologically, culturally, socially, and economically, El Pais
<http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/Licenciados/aimara/elpepusoc/200808
15elpepusoc_1/Tes>  reports (in Spanish).
 
The plan has stirred debate among some Bolivian educators, who have
criticized the universities¹ would-be teachers as inadequately trained, and
who have worried about the limits of teaching exclusively in the local
languages.
 
The Bolivian Education and Culture Department said the universities¹
curricula would be completed by September, and so far they include subjects
such as tropical agronomy, animal husbandry, and forestry, all of them ³in
great demand.² ‹Maria José Viñas
----------------
 
Laurie N. Taylor
Digital Library Center
University of Florida Libraries
Laurien at ufl.edu 
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From: hardman at UFL.EDU (MJ Hardman)
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:17:10 -0400
Subject: Jaqi languages
Message-ID: <TUE.19.AUG.2008.091710.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Page 14 of the attached:

Announcement of a beginning grant for work with Jaqaru and Kawki, both
endangered.

Announcement of the Aymara on the Internet Program now accepted and in use
in Bolivia, where government officials, including teachers, are required to
know one of the indigenous languages.  (We've been working for something
more than three years to put on the internet the materials we developed
teaching Aymara at UF during 21 years; that it now be on the Bolivian
government server is deeply satisfying -- a giving back that we much
wanted.)

Dr. MJ Hardman
website:  http://grove.ufl.edu/~hardman/

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From reginas at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Aug 19 22:38:22 2008
From: reginas at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Regina Siquieros)
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:38:22 -0700
Subject: Indian language textbook becomes part of state's education
 mission (fwd link)
In-Reply-To: <20080818232100.ualr9lk0kwk8csg8@www.email.arizona.edu>
Message-ID: <TUE.19.AUG.2008.153822.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Dear Phil:

Please change my email address on your listserv to: rsiquieros at tocc.cc.az.us
I'm hoping I can still get the ILAT news. It's good information.

I am no longer at the university. I’ve secured a position at our Tohono
O'odham Community College (TOCC). This is my second week on the job. My first
week was spent in Lawrence, Kansas serving as TOCC’s representative at the
Tribal Colleges Forum.

Hope all is well with you. Give my regards to Alyce.

My appreciation,

Gina

Tohono O'odham Studies Instructor

Tohono O'odham Community College

Quoting phil cash cash <cashcash at email.arizona.edu>:

> Indian language textbook becomes part of state's education mission
>
> Posted: August 19, 2008
> by: Rob Capriccioso
>
> SANTA FE, N.M. - Long-talked-about efforts to infuse Native culture 
> and language
> learning in the public education system have resulted in action in 
> New Mexico.
>
> A textbook co-authored by Evangeline Parsons Yazzie, a Navajo professor at
> Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, has been selected by the state's
> education department as a high-quality resource that will soon be made
> available to all school districts in the state.
>
> State officials believe that New Mexico is the first state to adopt a Navajo
> textbook for use in the American public education system.
>
> So far, officials from 10 districts have already signed on to have 
> teachers in
> their systems use the book and its companion teaching guide. BIA schools are
> also eligible to review the text and decide whether to use it starting in the
> 2009-10 school year.
>
> Access full article below:
> http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096417985


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Wed Aug 20 17:22:56 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:22:56 -0700
Subject: Conference at IU focuses on preserving indigenous languages and
 cultures of Latin America (fwd)
Message-ID: <WED.20.AUG.2008.102256.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Last modified: Thursday, August 14, 2008

Conference at IU focuses on preserving indigenous languages and cultures of
Latin America

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 14, 2008
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/8662.html

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- More than 200 experts who study indigenous languages spoken
in Latin America will come to Indiana University's Bloomington campus today
(August 14) through Saturday for the first biennial Symposium on Teaching
Indigenous Languages of Latin America or STILLA.

Conference organizers in the IU School of Education, the IU Department of
Folklore and Ethnomusicology, and the IU Center for Latin American and
Caribbean Studies call this the first meeting of its scope in the world. The
conference brings together scholars with practitioners, activists, indigenous
leaders and others to discuss and study the region's diverse languages and
cultures. With such a cross-disciplinary group for presentations, discussions
and workshops, the organizers hope to contribute toward preserving some of the
languages.

"There are numerous indigenous languages," said Serafin Coronel-Molina,
assistant professor of language education at the IU School of Education, "but
some of them are in the process of extinction. Some languages are not taught
any more, or were never taught in a formal way, so they remain oral languages,"
he said.

Coronel-Molina is originally from Peru and a native speaker of Quechua, a
language he said is widely spoken -- by about 14 million around the Andes
mountain range.

Research reveals the peril facing many indigenous languages. The Archive of the
Indigenous Languages of Latin America at the University of Texas reports that
many of the hundreds of languages still spoken are spoken by fewer than 5,000
people.

Coronel-Molina is the founder and principal convener of STILLA. The co-conveners
are John McDowell, director of the IU Minority Languages and Cultures of Latin
America Program and professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, and Jeffrey
Gould, the director of the Central American and Mexican Video Archive Project
in the IU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The Department of
Folklore and Ethnomusicology and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean
Studies are all housed within the College of Arts and Sciences.

McDowell said the first discussions about the conference envisioned something
small, but the final product has become expansive under the leadership of
Coronel-Molina.

"The novelty of this gathering is that it integrates all of the indigenous
communities in Latin America," McDowell said. "It brings together the
Mesoamerican scene with the scene from the Andes, and really creates a kind of
crossroads. We started out thinking that we would just maybe bring professors
of Quechua and people who were active in working with Quechuan-speaking
communities. Then we started to think, 'Well, why limit it to that?'

More than 60 sessions over three days will focus on the issues surrounding Latin
American languages. Experts in fields ranging from anthropology to linguistics
to folklore will be in Bloomington from as far away as England and Argentina.
On the final day, participants will hold a teleconference with colleagues in
Peru. After this year's conference, summaries of presentations will be
published. Every two years, STILLA will go to another host campus.

Apart from the organizing IU institutions, this event is being held in
partnership and sponsorship with centers, programs and international studies
devoted to Latin America and the Caribbean regions of the following academic
institutions: University of Michigan, University of Illinois at Urbana
Champaign, University of Notre Dame, Ohio State University, University of
Chicago and University of Wisconsin.

STILLA also received monetary contributions from the IU Office of the Vice
President for International Affairs, Department of Language Education, Indiana
University Foundation, Office of the Provost, departments of History,
Anthropology, Folklore and Ethnomusicology, and Spanish and Portuguese.


From iackerman at ROSETTASTONE.COM  Wed Aug 20 17:51:44 2008
From: iackerman at ROSETTASTONE.COM (Ackerman, Ilse)
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:51:44 -0400
Subject: Arapaho K-1 language immersion school
Message-ID: <WED.20.AUG.2008.135144.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Also from July/August Cultural Survival Quarterly...

 

Endangered Native American Languages Campaign Update:


Wind River Reservation, WY -- The Northern Arapaho community is
celebrating the success of their Council of Elders administrative
team--Michelle Harris and Ryan Wilson--in building the partnerships
needed to repair a donated building for the council's K-1 language
immersion school slated to open later this month. Part of the Council's
strategic plan for language revitalization, the immersion school will
pair certified educators with elder fluent speakers in the K-1
classrooms to teach classes entirely in the Arapaho language.  
 

Wilson says Harris was instrumental in garnering local support and
donations to facilitate critical roof repairs and internal renovations
for the school.  Harris has also secured AmeriCorps volunteers for the
school for the next two years!  The Council of Elders strives to create
fluent speakers among the children in their community as there are
currently only about 150 remaining speakers of the Arapaho language. 
Read more about the campaign.
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001TXIxvz3mf1T_CN6XT7t2w9oDJ6zKnOQMngs-DnOyAcF-
NIejynjbJOklLb519mlQW8gfDMtCzfr1xpyjnxzCAMtRphVfN4BfLmMn5Imr_Ixp9YS-OLjF
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From iackerman at ROSETTASTONE.COM  Thu Aug 21 17:11:28 2008
From: iackerman at ROSETTASTONE.COM (Ackerman, Ilse)
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:11:28 -0400
Subject: petition to Congress for native language programs in ANA and HHS
 budget
Message-ID: <THU.21.AUG.2008.131128.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

 

I saw this in this month's Cultural Survival newsletter:

 

United States: Support Native Languages

Among the more than 300 original languages spoken in the United States,
only 155-175 remain.  Scholars estimate that only 20 of these remaining
indigenous languages are being transmitted to native children. Seventy
languages could vanish within the next 10 years without immediate and
significant funding for tribal language programs.  
 
Please sign our petition to Congress
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001TXIxvz3mf1RKR4E55zyhjvldztbv3AWNsnGRj3sCZAY8
M63Nh0yivvTslad_TvllZfzZ9a_juRRrBRCcKt3JKJuMjs1US2zygAoHAzE5oxWj0bZiKzAD
uN7_08k8gVwGnkFGKZmX4kD6tXZ3Z07i2g8lgF1GKizyDLLOVFYkQNmClQBQ0LNvlg==>
urging support of funding for native language programs in the FY 2009
budget of the Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health
and Human Services.  With its historic passage of the Esther Martinez
Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-394),
Congress recognized the critical funding needs of native language
revitalization efforts.  The FY 2008 budget included $2 million in
Esther Martinez Language Preservation Act funding, but several hundred
tribes must compete for these 25-45 grants.
 
Join Cultural Survival and the National Alliance to Save Native
Languages in sending the message to Congress that revitalizing native
languages is critical to native cultural identity, spirituality, and
survival, as well as to the success of native students in school and
throughout life.
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001TXIxvz3mf1RKR4E55zyhjvldztbv3AWNsnGRj3sCZAY8
M63Nh0yivvTslad_TvllZfzZ9a_juRRrBRCcKt3JKJuMjs1US2zygAoHAzE5oxWj0bZiKzAD
uN7_08k8gVwGnkFGKZmX4kD6tXZ3Z07i2g8lgF1GKizyDLLOVFYkQNmClQBQ0LNvlg==>   

Read more about the campaign.
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NIejynjbJOklLb519mlQW8gfDMtCzfr1xpyjnxzCAMtRphVfN4BfLmMn5Imr_Ixp9YS-OLjF
BCjVUTrnZCeKieusp-XDyFIjlIUEOMFE-hmDDyY2uw-C>   

 

 

 

~ ilse

 

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Rosetta Stone(r)

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    800 | 788 0822

F  540 | 432-0953 
RosettaStone.com

 

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Aug 22 17:43:05 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:43:05 -0700
Subject: Indigenous song loss 'a national crisis' (fwd link)
Message-ID: <FRI.22.AUG.2008.104305.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Indigenous song loss 'a national crisis'

Posted Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:00am AEST

A professor of Indigenous music has described the disappearance of traditional
Aboriginal songs in Australia as a national crisis.

Charles Darwin University's Professor Allan Marett was one of 20 experts who
attended a symposium on Indigenous music and dance in Darwin at the weekend.

Professor Marett has been studying Aboriginal culture for more than 20 years and
says 98 per cent of traditional songs have been lost.

Access full article below:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/18/2338346.htm


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Aug 22 17:47:17 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:47:17 -0700
Subject: Indigenous languages added to new Ecuadorian constitution (fwd
 link)
Message-ID: <FRI.22.AUG.2008.104717.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Indigenous languages added to new Ecuadorian constitution

Posted: August 22, 2008
by: Rick Kearns / Indian Country Today

QUITO, Ecuador - Ecuador could soon become the fourth country in the Western
Hemisphere to have indigenous languages included in the list of the nation's
official languages.

In late July, the National Constituent Assembly - the political entity that is
writing what could become the country's new constitution - decided to include
Quechua and Shuar, along with Spanish, as official languages. The proposed
constitution will be put to a national vote Sept. 28.

Access full article below:
http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096418033


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Aug 22 17:51:47 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:51:47 -0700
Subject: 'Can You See Me Now?' Sign Language Over Cell Phones Comes To
 United States (fwd link)
Message-ID: <FRI.22.AUG.2008.105147.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

'Can You See Me Now?' Sign Language Over Cell Phones Comes To United States

ScienceDaily (Aug. 21, 2008) — A group at the University of Washington has
developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing
Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone. UW engineers got the phones
working together this spring, and recently received a National Science
Foundation grant for a 20-person field project that will begin next year in
Seattle.

Access full article below:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080821164609.htm


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Aug 22 18:19:35 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:19:35 -0700
Subject: Cofán Indians help map rain forest,
 produce DVDs on disappearing tribal traditions (fwd link)
Message-ID: <FRI.22.AUG.2008.111935.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Cofán Indians help map rain forest, produce DVDs on disappearing tribal
traditions

Discovery of oil in their South American territory changed tribal life, and
they've asked the Field Museum to help

By William Mullen | Chicago Tribune reporter
10:03 PM CDT, August 3, 2008

An amused smile spread across the face of Martín Criollo as the 30-year-old
Cofán Indian from a remote South American reserve looked over a collection of
artifacts in the anthropological storage area of the Field Museum.

He had spotted one of his own shirts, a loose-fitting traditional garment called
a cushma.

"I literally took it off his back when we were in Ecuador last year,"
sociologist Daniel Brinkmeier said. "It was a good example of typical but
traditional clothing, so I asked Martín if we could buy it."

The Cofán are a rain forest tribe that barely had contact with the outside world
until an American company struck oil on their land in 1966. Since then, members
have struggled to hang on to their lands, traditions and culture in the face of
the invading 20th and 21st Centuries.

Tribal leaders have enlisted the Field Museum in their effort, inviting
Brinkmeier and two other museum scientists to Ecuador last year to gather and
preserve about 100 Cofán artifacts, including beadwork, feathered shamanic
headdresses, wooden flutes, ceramic griddles, blowguns, darts and spears.

Access full article below:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-cofan-04-aug04,0,7807850.story


From CRANEM at ECU.EDU  Fri Aug 22 19:36:51 2008
From: CRANEM at ECU.EDU (Bizzaro, Resa Crane)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:36:51 -0400
Subject: Address change
Message-ID: <FRI.22.AUG.2008.153651.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Sorry to disturb everyone on the list.
 
Phil--can you contact me offline?  My address is Resa.Bizzaro @ iup.edu
 
Thanks.
 
Resa
 

________________________________

From: Indigenous Languages and Technology on behalf of phil cash cash
Sent: Fri 8/22/2008 1:43 PM
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: [ILAT] Indigenous song loss 'a national crisis' (fwd link)



Indigenous song loss 'a national crisis'

Posted Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:00am AEST

A professor of Indigenous music has described the disappearance of traditional
Aboriginal songs in Australia as a national crisis.

Charles Darwin University's Professor Allan Marett was one of 20 experts who
attended a symposium on Indigenous music and dance in Darwin at the weekend.

Professor Marett has been studying Aboriginal culture for more than 20 years and
says 98 per cent of traditional songs have been lost.

Access full article below:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/18/2338346.htm


From nflrc at HAWAII.EDU  Fri Aug 22 23:06:16 2008
From: nflrc at HAWAII.EDU (National Foreign Language Resource Center)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:06:16 -1000
Subject: REMINDER: 1st International Conference on Language Documentation
 and Conservation (ICLDC) Call for Proposals deadline September 15
Message-ID: <FRI.22.AUG.2008.130616.1000.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Apologies for any cross-postings . . .


1st International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation:
Supporting Small Languages Together.
Honolulu, Hawai'i, March 12-14, 2009
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ICLDC09

It has been a decade since Himmelmann's article on language documentation
appeared and focused the field into thinking in terms of creating a
lasting record of a language that could be used by speakers as well as by
academics. This conference aims to assess what has been achieved in the
past decade and what the practice of language documentation within
linguistics has been and can be. It has become apparent that there is too
much for a linguist alone to achieve and that language documentation
requires collaboration. This conference will focus on the theme of
collaboration in language documentation and revitalization and will
include sessions on interdisciplinary topics.

PLENARY SPEAKERS include:

* Nikolaus Himmelmann, University of Munster
* Leanne Hinton, UC Berkeley
* Paul Newman, Indiana University, University of Michigan
* Phil Cash Cash, University of Arizona


TOPICS

We welcome abstracts on the issue of a retrospective on language
documentation - an assessment after a decade, and on topics related to
collaborative language documentation and conservation which may include:

- Community-based documentation/conservation initiatives
- Community viewpoints on documentation
- Issues in building language documentation in collaborative teams
- Interdisciplinary fieldwork
- Collaboration for mobilization of language data
- Technology in documentation - methods and pitfalls
- Graduate students and documentation
- Topics in areal language documentation
- Training in documentation methods - beyond the university
- Teaching/learning small languages
- Language revitalization
- Language archiving
- Balancing documentation and language learning

This is not an exhaustive list and individual papers and/or colloquia on
topics outside these remits are warmly welcomed.


ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Abstracts should be submitted in English, but presentations can be in any
language. We particularly welcome presentations in languages of the
region. Authors may submit no more than one individual and one joint
proposal.

ABSTRACTS ARE DUE BY SEPTEMBER 15th, 2008 with notification of acceptance
by October 17th 2008.

We ask for ABSTRACTS OF 400 WORDS for online publication so that
conference participants can have a good idea of the content of your paper
and a 50 WORD SUMMARY for inclusion in the conference program.  All
abstracts will be submitted to blind peer review by international experts
on the topic.

** SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL ONLINE:  http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/icldc09/call.html

Selected papers from the conference will be invited to submit to the
journal Language Documentation & Conservation for publication.


PRESENTATION FORMATS

* PAPERS will be allowed 20 minutes with 10 minutes of question time.
* POSTERS will be on display throughout the conference. Poster
  presentations will run during the lunch breaks.
* COLLOQUIA (themed sets of sessions) associated with the theme of the
  conference are also welcome.


For more information, visit our conference website:
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ICLDC09

Enquiries to: ICLDC at hawaii.edu


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From wleman1949 at GMAIL.COM  Fri Aug 22 23:26:51 2008
From: wleman1949 at GMAIL.COM (Wayne Leman)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:26:51 -0700
Subject: petition to Congress for native language programs in ANA and HHS
 budget
Message-ID: <FRI.22.AUG.2008.162651.0700.WLEMAN1949@GMAIL.COM>

It is important to petition our governments to fund native language programs more. It is just as equally important, if not more so, to petition our native communities to do what is necessary in homes, extended families, at school and at play so that languages can be retained or revitalized. Money is only a partial answer for the lost of native languages. Money will be unable to do anything to prevent the loss of languages unless our language attitudes changes. Governments could fund boarding schools again, require native children to attend them, and only allow native languages to be spoken there. That might work to revitalize languages, but we all know the terrible impact boarding schools had on our children in the past. I have seen huge amounts of government money poured into language revitalization programs and they have only a minimal impact on children. Government policies are largely to blame for loss of languages. But there is little that governments can do today to reverse that loss, *unless* language communities are willing to work with government money to create viable language programs. Token programs to teach children numbers and colors do not teach language. "Immersion" programs where teachers revert to English, French, or some other national language when they need to "communicate" something do not teach a language. Children learn languages from their parents and other caregivers. Schools can have a part in the process but seldom can revitalize programs unless they are true immersion schools. Money can help. But little will change until native peoples decide that they are going to teach the language again to their children.

It is a terrible dilemma. We need to be realistic and not give people the idea that money alone will revitalize languages. It won't. It can't.

Wayne Leman
Alutiiq tribal member
and Cheyenne linguist
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From HarveyD at SOU.EDU  Thu Aug 28 16:05:03 2008
From: HarveyD at SOU.EDU (Dan Harvey)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:05:03 -0700
Subject: ACORNS Revitalization Software - new release available
Message-ID: <THU.28.AUG.2008.090503.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Hi All,

There is a new release of ACORNS language revitalization software that is now available at: http://cs.sou.edu/~harveyd/acorns The software can be freely downloaded.

The previous release provided language teachers an easy interface to create language lessons, and then post them on the Web. In the last year, I have trained a number of tribes in its use. I have three visits scheduled to BC in September for more demonstrations and training.

ACORNS 3.0 provided:
1) Picture and sound lessons - where the student clicks on places in a picture and hears an appropriate recording
2) Multiple Choice Lessons - where students sees four pictures, hears a sound, and clicks on the correct one. This kind of lesson is similar to popular commercial software which our country uses to train diplomats
3) Hear and respond lessons - where students hear a story and have to fill in some blank words
4) A software application that enables ACORNS users to edit pre-recorded sound files

ACORNS 4.0 adds some significant new features:
1) Hear and click lessons - where students hear a story and click on the appropriate picture when the story is playing back something that relates to that picture. At the Sausalito conference, one of the language teachers referred to this kind of lesson, as a 'fly swatter' exercise.
2) ACORNS can now decode nine audio formats
3) A simplified installation procedure is now available. For Windows user, a standard installation program is available for download. For MAC users, you can download a dmg file which has the distribution in it. For Linux users, a tar.gz file is available for download.
4) ACORNS now properly handles animated picture files. This is important to create lessons and convey motion.
5) The program now handles systems with multiple microphones, where you can select which one you want to use.
6) There is a copy and paste option that allows you to copy lessons from one ACORNS file to another
7) The program can now handle longer recordings than was possible in version 3.0

Based on user request, there are some other minor enhancements. A few of these follow
1) The multiple choice lesson can now handle layers, which allows the same lesson to work with up to ten different dialects.
2) The resolution of pictures is now improved
3) Picture and sound lessons do not have control buttons covering the bottom  of the pictures.
4) There is better responsiveness to mouse clicks

We are also close to having a demonstration version of a multilingual dictionary. I hope that some linguists would be willing to try out the demonstration version and provide constructive feedback. With this program, a single dictionary will be able to handle a single language, or hundreds. Flexible hard copy and Web-based features will be included in the final version. It will conform to best practice criteria, and be able to import and merge existing dictionaries, and output them for further processing by other external programs.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Dan Harvey
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Southern Oregon University
harveyd at sou.edu 


From huangc20 at UFL.EDU  Thu Aug 28 19:50:41 2008
From: huangc20 at UFL.EDU (Chun Jimmy Huang)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:50:41 -0400
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
Message-ID: <THU.28.AUG.2008.155041.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Tabe (greetings),

I have been looking at a copy of Dutch-English-Siraya St. Mattew's 
for Siraya language revitalization (an indigenous Austronesian 
language in Taiwan). It was edited by the Dutch missionary Daniel 
Gravius in 1661. What I have found is that when translating the 
bible to Siraya, Gravius had kept the native term that referred to 
god in general, "alid," and used it to refer to the Christian god. 
Later I realized that the same applied to other indigenous 
languages in Taiwan. That is, the Presbyterian missionaries that 
came to Taiwan all kept the native terms for god(s) and 
incorporated them into their Christian missions.

