From mikinakn at SHAW.CA  Tue Jun  1 19:47:26 2010
From: mikinakn at SHAW.CA (Rolland Nadjiwon)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:47:26 -0400
Subject: Fwd: FW: A Solution to the Oil Spill. 2 Farmers would think of
 this this is aamzing!!:):)
Message-ID: <TUE.1.JUN.2010.154726.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Really...you just gots to see this one.... Something stil to be said 
about farmers I guess....wonder what all those high tech engineers think 
about this, eh...

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	FW: A Solution to the Oil Spill. 2 Farmers would think of this 
this is aamzing!!:):)
Date: 	Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:39:50 -0400
From: 	Wayne Wesley <waynewesley at hotmail.com>
To: 	Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca>


GOD bless redneck’s! We have scientist, chemist, astronauts, Dr’s and
biologists but it takes two farmers to think up something like this.


>rel=nofollow target="_blank">http://www.wimp.com/solutionoil/

*ALL I CAN SAY IS ... JUST DO IT!*


<http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729705>
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From hsouter at GMAIL.COM  Tue Jun  1 20:12:41 2010
From: hsouter at GMAIL.COM (Heather Souter)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:12:41 -0500
Subject: Fwd: FW: A Solution to the Oil Spill. 2 Farmers would think
 of this this is aamzing!!:):)
In-Reply-To: <4C0563CE.6010107@shaw.ca>
Message-ID: <TUE.1.JUN.2010.151241.0500.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Wahwaa!!! Wow!!!  LET'S MAKE THIS VIRAL!!!!



On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca> wrote:

>  Really...you just gots to see this one.... Something stil to be said about
> farmers I guess....wonder what all those high tech engineers think about
> this, eh...
>
> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: FW: A Solution to the Oil
> Spill. 2 Farmers would think of this this is aamzing!!:):)  Date: Tue, 01
> Jun 2010 14:39:50 -0400  From: Wayne Wesley <waynewesley at hotmail.com><waynewesley at hotmail.com>  To:
> Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca> <mikinakn at shaw.ca>
>
> GOD bless redneck’s! We have scientist, chemist, astronauts, Dr’s and
> biologists but it takes two farmers to think up something like this.
>
>
> >rel=nofollow target="_blank">http://www.wimp.com/solutionoil/<http://www.wimp.com/solutionoil/>
>  *ALL I CAN SAY IS ... JUST DO IT!*
>
>
>    <http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729705>
>
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From mikinakn at SHAW.CA  Tue Jun  1 20:33:58 2010
From: mikinakn at SHAW.CA (Rolland Nadjiwon)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:33:58 -0400
Subject: Fwd: FW: A Solution to the Oil Spill. 2 Farmers would think
 of this this is aamzing!!:):)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimqV5m3cxb-1vG3Q-mUZEOEAfpm4NKvhGImEx9j@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <TUE.1.JUN.2010.163358.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

I'm trying to Heather...

-------
wahjeh
rolland nadjiwon
______________________________________________

A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory…
______________________________________________


On 01/06/2010 4:12 PM, Heather Souter wrote:
> Wahwaa!!! Wow!!!  LET'S MAKE THIS VIRAL!!!!
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca 
> <mailto:mikinakn at shaw.ca>> wrote:
>
>     Really...you just gots to see this one.... Something stil to be
>     said about farmers I guess....wonder what all those high tech
>     engineers think about this, eh...
>
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Jun  1 22:34:15 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:34:15 -0700
Subject: Session Notes: Indigenous languages online - challenges and
 opportunities (fwd link)
Message-ID: <TUE.1.JUN.2010.153415.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Session Notes: Indigenous languages online - challenges and opportunities

posted by Eduardo Avila on Jun 01, 2010

Led by Elia Varela Serra and with the participation of Ruben Hilari of the
project Jaqi Aru.

The main focus of the small breakout session was to explore the ways that
internet has helped promote the uses of indigenous languages in countries
where these languages have not had much presence online.

Ruben begins by saying that Aymara is not a new language, but perhaps it is
a new language online. Aymara has about 5,000,000 speakers around the world
and speakers of this language can be found concentrated in South America,
mostly in Bolivia, Peru, Chile, and Argentina.

The goal of the Jaqi Aru project is to increase the presence of Aymara on
the internet through 5 main activities, one of which is translations for the
Lingua project site Global Voices in Aymara. Volunteers have been
translating articles from Global Voices in Spanish for the past 7 months. In
addition, the group has a collective blog site, uses web 2.0 tools like
Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube, has been learning to subtitle videos on the
platform DotSub, and has been starting to participate in the Wikipedia in
Aymara community.

Access full article below:
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Jun  1 22:35:55 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:35:55 -0700
Subject: Trying to save vanishing languages (fwd link)
Message-ID: <TUE.1.JUN.2010.153555.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Posted on Tue, Jun. 1, 2010

Trying to save vanishing languages
American Indians turn to recordings at American Philosophical Society.

By Stephan Salisbury
Inquirer Culture Writer
USA

In the bright morning sun, Larry Aitken stood in the green Jefferson Garden
next to the American Philosophical Society's library, offering up his Ojibwe
words and his sacred pipe to infuse the conference with truth and purpose.
Pungent smoke curled into the air.

Aitken - dressed in a vivid red shirt with a black bear on the back -
presented an unusual image in the heart of the busy city. But for the 70 or
so people gathered on South Fifth Street across from Independence Square,
the Sacred Pipe Ceremony was both natural and essential.

