Mohawk language goes country (fwd link)

[Richard Smith]

tižamęh Earl

i agree totally 
"Kashtin" is one of my favorite groups,(not sure they are still
together,though.)
 blending contemporary instruments/universal themes yet expressed in
indigenous language.

Using music to teach kids language just can't be underemphasized either.
I have a bag full of fun and silly songs I've composed in the Wyandot
language
that i use for teaching pronunciation, grammar, numbers, animals, etc...
all original tunes but sung with traditional waterdrum and handshakers.

Songs enter and somehow bi-pass alot of "dangerous intersections" of the
mind
Wish more teachers understood this...it would have helped me alot as a youth

-Richard 
Wyandotte, Oklahoma



On 5/27/08 10:57 AM, "Earl Otchingwanigan" <wiigwaas at MSN.COM> wrote:

> Appreciate the good post ----a great and exciting idea as it may help inspire
> young people to further invest interest in their language using music whether
> traditional or via loan music and non-traditional instruments, besides it's
> just plain fun stuff to do ---- but it should be noted though, various native
> people have been doing this very same thing for sometime, including myself
> ---- I have for some 25 or 30 years now, been using my native language in jazz
> and pop genre performing with a non-traditional musical instrument.  Cheers,
> Earl Otchingwanigan
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>> From: phil cash cash <mailto:cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU>
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>> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:50 AM
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>> Subject: [ILAT] Mohawk language goes  country (fwd link)
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>> Mohawk language goes country
>> 
>> Ontario, CA
>> Posted By  Michael Peeling
>> 
>> The Mohawk language is making its mark on country  music.
>> 
>> Margaret Peters, a language curriculum specialist with the  Ahkwesahsne
>> Mohawk
>> Board of Education, has taken her efforts to keep the  Mohawk language alive
>> to
>> another level by directing her students through  the process of creating a
>> music
>> video.
>> 
>> The choice of song, "Jackson"  by Johnny and June Carter-Cash, was inspired
>> by
>> Teddy Peters', Margaret's  husband, and his hobby of translating country
>> songs
>> into  Mohawk.
>> 
>> Access full article below:
>> http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1045097
> 


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