Curiously, on the other hand, the Spanish Catholic priests who 
went to the Philippines around the same time had replaced the 
native terms for god(s) with "Dios".

so the different choices in terms of whether appropriating the 
native religious terms into Christianity or not (which may lead to 
significant sociolinguistic consequences). It makes me wonder if 
such difference in choice is pertinent to (Presbyterian) 
Protestant vs. Catholics and/or Dutch vs. Spanish.

I'd much appreciate if anyone can share some insights from the 
American experience or from other regions.

madag ki alilid (thanks very much)!

Chun (Jimmy) Huang
PhD candidate,
Linguistics, University of Florida
Special assistant,
Tainan Ping-pu Siraya Culture Association


From wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU  Thu Aug 28 20:17:00 2008
From: wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU (William J Poser)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:17:00 -0400
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <661866801.120601219953041275.JavaMail.osg@osgjas04.cns.ufl.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.28.AUG.2008.161700.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Others may be able to answer the denominational question, but
one place to look for information on this might be the
extensive literature on the "Chinese rites controversy"
within the Roman Catholic Church. This had to do with
the extent to which Catholics could use the terminology
of and practice the rites of Confucianism. The Jesuits
took the position that Confucianism was a philosophy,
not a religion in conflict with Catholicism, and that
"ancestor worship" was merely a form of veneration and
not idolatry. They used Chinese terms such as "heavenly
lord" in reference to the Catholic god. The Dominicans
objected to this. The controversy was ultimately settled
by a bull issued by Pope Clement XI in 1715, who sided
with the Dominicans. This resulted in the Kang Xi Emperor
banning the Catholic church.

I can't find a copy of the bull off the cuff, but as I recall
it actually contains an interesting discussion of the meaning
of Chinese terms in comparison to Latin "deus".

Bill


From mrb1 at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Thu Aug 28 20:19:57 2008
From: mrb1 at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Maxine Baptiste)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:19:57 -0700
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <661866801.120601219953041275.JavaMail.osg@osgjas04.cns.ufl.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.28.AUG.2008.131957.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Hi, as far as I know, the terms used in Catholic prayers are nativized 
terms of
the English equivalent. sisi kri would be the term for Jesus Christ, san mari
will be the term for Saint Mary, and the term for God would be the Native word
for "creator" k'wulncutn. This is interesting, Maxine

Quoting Chun Jimmy Huang <huangc20 at ufl.edu>:

> Tabe (greetings),
>
> I have been looking at a copy of Dutch-English-Siraya St. Mattew's
> for Siraya language revitalization (an indigenous Austronesian
> language in Taiwan). It was edited by the Dutch missionary Daniel
> Gravius in 1661. What I have found is that when translating the
> bible to Siraya, Gravius had kept the native term that referred to
> god in general, "alid," and used it to refer to the Christian god.
> Later I realized that the same applied to other indigenous
> languages in Taiwan. That is, the Presbyterian missionaries that
> came to Taiwan all kept the native terms for god(s) and
> incorporated them into their Christian missions.
>
> Curiously, on the other hand, the Spanish Catholic priests who
> went to the Philippines around the same time had replaced the
> native terms for god(s) with "Dios".
>
> so the different choices in terms of whether appropriating the
> native religious terms into Christianity or not (which may lead to
> significant sociolinguistic consequences). It makes me wonder if
> such difference in choice is pertinent to (Presbyterian)
> Protestant vs. Catholics and/or Dutch vs. Spanish.
>
> I'd much appreciate if anyone can share some insights from the
> American experience or from other regions.
>
> madag ki alilid (thanks very much)!
>
> Chun (Jimmy) Huang
> PhD candidate,
> Linguistics, University of Florida
> Special assistant,
> Tainan Ping-pu Siraya Culture Association


From Paul_Lewis at SIL.ORG  Thu Aug 28 20:43:21 2008
From: Paul_Lewis at SIL.ORG (M. Paul Lewis)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:43:21 -0500
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <661866801.120601219953041275.JavaMail.osg@osgjas04.cns.ufl.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.28.AUG.2008.154321.0500.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Jimmy:

You might take a look at:

Sanneh, Lamin. 1989. Translating the message. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books.

and / or 

Sanneh, Lamin. 2003. Whose religion is Christianity? The gospel beyond the 
west. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.

Sanneh, an African theologian and historian teaching at Yale, looks at the 
history of Bible translation and proposes that using the local name(s) for 
God plays a significant role in how readily Christianity is accepted and 
becomes enculturated in any given setting.
There are disagreements among Bible translators (and Christians generally) 
about how the name(s) of God should be treated, with some arguing that the 
Judeo-Christian God of the Bible is clearly different from any local deity 
and so using the local name is confusing and theologically wrong, probably 
leading to misunderstandings of the nature of God as expressed in the 
Bible. The Jewish tradition, of course, is that The Name itself is sacred 
and so not really translatable nor appropriately used in print (as I have 
done here) except through substitutions and metaphorical allusions. 
Others (like Sanneh) argue that the local terms can be re-invested with 
the theological concepts of the Bible and thus make Christianity more 
easily translatable and transferable across cultures.
I'm not aware of any studies that test these claims but I haven't done any 
real study in that area. Sanneh give some examples.
Hope this helps,
Paul
*****************
M. Paul Lewis, PhD.
Editor, Ethnologue / International Sociolinguistics Coordinator
SIL International
7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd.
Dallas, TX 75236

Voice: (972) 708-7521
Fax: (972) 708-7589
Cell: (817) 703-8361



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Tabe (greetings),

I have been looking at a copy of Dutch-English-Siraya St. Mattew's 
for Siraya language revitalization (an indigenous Austronesian 
language in Taiwan). It was edited by the Dutch missionary Daniel 
Gravius in 1661. What I have found is that when translating the 
bible to Siraya, Gravius had kept the native term that referred to 
god in general, "alid," and used it to refer to the Christian god. 
Later I realized that the same applied to other indigenous 
languages in Taiwan. That is, the Presbyterian missionaries that 
came to Taiwan all kept the native terms for god(s) and 
incorporated them into their Christian missions.

Curiously, on the other hand, the Spanish Catholic priests who 
went to the Philippines around the same time had replaced the 
native terms for god(s) with "Dios".

so the different choices in terms of whether appropriating the 
native religious terms into Christianity or not (which may lead to 
significant sociolinguistic consequences). It makes me wonder if 
such difference in choice is pertinent to (Presbyterian) 
Protestant vs. Catholics and/or Dutch vs. Spanish.

I'd much appreciate if anyone can share some insights from the 
American experience or from other regions.

madag ki alilid (thanks very much)!

Chun (Jimmy) Huang
PhD candidate,
Linguistics, University of Florida
Special assistant,
Tainan Ping-pu Siraya Culture Association

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From awebster at SIU.EDU  Thu Aug 28 21:45:09 2008
From: awebster at SIU.EDU (awebster@siu.edu)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:45:09 -0400
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <OF57E482D0.A82F30BF-ON862574B3.006F7A29-862574B3.0071DA47@notes.sil.org>
Message-ID: <THU.28.AUG.2008.174509.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

You might also look at the David Samuels piece:

2006. �Bible Translation and Medicine Man Talk: Missionaries, 
Indexicality, and the �Language Expert� on the San Carlos 
Apache Reservation.� Language in Society.  35(4): 529-557.	


---------Included Message----------
>Date: 28-aug-2008 15:43:54 -0500
>From: <Paul_Lewis at SIL.ORG>
>Reply-To: "Indigenous Languages and Technology" 
<ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
>To: <ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
>Subject: Re: [ILAT] Question cocerning the native term for god
(s) and imported Christianity
>
>Jimmy:
>
>You might take a look at:
>
>Sanneh, Lamin. 1989. Translating the message. Maryknoll, NY: 
Orbis Books.
>
>and / or 
>
>Sanneh, Lamin. 2003. Whose religion is Christianity? The 
gospel beyond the 
>west. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing 
Company.
>
>Sanneh, an African theologian and historian teaching at Yale, 
looks at the 
>history of Bible translation and proposes that using the local 
name(s) for 
>God plays a significant role in how readily Christianity is 
accepted and 
>becomes enculturated in any given setting.
>There are disagreements among Bible translators (and 
Christians generally) 
>about how the name(s) of God should be treated, with some 
arguing that the 
>Judeo-Christian God of the Bible is clearly different from any 
local deity 
>and so using the local name is confusing and theologically 
wrong, probably 
>leading to misunderstandings of the nature of God as expressed 
in the 
>Bible. The Jewish tradition, of course, is that The Name 
itself is sacred 
>and so not really translatable nor appropriately used in print 
(as I have 
>done here) except through substitutions and metaphorical 
allusions. 
>Others (like Sanneh) argue that the local terms can be re-
invested with 
>the theological concepts of the Bible and thus make 
Christianity more 
>easily translatable and transferable across cultures.
>I'm not aware of any studies that test these claims but I 
haven't done any 
>real study in that area. Sanneh give some examples.
>Hope this helps,
>Paul
>*****************
>M. Paul Lewis, PhD.
>Editor, Ethnologue / International Sociolinguistics Coordinator
>SIL International
>7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd.
>Dallas, TX 75236
>
>Voice: (972) 708-7521
>Fax: (972) 708-7589
>Cell: (817) 703-8361
>
>
>
>Chun Jimmy Huang <huangc20 at UFL.EDU> 
>Sent by: Indigenous Languages and Technology 
<ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
>08/28/2008 02:50 PM
>Please respond to
>Indigenous Languages and Technology <ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
>
>
>To
>ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
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>
>Subject
>[ILAT] Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and 
imported 
>Christianity
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Tabe (greetings),
>
>I have been looking at a copy of Dutch-English-Siraya St. 
Mattew's 
>for Siraya language revitalization (an indigenous Austronesian 
>language in Taiwan). It was edited by the Dutch missionary 
Daniel 
>Gravius in 1661. What I have found is that when translating 
the 
>bible to Siraya, Gravius had kept the native term that 
referred to 
>god in general, "alid," and used it to refer to the Christian 
god. 
>Later I realized that the same applied to other indigenous 
>languages in Taiwan. That is, the Presbyterian missionaries 
that 
>came to Taiwan all kept the native terms for god(s) and 
>incorporated them into their Christian missions.
>
>Curiously, on the other hand, the Spanish Catholic priests who 
>went to the Philippines around the same time had replaced the 
>native terms for god(s) with "Dios".
>
>so the different choices in terms of whether appropriating the 
>native religious terms into Christianity or not (which may 
lead to 
>significant sociolinguistic consequences). It makes me wonder 
if 
>such difference in choice is pertinent to (Presbyterian) 
>Protestant vs. Catholics and/or Dutch vs. Spanish.
>
>I'd much appreciate if anyone can share some insights from the 
>American experience or from other regions.
>
>madag ki alilid (thanks very much)!
>
>Chun (Jimmy) Huang
>PhD candidate,
>Linguistics, University of Florida
>Special assistant,
>Tainan Ping-pu Siraya Culture Association
>
>
>
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Anthony K. Webster, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology &
Native American Studies Minor
Southern Illinois University
Mail Code 4502
Carbondale, IL 62901-4502
618-453-5027


From phonosemantics at EARTHLINK.NET  Thu Aug 28 22:39:37 2008
From: phonosemantics at EARTHLINK.NET (jess tauber)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:39:37 -0400
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
Message-ID: <THU.28.AUG.2008.183937.0400.PHONOSEMANTICS@EARTHLINK.NET>

The Anglican British missionaries who worked with the Yahgans in Tierra del Fuego up til around 1915 (when they folded up shop) acknowledged the native term, Watauineiwa as meaning 'God', in the dictionary of the language (MS @1879), but then opted for the English form in the three biblical texts and in printed prayer tracts (1880's). Calqued Yahgan and English forms for devils and angels shared space in the texts, but only Yahgan forms were used for 'ghost, spirit' etc. So perhaps there is some sort of hierarchical tendency involved?

In late materials many of the calqued liturgical terms were replaced by Spanish, as many of the surviving Yahgans had become bilingual by the early 1900's.

Jess Tauber
phonosemantics at earthlink.net


From rzs at WILDBLUE.NET  Fri Aug 29 01:59:27 2008
From: rzs at WILDBLUE.NET (Richard Smith)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:59:27 -0700
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <20080828131957.ppzok4sokksg8sws@www.email.arizona.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.28.AUG.2008.185927.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

yes it is interesting!

Because "God" is not itself a name and doesn't describe action it was
difficult to translate or use among my Wyandot ancestors.
The Methodist Episcopal missionaries in the 1800's were strict and
uncompromising in their doctrines. Any Wyandot who wasn't convinced
the Book they brought was the word of God was considered of the
 "heathen party". However the Christian Wyandots who were fully converted to
all the doctrines of the Methodists chose to use the descriptive term
"Hamendizhu'  or  Ha'ᵃtemędižu' which translates as
"he speaks with a loud voice" but more accurately conveys:
"He has the Authority"
The Wyandot word for "Jesus" was "Shasus" having no intrinsic meaning
just a wyandotaphone  sound that sounded sorta close to  "Jesus".
The missionaries might have tried giving the meaning of the original
descriptive name Yeshua (He heals,saves) and allowed the Christian Wyandots
to voice that meaning in Wyandot language, But unfortunately
"he heals" would have been the same word used to describe a medicine man!
To the missionaries of this time, medicine people people were of the devil.

ALL Wyandot names described something..until the foreigners arrived and
Christian Wyandots reverted to the English way of giving names:
Robert, Jim, Edward, Jesus, Joe
sounds representing individuals, yet names describing no known action.

see: 
History of the Wyandott Mission At Upper Sandusky,Ohio.Under the Direction
of The Methodist Episcopal Church (1840)  James B.Finley

-Richard Zane Smith
Wyandotte, Oklahoma





On 8/28/08 1:19 PM, "Maxine Baptiste" <mrb1 at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU> wrote:

> Hi, as far as I know, the terms used in Catholic prayers are nativized
> terms of
> the English equivalent. sisi kri would be the term for Jesus Christ, san mari
> will be the term for Saint Mary, and the term for God would be the Native word
> for "creator" k'wulncutn. This is interesting, Maxine
> 
> Quoting Chun Jimmy Huang <huangc20 at ufl.edu>:
> 
>> Tabe (greetings),
>> 
>> I have been looking at a copy of Dutch-English-Siraya St. Mattew's
>> for Siraya language revitalization (an indigenous Austronesian
>> language in Taiwan). It was edited by the Dutch missionary Daniel
>> Gravius in 1661. What I have found is that when translating the
>> bible to Siraya, Gravius had kept the native term that referred to
>> god in general, "alid," and used it to refer to the Christian god.
>> Later I realized that the same applied to other indigenous
>> languages in Taiwan. That is, the Presbyterian missionaries that
>> came to Taiwan all kept the native terms for god(s) and
>> incorporated them into their Christian missions.
>> 
>> Curiously, on the other hand, the Spanish Catholic priests who
>> went to the Philippines around the same time had replaced the
>> native terms for god(s) with "Dios".
>> 
>> so the different choices in terms of whether appropriating the
>> native religious terms into Christianity or not (which may lead to
>> significant sociolinguistic consequences). It makes me wonder if
>> such difference in choice is pertinent to (Presbyterian)
>> Protestant vs. Catholics and/or Dutch vs. Spanish.
>> 
>> I'd much appreciate if anyone can share some insights from the
>> American experience or from other regions.
>> 
>> madag ki alilid (thanks very much)!
>> 
>> Chun (Jimmy) Huang
>> PhD candidate,
>> Linguistics, University of Florida
>> Special assistant,
>> Tainan Ping-pu Siraya Culture Association


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From: huangc20 at UFL.EDU (Chun Jimmy Huang)
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:17:45 -0400
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
Message-ID: <SAT.30.AUG.2008.171745.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Mr. Smith,
Thank you for sharing the fascinating observations. cultural 
contact in translation amazes me - it is not just about finding 
the closest descriptive terms but also concerned with 
appropriateness in the contacting cultures/ideologies. I love your 
"yeshua-he heals-medicine man" story.

Also big thanks to those who have posted on this thread. Your 
comments are all inspiring to me. I'll look into the references 
you recommended.

Chun



On Thu Aug 28 21:59:27 EDT 2008, Richard Smith <rzs at WILDBLUE.NET> 
wrote:

> yes it is interesting!
> 
> Because "God" is not itself a name and doesn't describe action it 
> was
> difficult to translate or use among my Wyandot ancestors.
> The Methodist Episcopal missionaries in the 1800's were strict 
> and
> uncompromising in their doctrines. Any Wyandot who wasn't 
> convinced
> the Book they brought was the word of God was considered of the
>  "heathen party". However the Christian Wyandots who were fully 
> converted to
> all the doctrines of the Methodists chose to use the descriptive 
> term
> "Hamendizhu'  or  Ha'???tem??di??u' which translates as
> "he speaks with a loud voice" but more accurately conveys:
> "He has the Authority"
> The Wyandot word for "Jesus" was "Shasus" having no intrinsic 
> meaning
> just a wyandotaphone  sound that sounded sorta close to  "Jesus".
> The missionaries might have tried giving the meaning of the 
> original
> descriptive name Yeshua (He heals,saves) and allowed the 
> Christian Wyandots
> to voice that meaning in Wyandot language, But unfortunately
> "he heals" would have been the same word used to describe a 
> medicine man!
> To the missionaries of this time, medicine people people were of 
> the devil.
> 
> ALL Wyandot names described something..until the foreigners 
> arrived and
> Christian Wyandots reverted to the English way of giving names:
> Robert, Jim, Edward, Jesus, Joe
> sounds representing individuals, yet names describing no known 
> action.
> 
> see: History of the Wyandott Mission At Upper Sandusky,Ohio.Under 
> the Direction
> of The Methodist Episcopal Church (1840)  James B.Finley
> 
> -Richard Zane Smith
> Wyandotte, Oklahoma
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/28/08 1:19 PM, "Maxine Baptiste" <mrb1 at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi, as far as I know, the terms used in Catholic prayers are 
>> nativized
>> terms of
>> the English equivalent. sisi kri would be the term for Jesus 
>> Christ, san mari
>> will be the term for Saint Mary, and the term for God would be 
>> the Native word
>> for "creator" k'wulncutn. This is interesting, Maxine
>> 
>> Quoting Chun Jimmy Huang <huangc20 at ufl.edu>:
>> 
>>> Tabe (greetings),
>>> 
>>> I have been looking at a copy of Dutch-English-Siraya St. 
>>> Mattew's
>>> for Siraya language revitalization (an indigenous Austronesian
>>> language in Taiwan). It was edited by the Dutch missionary Daniel
>>> Gravius in 1661. What I have found is that when translating the
>>> bible to Siraya, Gravius had kept the native term that referred 
>>> to
>>> god in general, "alid," and used it to refer to the Christian 
>>> god.
>>> Later I realized that the same applied to other indigenous
>>> languages in Taiwan. That is, the Presbyterian missionaries that
>>> came to Taiwan all kept the native terms for god(s) and
>>> incorporated them into their Christian missions.
>>> 
>>> Curiously, on the other hand, the Spanish Catholic priests who
>>> went to the Philippines around the same time had replaced the
>>> native terms for god(s) with "Dios".
>>> 
>>> so the different choices in terms of whether appropriating the
>>> native religious terms into Christianity or not (which may lead 
>>> to
>>> significant sociolinguistic consequences). It makes me wonder if
>>> such difference in choice is pertinent to (Presbyterian)
>>> Protestant vs. Catholics and/or Dutch vs. Spanish.
>>> 
>>> I'd much appreciate if anyone can share some insights from the
>>> American experience or from other regions.
>>> 
>>> madag ki alilid (thanks very much)!
>>> 
>>> Chun (Jimmy) Huang
>>> PhD candidate,
>>> Linguistics, University of Florida
>>> Special assistant,
>>> Tainan Ping-pu Siraya Culture Association
> 
> 


From rzs at WILDBLUE.NET  Sun Aug 31 15:47:05 2008
From: rzs at WILDBLUE.NET (Richard Smith)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:47:05 -0700
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <570638309.110481220131065803.JavaMail.osg@osgjas04.cns.ufl.edu>
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.084705.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Thanks Chun,

i guess we all work so hard to see the whole picture.
to reach the vantage point of all vantage points----> objectivity.
I'm sure some early missionaries thought they were there
just as I might assume I've reached a vantage point above their own.

