ILAT Update- cross-border policy perspective

[phil cash cash]

Interesting study Haley, thanks!  I will read it with interest. 
Phil Cash Cash
UofA
Quoting Haley De Korne :

> In the spirit of collaboration across borders & celebrating progress 
> in indigenous language education policies, here's a link that might 
> be of interest:
> Indigenous language education policy: Supporting community-controlled 
> immersion
> http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1721
> It's a study I recently completed looking at policies in Canada & the 
> US, and how they can support (or prevent) indigenous language 
> education.  It's great to see more and more states passing 
> supportive policies, as in California.  Hopefully the momentum will 
> continue!
>
> Haley
>
> "Language is not merely a body of vocabulary or a set of grammatical 
> rules.  It is a flash of the human spirit, the means by which the 
> soul of each particular culture reaches into the material world.  
> Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind, a watershed of 
> thought, an entire ecosystem of spiritual possibilities."
>
> Wade Davis
>
> --- On Tue, 10/13/09, phil cash cash  wrote:
>
> From: phil cash cash Subject: Re: [ILAT] ILAT Update
> To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
> Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 5:59 PM
>
> Thanks Rolland.  I imagine the grassroots in CA are strong & active but
> need
> the same visibility as many are in need of here in the US.  Besides some very
> important early language revitalization studies have emerged
> out of First Nations community-based efforts, most of which goes
> uncited/unrecognized in the US literature on endangered language
> advocacy.   Our networks need strengthening and some form of greater
> collaboration would be a key important step!  Phil
>
>
> Quoting
> Rolland Nadjiwon :
>
>
>
>> Congratulations Phil...that is great but I find Canadian involvement a
>
>> bit embarrassing since we have such a great need for collaboration.
>
>>
>
>> Maybe Canadians need to review their parochial views of cultural and
>
>> linguistic developments. We need a lot of work toward the kind of
>
>> legislation just passed in California to allow Tribes to determine their
>
>> own experts by their own set of credentials...something I have been
>
>> proclaiming for the past 38 years. Our most successful language
>
>> retention program when I was teaching elementary school was to have the
>
>> language speakers come into the classroom and converse with the students
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>> in their own language. Many of the older and even some of the younger
>
>> people spoke very little or no English. It was great. We even wrote our
>
>> own reading materials in the local phonetic system as well as English.
>
>>
>
>> -------
>
>> wahjeh
>
>> rolland nadjiwon
>
>>
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>>
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>
>> phil cash cash wrote:
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