But reality seems always skewed by our own interpretation
our stories, our emotion, and our limited comprehension.
I guess if there exists the "paradigm of paradigms"
to see everything sparkling clear and unbiased
it will always be beyond reach
definitely beyond my own...

but I guess knowing our limitations
shouldn't keep us from reaching anyway

-Richard


On 8/30/08 2:17 PM, "Chun Jimmy Huang" <huangc20 at UFL.EDU> wrote:

> Mr. Smith,
> Thank you for sharing the fascinating observations. cultural
> contact in translation amazes me - it is not just about finding
> the closest descriptive terms but also concerned with
> appropriateness in the contacting cultures/ideologies. I love your
> "yeshua-he heals-medicine man" story.
> 
> Also big thanks to those who have posted on this thread. Your
> comments are all inspiring to me. I'll look into the references
> you recommended.
> 
> Chun
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu Aug 28 21:59:27 EDT 2008, Richard Smith <rzs at WILDBLUE.NET>
> wrote:
> 
>> yes it is interesting!
>> 
>> Because "God" is not itself a name and doesn't describe action it
>> was
>> difficult to translate or use among my Wyandot ancestors.
>> The Methodist Episcopal missionaries in the 1800's were strict
>> and
>> uncompromising in their doctrines. Any Wyandot who wasn't
>> convinced
>> the Book they brought was the word of God was considered of the
>>  "heathen party". However the Christian Wyandots who were fully
>> converted to
>> all the doctrines of the Methodists chose to use the descriptive
>> term
>> "Hamendizhu'  or  Ha'???tem??di??u' which translates as
>> "he speaks with a loud voice" but more accurately conveys:
>> "He has the Authority"
>> The Wyandot word for "Jesus" was "Shasus" having no intrinsic
>> meaning
>> just a wyandotaphone  sound that sounded sorta close to  "Jesus".
>> The missionaries might have tried giving the meaning of the
>> original
>> descriptive name Yeshua (He heals,saves) and allowed the
>> Christian Wyandots
>> to voice that meaning in Wyandot language, But unfortunately
>> "he heals" would have been the same word used to describe a
>> medicine man!
>> To the missionaries of this time, medicine people people were of
>> the devil.
>> 
>> ALL Wyandot names described something..until the foreigners
>> arrived and
>> Christian Wyandots reverted to the English way of giving names:
>> Robert, Jim, Edward, Jesus, Joe
>> sounds representing individuals, yet names describing no known
>> action.
>> 
>> see: History of the Wyandott Mission At Upper Sandusky,Ohio.Under
>> the Direction
>> of The Methodist Episcopal Church (1840)  James B.Finley
>> 
>> -Richard Zane Smith
>> Wyandotte, Oklahoma
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 8/28/08 1:19 PM, "Maxine Baptiste" <mrb1 at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi, as far as I know, the terms used in Catholic prayers are
>>> nativized
>>> terms of
>>> the English equivalent. sisi kri would be the term for Jesus
>>> Christ, san mari
>>> will be the term for Saint Mary, and the term for God would be
>>> the Native word
>>> for "creator" k'wulncutn. This is interesting, Maxine
>>> 
>>> Quoting Chun Jimmy Huang <huangc20 at ufl.edu>:
>>> 
>>>> Tabe (greetings),
>>>> 
>>>> I have been looking at a copy of Dutch-English-Siraya St.
>>>> Mattew's
>>>> for Siraya language revitalization (an indigenous Austronesian
>>>> language in Taiwan). It was edited by the Dutch missionary Daniel
>>>> Gravius in 1661. What I have found is that when translating the
>>>> bible to Siraya, Gravius had kept the native term that referred
>>>> to
>>>> god in general, "alid," and used it to refer to the Christian
>>>> god.
>>>> Later I realized that the same applied to other indigenous
>>>> languages in Taiwan. That is, the Presbyterian missionaries that
>>>> came to Taiwan all kept the native terms for god(s) and
>>>> incorporated them into their Christian missions.
>>>> 
>>>> Curiously, on the other hand, the Spanish Catholic priests who
>>>> went to the Philippines around the same time had replaced the
>>>> native terms for god(s) with "Dios".
>>>> 
>>>> so the different choices in terms of whether appropriating the
>>>> native religious terms into Christianity or not (which may lead
>>>> to
>>>> significant sociolinguistic consequences). It makes me wonder if
>>>> such difference in choice is pertinent to (Presbyterian)
>>>> Protestant vs. Catholics and/or Dutch vs. Spanish.
>>>> 
>>>> I'd much appreciate if anyone can share some insights from the
>>>> American experience or from other regions.
>>>> 
>>>> madag ki alilid (thanks very much)!
>>>> 
>>>> Chun (Jimmy) Huang
>>>> PhD candidate,
>>>> Linguistics, University of Florida
>>>> Special assistant,
>>>> Tainan Ping-pu Siraya Culture Association
>> 
>> 


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Aug 31 19:38:38 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:38:38 -0700
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <C4E00B09.5003%rzs@wildblue.net>
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.123838.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

god
...is a male deity.  I often wonder how gender-based references come to be
lost in translation (e.g. god, goddess).  But then too there is "God" with a
capital "G" that seems to enter into the picture as well (via
entextualization). 
The framers of the US constitution were deists which posed a Christian
theological interpretation that god with a captial "G" is the creator of the
universe, though not a sovereign.  I suspect that this was purely an American
thing. 
just a few more thoughts...
Phil
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Aug 31 19:46:32 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:46:32 -0700
Subject: Keeping a language alive: Dena'ina language immersion preserves
 precious cultural link (fwd link)
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.124632.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Keeping a language alive: Dena'ina language immersion preserves precious
cultural link

By Joseph Robertia | Peninsula Clarion

Language is more than the spoken words between people. As a rich, complex and
dynamic way to communicate, language also reflects individual and cultural
thoughts and ideals. For this reason, several local organizations and
individuals are currently working to save Kenai's first language from going
extinct.

The Kenaitze Indian Tribe -- in partnership with the Administration for Native
Americans, Alaska Native Heritage Center and Cook Inlet Tribal Council -- has
been hosting a "Dena'ina Language Institute" this past week, and concluding
today, in an attempt to preserve, revitalize and perpetuate the Dena'ina
language.

Access full article below:
http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/083108/new_278178726.shtml


From wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU  Sun Aug 31 19:50:40 2008
From: wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU (William J Poser)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:50:40 -0400
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <20080831123838.q1wsk4k4c4oosoc8@www.email.arizona.edu>
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.155040.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

>The framers of the US Constitution were deists which posed a Christian
>theological interpretation...

Umm, I wouldn't say this. It is true that deists like Jefferson came
out of a Christian tradition, but they were not Christians in the sense
in which the overwhelming majority of Christians today are. Jefferson,
for example, denied the doctrine of the Trinity. He called the Christian god
"a being of terrific character -- cruel, vindictive, capricious, and unjust".
He denied the factual accuracy of the Bible and advised his nephew to
"read the Bible as you would Livy or Tacitus", that is, skeptically.
He denied that Jesus was the son of god and that he was born of a virgin.
He described the Gospels as having "a groundwork of vulgar ignorance, of things impossible, of superstitions, fanaticism, and fabrications".

Bill


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Aug 31 20:08:55 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:08:55 -0700
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <20080831195040.6E131B2420@lorax.ldc.upenn.edu>
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.130855.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Quoting William J Poser :

>> The framers of the US Constitution were deists which posed a Christian
>> theological interpretation...
>
> Umm, I wouldn't say this.
Umm, I would say so.  Jefferson write a deists bible. 
Phil
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From wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU  Sun Aug 31 20:15:31 2008
From: wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU (William J Poser)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:15:31 -0400
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <20080831130855.gtxc8sw04o8wc8so@www.email.arizona.edu>
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.161531.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Phil,

I don't understand your response. My point, which you have not addressed,
is that Jefferson's religious views were radically different from those
of mainstream Christianity, so he could not have imposed a Christian
theological interpretation on the Constitution unless by this you mean
something so vague as merely coming from a Christian tradition. I didn't
deny that he was a deist (though his views often tended toward outright
atheism, though he didn't quite go there in a consistent way).

Bill


From pasxapu at DAKOTACOM.NET  Sun Aug 31 20:21:18 2008
From: pasxapu at DAKOTACOM.NET (phil cash cash)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:21:18 -0700
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <20080831201531.A9390B243D@lorax.ldc.upenn.edu>
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.132118.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

gee Bill, relax...there is no point to defend or address here, much  
less a Christian one.  Phil



On Aug 31, 2008, at 1:15 PM, William J Poser wrote:

> Phil,
>
> I don't understand your response. My point, which you have not  
> addressed,
> is that Jefferson's religious views were radically different from  
> those
> of mainstream Christianity, so he could not have imposed a Christian
> theological interpretation on the Constitution unless by this you mean
> something so vague as merely coming from a Christian tradition. I  
> didn't
> deny that he was a deist (though his views often tended toward  
> outright
> atheism, though he didn't quite go there in a consistent way).
>
> Bill


From wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU  Sun Aug 31 20:25:56 2008
From: wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU (William J Poser)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:25:56 -0400
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <A88112D9-160F-45C1-8F11-E371585C7F24@DakotaCom.Net>
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.162556.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Phil,

Okay, then I guess I didn't understand your post.
The question of Jefferson's religious beliefs is one that I pick up on
because in some circles false claims about Jefferson are used to advance
the argument that the US is a "Christian nation" and to argue against
separation of church and state and so forth. So in some contexts this
is an important issue.

Bill


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Aug 31 21:07:02 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:07:02 -0700
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <20080831202556.52EC5B24BE@lorax.ldc.upenn.edu>
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.140702.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Yes, I agree Bill, it is an important issue.  So, mm, I recall from my
undergraduate course on Puratinism that the American brand or version of
Protestantism developed in such a way as to reject the sovereignty of the
church but yet preserve religious conscience as a kind of naturalism, 
the moral
improvement of life, etc.  In otherwords, the church basically decentralized
itself in the Americas.  Deism also rejects the sovereignty of the church,
etc.  Thomas Jefferson and ol Ben Franklin, the "framers," understood this
critically to develop American "common law" in stark contrast to the Crown,
parliament ("taxation" being a central issue).  So, in short, this became the
American form of political liberalism or at least an oppositional religious
culture.
*hehe, sorry for the history lesson and a bad one at that,* but in all, deism
grew from this oppositional character to become the religious theme behind the
Constitution.  I do not pretend to know the contemporary interpretation of
deism as you have described, only the historical framework. 
Given this historical religious character, the interpretation of "ownership"
and land was perhaps the one element that had the most devastating impact on
indigenous cultures becuase those who controlled land were somehow "chosen"
(that is, owning land allowed one to examine his or her soul) and from this
came nothing but warfare and destruction for all us natives. 
Certainly, these are broad sweeping intepretations and I do not claim to be
addressing Thomas Jefferson mindset, but it seems fairly clear historically. 
l8ter,
Phil
Quoting William J Poser :

> Phil,
>
> Okay, then I guess I didn't understand your post.
> The question of Jefferson's religious beliefs is one that I pick up on
> because in some circles false claims about Jefferson are used to advance
> the argument that the US is a "Christian nation" and to argue against
> separation of church and state and so forth. So in some contexts this
> is an important issue.
>
> Bill

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From huangc20 at UFL.EDU  Sun Aug 31 22:57:36 2008
From: huangc20 at UFL.EDU (Chun Jimmy Huang)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:57:36 -0400
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.185736.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

I am not a US citizen and don't know the nationalistic history of 
the US enough to comment. So here I'd just like to respond to two 
issues Phil has alluded to: (1) the concept of ownership and (2) 
gender - both related to the issue of imported world-sense along 
with the imported religion.

(1) In traditional Siraya society there was no concept of 
ranking-of-people, leadership, and hence servitude or slavery. But 
to introduce Christianity the missionary Gravius had to tell the 
biblical stories that evoked these concepts. As a result, in his 
translation of St. Mattew we find the word for child "alak" (and 
sometimes boys "raraway" - but not girls!) used to mean slaves or 
servants. And he used the phrase "to let sit" figuratively to mean 
"to serve [the lord]."


(2) While "alid" in old Siraya language was just a generic term 
for gods/ heavenly spirits and Siraya folks in fact worshiped more 
than one god, today the Christian as well as the non-Christian 
Sirayans all recognize one higher god. Note that in the context of 
Taiwan the imported concept of "dominance in singularity" may have 
had multiple inputs - besides Christianity, there is Chinese 
Confucianism, which may actually be more influential in Taiwan 
(and both emphasize singular male dominance!).

So anyway for the Sirayan folks today who still more or less (b/c 
it's much Sinicized) maintain the traditional religion, when 
speaking of "the Alid" they in fact call upon a powerful female 
deity. As they also call for "Alid-Mother." (Traditionally, the 
Siraya society was matri-focal and religion was mostly a female 
domain and the benevolent deities were all female.)

On the other hand, the (Presbyterian) Christian Sirayans today do 
use "meirong (good) Alid" to refer to God/Lord/Father.

Hum... so far what I have observed is that the two religious 
groups in fact respect each other and they interact well. I have 
not witnessed conflicts due to the interpretation of Alid's 
gender. After all, they all acknowledge "Alid."


Chun (Jimmy) Huang/ Paparil
PhD candidate,
Linguistics, University of Florida
Special assistant,
Tainan Ping-pu Siraya Culture Association



On Sun Aug 31 17:07:02 EDT 2008, phil cash cash 
<cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU> wrote:

> Given this historical religious character, the interpretation of 
> "ownership"
> and land was perhaps the one element that had the most 
> devastating impact on
> indigenous cultures becuase those who controlled land were 
> somehow "chosen"
> (that is, owning land allowed one to examine his or her soul) and 
> from this
> came nothing but warfare and destruction for all us natives.


> Phil
> Quoting William J Poser :
> 
>> Phil,
>> 
>> Okay, then I guess I didn't understand your post.
>> The question of Jefferson's religious beliefs is one that I pick 
>> up on
>> because in some circles false claims about Jefferson are used to 
>> advance
>> the argument that the US is a "Christian nation" and to argue 
>> against
>> separation of church and state and so forth. So in some contexts 
>> this
>> is an important issue.
>> 
>> Bill
> 
> 


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Aug  1 00:46:48 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:46:48 -0700
Subject: Endangered Language (fwd link)
Message-ID: <THU.31.JUL.2008.174648.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Endangered Language
Tribal elder to teach Sahaptin at UO

By Victoria Stephens

The UO will be offering an endangered Native American language to its students
this fall. At the request of Native American tribes in the state, a two-year
series of classes in the Sahaptin language will be added to the curriculum.
This is with the hope of supporting and encouraging Native American students
and in order to preserve the language of the original people of the Northwest.
These courses will qualify for the language requirement for BA students.

Sahaptin and its variants are spoken by the native peoples along the
Mid-Columbia River area in Washington and Oregon and are currently spoken on
the Umatilla, Colville, Warm Springs and Yakama reservations.

Access full article below:
http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2008/07/17/news2.html


From jcrippen at GMAIL.COM  Fri Aug  1 02:15:49 2008
From: jcrippen at GMAIL.COM (James Crippen)
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:15:49 -0400
Subject: N.M. first state to adopt Navajo textbook (fwd link)
In-Reply-To: <20080731101026.zmysksswogokcww4@www.email.arizona.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.31.JUL.2008.221549.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 13:10, phil cash cash
<cashcash at email.arizona.edu> wrote:
> Dine Bizaad Binahoo'aah is an impressive publication because it adopts a
> speech community orientation in the presentation of language content/data.
> I hope this trend continues and other linguists/community language advocates
> follow this example.  Linguists should take careful note too as this
> publication has all the power of language description common to linguistics
> but is versatile enough to be adopted by a state in its public education
> system.
>
> This is by far better than force feeding a linguist's reference grammar to
> communities and students, dont' you think?  ;-)

Yes indeed. Linguistic work is hard for anyone but linguists to use.
But remember, you've really got to have a reference grammar before you
try to write a textbook. It's hard to teach a language without
reference materials...

James


From David.Lewis at GRANDRONDE.ORG  Fri Aug  1 02:18:41 2008
From: David.Lewis at GRANDRONDE.ORG (David Lewis)
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:18:41 -0700
Subject: UH Hilo's Hawaiian Ph.D. program ordered to improve (fwd link)
Message-ID: <THU.31.JUL.2008.191841.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

This is a very interesting article. This issue of program conflict of interest is a common enough critique of any indigenous people who work within their cultural sphere. A friend, Beth Piatote, now at Berkeley, had this problem when working at a newspaper. they would not allow her to write articles about Indian people as it was called a conflict of interest. However, they do not say there is a conflict of interest when former or current athletes work in sportscasting or write articles about sports. Now, clearly this is not the same case, but it is related. What this says to me is that Indigenous people cannot be unbiased or avoid a conflict of interest when involved at the highest levels of education, when the issue is their own cultural phenomenon. If this is the case do the similarly monitor and criticize French people who are getting a PhD within French studies? Of course not. In fact, in American universities, it is quite common that people who are studying a "classical language" will be teaching in the department to gain experience in teaching and to paid for the college fees. 

The implications in the article are unspecific- what exactly is the program doing wring that is different from a classical language program? 

*??)
. ?? ?.?*?) ?.?*?) ?.?*?)
(?.??   David G. Lewis
      (?.*? ?.?? `?-* * * `?-*
Manager, Cultural Resources Department
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde




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Here is the full URL:

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080730/BREAKING01/80730060/-1/LOCALNEWSFRONT

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Phil
UofA ILAT mg

Quoting phil cash cash <cashcash at email.arizona.edu>:

> Wednesday, July 30, 2008
>
> UH Hilo's Hawaiian Ph.D. program ordered to improve
> Associated Press
>
> HILO, Hawai'i ? The University of Hawai'i at Hilo has been told to 
> improve its
> new Hawaiian language doctorate program or face sanctions.
> Advertisement
>
> The Western Association of Schools & Colleges, which accredits schools across
> the West, issued the warning in a June 30 letter to Hilo Chancellor 
> Rose Tseng.
>
> Access full article below:
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From wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU  Fri Aug  1 03:54:43 2008
From: wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU (William J Poser)
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:54:43 -0400
Subject: UH Hilo's Hawaiian Ph.D. program ordered to improve (fwd link)
In-Reply-To: <ED1092A3B17C0E4EB40F5DFFBAAA33B53B7C16@EXCHG1.grandronde.org>
Message-ID: <THU.31.JUL.2008.235443.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

As I understand it, there are three criticisms of the Hawaiian Ph.D. program:
(a) lack of a published curriculum;
(b) size - only three permanent faculty and five students;
(c) since four of the five students also hold faculty positions,
    the faculty may feel unable to evaluate their work objectively.

The last is the "conflict of interest" issue. The criticism is not that
Hawaiian people cannot teach Hawaiian studies without conflict of
interest, it is that faculty may have difficulty objectively evaluating
students who are also their colleagues.

Bill
 


From lanz at RICE.EDU  Fri Aug  1 15:01:21 2008
From: lanz at RICE.EDU (Linda Lanz)
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:01:21 -0500
Subject: Bethel's Yup'ik voters to get more assistance
Message-ID: <FRI.1.AUG.2008.100121.0500.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>



BETHEL'S YUP'IK VOTERS TO GET MORE ASSISTANCE
RULING: Judge orders elections officials to help with translations.

========================================
A federal judge has ordered state election officials to provide more Yup'ik language assistance to voters in Bethel.

The order, by U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess, applies to state-run elections through the November general election and is a temporary order until a court case about Yup'ik voting in Bethel is resolved.

full story here: http://www.adn.com/rural/story/481145.html
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Aug  1 17:39:50 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:39:50 -0700
Subject: Long-nosed potoroo found at Gulaga (fwd link)
Message-ID: <FRI.1.AUG.2008.103950.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Long-nosed potoroo found at Gulaga

Australia
30/07/2008 3:37:00 PM

A project to assist the recovery of long-nosed potoroo populations on the Far
South Coast has developed an information booklet in a local Aboriginal dialect
to help find the vulnerable marsupials.

Access full article below:
http://narooma.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/longnosed-potoroo-found-at-gulaga/1230861.aspx


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Aug  1 17:48:08 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:48:08 -0700
Subject: Judge orders Alaska to help Yup'ik voters (fwd link)
Message-ID: <FRI.1.AUG.2008.104808.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Friday, August 01, 2008

Judge orders Alaska to help Yup'ik voters
Ruling requires state to provide language assistance in Bethel area

By Mary Pemberton | The Associated Press

ANCHORAGE - A federal judge is requiring elections officials to provide
Yup'ik-speaking voters in the Bethel area with language assistance so that they
can participate in a meaningful way in state elections.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess issued his order late Wednesday. The judge's
ruling stems from a lawsuit filed last year alleging a failure to satisfy
provisions of the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act.

The ruling requires the state to provide language assistance, including trained
poll workers who are bilingual in English and Yup'ik. Sample ballots will have
to be written in Yup'ik. A glossary of election terms also written in Yup'ik
will have to be provided.

Access full article below:
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/080108/sta_312394876.shtml


From aberez at UMAIL.UCSB.EDU  Sat Aug  2 15:21:58 2008
From: aberez at UMAIL.UCSB.EDU (Andrea L. Berez)
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 08:21:58 -0700
Subject: Call for Papers: Colloquium on GIS and Geography in Language
 Documentation
Message-ID: <SAT.2.AUG.2008.082158.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Call for Papers for a themed session on all aspects of geography and  
geographic
information systems (GIS) in Language Documentation, to be submitted  
as part of
the 1st International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation at
the University of Hawai'i, March 12-14 2009. The main conference  
website is at http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ICLDC09 .

ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 1 SEPTEMBER 2008.

We are welcoming abstracts for a themed session on geography and the use of
geographic information systems (GIS) in language documentation and  
conservation.
Topics may include:

- the role of geographic knowledge in language maintenance programs
- the use of GIS technology in linguistic fieldwork
- the digitization and/or dissemination of legacy place-based linguistic data
- any other topic on the relationship between language documentation,
conservation, geography and/or GIS.

Presentation format:
Papers will be allowed 20 minutes with 10 minutes of question time.

Abstract submission:
Abstracts must be first submitted directly to the session organizer, Andrea
Berez, at aberez at umail.ucsb.edu by September 1, 2008. Once the session  
has been
organized, accepted abstracts will be submitted to the main conference  
website.
Please note that the deadline for abstracts for this themed session is earlier
than the deadline for the main conference.

Maximum abstract length is 400 words. Please send your abstract as a pdf
attachment to aberez at umail.ucsb.edu .


More information about the 1st International Conference on Language
Documentation and Conservation can be found at the conference website, at
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ICLDC09 .


-----------------------------
Andrea Berez
PhD student, Dept. of Linguistics
University of California, Santa Barbara
http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~aberez/


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Aug  3 18:51:43 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 11:51:43 -0700
Subject: Saving Oneida language becomes a full time job (fwd link)
Message-ID: <SUN.3.AUG.2008.115143.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Saving Oneida language becomes a full time job

By WILLIAM KATES | Associated Press Writer
August 3, 2008

ONEIDA, N.Y. - Heath Hill looks forward to the day when all ceremonies in the
Oneida Indian Nation Longhouse can once again be held in the native language
spoken by someone from his upstate New York tribe.

"We used to have to pay people to come out here and help us," said the
32-year-old Hill. "I didn't really care for that. We want to be able to do it
for ourselves."

"I want to raise my family in the traditional ways but it's hard when you can't
even speak your own language," said Hill, who along with his girlfriend are
among eight tribal members finishing up a unique two-year program to learn the
Oneida language.

Indian tribes across the country are taking steps to preserve their native
languages. The Oneida Indian Nation of New York has made it a full-time job,
paying tribal members what they would earn in other jobs to immerse themselves
in the nation's spoken word.

Access full article below:
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--languagerevival0803aug03,0,5341954.story


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Aug  3 18:57:31 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 11:57:31 -0700
Subject: Ancient path to universal language (fwd link)
Message-ID: <SUN.3.AUG.2008.115731.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Ancient path to universal language

The Sydney Morning Herald, AUS
Sarah Price
August 3, 2008

A NEW program designed to preserve traditional languages is set to improve
literacy rates in Aboriginal communities.

The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation believes committing the oral
languages to paper will help indigenous Australians with their English language
skills.

Foundation founder Mary-Ruth Mendel said the indigenous languages needed to be
converted from oral formats into the written word.

Access full article below:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/ancient-path-to-universal-language/2008/08/02/1217097610608.html


From gmccone at NAL.USDA.GOV  Tue Aug  5 19:01:51 2008
From: gmccone at NAL.USDA.GOV (McCone, Gary)
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 15:01:51 -0400
Subject: Arabic Calligraphy
Message-ID: <TUE.5.AUG.2008.150151.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>


The National Museum of Language


                 Presents:

             "Arabic Calligraphy"

                     by Dr. Khaled Mohamed 

 

         A fascinating look at the role of calligraphy in Arabic
culture.  This presentation will include a

         demonstration of the art form, and there will be several pieces
on display.

         

           Saturday, August 23, in the main exhibit room
           2:00 - 3:00 pm

 

           Open to the public.  Admission is free. 

           Reservations are needed because of limited seating. 

 

           This presentation will examine the history of Islamic
calligraphy, equally known as Arabic 

           calligraphy, the art of writing, and, by extension, of
bookmaking. Calligraphy is especially revered

           among Islamic arts since it was the primary means for the
preservation of the Qur'an. Throughout

           Islamic history, the work of calligraphers was collected and
appreciated.  Consideration of 

           figurative art as idolatrous led to calligraphy and abstract
figures becoming the main methods of 

           artistic expression in Islamic cultures.

 

            Calligraphy has arguably become the most venerated form of
Islamic art because it provides a link

            between the languages of the Muslims with the religion of
Islam. The holy book of Islam, the 

            Qur'an, has played an important role in the development and
evolution of the Arabic language, 

            and by extension, calligraphy in the Arabic alphabet.
Proverbs and complete passages from the

            Qur'an are still active sources for Islamic calligraphy. The
Arabic alphabet consists of 28 letters

            and 18 different forms of writing.

 

            This presentation will be given by Dr. Khaled Mohamed who is
a graduate of Alazhar University

            in Cairo.  He is an expert in Arabic language and Islamic
studies and has taught for DLI, the

            Defense language Institute, in Monterey, California as well
as other schools.  He is author of the

            book Arabic Idioms and has been practicing calligraphy for
over 15 years.

 

            For future related events, please visit our Web site at: 

            http://www.languagemuseum.org/calendar.htm

 

             For reservations, please call (301)-864-7071 or e-mail
events at languagemuseum.org by 

            August 21.  Please include your name and phone number.

 

            Light refreshments will be served. Ample free parking
available. Directions can be found at      

            http://languagemuseum.org/directions.html

                     National Museum of Language

                                                            7100
Baltimore Avenue - Suite 202
                                                   College Park,
Maryland 20740

                                        Phone (301) 864-7071

 

 

 

Gary K. McCone



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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Aug  5 23:36:17 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 16:36:17 -0700
Subject: Venezuela Indigenous Greet Language Law (fwd link)
Message-ID: <TUE.5.AUG.2008.163617.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Venezuela Indigenous Greet Language Law

Caracas, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan indigenous leader Noeli Pocaterra
expressed satisfaction of this community Tuesday for the recent approval of an
autochthonous language legislation in the whole country.

Pocaterra said the instrument will strengthen ancestral peoples by means of the
widening of the oral and written use of their languages consecrated in the
Venezuelan Constitution as national languages.

Access full article below:
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B123240ED-CA94-49B1-A60E-3590E96B84BD%7D)&language=EN


From nflrc at HAWAII.EDU  Wed Aug  6 03:38:37 2008
From: nflrc at HAWAII.EDU (National Foreign Language Resource Center)
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:38:37 -1000
Subject: REMINDER: 2008 SLRF Conference - preregistration deadline August
 15
Message-ID: <TUE.5.AUG.2008.173837.1000.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Our apologies for any cross-postings . . .

The preregistration deadline for the 2008 SLRF Conference is August 15.
Register now to enjoy discounted conference rates.  For more information
or the registration form, visit:

http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/slrf08/registration.htm

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October 17-19, 2008
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Theme:  EXPLORING SLA: PERSPECTIVES, POSITIONS, AND PRACTICES

Plenary speakers:
- Dr. Harald Clahsen (University of Essex)
- Dr. Alan Firth (Newcastle University)
- Dr. Carmen Munoz (Universitat de Barcelona)
- Dr. Richard Schmidt (University of Hawai'i at Manoa)

Invited colloquia:
- "Comparing child L2 and SLI: Crosslinguistic perspectives" (Theres
   Gruter - organizer)
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   language use with learning and teaching practices" (Christina Higgins -
   organizer)

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From bischoff.st at GMAIL.COM  Thu Aug  7 09:50:10 2008
From: bischoff.st at GMAIL.COM (s.t. bischoff)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 05:50:10 -0400
Subject: Indigenous Language Articles?
Message-ID: <THU.7.AUG.2008.055010.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Hi all,

I'll be teaching a graduate seminar on languages of North America (very
general in scope at this point) and am looking for articles to give the
students to read. I'm open to anything. If you have any ideas I'd love to
hear them. Also, if anyone has taught such a course and has suggestions,
they would be welcome.

Thanks,
Shannon
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From bernisantamaria at GMAIL.COM  Thu Aug  7 15:29:35 2008
From: bernisantamaria at GMAIL.COM (Bernadette Santamaria)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 08:29:35 -0700
Subject: Indigenous Language Articles?
In-Reply-To: <1c1f75a20808070250w1f332457gcb9c1cfeb188182f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.7.AUG.2008.082935.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Shannon:  I have taught White Mountain Apache language at the UofA in the
Critical Languages Program. There's not a lot of grammar books, curricula,
or documentation on the Western Apache languages and everyone seems to
believe that all Apache groups have one language which is untrue.  I would
be willing to respond to questions that you may have if I can answer. Our
languages should be included in any discussions on Indigenous languages of
the US because the Apache nations of several states, if populations are
combined as other tribes do for the census, are among the top ten in totals
and also, the Southwestern tribes are the core groups that comprise the
Indigenous languages that are still used among their children, a common
measure often utilized to describe languages that are classified in the "A"
category (or stronger than others) and that have younger fluent speakers
than other Indigenous groups.

Berni

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 2:50 AM, s.t. bischoff <bischoff.st at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'll be teaching a graduate seminar on languages of North America (very
> general in scope at this point) and am looking for articles to give the
> students to read. I'm open to anything. If you have any ideas I'd love to
> hear them. Also, if anyone has taught such a course and has suggestions,
> they would be welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Shannon
>
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From hsouter at GMAIL.COM  Thu Aug  7 16:04:45 2008
From: hsouter at GMAIL.COM (Heather Souter)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:04:45 -0500
Subject: Indigenous Language Articles?
In-Reply-To: <1c1f75a20808070250w1f332457gcb9c1cfeb188182f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.7.AUG.2008.110445.0500.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Taanshi, Shannon,

My name is Heather Souter.  I am a Michif (Metis) from Camperville,
Manitoba, Canada and an emerging speaker of Michif (the mixed language as
spoken in North Dakota (Turtle Mountain Reservation), Montana (Rocky Boy
Reservation), communities in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and some other provinces
of Western Canada. I am also a language activist and graduate student.  I
work with my auntie and other elders here, doing both documentation and
research.  I have attended ALIDI, CILLDI, U of K in Lawrence, KS (where Dr.
Akira Yamamoto was teaching until recently).  I will be starting a degree
program at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta this fall.  If any of
your students happen to be interested in Michif an/or its origins, please
feel free to contact me. BTW, I use video Skype and would be pleased to
answer any questions I can for individual students or your class as a whole.

Eekoshi pitamaa.

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 4:50 AM, s.t. bischoff <bischoff.st at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'll be teaching a graduate seminar on languages of North America (very
> general in scope at this point) and am looking for articles to give the
> students to read. I'm open to anything. If you have any ideas I'd love to
> hear them. Also, if anyone has taught such a course and has suggestions,
> they would be welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Shannon
>
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From wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU  Thu Aug  7 20:32:07 2008
From: wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU (William J Poser)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:32:07 -0400
Subject: Indigenous Language Articles?
In-Reply-To: <1c1f75a20808070250w1f332457gcb9c1cfeb188182f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.7.AUG.2008.163207.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Not an article exactly, but for such a course you'll very likely
want a map showing where the languages are. By far the best such map
in my opinion is the one in the back pocket of Volume 17 of the Handbook
of North American Indians, created by Ives Goddard at the Smithsonian.
The map actually comes in two versions. There is a wall-sized version that
is available from Amazon.com. However, that tends to get beat up (I haven't
found a place that can laminate my copy), and students can't really make
out much if you put it up at the front of a classroom. It is also possible
to buy the smaller version of the map that comes with the Handbook, but
Amazon.com and such places appear not to carry the small version. For the
small version, you need to go to the publisher, which is the University of
Nebraska Press. They not only have both versions, but their price for the
wall-sized version was much lower than the price elsewhere the last time
I checked. The small version is cheap enough (around $5.00) that you can
provide one for every student if your class isn't too large.

Bill


From bischoff.st at GMAIL.COM  Thu Aug  7 23:19:06 2008
From: bischoff.st at GMAIL.COM (s.t. bischoff)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:19:06 -0400
Subject: Indigenous Language Articles?
In-Reply-To: <20080807203208.037C5B246D@lorax.ldc.upenn.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.7.AUG.2008.191906.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Thanks William, that is a really good idea. I have the Volume and love the
map, I've been meaning to frame it. I will certainly use in the class now
that I know you can buy it.

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 4:32 PM, William J Poser <wjposer at ldc.upenn.edu>wrote:

> Not an article exactly, but for such a course you'll very likely
> want a map showing where the languages are. By far the best such map
> in my opinion is the one in the back pocket of Volume 17 of the Handbook
> of North American Indians, created by Ives Goddard at the Smithsonian.
> The map actually comes in two versions. There is a wall-sized version that
> is available from Amazon.com. However, that tends to get beat up (I haven't
> found a place that can laminate my copy), and students can't really make
> out much if you put it up at the front of a classroom. It is also possible
> to buy the smaller version of the map that comes with the Handbook, but
> Amazon.com and such places appear not to carry the small version. For the
> small version, you need to go to the publisher, which is the University of
> Nebraska Press. They not only have both versions, but their price for the
> wall-sized version was much lower than the price elsewhere the last time
> I checked. The small version is cheap enough (around $5.00) that you can
> provide one for every student if your class isn't too large.
>
> Bill
>
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From David.Lewis at GRANDRONDE.ORG  Thu Aug  7 23:42:32 2008
From: David.Lewis at GRANDRONDE.ORG (David Lewis)
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:42:32 -0700
Subject: Indigenous Language Articles?
In-Reply-To: A<1c1f75a20808070250w1f332457gcb9c1cfeb188182f@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.7.AUG.2008.164232.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

I recommend this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Oregon-Native-Languages-Gross/dp/0870711938/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218152454&sr=8-1

 

Teaching Oregon Languages, published in 2007. I have a chapter in the book. It's a pretty good overview of the subject. 

 

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David G. Lewis

Manager, Cultural Resources Department

Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

Office 503.879.1634

David.Lewis at grandronde.org <mailto:David.Lewis at grandronde.org> 

. ?`?..`?.. ><{{{{?>`?..?`?...><{{{{?>`?..?

 

________________________________

From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of s.t. bischoff
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 2:50 AM
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: [ILAT] Indigenous Language Articles?

 

Hi all,

I'll be teaching a graduate seminar on languages of North America (very general in scope at this point) and am looking for articles to give the students to read. I'm open to anything. If you have any ideas I'd love to hear them. Also, if anyone has taught such a course and has suggestions, they would be welcome. 

Thanks,
Shannon

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From rtroike at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sat Aug  9 05:08:36 2008
From: rtroike at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Rudy Troike)
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 22:08:36 -0700
Subject: Indigenous Language Articles?
In-Reply-To: <ILAT%200808080001071254.01B5@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
Message-ID: <FRI.8.AUG.2008.220836.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Shannon,

    I was going to suggest Vol. 17 of the Handbook of North American Indians,
but Bill beat me to it. I've used Harry Hoijer's Linguistic Structures of
Native America, originally published by the Viking Fund, for such a course,
but I don't know if it is still available anywhere. If available, I'd
definitely suggest the introductions to Boas' Handbook and Powell's work,
which were reprinted together by, I believe, Nebraska U Press, in a paperback
some years ago. Both still bear reading for historical purposes, since
newcomers tend to focus on the latest work and overlook the state of knowledge
in the past. I also always require Edward Sapir's famous article "Time 
Depth in
Aboriginal North America", which was reprinted in David Mandelbaum's valuable
collection, Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and
Personality (the original edition, not the stripped-down reprinting). Sapir's
Encyclopedia Britannica article, which sets forth his superstock 
classification,
also deserves inclusion as a framework for much subsequent comparative work
and the basis for much still-ongoing discussion.

    Rudy


From sissela at YAHOO.COM  Sat Aug  9 17:31:24 2008
From: sissela at YAHOO.COM (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Donna_A._Williams?=)
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 10:31:24 -0700
Subject: Anishinaabemowin Distance Instructor sought for Sault College
 (Canada)
Message-ID: <SAT.9.AUG.2008.103124.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

(Apologies for cross-postings)
(NB: "Since this position is for a distance education course, the location
of the instructor is not an issue." Candidates located in US welcome.)

Sault College is looking for a part-time instructor for the course,
Anishinaabemowin ? Conversational, to be offered via Contact North (distance
education).
http://www.saultc.on.ca/Programs/1033.asp
http://www.saultc.on.ca/Academics/ContinuingEducation/DistanceEducation/CN_FAQ.asp

Course Description
This course will concentrate on conversation key sentences, to use at work
or in a social setting. The double vowel method is used. The four language
skills: listening, speaking, writing and reading will be incorporated into
each lesson. There will be a variety of activities and interaction with
other students. The environment will be both entertaining and educational,
thus giving a sense of pride in learning this beautiful language. A portion
of the course lessons will be in the basic Medicine Wheel Teachings. Our
goal is to regain and retain Anishinaabemowin language and culture.

Qualifications
?       B.A. in English/ Communications or Sciences
?       3 years proven teaching experience, preferably with adults
?       Active participation in Aboriginal life, culture, and language
?       Experience with Blackboard, WebCT or other Learning Management
System an asset
?       Proficient computer skills (i.e. Word processing, email, Internet)
?       Strong human relations, organization and verbal/written
communication skills
?       A recognized language certificate ? Anishinaabemowin will be
considered an asset.
Since this position is for a distance education course, the location of the
instructor is not an issue.
Salary is commensurate with education and experience.


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sat Aug  9 18:31:11 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 11:31:11 -0700
Subject: Indigenous Language Articles?
In-Reply-To: <20080808220836.2z4jnk0w88cggs0s@www.email.arizona.edu>
Message-ID: <SAT.9.AUG.2008.113111.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Just a few entries here taking an endangered language approach...
McCarty, Teresa L. and Ofelia Zepeda (eds.). (1998). Indigenous Language Use
and Change in the Americas. International Journal of the Sociology of 
Language,
Vol. 132. Mouton de Gruyter.
Nettle, Daniel and Suzanne Romaine. (2000). Vanishing Voices: the 
extinction of
the world's languages. Oxford.?

Be sure to see the archived articles at the Teaching Indigenous Languages web
page:
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/TIL.html
Many such more elsewhere...
Phil
UofA
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sat Aug  9 18:38:07 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 11:38:07 -0700
Subject: Land handover a dream (fwd link)
Message-ID: <SAT.9.AUG.2008.113807.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Land handover a dream

Caitriona Murtagh
Thursday, August 7, 2008
? The Cairns Post
Australia

FIFTY-eight years have passed since Kaanju elder Allan Creek was born in a tin
shed by a dusty Coen road.

Then, Aboriginal ownership of Cape York land was unheard of.

Access full article below:
http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2008/08/07/6063_local-news.html


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sat Aug  9 19:10:46 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:10:46 -0700
Subject: UN rights officials call on countries to back declaration on
 indigenous peoples (fwd)
Message-ID: <SAT.9.AUG.2008.121046.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

UN rights officials call on countries to back declaration on indigenous peoples

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27640&Cr=Indigenous&Cr1=

8 August 2008 ? Two senior United Nations human rights officials called today
for political commitment from States and the support of the public at large to
fulfill the rights of indigenous peoples around the globe, in a joint statement
released on the eve of the International Day of the World?s Indigenous People.

Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang and the Special
Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of
indigenous people. S. James Anaya, both lauded the adoption of the Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples last year by the General Assembly, but said
that it ?will not in itself change the everyday lives of the men, women and
children whose rights it champions.?

?For this we need the political commitment of States, international cooperation,
and the support and good will of the public at large, to create and implement a
range of intensely practical programmes, designed and undertaken in
consultation with indigenous peoples themselves,? they said.

The Declaration lays down minimum standards for the survival, dignity and
well-being of the world?s estimated 5,000 indigenous groups, comprising as many
as 370 million people.

In a separate statement, Mr. Anaya expressed his concern at reports of arbitrary
displacement and other abuses suffered by members of the Charco la Pava
community, which is part of the Ng?be indigenous community in Bocas del Toro
Province in Panama, where the construction of a hydroelectric project, called
CHAN 75, is taking place.

?I observe with concern the human rights violations suffered by members of the
Charco la Pava community, such as arbitrary displacement from their lands, loss
of housing and destruction of agricultural crops, and other abuses such as the
excessive use of force and detaining of members of the community that have
opposed the construction of the hydroelectric project, including women and
children.?

Mr. Anaya said he was concerned that the situation was deteriorating, and that,
given the presence of an armed police force in the area, the situation could
worsen. He said he had information that the AES Changuinola Company was moving
ahead without the control or the supervision of the government authorities.

He added that the project could result in the complete flooding of the Charco la
Pava community, without obtaining their informed consent.

In another development today, the UN refugee agency said that forced
displacement was devastating the lives of indigenous people in Colombia.

?There are around a million indigenous people in Colombia, belonging to more
than 80 different Indian-American groups with over 60 separate languages.
Nearly all of these groups have been victims of forced displacement or are
threatened by it as a result of the internal armed conflict,? Ron Redmond,
spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said today. Mr.
Redmond added that every year between 10,000 and 20,000 indigenous people are
registered by national authorities after being forced to flee from their lands,
stressing that the economic, social and cultural survival of indigenous
communities depends on their very strong links with their ancestral land.

?In many cases, losing their territory and moving into the entirely foreign
environment of the cities threatens the very survival of the group and its
individual members,? he said.

Also on the eve of the International Day, the UN Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) said that indigenous peoples were especially vulnerable to
the effects of climate change.

?Indigenous peoples are among the first to suffer from increasingly harsh and
erratic weather conditions, and a generalized lack of empowerment to claim
goods and services to which other population groups have greater access,?
Regina Laub, FAO focal point for indigenous peoples, said today.

FAO stressed that indigenous peoples also had a critical role to play in
supporting global adaptation to climate change.

?Indigenous communities are often the custodians of unique knowledge and skills,
and the genetic and biological diversity in plant and animal production that may
be vital in adapting to climate change. Approximately 80 per cent of the world?s
remaining biodiversity is found within indigenous peoples? territories,? the
agency said.

Also today, the UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said that
indigenous people all over the world are stewards of an immense wealth of
diversity and that their existence is crucial to sustaining development in the
countries where they live.

Speaking at an event in New York to commemorate the International Day, she said
the UN was firmly committed to promoting and protecting the rights of every
human being ? regardless of background, creed or culture.


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sat Aug  9 19:15:05 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:15:05 -0700
Subject: Protect, Promote Endangered Languages...
Message-ID: <SAT.9.AUG.2008.121505.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Article quote:

"As 2008 is the International Year of Languages, this International Day is also
an opportunity to recognize the silent crisis confronting many of the world?s
languages, the overwhelming majority of which are indigenous peoples?
languages.  The loss of these languages would not only weaken the world?s
cultural diversity, but also our collective knowledge as a human race.  I call
on States, indigenous peoples, the United Nations system and all relevant
actors to take immediate steps to protect and promote endangered languages and
to ensure the safe passage of this shared heritage to future generations."

PROTECT, PROMOTE ENDANGERED LANGUAGES, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IN MESSAGE
FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WORLD?S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/sgsm11715.doc.htm


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sat Aug  9 19:17:59 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:17:59 -0700
Subject: Whistler centre preserves ancient traditions of Lil'wat,
 Squamish nations (fwd link)
Message-ID: <SAT.9.AUG.2008.121759.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Whistler centre preserves ancient traditions of Lil'wat, Squamish nations

Aug 09, 2008 04:30 AM
Jim Byers
Staff Reporter

whistler, B.C.?It was only a few decades ago that Shawnna Apodaca and other
Squamish people faced cultural extinction. They were forbidden to speak their
native language or continue their traditional artistry of basket-weaving and
wood-carving.

Access full article below:
http://www.thestar.com/Travel/article/473418


From dzo at BISHARAT.NET  Sat Aug  9 20:23:27 2008
From: dzo at BISHARAT.NET (Donald Z. Osborn)
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:23:27 +0800
Subject: "Ban Ki-Moon calls for protection of all endangered languages"
Message-ID: <SUN.10.AUG.2008.042327.0800.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

This item from Mathaba News Network may be of interest:


Ban calls for protection of all endangered languages
Posted: 2008/08/09
From: MNN
http://mathaba.net/news/?x=601474

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the International  
Day of the World's Indigenous People, August 9, 2008 called on States,  
indigenous peoples, the UN system and all relevant actors to take  
immediate steps to protect and promote endangered languages.

"In 1994, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 9 August as  
the International Day of the World's Indigenous People.

There were many reasons for this decision, but the fundamental  
motivation was the Assembly's recognition of the need to place the  
United Nations clearly and strongly behind the promotion and  
protection of the rights of indigenous peoples, in order to put an end  
to their marginalization, their extreme poverty, the expropriation of  
their traditional lands and the other grave human rights abuses they  
have faced and continue to encounter.

Indeed, the suffering of indigenous peoples includes some of the  
darkest episodes in human history," he said in his message according  
to UN Information Center.

"Important as it was, proclamation of the day was only a prelude to a  
greater milestone: last fall's adoption by the General Assembly of the  
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Declaration is a  
visionary step towards addressing the human rights of indigenous  
peoples.

It sets out a framework on which states can build or rebuild their  
relationships with indigenous peoples.

The result of more than two decades of negotiations, it provides a  
momentous opportunity for states and indigenous peoples to strengthen  
their relationships, promote reconciliation, and ensure that the past  
is not repeated.

I encourage Member States and indigenous peoples to come together in a  
spirit of mutual respect, and make use of the Declaration as the  
living document it is so that it has a real and positive effect  
throughout the world.

"As 2008 is the International Year of Languages, this International  
Day is also an opportunity to recognize the silent crisis confronting  
many of the world's languages, the overwhelming majority of which are  
indigenous peoples' languages.

The loss of these languages would not only weaken the world's cultural  
diversity, but also our collective knowledge as a human race.

I call on States, indigenous peoples, the UN system and all relevant  
actors to take immediate steps to protect and promote endangered  
languages, and to ensure the safe passage of this shared heritage to  
future generations." --IRNA

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Mon Aug 11 17:16:45 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:16:45 -0700
Subject: Land gives indigenous people health (fwd link)
Message-ID: <MON.11.AUG.2008.101645.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Land gives indigenous people health

Tuesday, 12 August 2008
Desert Knowledge CRC
Australia

There is mounting scientific evidence that keeping the connection that
Aboriginal people have with their traditional country strong can make an
important contribution in the fight against the epidemic of chronic disease and
social dislocation.

Access full article below:
http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20081208-17778-2.html


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Mon Aug 11 17:22:30 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:22:30 -0700
Subject: Caught in the grips of linguistic paranoia (fwd link)
Message-ID: <MON.11.AUG.2008.102230.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Caught in the grips of linguistic paranoia

OP-ED
By Nataly Kelly
August 11, 2008

WHAT MAKES the largest military power on earth tremble in its boots? What causes
an entire nation of people - the majority of whom descended from non-English
speakers - to shudder in fear? What provokes outrage at debates and town hall
meetings in the current presidential campaign? Language, that's what.

Access full article below:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/08/11/caught_in_the_grips_of_linguistic_paranoia/


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Mon Aug 11 18:46:28 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:46:28 -0700
Subject: The Esselen Puzzle: Re-learning a dead language (fwd media link)
Message-ID: <MON.11.AUG.2008.114628.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Intern Edition Summer 2008

The Esselen Puzzle: Re-learning a dead language
One woman's fight to revive her native language

Reported by Sarah Whites-Koditschek
Produced by Ben Phelps-Rohrs

Listen Now (media link)

57-year-old Louise Ramirez studied Spanish in ninth grade but she never mastered
it and she couldn't roll her Rs. Learning Esselen is different, she says, in
part, because she's just about the only tribe member learning more than a few
words, and there's no one around to correct her pronunciation.

Access NPR media link below:
http://www.npr.org/about/nextgen/internedition/sum08/esselen.html


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Aug 12 17:16:52 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:16:52 -0700
Subject: International Day of the World’s Indigenous People (fwd link)
Message-ID: <TUE.12.AUG.2008.101652.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

International Day of the World?s Indigenous People

Posted: Tuesday, 12 August 2008, 9:50 (EST)
Australia

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Tom Calma,
has urged governments to fund and resource the protection and promotion of
Indigenous languages, as part of this year?s International Day of the World's
Indigenous People (9 August).

?The theme of this year?s International Day of the World's Indigenous People is
the protection and promotion of the world?s endangered languages, which is
especially relevant to Australia, whose Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
languages are under threat of extinction,? Commissioner Calma said.

Access full article below:
http://au.christiantoday.com/article/international-day-of-the-worlds-indigenous-people/4075.htm


From bischoff.st at GMAIL.COM  Tue Aug 12 19:48:14 2008
From: bischoff.st at GMAIL.COM (s.t. bischoff)
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:48:14 -0400
Subject: # of Indigenous Languages today?
Message-ID: <TUE.12.AUG.2008.154814.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Hi all,

Is there a reference for the number of Indigenous languages spoken today in
North or South America?  I've run across several figures from the early
1990s, but I'm wondering if there is anything more recent. I recall a
possible post similar to this earlier...sorry if it was addressed there.

Thanks,
Shannon
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From sgehr at KARUK.US  Tue Aug 12 18:48:28 2008
From: sgehr at KARUK.US (Susan Gehr)
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:48:28 -0700
Subject: Employment Opportunity: Karuk Language Program Coordinator
Message-ID: <TUE.12.AUG.2008.114828.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Reminder: The application deadline is 5pm, Friday August 22nd.

Update: We still haven?t gotten official word, but that is a good sign.

Ayuk?i:

We?re looking to hire a coordinator for the Language Program who would start
later this year, contingent on the funding of our 2008-2011 project proposal
from ANA.  I hope to continue on in a tribal linguist role.

The application deadline is August 22nd, with interviews to take place in
early September.  Contingent on the receipt of an official funding letter,
the coordinator could potentially begin work on September 30th, the first
day of the project.

The ANA proposal?s project title is the Karuk Master / Apprentice
Documentation Project.  The goal of the project is to document elder and
fluent speakers using younger learners to record spoken language that will
be used to update the dictionary, capture variations in Karuk language among
different villages, and share spoken Karuk via video podcast.  The project
will also be recruiting 5 Karuk master speakers and 5 apprentices.

To see the job description, follow this link:
http://www.karuk.us/jobs/pdf/Language.pdf

To get information on how to apply, follow this link:
http://www.karuk.us/jobs/

Call or write me if you want more project-related information.

Y?otva,
-- 
Susan Gehr
Karuk Language Program Director
Karuk Tribe of California
PO Box 1016, Happy Camp, CA 96039
(800) 505-2785 x2205  NEW FAX # (530) 493-1658

Karuk Language Resources on the Web - http://www.karuk.org/
Karuk Section of William Bright's Site - http://ncidc.org/bright/karuk.html
Karuk Dictionary - http://dictionary.karuk.org/


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From enviro.design at YAHOO.COM  Wed Aug 13 13:27:48 2008
From: enviro.design at YAHOO.COM (Sandra Gaskell)
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:27:48 -0700
Subject: Fw: [ASNJ] New Tower of Babel?
Message-ID: <WED.13.AUG.2008.062748.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

forwarding this article?about the Native people?I am related to...member?New Jersey Archaeological Society and?Society California Archaeology...
This is from the list serve...
?
Sandra Gaskell, RPA, MS, MA 
Registered Professional Archaeologist 
ARC Archaeology Resources & Culture 
Speech & Language Therapist 
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From: "Becker, Marshall" <mbecker at wcupa.edu>
To: Anvilbangr <anvilbangr at aol.com>
Cc: ASNJ at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 11:36:08 AM
Subject: RE: [ASNJ] New Tower of Babel?


Seems that the various natives speaking their traditional languages met on saturday, when I could join them. The claimant "Lenape" group from Penna (ask Jim Rementer about them) met on sunday, a date for which I had a previous commitment. From what I have been told, none of the people in this claimant group have any document relationship with any native peoples, although the claims vary. They do have a website.
?
Best to all - MArshall

________________________________
From: ASNJ at yahoogroups. com on behalf of Anvilbangr
Sent: Mon 8/11/2008 10:42 AM
To: asnj at yahoogroups. com
Subject: [ASNJ] New Tower of Babel?


Reporting on a recent "Native Language Crisis Conference", an August 11th item in 'News From Indian Country' informs us:
?
"Language workers from the Miccosukke, Chichti Pueblo, Lakota, Miami, Sac and Fox, Apache/Chicana, Yuchi, Euchee, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Snqwiiqwo Salish, Maliseet, Shawnee, Kashaya, Navajo, Munda, Kallawaya, Maori, Sami, Hnahno, Turkic and LENAPE/DELAWARE (emphasis mine)?languages came together to talk of the urgency of revitalization, best practices, new technologies and recognizing the roles of linguists and non-Native educators." 
?
(My question: wonder what language they used to speak to one another? as they "came together to talk" of all these portentuous affairs? H-m-m-m-m... .)
?
************ *
?
NJ Lenape "buffs" and others?may enjoy further some au courant beliefs and activities of the Native Person participants:
?
"?....The Lenape?s homeland spanned thousands of acres across New Jersey and Pennsylvania for more than 10,000 years. They were pushed from their homelands to Wisconsin and Kansas, southwest to Oklahoma and northward to Canada. 
The English called them Delaware, likely because the people centered around the Lenape Sipu which became called the Delaware River. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, about 16,000 people across America say they are descendants of the Lenape.... "
"....People of the Lenape came from the Delaware Nation of Oklahoma, the Moravian Band Delaware Nation in Ontario, the Delaware Nation in Thamesville, Ontario, the Stockbridge- Munsee Band of Mohicans in Wisconsin and the Delaware Tribe of Indians in Anadarko, Oklahoma.... "
"...The Lenape presenters are discussing how to provide Lenape language curriculum to schools in Pennsylvania and New Jersey...." 
Kawliga
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From mona at ALLIESMEDIAART.COM  Wed Aug 13 14:59:03 2008
From: mona at ALLIESMEDIAART.COM (Mona Smith)
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:59:03 -0500
Subject: [Fwd: [Dakota-net] Tribe Declares State of Emergency]
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Subject: 	[Dakota-net] Tribe Declares State of Emergency
Date: 	Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:43:50 -0500 (CDT)
From: 	Tammy DeCoteau <tdc.aaia at verizon.net>
Organization: 	Assoc on American Indian Affairs
To: 	dakota-net at mail.socsci.umn.edu



Executive Proclamation
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Office of the Tribal Chairman

Whereas, the Tribal Council of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, by and through its authority vested by the Revised Constitution and By-laws adopted Resolution No. SW-08-079; and

Whereas, by that resolution the Tribal Council of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Lake Traverse Reservation declared that the Dakota language embodies the life, culture and identity of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate and revitalization is paramount to the survival of our Nation; and,

Whereas, the Tribal Council of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Lake Traverse Reservation recognized the importance of revitalizing the Dakota language and declared that it will be recognized as the first language of the people of the Lake Traverse Reservation and we must eliminate the disparity between the use of English and the Dakota language; and

Whereas, in this year, 2008, from January through this date, nine ? and possibly more ? of our fluent treasured elders have went on their journey to the spirit world representing a loss to the Oyate of nine percent (9%) of the entire population of our fluent treasured elders: 

Now, Therefore, I, Michael I. Selvage Sr., Tribal Chairman of  the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, do hereby proclaim a Dakota Language Crisis and further declare that the Dakota language is in a state of emergency.


In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, on the Lake Traverse Reservation, in Agency Village, South Dakota, this 30th day of July, 2008.
   




/s/Michael I. Selvage Sr., Tribal Chairman


Tammy DeCoteau
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From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:20:18 -0700
Subject: Call to protect mother tongues (fwd link)
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Call to protect mother tongues

KATHMANDU, Aug. 13: It has been stressed that mother tongues spoken by various
communities should be protected, promoted and used in the administrative works
as well, citing the reason that Nepal is a multilingual country and federal
system is being launched here.

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http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/detail.php?article_id=4912&cat_id=8


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From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:23:20 -0700
Subject: Garrett announces $37m indigenous funds (fwd link)
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Garrett announces $37m indigenous funds

August 14, 2008 - 12:02PM
Australia

Federal Arts Minister Peter Garrett has announced $37 million in funding for
indigenous arts and culture, saying they touch and resonate with people all
over the world.

Mr Garrett says it will go to indigenous arts, cultural, languages and
broadcasting programs Australia-wide in 2008-09.

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From: roberta_stout at HOTMAIL.COM (roberta stout)
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:19:22 -0400
Subject: ILAT Digest - 12 Aug 2008 to 13 Aug 2008 (#2008-200)
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TORONTO, August 13, 2008 -- Many of the 50 Aboriginal languages spoken in Canada may be included in graduate work at York University as it becomes the first postsecondary institution in Canada to officially sanction graduate thesis work in languages other than English and French.
 Starting this fall, graduate students at York can complete and defend a major paper, project, thesis or dissertation in French or in the language of Aboriginal people in North America. Interested students must first receive confirmation from the director of the graduate program concerned that relevant supervision and sufficient support can be provided. The change in the Faculty of Graduate Studies regulation on language was approved by the Committee on Curriculum & Academic Standards of the Senate of York University and reported to Senate this past spring. Proposed initially by the graduate program in York?s Faculty of Environmental Studies (FES), the successful amendment to the language requirement follows years of discussion and research by FES Dean Barbara Rahder and Anders Sandberg, associate dean and professor of environmental studies, among others. "Several years ago, I was approached by two graduate students who wanted to write their graduate theses in their native language [M?kmaw?simk]," said Rahder. ?They were both passionate about the importance of Aboriginal languages and wanted to create a path for future students to follow.?Rahder discussed the topic with interested students and faculty members and determined that there would be considerable support for the initiative. She also surveyed the academic scene to determine if precedents had been set by universities in North America for Aboriginal languages. While Trent University in Peterborough, Ont. and St. Mary?s University in Halifax, NS, had limited provisions for undergraduate and master?s level study, Rahder found there were no formal precedents in Canada. Rahder and Sandberg developed a mechanism for appointing a supervisor for master?s level students interested in completing their work in French or a First Nations language. They also considered the conundrum of the PhD dissertation and the requirement for a doctoral candidate to defend their work before a panel of expert examiners appointed by the University.?How could we create that same environment in a dissertation defense where there would be provisions for speakers and non-speakers that would allow people to ask questions in either language,? Rahder said.There are 50 languages spoken by Canada?s First Nations peoples that belong to 11 major families. A survey completed for the most recent Atlas of Canada map published in 1996 shows that many of these languages are in danger of extinction. The map illustrates that while some languages are strong and viable, others are small and vulnerable to extinction. The three largest families represent 93 per cent of people with an Aboriginal mother tongue and include the Algonquin, Inuktitut and Athapaskan languages. ?The Faculty of Environmental Studies thought it was very important to create a way for people to work in their language,? Rahder said. ?I surveyed other scholars in Canada and it sparked an interesting debate on how we could retain the academic integrity of graduate studies.?Once the proposal was approved by the Faculty of Environmental Studies? Council, it was expanded to include all graduate studies programs at York. Members of the council noted that the proposal had implications for York students studying American Sign Language, and that scholars who graduate after accessing the language option could then become facilitators, supervisors and committee members. For Rahder, the formal adoption of the motion marks a new era in graduate studies at York University. ?There are many living languages, cultures and knowledge that are on the brink of extinction,? said Rahder. ?This is one way of helping preserve that knowledge.?York University is the leading interdisciplinary research and teaching university in Canada. York offers a modern, academic experience at the undergraduate and graduate level in Toronto, Canada?s most international city. The third largest university in the country, York is host to a dynamic academic community of 50,000 students and 7,000 faculty and staff, as well as more than 200,000 alumni worldwide. York?s 11 faculties and 24 research centres conduct ambitious, groundbreaking research that is interdisciplinary, cutting across traditional academic boundaries. This distinctive and collaborative approach is preparing students for the future and bringing fresh insights and solutions to real-world challenges. York University is an autonomous, not-for-profit corporation.-30-Media contact:Killeen Kelly, Media Relations, York University, 416 736 2100 x22938 /

 killeenk at yorku.ca. 


Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:01:17 -0700From: LISTSERV at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDUSubject: ILAT Digest - 12 Aug 2008 to 13 Aug 2008 (#2008-200)To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU

ILAT Digest - 12 Aug 2008 to 13 Aug 2008 (#2008-200)

Table of contents:

Fw: [ASNJ] New Tower of Babel? 
[Fwd: [Dakota-net] Tribe Declares State of Emergency] 

Fw: [ASNJ] New Tower of Babel? 

Fw: [ASNJ] New Tower of Babel? (08/13)From: Sandra Gaskell <enviro.design at YAHOO.COM>
[Fwd: [Dakota-net] Tribe Declares State of Emergency] 

[Fwd: [Dakota-net] Tribe Declares State of Emergency] (08/13)From: Mona Smith <mona at ALLIESMEDIAART.COM>


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forwarding this article about the Native people I am related to...member New Jersey Archaeological Society and Society California Archaeology...
 
This is from the list serve... 
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Seems that the various natives speaking their traditional languages met on saturday, when I could join them. The claimant "Lenape" group from Penna (ask Jim Rementer about them) met on sunday, a date for which I had a previous commitment. From what I have been told, none of the people in this claimant group have any document relationship with any native peoples, although the claims vary. They do have a website.
 
Best to all - MArshall


From: ASNJ at yahoogroups. com on behalf of AnvilbangrSent: Mon 8/11/2008 10:42 AMTo: asnj at yahoogroups. comSubject: [ASNJ] New Tower of Babel?





Reporting on a recent "Native Language Crisis Conference", an August 11th item in 'News From Indian Country' informs us:
 
"Language workers from the Miccosukke, Chichti Pueblo, Lakota, Miami, Sac and Fox, Apache/Chicana, Yuchi, Euchee, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Snqwiiqwo Salish, Maliseet, Shawnee, Kashaya, Navajo, Munda, Kallawaya, Maori, Sami, Hnahno, Turkic and LENAPE/DELAWARE (emphasis mine) languages came together to talk of the urgency of revitalization, best practices, new technologies and recognizing the roles of linguists and non-Native educators." 
 
(My question: wonder what language they used to speak to one another  as they "came together to talk" of all these portentuous affairs? H-m-m-m-m... .)
 
************ *
 
NJ Lenape "buffs" and others may enjoy further some au courant beliefs and activities of the Native Person participants:
 

" ....The Lenape?s homeland spanned thousands of acres across New Jersey and Pennsylvania for more than 10,000 years. They were pushed from their homelands to Wisconsin and Kansas, southwest to Oklahoma and northward to Canada. 
The English called them Delaware, likely because the people centered around the Lenape Sipu which became called the Delaware River. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, about 16,000 people across America say they are descendants of the Lenape.... "
"....People of the Lenape came from the Delaware Nation of Oklahoma, the Moravian Band Delaware Nation in Ontario, the Delaware Nation in Thamesville, Ontario, the Stockbridge- Munsee Band of Mohicans in Wisconsin and the Delaware Tribe of Indians in Anadarko, Oklahoma.... "
"...The Lenape presenters are discussing how to provide Lenape language curriculum to schools in Pennsylvania and New Jersey...." 
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Subject: 
[Dakota-net] Tribe Declares State of Emergency

Date: 
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:43:50 -0500 (CDT)

From: 
Tammy DeCoteau <tdc.aaia at verizon.net>

Organization: 
Assoc on American Indian Affairs

To: 
dakota-net at mail.socsci.umn.eduExecutive Proclamation
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Office of the Tribal Chairman

Whereas, the Tribal Council of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, by and through its authority vested by the Revised Constitution and By-laws adopted Resolution No. SW-08-079; and

Whereas, by that resolution the Tribal Council of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Lake Traverse Reservation declared that the Dakota language embodies the life, culture and identity of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate and revitalization is paramount to the survival of our Nation; and,

Whereas, the Tribal Council of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Lake Traverse Reservation recognized the importance of revitalizing the Dakota language and declared that it will be recognized as the first language of the people of the Lake Traverse Reservation and we must eliminate the disparity between the use of English and the Dakota language; and

Whereas, in this year, 2008, from January through this date, nine ? and possibly more ? of our fluent treasured elders have went on their journey to the spirit world representing a loss to the Oyate of nine percent (9%) of the entire population of our fluent treasured elders: 

Now, Therefore, I, Michael I. Selvage Sr., Tribal Chairman of  the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, do hereby proclaim a Dakota Language Crisis and further declare that the Dakota language is in a state of emergency.


In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, on the Lake Traverse Reservation, in Agency Village, South Dakota, this 30th day of July, 2008.
   




/s/Michael I. Selvage Sr., Tribal Chairman


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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Aug 15 05:49:13 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:49:13 -0700
Subject: Linguist studies unique variant of Russian found on Kodiak Island
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Linguist studies unique variant of Russian found on Kodiak Island

Article published on Thursday, August 14th, 2008
By ERIK WANDER
Mirror Writer

A unique version of the 18th century Russian language still spoken by a handful
of people in Kodiak and Port Lions is the subject of a study by a researcher
from St. Petersburg, Russia.

Evgeny Golovko, a professor of linguistics at the Institute for Linguistic
Studies and the European University at St. Petersburg, is in Kodiak to document
what remains of an unusual variant of the Russian language before it vanishes.

Golovko, who specializes in the Native languages of Siberia, is collaborating
with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Native Language Center on a
project called Documenting Alaska Native and Neighboring Languages.

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http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=6540


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Aug 15 16:30:16 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:30:16 -0700
Subject: Colombia's Indians risk extinction from conflict,
 drugs war and multinationals (fwd link)
Message-ID: <FRI.15.AUG.2008.093016.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Article qoute:

"Colombia's indigenous groups speak 64 different languages and live in distinct
habitats - from remote jungle to mountainous regions - which means their plight
remains largely invisible."

Colombia's Indians risk extinction from conflict, drugs war and multinationals
15 Aug 2008 14:06:00 GMT
Written by: Anastasia Moloney
http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/46655/2008/07/15-140558-1.htm


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Aug 17 18:18:34 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:18:34 -0700
Subject: Recording oral traditions (fwd link)
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Recording oral traditions

DANIEL BOURCHIER
August 17th, 2008

Australia

A TERRITORY scientist has won a Churchill Fellowship for his work in documenting
Aboriginal names and uses for plants and animals.

Glenn Wightman, an ethnobiologist with the Natural Resources Department will
visit research centres in the United Kingdom and United States to discover how
traditional plant and animal knowledge is being preserved.

He has been working with Aboriginal woman Ada Goodman, of 15 Mile Camp, near
Palmerston, for three years to compile the most extensive written record of the
region's flora and fauna.

Mr Wightman has been working in this field for 26 years and has been involved in
recording biological knowledge of 44 Aboriginal language groups, overseeing the
publication of 24 books.

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http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2008/08/17/5266_ntnews.html


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Aug 17 19:29:37 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:29:37 -0700
Subject: Delaware traditions rekindled: Preservation program seeks to save
 tribal heritage (fwd link)
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Delaware traditions rekindled: Preservation program seeks to save tribal
heritage

By Emily Droege E-E Feature Writer

For more than two decades, Annette Ketchum witnessed her culture slowly dwindle
away. However, rather than standing by and watching the heritage of the
Delaware Indians continue to become a distant memory, she felt compelled to
save her tribe?s traditions before it became forever lost in history.

Ketchum consequently came up with a local preservation program which caters to
saving the language and cultural practices of her tribe. Officially established
this past June, the Delaware Tribe Cultural Preservation Program holds weekly
classes at the Delaware Community Center.

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http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/articles/2008/08/17/community/com985.txt


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Aug 19 06:21:00 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:21:00 -0700
Subject: Indian language textbook becomes part of state's education
 mission (fwd link)
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Indian language textbook becomes part of state's education mission

Posted: August 19, 2008
by: Rob Capriccioso

SANTA FE, N.M. - Long-talked-about efforts to infuse Native culture and language
learning in the public education system have resulted in action in New Mexico.

A textbook co-authored by Evangeline Parsons Yazzie, a Navajo professor at
Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, has been selected by the state's
education department as a high-quality resource that will soon be made
available to all school districts in the state.

State officials believe that New Mexico is the first state to adopt a Navajo
textbook for use in the American public education system.

So far, officials from 10 districts have already signed on to have teachers in
their systems use the book and its companion teaching guide. BIA schools are
also eligible to review the text and decide whether to use it starting in the
2009-10 school year.

Access full article below:
http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096417985


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Aug 19 06:28:41 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:28:41 -0700
Subject: Research using Aborigines makes maths breakthrough (fwd link)
Message-ID: <MON.18.AUG.2008.232841.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Research using Aborigines makes maths breakthrough

The Australian
Andrew Trounson | August 19, 2008

BASIC mathematical ability appears to be innate, or hard-wired into the human
brain, according to an international study.

The research found that outback Aboriginal children with only a few number words
in their language can still "count" just as well as English-speaking children.

The results of the joint study by University College London and Melbourne
University, challenges notions that we need language in order to think and
count.

It also suggests that mathematical disabilities such as dyscalculia, the little
known maths version of dyslexia, is a genetic or neurological disorder rather
than a memory or language deficiency.

The results have been published this week in the Washington-based journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24205070-12332,00.html


From hardman at UFL.EDU  Tue Aug 19 13:10:59 2008
From: hardman at UFL.EDU (MJ Hardman)
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:10:59 -0400
Subject: FW: Bolivia to Open 3 Universities Teaching in Indigenous
 Languages
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Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:04:04 -0400

Subject: Bolivia to Open 3 Universities Teaching in Indigenous Languages

I just saw this and thought everyone would be interested!
 
From: 
http://chronicle.com/news/article/5003/bolivia-to-open-3-universities-teachi
ng-in-indigenous-languages
----------------
August 15, 2008: Bolivia to Open 3 Universities Teaching in Indigenous
Languages
 
Bolivia plans to open three indigenous universities next year that will
teach in Aymara, Quechua, and Guarani, which are co-official languages in
the South American country, along with Spanish. The Bolivian president, Evo
Morales, has said the universities would help ?decolonize? the country
ideologically, culturally, socially, and economically, El Pais
<http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/Licenciados/aimara/elpepusoc/200808
15elpepusoc_1/Tes>  reports (in Spanish).
 
The plan has stirred debate among some Bolivian educators, who have
criticized the universities? would-be teachers as inadequately trained, and
who have worried about the limits of teaching exclusively in the local
languages.
 
The Bolivian Education and Culture Department said the universities?
curricula would be completed by September, and so far they include subjects
such as tropical agronomy, animal husbandry, and forestry, all of them ?in
great demand.? ?Maria Jos? Vi?as
----------------
 
Laurie N. Taylor
Digital Library Center
University of Florida Libraries
Laurien at ufl.edu 
www.uflib.ufl.edu/UFDC <http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/UFDC>  ::
www.uflib.ufl.edu/digital <http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/digital>
 


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From hardman at UFL.EDU  Tue Aug 19 13:17:10 2008
From: hardman at UFL.EDU (MJ Hardman)
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:17:10 -0400
Subject: Jaqi languages
Message-ID: <TUE.19.AUG.2008.091710.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Page 14 of the attached:

Announcement of a beginning grant for work with Jaqaru and Kawki, both
endangered.

Announcement of the Aymara on the Internet Program now accepted and in use
in Bolivia, where government officials, including teachers, are required to
know one of the indigenous languages.  (We've been working for something
more than three years to put on the internet the materials we developed
teaching Aymara at UF during 21 years; that it now be on the Bolivian
government server is deeply satisfying -- a giving back that we much
wanted.)

Dr. MJ Hardman
website:  http://grove.ufl.edu/~hardman/

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From reginas at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Aug 19 22:38:22 2008
From: reginas at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Regina Siquieros)
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:38:22 -0700
Subject: Indian language textbook becomes part of state's education
 mission (fwd link)
In-Reply-To: <20080818232100.ualr9lk0kwk8csg8@www.email.arizona.edu>
Message-ID: <TUE.19.AUG.2008.153822.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Dear Phil:

Please change my email address on your listserv to: rsiquieros at tocc.cc.az.us
I'm hoping I can still get the ILAT news. It's good information.

I am no longer at the university. I?ve secured a position at our Tohono
O'odham Community College (TOCC). This is my second week on the job. My first
week was spent in Lawrence, Kansas serving as TOCC?s representative at the
Tribal Colleges Forum.

Hope all is well with you. Give my regards to Alyce.

My appreciation,

Gina

Tohono O'odham Studies Instructor

Tohono O'odham Community College

Quoting phil cash cash <cashcash at email.arizona.edu>:

> Indian language textbook becomes part of state's education mission
>
> Posted: August 19, 2008
> by: Rob Capriccioso
>
> SANTA FE, N.M. - Long-talked-about efforts to infuse Native culture 
> and language
> learning in the public education system have resulted in action in 
> New Mexico.
>
> A textbook co-authored by Evangeline Parsons Yazzie, a Navajo professor at
> Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, has been selected by the state's
> education department as a high-quality resource that will soon be made
> available to all school districts in the state.
>
> State officials believe that New Mexico is the first state to adopt a Navajo
> textbook for use in the American public education system.
>
> So far, officials from 10 districts have already signed on to have 
> teachers in
> their systems use the book and its companion teaching guide. BIA schools are
> also eligible to review the text and decide whether to use it starting in the
> 2009-10 school year.
>
> Access full article below:
> http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096417985


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Wed Aug 20 17:22:56 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:22:56 -0700
Subject: Conference at IU focuses on preserving indigenous languages and
 cultures of Latin America (fwd)
Message-ID: <WED.20.AUG.2008.102256.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Last modified: Thursday, August 14, 2008

Conference at IU focuses on preserving indigenous languages and cultures of
Latin America

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 14, 2008
http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/8662.html

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- More than 200 experts who study indigenous languages spoken
in Latin America will come to Indiana University's Bloomington campus today
(August 14) through Saturday for the first biennial Symposium on Teaching
Indigenous Languages of Latin America or STILLA.

Conference organizers in the IU School of Education, the IU Department of
Folklore and Ethnomusicology, and the IU Center for Latin American and
Caribbean Studies call this the first meeting of its scope in the world. The
conference brings together scholars with practitioners, activists, indigenous
leaders and others to discuss and study the region's diverse languages and
cultures. With such a cross-disciplinary group for presentations, discussions
and workshops, the organizers hope to contribute toward preserving some of the
languages.

"There are numerous indigenous languages," said Serafin Coronel-Molina,
assistant professor of language education at the IU School of Education, "but
some of them are in the process of extinction. Some languages are not taught
any more, or were never taught in a formal way, so they remain oral languages,"
he said.

Coronel-Molina is originally from Peru and a native speaker of Quechua, a
language he said is widely spoken -- by about 14 million around the Andes
mountain range.

Research reveals the peril facing many indigenous languages. The Archive of the
Indigenous Languages of Latin America at the University of Texas reports that
many of the hundreds of languages still spoken are spoken by fewer than 5,000
people.

Coronel-Molina is the founder and principal convener of STILLA. The co-conveners
are John McDowell, director of the IU Minority Languages and Cultures of Latin
America Program and professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, and Jeffrey
Gould, the director of the Central American and Mexican Video Archive Project
in the IU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. The Department of
Folklore and Ethnomusicology and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean
Studies are all housed within the College of Arts and Sciences.

McDowell said the first discussions about the conference envisioned something
small, but the final product has become expansive under the leadership of
Coronel-Molina.

"The novelty of this gathering is that it integrates all of the indigenous
communities in Latin America," McDowell said. "It brings together the
Mesoamerican scene with the scene from the Andes, and really creates a kind of
crossroads. We started out thinking that we would just maybe bring professors
of Quechua and people who were active in working with Quechuan-speaking
communities. Then we started to think, 'Well, why limit it to that?'

More than 60 sessions over three days will focus on the issues surrounding Latin
American languages. Experts in fields ranging from anthropology to linguistics
to folklore will be in Bloomington from as far away as England and Argentina.
On the final day, participants will hold a teleconference with colleagues in
Peru. After this year's conference, summaries of presentations will be
published. Every two years, STILLA will go to another host campus.

Apart from the organizing IU institutions, this event is being held in
partnership and sponsorship with centers, programs and international studies
devoted to Latin America and the Caribbean regions of the following academic
institutions: University of Michigan, University of Illinois at Urbana
Champaign, University of Notre Dame, Ohio State University, University of
Chicago and University of Wisconsin.

STILLA also received monetary contributions from the IU Office of the Vice
President for International Affairs, Department of Language Education, Indiana
University Foundation, Office of the Provost, departments of History,
Anthropology, Folklore and Ethnomusicology, and Spanish and Portuguese.


From iackerman at ROSETTASTONE.COM  Wed Aug 20 17:51:44 2008
From: iackerman at ROSETTASTONE.COM (Ackerman, Ilse)
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:51:44 -0400
Subject: Arapaho K-1 language immersion school
Message-ID: <WED.20.AUG.2008.135144.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Also from July/August Cultural Survival Quarterly...

 

Endangered Native American Languages Campaign Update:


Wind River Reservation, WY -- The Northern Arapaho community is
celebrating the success of their Council of Elders administrative
team--Michelle Harris and Ryan Wilson--in building the partnerships
needed to repair a donated building for the council's K-1 language
immersion school slated to open later this month. Part of the Council's
strategic plan for language revitalization, the immersion school will
pair certified educators with elder fluent speakers in the K-1
classrooms to teach classes entirely in the Arapaho language.  
 

Wilson says Harris was instrumental in garnering local support and
donations to facilitate critical roof repairs and internal renovations
for the school.  Harris has also secured AmeriCorps volunteers for the
school for the next two years!  The Council of Elders strives to create
fluent speakers among the children in their community as there are
currently only about 150 remaining speakers of the Arapaho language. 
Read more about the campaign.
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NIejynjbJOklLb519mlQW8gfDMtCzfr1xpyjnxzCAMtRphVfN4BfLmMn5Imr_Ixp9YS-OLjF
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From iackerman at ROSETTASTONE.COM  Thu Aug 21 17:11:28 2008
From: iackerman at ROSETTASTONE.COM (Ackerman, Ilse)
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:11:28 -0400
Subject: petition to Congress for native language programs in ANA and HHS
 budget
Message-ID: <THU.21.AUG.2008.131128.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

 

I saw this in this month's Cultural Survival newsletter:

 

United States: Support Native Languages

Among the more than 300 original languages spoken in the United States,
only 155-175 remain.  Scholars estimate that only 20 of these remaining
indigenous languages are being transmitted to native children. Seventy
languages could vanish within the next 10 years without immediate and
significant funding for tribal language programs.  
 
Please sign our petition to Congress
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001TXIxvz3mf1RKR4E55zyhjvldztbv3AWNsnGRj3sCZAY8
M63Nh0yivvTslad_TvllZfzZ9a_juRRrBRCcKt3JKJuMjs1US2zygAoHAzE5oxWj0bZiKzAD
uN7_08k8gVwGnkFGKZmX4kD6tXZ3Z07i2g8lgF1GKizyDLLOVFYkQNmClQBQ0LNvlg==>
urging support of funding for native language programs in the FY 2009
budget of the Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health
and Human Services.  With its historic passage of the Esther Martinez
Native American Languages Preservation Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-394),
Congress recognized the critical funding needs of native language
revitalization efforts.  The FY 2008 budget included $2 million in
Esther Martinez Language Preservation Act funding, but several hundred
tribes must compete for these 25-45 grants.
 
Join Cultural Survival and the National Alliance to Save Native
Languages in sending the message to Congress that revitalizing native
languages is critical to native cultural identity, spirituality, and
survival, as well as to the success of native students in school and
throughout life.
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001TXIxvz3mf1RKR4E55zyhjvldztbv3AWNsnGRj3sCZAY8
M63Nh0yivvTslad_TvllZfzZ9a_juRRrBRCcKt3JKJuMjs1US2zygAoHAzE5oxWj0bZiKzAD
uN7_08k8gVwGnkFGKZmX4kD6tXZ3Z07i2g8lgF1GKizyDLLOVFYkQNmClQBQ0LNvlg==>   

Read more about the campaign.
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NIejynjbJOklLb519mlQW8gfDMtCzfr1xpyjnxzCAMtRphVfN4BfLmMn5Imr_Ixp9YS-OLjF
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~ ilse

 

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Aug 22 17:43:05 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:43:05 -0700
Subject: Indigenous song loss 'a national crisis' (fwd link)
Message-ID: <FRI.22.AUG.2008.104305.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Indigenous song loss 'a national crisis'

Posted Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:00am AEST

A professor of Indigenous music has described the disappearance of traditional
Aboriginal songs in Australia as a national crisis.

Charles Darwin University's Professor Allan Marett was one of 20 experts who
attended a symposium on Indigenous music and dance in Darwin at the weekend.

Professor Marett has been studying Aboriginal culture for more than 20 years and
says 98 per cent of traditional songs have been lost.

Access full article below:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/18/2338346.htm


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Aug 22 17:47:17 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:47:17 -0700
Subject: Indigenous languages added to new Ecuadorian constitution (fwd
 link)
Message-ID: <FRI.22.AUG.2008.104717.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Indigenous languages added to new Ecuadorian constitution

Posted: August 22, 2008
by: Rick Kearns / Indian Country Today

QUITO, Ecuador - Ecuador could soon become the fourth country in the Western
Hemisphere to have indigenous languages included in the list of the nation's
official languages.

In late July, the National Constituent Assembly - the political entity that is
writing what could become the country's new constitution - decided to include
Quechua and Shuar, along with Spanish, as official languages. The proposed
constitution will be put to a national vote Sept. 28.

Access full article below:
http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096418033


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Aug 22 17:51:47 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:51:47 -0700
Subject: 'Can You See Me Now?' Sign Language Over Cell Phones Comes To
 United States (fwd link)
Message-ID: <FRI.22.AUG.2008.105147.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

'Can You See Me Now?' Sign Language Over Cell Phones Comes To United States

ScienceDaily (Aug. 21, 2008) ? A group at the University of Washington has
developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing
Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone. UW engineers got the phones
working together this spring, and recently received a National Science
Foundation grant for a 20-person field project that will begin next year in
Seattle.

Access full article below:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080821164609.htm


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Aug 22 18:19:35 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:19:35 -0700
Subject: Cofán Indians help map rain forest,
 produce DVDs on disappearing tribal traditions (fwd link)
Message-ID: <FRI.22.AUG.2008.111935.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Cof?n Indians help map rain forest, produce DVDs on disappearing tribal
traditions

Discovery of oil in their South American territory changed tribal life, and
they've asked the Field Museum to help

By William Mullen | Chicago Tribune reporter
10:03 PM CDT, August 3, 2008

An amused smile spread across the face of Mart?n Criollo as the 30-year-old
Cof?n Indian from a remote South American reserve looked over a collection of
artifacts in the anthropological storage area of the Field Museum.

He had spotted one of his own shirts, a loose-fitting traditional garment called
a cushma.

"I literally took it off his back when we were in Ecuador last year,"
sociologist Daniel Brinkmeier said. "It was a good example of typical but
traditional clothing, so I asked Mart?n if we could buy it."

The Cof?n are a rain forest tribe that barely had contact with the outside world
until an American company struck oil on their land in 1966. Since then, members
have struggled to hang on to their lands, traditions and culture in the face of
the invading 20th and 21st Centuries.

Tribal leaders have enlisted the Field Museum in their effort, inviting
Brinkmeier and two other museum scientists to Ecuador last year to gather and
preserve about 100 Cof?n artifacts, including beadwork, feathered shamanic
headdresses, wooden flutes, ceramic griddles, blowguns, darts and spears.

Access full article below:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-cofan-04-aug04,0,7807850.story


From CRANEM at ECU.EDU  Fri Aug 22 19:36:51 2008
From: CRANEM at ECU.EDU (Bizzaro, Resa Crane)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:36:51 -0400
Subject: Address change
Message-ID: <FRI.22.AUG.2008.153651.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Sorry to disturb everyone on the list.
 
Phil--can you contact me offline?  My address is Resa.Bizzaro @ iup.edu
 
Thanks.
 
Resa
 

________________________________

From: Indigenous Languages and Technology on behalf of phil cash cash
Sent: Fri 8/22/2008 1:43 PM
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: [ILAT] Indigenous song loss 'a national crisis' (fwd link)



Indigenous song loss 'a national crisis'

Posted Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:00am AEST

A professor of Indigenous music has described the disappearance of traditional
Aboriginal songs in Australia as a national crisis.

Charles Darwin University's Professor Allan Marett was one of 20 experts who
attended a symposium on Indigenous music and dance in Darwin at the weekend.

Professor Marett has been studying Aboriginal culture for more than 20 years and
says 98 per cent of traditional songs have been lost.

Access full article below:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/18/2338346.htm


From nflrc at HAWAII.EDU  Fri Aug 22 23:06:16 2008
From: nflrc at HAWAII.EDU (National Foreign Language Resource Center)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:06:16 -1000
Subject: REMINDER: 1st International Conference on Language Documentation
 and Conservation (ICLDC) Call for Proposals deadline September 15
Message-ID: <FRI.22.AUG.2008.130616.1000.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Apologies for any cross-postings . . .


1st International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation:
Supporting Small Languages Together.
Honolulu, Hawai'i, March 12-14, 2009
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ICLDC09

It has been a decade since Himmelmann's article on language documentation
appeared and focused the field into thinking in terms of creating a
lasting record of a language that could be used by speakers as well as by
academics. This conference aims to assess what has been achieved in the
past decade and what the practice of language documentation within
linguistics has been and can be. It has become apparent that there is too
much for a linguist alone to achieve and that language documentation
requires collaboration. This conference will focus on the theme of
collaboration in language documentation and revitalization and will
include sessions on interdisciplinary topics.

PLENARY SPEAKERS include:

* Nikolaus Himmelmann, University of Munster
* Leanne Hinton, UC Berkeley
* Paul Newman, Indiana University, University of Michigan
* Phil Cash Cash, University of Arizona


TOPICS

We welcome abstracts on the issue of a retrospective on language
documentation - an assessment after a decade, and on topics related to
collaborative language documentation and conservation which may include:

- Community-based documentation/conservation initiatives
- Community viewpoints on documentation
- Issues in building language documentation in collaborative teams
- Interdisciplinary fieldwork
- Collaboration for mobilization of language data
- Technology in documentation - methods and pitfalls
- Graduate students and documentation
- Topics in areal language documentation
- Training in documentation methods - beyond the university
- Teaching/learning small languages
- Language revitalization
- Language archiving
- Balancing documentation and language learning

This is not an exhaustive list and individual papers and/or colloquia on
topics outside these remits are warmly welcomed.


ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Abstracts should be submitted in English, but presentations can be in any
language. We particularly welcome presentations in languages of the
region. Authors may submit no more than one individual and one joint
proposal.

ABSTRACTS ARE DUE BY SEPTEMBER 15th, 2008 with notification of acceptance
by October 17th 2008.

We ask for ABSTRACTS OF 400 WORDS for online publication so that
conference participants can have a good idea of the content of your paper
and a 50 WORD SUMMARY for inclusion in the conference program.  All
abstracts will be submitted to blind peer review by international experts
on the topic.

** SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL ONLINE:  http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/icldc09/call.html

Selected papers from the conference will be invited to submit to the
journal Language Documentation & Conservation for publication.


PRESENTATION FORMATS

* PAPERS will be allowed 20 minutes with 10 minutes of question time.
* POSTERS will be on display throughout the conference. Poster
  presentations will run during the lunch breaks.
* COLLOQUIA (themed sets of sessions) associated with the theme of the
  conference are also welcome.


For more information, visit our conference website:
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ICLDC09

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From wleman1949 at GMAIL.COM  Fri Aug 22 23:26:51 2008
From: wleman1949 at GMAIL.COM (Wayne Leman)
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:26:51 -0700
Subject: petition to Congress for native language programs in ANA and HHS
 budget
Message-ID: <FRI.22.AUG.2008.162651.0700.WLEMAN1949@GMAIL.COM>

It is important to petition our governments to fund native language programs more. It is just as equally important, if not more so, to petition our native communities to do what is necessary in homes, extended families, at school and at play so that languages can be retained or revitalized. Money is only a partial answer for the lost of native languages. Money will be unable to do anything to prevent the loss of languages unless our language attitudes changes. Governments could fund boarding schools again, require native children to attend them, and only allow native languages to be spoken there. That might work to revitalize languages, but we all know the terrible impact boarding schools had on our children in the past. I have seen huge amounts of government money poured into language revitalization programs and they have only a minimal impact on children. Government policies are largely to blame for loss of languages. But there is little that governments can do today to reverse that loss, *unless* language communities are willing to work with government money to create viable language programs. Token programs to teach children numbers and colors do not teach language. "Immersion" programs where teachers revert to English, French, or some other national language when they need to "communicate" something do not teach a language. Children learn languages from their parents and other caregivers. Schools can have a part in the process but seldom can revitalize programs unless they are true immersion schools. Money can help. But little will change until native peoples decide that they are going to teach the language again to their children.

It is a terrible dilemma. We need to be realistic and not give people the idea that money alone will revitalize languages. It won't. It can't.

Wayne Leman
Alutiiq tribal member
and Cheyenne linguist
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From HarveyD at SOU.EDU  Thu Aug 28 16:05:03 2008
From: HarveyD at SOU.EDU (Dan Harvey)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:05:03 -0700
Subject: ACORNS Revitalization Software - new release available
Message-ID: <THU.28.AUG.2008.090503.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Hi All,

There is a new release of ACORNS language revitalization software that is now available at: http://cs.sou.edu/~harveyd/acorns The software can be freely downloaded.

The previous release provided language teachers an easy interface to create language lessons, and then post them on the Web. In the last year, I have trained a number of tribes in its use. I have three visits scheduled to BC in September for more demonstrations and training.

ACORNS 3.0 provided:
1) Picture and sound lessons - where the student clicks on places in a picture and hears an appropriate recording
2) Multiple Choice Lessons - where students sees four pictures, hears a sound, and clicks on the correct one. This kind of lesson is similar to popular commercial software which our country uses to train diplomats
3) Hear and respond lessons - where students hear a story and have to fill in some blank words
4) A software application that enables ACORNS users to edit pre-recorded sound files

ACORNS 4.0 adds some significant new features:
1) Hear and click lessons - where students hear a story and click on the appropriate picture when the story is playing back something that relates to that picture. At the Sausalito conference, one of the language teachers referred to this kind of lesson, as a 'fly swatter' exercise.
2) ACORNS can now decode nine audio formats
3) A simplified installation procedure is now available. For Windows user, a standard installation program is available for download. For MAC users, you can download a dmg file which has the distribution in it. For Linux users, a tar.gz file is available for download.
4) ACORNS now properly handles animated picture files. This is important to create lessons and convey motion.
5) The program now handles systems with multiple microphones, where you can select which one you want to use.
6) There is a copy and paste option that allows you to copy lessons from one ACORNS file to another
7) The program can now handle longer recordings than was possible in version 3.0

Based on user request, there are some other minor enhancements. A few of these follow
1) The multiple choice lesson can now handle layers, which allows the same lesson to work with up to ten different dialects.
2) The resolution of pictures is now improved
3) Picture and sound lessons do not have control buttons covering the bottom  of the pictures.
4) There is better responsiveness to mouse clicks

We are also close to having a demonstration version of a multilingual dictionary. I hope that some linguists would be willing to try out the demonstration version and provide constructive feedback. With this program, a single dictionary will be able to handle a single language, or hundreds. Flexible hard copy and Web-based features will be included in the final version. It will conform to best practice criteria, and be able to import and merge existing dictionaries, and output them for further processing by other external programs.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Dan Harvey
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Southern Oregon University
harveyd at sou.edu 


From huangc20 at UFL.EDU  Thu Aug 28 19:50:41 2008
From: huangc20 at UFL.EDU (Chun Jimmy Huang)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:50:41 -0400
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
Message-ID: <THU.28.AUG.2008.155041.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Tabe (greetings),

I have been looking at a copy of Dutch-English-Siraya St. Mattew's 
for Siraya language revitalization (an indigenous Austronesian 
language in Taiwan). It was edited by the Dutch missionary Daniel 
Gravius in 1661. What I have found is that when translating the 
bible to Siraya, Gravius had kept the native term that referred to 
god in general, "alid," and used it to refer to the Christian god. 
Later I realized that the same applied to other indigenous 
languages in Taiwan. That is, the Presbyterian missionaries that 
came to Taiwan all kept the native terms for god(s) and 
incorporated them into their Christian missions.

Curiously, on the other hand, the Spanish Catholic priests who 
went to the Philippines around the same time had replaced the 
native terms for god(s) with "Dios".

so the different choices in terms of whether appropriating the 
native religious terms into Christianity or not (which may lead to 
significant sociolinguistic consequences). It makes me wonder if 
such difference in choice is pertinent to (Presbyterian) 
Protestant vs. Catholics and/or Dutch vs. Spanish.

I'd much appreciate if anyone can share some insights from the 
American experience or from other regions.

madag ki alilid (thanks very much)!

Chun (Jimmy) Huang
PhD candidate,
Linguistics, University of Florida
Special assistant,
Tainan Ping-pu Siraya Culture Association


From wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU  Thu Aug 28 20:17:00 2008
From: wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU (William J Poser)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:17:00 -0400
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <661866801.120601219953041275.JavaMail.osg@osgjas04.cns.ufl.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.28.AUG.2008.161700.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Others may be able to answer the denominational question, but
one place to look for information on this might be the
extensive literature on the "Chinese rites controversy"
within the Roman Catholic Church. This had to do with
the extent to which Catholics could use the terminology
of and practice the rites of Confucianism. The Jesuits
took the position that Confucianism was a philosophy,
not a religion in conflict with Catholicism, and that
"ancestor worship" was merely a form of veneration and
not idolatry. They used Chinese terms such as "heavenly
lord" in reference to the Catholic god. The Dominicans
objected to this. The controversy was ultimately settled
by a bull issued by Pope Clement XI in 1715, who sided
with the Dominicans. This resulted in the Kang Xi Emperor
banning the Catholic church.

I can't find a copy of the bull off the cuff, but as I recall
it actually contains an interesting discussion of the meaning
of Chinese terms in comparison to Latin "deus".

Bill


From mrb1 at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Thu Aug 28 20:19:57 2008
From: mrb1 at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Maxine Baptiste)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:19:57 -0700
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <661866801.120601219953041275.JavaMail.osg@osgjas04.cns.ufl.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.28.AUG.2008.131957.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Hi, as far as I know, the terms used in Catholic prayers are nativized 
terms of
the English equivalent. sisi kri would be the term for Jesus Christ, san mari
will be the term for Saint Mary, and the term for God would be the Native word
for "creator" k'wulncutn. This is interesting, Maxine

Quoting Chun Jimmy Huang <huangc20 at ufl.edu>:

> Tabe (greetings),
>
> I have been looking at a copy of Dutch-English-Siraya St. Mattew's
> for Siraya language revitalization (an indigenous Austronesian
> language in Taiwan). It was edited by the Dutch missionary Daniel
> Gravius in 1661. What I have found is that when translating the
> bible to Siraya, Gravius had kept the native term that referred to
> god in general, "alid," and used it to refer to the Christian god.
> Later I realized that the same applied to other indigenous
> languages in Taiwan. That is, the Presbyterian missionaries that
> came to Taiwan all kept the native terms for god(s) and
> incorporated them into their Christian missions.
>
> Curiously, on the other hand, the Spanish Catholic priests who
> went to the Philippines around the same time had replaced the
> native terms for god(s) with "Dios".
>
> so the different choices in terms of whether appropriating the
> native religious terms into Christianity or not (which may lead to
> significant sociolinguistic consequences). It makes me wonder if
> such difference in choice is pertinent to (Presbyterian)
> Protestant vs. Catholics and/or Dutch vs. Spanish.
>
> I'd much appreciate if anyone can share some insights from the
> American experience or from other regions.
>
> madag ki alilid (thanks very much)!
>
> Chun (Jimmy) Huang
> PhD candidate,
> Linguistics, University of Florida
> Special assistant,
> Tainan Ping-pu Siraya Culture Association


From Paul_Lewis at SIL.ORG  Thu Aug 28 20:43:21 2008
From: Paul_Lewis at SIL.ORG (M. Paul Lewis)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:43:21 -0500
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <661866801.120601219953041275.JavaMail.osg@osgjas04.cns.ufl.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.28.AUG.2008.154321.0500.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Jimmy:

You might take a look at:

Sanneh, Lamin. 1989. Translating the message. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books.

and / or 

Sanneh, Lamin. 2003. Whose religion is Christianity? The gospel beyond the 
west. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.

Sanneh, an African theologian and historian teaching at Yale, looks at the 
history of Bible translation and proposes that using the local name(s) for 
God plays a significant role in how readily Christianity is accepted and 
becomes enculturated in any given setting.
There are disagreements among Bible translators (and Christians generally) 
about how the name(s) of God should be treated, with some arguing that the 
Judeo-Christian God of the Bible is clearly different from any local deity 
and so using the local name is confusing and theologically wrong, probably 
leading to misunderstandings of the nature of God as expressed in the 
Bible. The Jewish tradition, of course, is that The Name itself is sacred 
and so not really translatable nor appropriately used in print (as I have 
done here) except through substitutions and metaphorical allusions. 
Others (like Sanneh) argue that the local terms can be re-invested with 
the theological concepts of the Bible and thus make Christianity more 
easily translatable and transferable across cultures.
I'm not aware of any studies that test these claims but I haven't done any 
real study in that area. Sanneh give some examples.
Hope this helps,
Paul
*****************
M. Paul Lewis, PhD.
Editor, Ethnologue / International Sociolinguistics Coordinator
SIL International
7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd.
Dallas, TX 75236

Voice: (972) 708-7521
Fax: (972) 708-7589
Cell: (817) 703-8361



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Tabe (greetings),

I have been looking at a copy of Dutch-English-Siraya St. Mattew's 
for Siraya language revitalization (an indigenous Austronesian 
language in Taiwan). It was edited by the Dutch missionary Daniel 
Gravius in 1661. What I have found is that when translating the 
bible to Siraya, Gravius had kept the native term that referred to 
god in general, "alid," and used it to refer to the Christian god. 
Later I realized that the same applied to other indigenous 
languages in Taiwan. That is, the Presbyterian missionaries that 
came to Taiwan all kept the native terms for god(s) and 
incorporated them into their Christian missions.

Curiously, on the other hand, the Spanish Catholic priests who 
went to the Philippines around the same time had replaced the 
native terms for god(s) with "Dios".

so the different choices in terms of whether appropriating the 
native religious terms into Christianity or not (which may lead to 
significant sociolinguistic consequences). It makes me wonder if 
such difference in choice is pertinent to (Presbyterian) 
Protestant vs. Catholics and/or Dutch vs. Spanish.

I'd much appreciate if anyone can share some insights from the 
American experience or from other regions.

madag ki alilid (thanks very much)!

Chun (Jimmy) Huang
PhD candidate,
Linguistics, University of Florida
Special assistant,
Tainan Ping-pu Siraya Culture Association

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From: awebster at SIU.EDU (awebster@siu.edu)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:45:09 -0400
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <OF57E482D0.A82F30BF-ON862574B3.006F7A29-862574B3.0071DA47@notes.sil.org>
Message-ID: <THU.28.AUG.2008.174509.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

You might also look at the David Samuels piece:

2006. ?Bible Translation and Medicine Man Talk: Missionaries, 
Indexicality, and the ?Language Expert? on the San Carlos 
Apache Reservation.? Language in Society.  35(4): 529-557.	


---------Included Message----------
>Date: 28-aug-2008 15:43:54 -0500
>From: <Paul_Lewis at SIL.ORG>
>Reply-To: "Indigenous Languages and Technology" 
<ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
>To: <ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
>Subject: Re: [ILAT] Question cocerning the native term for god
(s) and imported Christianity
>
>Jimmy:
>
>You might take a look at:
>
>Sanneh, Lamin. 1989. Translating the message. Maryknoll, NY: 
Orbis Books.
>
>and / or 
>
>Sanneh, Lamin. 2003. Whose religion is Christianity? The 
gospel beyond the 
>west. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing 
Company.
>
>Sanneh, an African theologian and historian teaching at Yale, 
looks at the 
>history of Bible translation and proposes that using the local 
name(s) for 
>God plays a significant role in how readily Christianity is 
accepted and 
>becomes enculturated in any given setting.
>There are disagreements among Bible translators (and 
Christians generally) 
>about how the name(s) of God should be treated, with some 
arguing that the 
>Judeo-Christian God of the Bible is clearly different from any 
local deity 
>and so using the local name is confusing and theologically 
wrong, probably 
>leading to misunderstandings of the nature of God as expressed 
in the 
>Bible. The Jewish tradition, of course, is that The Name 
itself is sacred 
>and so not really translatable nor appropriately used in print 
(as I have 
>done here) except through substitutions and metaphorical 
allusions. 
>Others (like Sanneh) argue that the local terms can be re-
invested with 
>the theological concepts of the Bible and thus make 
Christianity more 
>easily translatable and transferable across cultures.
>I'm not aware of any studies that test these claims but I 
haven't done any 
>real study in that area. Sanneh give some examples.
>Hope this helps,
>Paul
>*****************
>M. Paul Lewis, PhD.
>Editor, Ethnologue / International Sociolinguistics Coordinator
>SIL International
>7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd.
>Dallas, TX 75236
>
>Voice: (972) 708-7521
>Fax: (972) 708-7589
>Cell: (817) 703-8361
>
>
>
>Chun Jimmy Huang <huangc20 at UFL.EDU> 
>Sent by: Indigenous Languages and Technology 
<ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
>08/28/2008 02:50 PM
>Please respond to
>Indigenous Languages and Technology <ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
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>
>To
>ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
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>
>Subject
>[ILAT] Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and 
imported 
>Christianity
>
>
>
>
>
>
>Tabe (greetings),
>
>I have been looking at a copy of Dutch-English-Siraya St. 
Mattew's 
>for Siraya language revitalization (an indigenous Austronesian 
>language in Taiwan). It was edited by the Dutch missionary 
Daniel 
>Gravius in 1661. What I have found is that when translating 
the 
>bible to Siraya, Gravius had kept the native term that 
referred to 
>god in general, "alid," and used it to refer to the Christian 
god. 
>Later I realized that the same applied to other indigenous 
>languages in Taiwan. That is, the Presbyterian missionaries 
that 
>came to Taiwan all kept the native terms for god(s) and 
>incorporated them into their Christian missions.
>
>Curiously, on the other hand, the Spanish Catholic priests who 
>went to the Philippines around the same time had replaced the 
>native terms for god(s) with "Dios".
>
>so the different choices in terms of whether appropriating the 
>native religious terms into Christianity or not (which may 
lead to 
>significant sociolinguistic consequences). It makes me wonder 
if 
>such difference in choice is pertinent to (Presbyterian) 
>Protestant vs. Catholics and/or Dutch vs. Spanish.
>
>I'd much appreciate if anyone can share some insights from the 
>American experience or from other regions.
>
>madag ki alilid (thanks very much)!
>
>Chun (Jimmy) Huang
>PhD candidate,
>Linguistics, University of Florida
>Special assistant,
>Tainan Ping-pu Siraya Culture Association
>
>
>
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Anthony K. Webster, Ph.D.
Department of Anthropology &
Native American Studies Minor
Southern Illinois University
Mail Code 4502
Carbondale, IL 62901-4502
618-453-5027


From phonosemantics at EARTHLINK.NET  Thu Aug 28 22:39:37 2008
From: phonosemantics at EARTHLINK.NET (jess tauber)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:39:37 -0400
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
Message-ID: <THU.28.AUG.2008.183937.0400.PHONOSEMANTICS@EARTHLINK.NET>

The Anglican British missionaries who worked with the Yahgans in Tierra del Fuego up til around 1915 (when they folded up shop) acknowledged the native term, Watauineiwa as meaning 'God', in the dictionary of the language (MS @1879), but then opted for the English form in the three biblical texts and in printed prayer tracts (1880's). Calqued Yahgan and English forms for devils and angels shared space in the texts, but only Yahgan forms were used for 'ghost, spirit' etc. So perhaps there is some sort of hierarchical tendency involved?

In late materials many of the calqued liturgical terms were replaced by Spanish, as many of the surviving Yahgans had become bilingual by the early 1900's.

Jess Tauber
phonosemantics at earthlink.net


From rzs at WILDBLUE.NET  Fri Aug 29 01:59:27 2008
From: rzs at WILDBLUE.NET (Richard Smith)
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:59:27 -0700
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <20080828131957.ppzok4sokksg8sws@www.email.arizona.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.28.AUG.2008.185927.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

yes it is interesting!

Because "God" is not itself a name and doesn't describe action it was
difficult to translate or use among my Wyandot ancestors.
The Methodist Episcopal missionaries in the 1800's were strict and
uncompromising in their doctrines. Any Wyandot who wasn't convinced
the Book they brought was the word of God was considered of the
 "heathen party". However the Christian Wyandots who were fully converted to
all the doctrines of the Methodists chose to use the descriptive term
"Hamendizhu'  or  Ha'?tem?di?u' which translates as
"he speaks with a loud voice" but more accurately conveys:
"He has the Authority"
The Wyandot word for "Jesus" was "Shasus" having no intrinsic meaning
just a wyandotaphone  sound that sounded sorta close to  "Jesus".
The missionaries might have tried giving the meaning of the original
descriptive name Yeshua (He heals,saves) and allowed the Christian Wyandots
to voice that meaning in Wyandot language, But unfortunately
"he heals" would have been the same word used to describe a medicine man!
To the missionaries of this time, medicine people people were of the devil.

ALL Wyandot names described something..until the foreigners arrived and
Christian Wyandots reverted to the English way of giving names:
Robert, Jim, Edward, Jesus, Joe
sounds representing individuals, yet names describing no known action.

see: 
History of the Wyandott Mission At Upper Sandusky,Ohio.Under the Direction
of The Methodist Episcopal Church (1840)  James B.Finley

-Richard Zane Smith
Wyandotte, Oklahoma





On 8/28/08 1:19 PM, "Maxine Baptiste" <mrb1 at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU> wrote:

> Hi, as far as I know, the terms used in Catholic prayers are nativized
> terms of
> the English equivalent. sisi kri would be the term for Jesus Christ, san mari
> will be the term for Saint Mary, and the term for God would be the Native word
> for "creator" k'wulncutn. This is interesting, Maxine
> 
> Quoting Chun Jimmy Huang <huangc20 at ufl.edu>:
> 
>> Tabe (greetings),
>> 
>> I have been looking at a copy of Dutch-English-Siraya St. Mattew's
>> for Siraya language revitalization (an indigenous Austronesian
>> language in Taiwan). It was edited by the Dutch missionary Daniel
>> Gravius in 1661. What I have found is that when translating the
>> bible to Siraya, Gravius had kept the native term that referred to
>> god in general, "alid," and used it to refer to the Christian god.
>> Later I realized that the same applied to other indigenous
>> languages in Taiwan. That is, the Presbyterian missionaries that
>> came to Taiwan all kept the native terms for god(s) and
>> incorporated them into their Christian missions.
>> 
>> Curiously, on the other hand, the Spanish Catholic priests who
>> went to the Philippines around the same time had replaced the
>> native terms for god(s) with "Dios".
>> 
>> so the different choices in terms of whether appropriating the
>> native religious terms into Christianity or not (which may lead to
>> significant sociolinguistic consequences). It makes me wonder if
>> such difference in choice is pertinent to (Presbyterian)
>> Protestant vs. Catholics and/or Dutch vs. Spanish.
>> 
>> I'd much appreciate if anyone can share some insights from the
>> American experience or from other regions.
>> 
>> madag ki alilid (thanks very much)!
>> 
>> Chun (Jimmy) Huang
>> PhD candidate,
>> Linguistics, University of Florida
>> Special assistant,
>> Tainan Ping-pu Siraya Culture Association


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From huangc20 at UFL.EDU  Sat Aug 30 21:17:45 2008
From: huangc20 at UFL.EDU (Chun Jimmy Huang)
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:17:45 -0400
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
Message-ID: <SAT.30.AUG.2008.171745.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Mr. Smith,
Thank you for sharing the fascinating observations. cultural 
contact in translation amazes me - it is not just about finding 
the closest descriptive terms but also concerned with 
appropriateness in the contacting cultures/ideologies. I love your 
"yeshua-he heals-medicine man" story.

Also big thanks to those who have posted on this thread. Your 
comments are all inspiring to me. I'll look into the references 
you recommended.

Chun



On Thu Aug 28 21:59:27 EDT 2008, Richard Smith <rzs at WILDBLUE.NET> 
wrote:

> yes it is interesting!
> 
> Because "God" is not itself a name and doesn't describe action it 
> was
> difficult to translate or use among my Wyandot ancestors.
> The Methodist Episcopal missionaries in the 1800's were strict 
> and
> uncompromising in their doctrines. Any Wyandot who wasn't 
> convinced
> the Book they brought was the word of God was considered of the
>  "heathen party". However the Christian Wyandots who were fully 
> converted to
> all the doctrines of the Methodists chose to use the descriptive 
> term
> "Hamendizhu'  or  Ha'???tem??di??u' which translates as
> "he speaks with a loud voice" but more accurately conveys:
> "He has the Authority"
> The Wyandot word for "Jesus" was "Shasus" having no intrinsic 
> meaning
> just a wyandotaphone  sound that sounded sorta close to  "Jesus".
> The missionaries might have tried giving the meaning of the 
> original
> descriptive name Yeshua (He heals,saves) and allowed the 
> Christian Wyandots
> to voice that meaning in Wyandot language, But unfortunately
> "he heals" would have been the same word used to describe a 
> medicine man!
> To the missionaries of this time, medicine people people were of 
> the devil.
> 
> ALL Wyandot names described something..until the foreigners 
> arrived and
> Christian Wyandots reverted to the English way of giving names:
> Robert, Jim, Edward, Jesus, Joe
> sounds representing individuals, yet names describing no known 
> action.
> 
> see: History of the Wyandott Mission At Upper Sandusky,Ohio.Under 
> the Direction
> of The Methodist Episcopal Church (1840)  James B.Finley
> 
> -Richard Zane Smith
> Wyandotte, Oklahoma
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/28/08 1:19 PM, "Maxine Baptiste" <mrb1 at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi, as far as I know, the terms used in Catholic prayers are 
>> nativized
>> terms of
>> the English equivalent. sisi kri would be the term for Jesus 
>> Christ, san mari
>> will be the term for Saint Mary, and the term for God would be 
>> the Native word
>> for "creator" k'wulncutn. This is interesting, Maxine
>> 
>> Quoting Chun Jimmy Huang <huangc20 at ufl.edu>:
>> 
>>> Tabe (greetings),
>>> 
>>> I have been looking at a copy of Dutch-English-Siraya St. 
>>> Mattew's
>>> for Siraya language revitalization (an indigenous Austronesian
>>> language in Taiwan). It was edited by the Dutch missionary Daniel
>>> Gravius in 1661. What I have found is that when translating the
>>> bible to Siraya, Gravius had kept the native term that referred 
>>> to
>>> god in general, "alid," and used it to refer to the Christian 
>>> god.
>>> Later I realized that the same applied to other indigenous
>>> languages in Taiwan. That is, the Presbyterian missionaries that
>>> came to Taiwan all kept the native terms for god(s) and
>>> incorporated them into their Christian missions.
>>> 
>>> Curiously, on the other hand, the Spanish Catholic priests who
>>> went to the Philippines around the same time had replaced the
>>> native terms for god(s) with "Dios".
>>> 
>>> so the different choices in terms of whether appropriating the
>>> native religious terms into Christianity or not (which may lead 
>>> to
>>> significant sociolinguistic consequences). It makes me wonder if
>>> such difference in choice is pertinent to (Presbyterian)
>>> Protestant vs. Catholics and/or Dutch vs. Spanish.
>>> 
>>> I'd much appreciate if anyone can share some insights from the
>>> American experience or from other regions.
>>> 
>>> madag ki alilid (thanks very much)!
>>> 
>>> Chun (Jimmy) Huang
>>> PhD candidate,
>>> Linguistics, University of Florida
>>> Special assistant,
>>> Tainan Ping-pu Siraya Culture Association
> 
> 


From rzs at WILDBLUE.NET  Sun Aug 31 15:47:05 2008
From: rzs at WILDBLUE.NET (Richard Smith)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:47:05 -0700
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <570638309.110481220131065803.JavaMail.osg@osgjas04.cns.ufl.edu>
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.084705.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Thanks Chun,

i guess we all work so hard to see the whole picture.
to reach the vantage point of all vantage points----> objectivity.
I'm sure some early missionaries thought they were there
just as I might assume I've reached a vantage point above their own.

But reality seems always skewed by our own interpretation
our stories, our emotion, and our limited comprehension.
I guess if there exists the "paradigm of paradigms"
to see everything sparkling clear and unbiased
it will always be beyond reach
definitely beyond my own...

but I guess knowing our limitations
shouldn't keep us from reaching anyway

-Richard


On 8/30/08 2:17 PM, "Chun Jimmy Huang" <huangc20 at UFL.EDU> wrote:

> Mr. Smith,
> Thank you for sharing the fascinating observations. cultural
> contact in translation amazes me - it is not just about finding
> the closest descriptive terms but also concerned with
> appropriateness in the contacting cultures/ideologies. I love your
> "yeshua-he heals-medicine man" story.
> 
> Also big thanks to those who have posted on this thread. Your
> comments are all inspiring to me. I'll look into the references
> you recommended.
> 
> Chun
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu Aug 28 21:59:27 EDT 2008, Richard Smith <rzs at WILDBLUE.NET>
> wrote:
> 
>> yes it is interesting!
>> 
>> Because "God" is not itself a name and doesn't describe action it
>> was
>> difficult to translate or use among my Wyandot ancestors.
>> The Methodist Episcopal missionaries in the 1800's were strict
>> and
>> uncompromising in their doctrines. Any Wyandot who wasn't
>> convinced
>> the Book they brought was the word of God was considered of the
>>  "heathen party". However the Christian Wyandots who were fully
>> converted to
>> all the doctrines of the Methodists chose to use the descriptive
>> term
>> "Hamendizhu'  or  Ha'???tem??di??u' which translates as
>> "he speaks with a loud voice" but more accurately conveys:
>> "He has the Authority"
>> The Wyandot word for "Jesus" was "Shasus" having no intrinsic
>> meaning
>> just a wyandotaphone  sound that sounded sorta close to  "Jesus".
>> The missionaries might have tried giving the meaning of the
>> original
>> descriptive name Yeshua (He heals,saves) and allowed the
>> Christian Wyandots
>> to voice that meaning in Wyandot language, But unfortunately
>> "he heals" would have been the same word used to describe a
>> medicine man!
>> To the missionaries of this time, medicine people people were of
>> the devil.
>> 
>> ALL Wyandot names described something..until the foreigners
>> arrived and
>> Christian Wyandots reverted to the English way of giving names:
>> Robert, Jim, Edward, Jesus, Joe
>> sounds representing individuals, yet names describing no known
>> action.
>> 
>> see: History of the Wyandott Mission At Upper Sandusky,Ohio.Under
>> the Direction
>> of The Methodist Episcopal Church (1840)  James B.Finley
>> 
>> -Richard Zane Smith
>> Wyandotte, Oklahoma
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 8/28/08 1:19 PM, "Maxine Baptiste" <mrb1 at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi, as far as I know, the terms used in Catholic prayers are
>>> nativized
>>> terms of
>>> the English equivalent. sisi kri would be the term for Jesus
>>> Christ, san mari
>>> will be the term for Saint Mary, and the term for God would be
>>> the Native word
>>> for "creator" k'wulncutn. This is interesting, Maxine
>>> 
>>> Quoting Chun Jimmy Huang <huangc20 at ufl.edu>:
>>> 
>>>> Tabe (greetings),
>>>> 
>>>> I have been looking at a copy of Dutch-English-Siraya St.
>>>> Mattew's
>>>> for Siraya language revitalization (an indigenous Austronesian
>>>> language in Taiwan). It was edited by the Dutch missionary Daniel
>>>> Gravius in 1661. What I have found is that when translating the
>>>> bible to Siraya, Gravius had kept the native term that referred
>>>> to
>>>> god in general, "alid," and used it to refer to the Christian
>>>> god.
>>>> Later I realized that the same applied to other indigenous
>>>> languages in Taiwan. That is, the Presbyterian missionaries that
>>>> came to Taiwan all kept the native terms for god(s) and
>>>> incorporated them into their Christian missions.
>>>> 
>>>> Curiously, on the other hand, the Spanish Catholic priests who
>>>> went to the Philippines around the same time had replaced the
>>>> native terms for god(s) with "Dios".
>>>> 
>>>> so the different choices in terms of whether appropriating the
>>>> native religious terms into Christianity or not (which may lead
>>>> to
>>>> significant sociolinguistic consequences). It makes me wonder if
>>>> such difference in choice is pertinent to (Presbyterian)
>>>> Protestant vs. Catholics and/or Dutch vs. Spanish.
>>>> 
>>>> I'd much appreciate if anyone can share some insights from the
>>>> American experience or from other regions.
>>>> 
>>>> madag ki alilid (thanks very much)!
>>>> 
>>>> Chun (Jimmy) Huang
>>>> PhD candidate,
>>>> Linguistics, University of Florida
>>>> Special assistant,
>>>> Tainan Ping-pu Siraya Culture Association
>> 
>> 


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Aug 31 19:38:38 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:38:38 -0700
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <C4E00B09.5003%rzs@wildblue.net>
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.123838.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

god
...is a male deity.? I often wonder how gender-based references come to be
lost in translation (e.g. god, goddess).? But then too there is "God" with a
capital "G" that seems to enter into the picture as well (via
entextualization).?
The framers of the US constitution were deists which posed a Christian
theological interpretation that god with a captial "G" is the creator of the
universe, though not a sovereign.? I suspect that this was purely an American
thing.?
just a few more thoughts...
Phil
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Aug 31 19:46:32 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:46:32 -0700
Subject: Keeping a language alive: Dena'ina language immersion preserves
 precious cultural link (fwd link)
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.124632.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Keeping a language alive: Dena'ina language immersion preserves precious
cultural link

By Joseph Robertia | Peninsula Clarion

Language is more than the spoken words between people. As a rich, complex and
dynamic way to communicate, language also reflects individual and cultural
thoughts and ideals. For this reason, several local organizations and
individuals are currently working to save Kenai's first language from going
extinct.

The Kenaitze Indian Tribe -- in partnership with the Administration for Native
Americans, Alaska Native Heritage Center and Cook Inlet Tribal Council -- has
been hosting a "Dena'ina Language Institute" this past week, and concluding
today, in an attempt to preserve, revitalize and perpetuate the Dena'ina
language.

Access full article below:
http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/083108/new_278178726.shtml


From wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU  Sun Aug 31 19:50:40 2008
From: wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU (William J Poser)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:50:40 -0400
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <20080831123838.q1wsk4k4c4oosoc8@www.email.arizona.edu>
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.155040.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

>The framers of the US Constitution were deists which posed a Christian
>theological interpretation...

Umm, I wouldn't say this. It is true that deists like Jefferson came
out of a Christian tradition, but they were not Christians in the sense
in which the overwhelming majority of Christians today are. Jefferson,
for example, denied the doctrine of the Trinity. He called the Christian god
"a being of terrific character -- cruel, vindictive, capricious, and unjust".
He denied the factual accuracy of the Bible and advised his nephew to
"read the Bible as you would Livy or Tacitus", that is, skeptically.
He denied that Jesus was the son of god and that he was born of a virgin.
He described the Gospels as having "a groundwork of vulgar ignorance, of things impossible, of superstitions, fanaticism, and fabrications".

Bill


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Aug 31 20:08:55 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:08:55 -0700
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <20080831195040.6E131B2420@lorax.ldc.upenn.edu>
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.130855.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Quoting William J Poser :

>> The framers of the US Constitution were deists which posed a Christian
>> theological interpretation...
>
> Umm, I wouldn't say this.
Umm, I would say so.? Jefferson write a deists bible.?
Phil
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From wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU  Sun Aug 31 20:15:31 2008
From: wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU (William J Poser)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:15:31 -0400
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <20080831130855.gtxc8sw04o8wc8so@www.email.arizona.edu>
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Phil,

I don't understand your response. My point, which you have not addressed,
is that Jefferson's religious views were radically different from those
of mainstream Christianity, so he could not have imposed a Christian
theological interpretation on the Constitution unless by this you mean
something so vague as merely coming from a Christian tradition. I didn't
deny that he was a deist (though his views often tended toward outright
atheism, though he didn't quite go there in a consistent way).

Bill


From pasxapu at DAKOTACOM.NET  Sun Aug 31 20:21:18 2008
From: pasxapu at DAKOTACOM.NET (phil cash cash)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:21:18 -0700
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <20080831201531.A9390B243D@lorax.ldc.upenn.edu>
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.132118.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

gee Bill, relax...there is no point to defend or address here, much  
less a Christian one.  Phil



On Aug 31, 2008, at 1:15 PM, William J Poser wrote:

> Phil,
>
> I don't understand your response. My point, which you have not  
> addressed,
> is that Jefferson's religious views were radically different from  
> those
> of mainstream Christianity, so he could not have imposed a Christian
> theological interpretation on the Constitution unless by this you mean
> something so vague as merely coming from a Christian tradition. I  
> didn't
> deny that he was a deist (though his views often tended toward  
> outright
> atheism, though he didn't quite go there in a consistent way).
>
> Bill


From wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU  Sun Aug 31 20:25:56 2008
From: wjposer at LDC.UPENN.EDU (William J Poser)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:25:56 -0400
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <A88112D9-160F-45C1-8F11-E371585C7F24@DakotaCom.Net>
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.162556.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Phil,

Okay, then I guess I didn't understand your post.
The question of Jefferson's religious beliefs is one that I pick up on
because in some circles false claims about Jefferson are used to advance
the argument that the US is a "Christian nation" and to argue against
separation of church and state and so forth. So in some contexts this
is an important issue.

Bill


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Aug 31 21:07:02 2008
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (phil cash cash)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:07:02 -0700
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
In-Reply-To: <20080831202556.52EC5B24BE@lorax.ldc.upenn.edu>
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.140702.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Yes, I agree Bill, it is an important issue.? So, mm, I recall from my
undergraduate course on Puratinism that the American brand or version of
Protestantism developed in such a way as to reject the sovereignty of the
church but yet preserve religious conscience as a kind of naturalism, 
the moral
improvement of life, etc.? In otherwords, the church basically decentralized
itself in the Americas.? Deism also rejects the sovereignty of the church,
etc.? Thomas Jefferson and ol Ben Franklin, the "framers," understood this
critically to develop American "common law" in stark contrast to the Crown,
parliament ("taxation" being a central issue).? So, in short, this became the
American form of political liberalism or at least an oppositional religious
culture.
*hehe, sorry for the history lesson and a bad one at that,* but in all, deism
grew from this oppositional character to become the religious theme behind the
Constitution.? I do not pretend to know the contemporary interpretation of
deism as you have described, only the historical framework.?
Given this historical religious character, the interpretation of "ownership"
and land was perhaps the one element that had the most devastating impact on
indigenous cultures becuase those who controlled land were somehow "chosen"
(that is, owning land allowed one to examine his or her soul) and from this
came nothing but warfare and destruction for all us natives.?
Certainly, these are broad sweeping intepretations and I do not claim to be
addressing Thomas Jefferson mindset, but it seems fairly clear historically.?
l8ter,
Phil
Quoting William J Poser :

> Phil,
>
> Okay, then I guess I didn't understand your post.
> The question of Jefferson's religious beliefs is one that I pick up on
> because in some circles false claims about Jefferson are used to advance
> the argument that the US is a "Christian nation" and to argue against
> separation of church and state and so forth. So in some contexts this
> is an important issue.
>
> Bill

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From huangc20 at UFL.EDU  Sun Aug 31 22:57:36 2008
From: huangc20 at UFL.EDU (Chun Jimmy Huang)
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:57:36 -0400
Subject: Question cocerning the native term for god(s) and imported
 Christianity
Message-ID: <SUN.31.AUG.2008.185736.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

I am not a US citizen and don't know the nationalistic history of 
the US enough to comment. So here I'd just like to respond to two 
issues Phil has alluded to: (1) the concept of ownership and (2) 
gender - both related to the issue of imported world-sense along 
with the imported religion.

(1) In traditional Siraya society there was no concept of 
ranking-of-people, leadership, and hence servitude or slavery. But 
to introduce Christianity the missionary Gravius had to tell the 
biblical stories that evoked these concepts. As a result, in his 
translation of St. Mattew we find the word for child "alak" (and 
sometimes boys "raraway" - but not girls!) used to mean slaves or 
servants. And he used the phrase "to let sit" figuratively to mean 
"to serve [the lord]."


(2) While "alid" in old Siraya language was just a generic term 
for gods/ heavenly spirits and Siraya folks in fact worshiped more 
than one god, today the Christian as well as the non-Christian 
Sirayans all recognize one higher god. Note that in the context of 
Taiwan the imported concept of "dominance in singularity" may have 
had multiple inputs - besides Christianity, there is Chinese 
Confucianism, which may actually be more influential in Taiwan 
(and both emphasize singular male dominance!).

So anyway for the Sirayan folks today who still more or less (b/c 
it's much Sinicized) maintain the traditional religion, when 
speaking of "the Alid" they in fact call upon a powerful female 
deity. As they also call for "Alid-Mother." (Traditionally, the 
Siraya society was matri-focal and religion was mostly a female 
domain and the benevolent deities were all female.)

On the other hand, the (Presbyterian) Christian Sirayans today do 
use "meirong (good) Alid" to refer to God/Lord/Father.

Hum... so far what I have observed is that the two religious 
groups in fact respect each other and they interact well. I have 
not witnessed conflicts due to the interpretation of Alid's 
gender. After all, they all acknowledge "Alid."


Chun (Jimmy) Huang/ Paparil
PhD candidate,
Linguistics, University of Florida
Special assistant,
Tainan Ping-pu Siraya Culture Association



On Sun Aug 31 17:07:02 EDT 2008, phil cash cash 
<cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU> wrote:

> Given this historical religious character, the interpretation of 
> "ownership"
> and land was perhaps the one element that had the most 
> devastating impact on
> indigenous cultures becuase those who controlled land were 
> somehow "chosen"
> (that is, owning land allowed one to examine his or her soul) and 
> from this
> came nothing but warfare and destruction for all us natives.


> Phil
> Quoting William J Poser :
> 
>> Phil,
>> 
>> Okay, then I guess I didn't understand your post.
>> The question of Jefferson's religious beliefs is one that I pick 
>> up on
>> because in some circles false claims about Jefferson are used to 
>> advance
>> the argument that the US is a "Christian nation" and to argue 
>> against
>> separation of church and state and so forth. So in some contexts 
>> this
>> is an important issue.
>> 
>> Bill
> 
>