Last month, representatives from 10 tribal communities across the United
States, plus archivists and scholars, gathered for a two-day conference here
to discuss how to make practical use of the philosophical society's vast
collection of historic Native American materials, including about 113,000
photographic images and more than 1,000 hours of recorded American Indian
languages.



Read more:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20100601_Trying_to_save_vanishing_languages.html#ixzz0pdximaoE
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Jun  1 22:38:23 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:38:23 -0700
Subject: e-dictionary preserves dying indigenous languages,
 cultures (fwd link)
Message-ID: <TUE.1.JUN.2010.153823.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

e-dictionary preserves dying indigenous languages, cultures

2010/05/31 21:47:54

Taipei, May 31 (CNA) An e-dictionary of the languages and cultures of
Taiwan's indigenous people has been compiled to help preserve indigenous
mother tongues and collective memories that are quickly dying out, the
Ministry of Education said Monday.

The MOE urged people, particularly Taiwan's aborigines, to take advantage of
the e-dictionary, which can be found on the Web site http: //
citing.hohayan.net.tw/default.asp. The ministry said the reference work
would help users reinforce, learn or revive these dying languages and
cultures before it is too late. It covers the mother tongues of 14
indigenous mountain tribes and the Pingpu plains (low-lying areas)
aborigines.

Access full article below:
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201005310035&Type=aEDU
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Jun  1 22:40:29 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:40:29 -0700
Subject: Yorke Peninsula schools revive lost language (fwd link)
Message-ID: <TUE.1.JUN.2010.154029.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Yorke Peninsula schools revive lost language

LUCY HOOD From: The Advertiser June 02, 2010 12:01am
Australia

AN Aboriginal language on the verge of disappearing has been revived with
the help of several Yorke Peninsula schools.

Teachers and senior secondary students from Kadina, Moonta, Maitland and
Stansbury have been taking part in workshops run by the Narungga Aboriginal
Progress Association.

The association, with the help of a community linguist, has been able to
increase the number of known Narungga words from about 200 to more than
1000.

They have also developed a Narungga dictionary, grammar book and series of
storybooks for teachers and students to learn the language.

Access full article below:
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From rzs at WILDBLUE.NET  Wed Jun  2 13:23:57 2010
From: rzs at WILDBLUE.NET (Richard Zane Smith)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 08:23:57 -0500
Subject: Fwd: FW: A Solution to the Oil Spill. 2 Farmers would think
 of this this is aamzing!!:):)
In-Reply-To: <4C056EB6.709@shaw.ca>
Message-ID: <WED.2.JUN.2010.082357.0500.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Using hay/straw seems like a great idea and should be considered.
Unfortunately
Technology keeps drifting into fields of corporate complexity
where simple homegrown solutions can become overlooked
or seem "unprofitable".

*Indigenous technologies* are closer to the original meaning of the word:

*technology : from Greek tekhnologia *
from:
*tekhnē *  ‘art, craft’   -logy denoting a subject of study or interest

the technologist as a craftsperson? would've thunk?
maybe if we took on THIS attitude to solving problems as a "craft" or as an
"art"
we might actually stress emphasis on create sustainable solutions
which could certainly apply to language/culture as well.

Richard Zane Smith
Wyandotte Oklahoma





On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca> wrote:

>  I'm trying to Heather...
>
> -------
> wahjeh
> rolland nadjiwon
> ______________________________________________
>
> A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory…
> ______________________________________________
>
>
> On 01/06/2010 4:12 PM, Heather Souter wrote:
>
> Wahwaa!!! Wow!!!  LET'S MAKE THIS VIRAL!!!!
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>>  Really...you just gots to see this one.... Something stil to be said
>> about farmers I guess....wonder what all those high tech engineers think
>> about this, eh...
>>
>
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From mhermes at D.UMN.EDU  Wed Jun  2 14:01:44 2010
From: mhermes at D.UMN.EDU (Mary Hermes)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 09:01:44 -0500
Subject: Fwd: FW: A Solution to the Oil Spill. 2 Farmers would think
 of this this is aamzing!!:):)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimEHlEYmcE1SztlZCtm0Urb59ugOIMmE3FdI3yf@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <WED.2.JUN.2010.090144.0500.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

I had dinner last night with some indignenous (Cree, Ojibwe, Dine) water engineers who think leaving it alone
and letting our Mom and the fungus do their thing is  a good idea.

others think the military should take over in order to stop leakage, as they do have the technology and skills to do this

--------------------------------------------
Mary Hermes, PhD
Associate Professor of Education
Eni-gikendaasoyang:  Center for Indigenous Language and Culture Revitalization
University of Minnesota Duluth
715-462-4230



On Jun 2, 2010, at 8:23 AM, Richard Zane Smith wrote:

> Using hay/straw seems like a great idea and should be considered.
> Unfortunately
> Technology keeps drifting into fields of corporate complexity
> where simple homegrown solutions can become overlooked
> or seem "unprofitable".
> 
> Indigenous technologies are closer to the original meaning of the word:
> 
> technology : from Greek tekhnologia 
> from:  
> tekhnē   ‘art, craft’   -logy denoting a subject of study or interest 
> 
> the technologist as a craftsperson? would've thunk?
> maybe if we took on THIS attitude to solving problems as a "craft" or as an "art"
> we might actually stress emphasis on create sustainable solutions
> which could certainly apply to language/culture as well.
> 
> Richard Zane Smith
> Wyandotte Oklahoma
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca> wrote:
> I'm trying to Heather...
> -------
> wahjeh
> rolland nadjiwon
> ______________________________________________
> 
> A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory…
> ______________________________________________
> 
> 
> On 01/06/2010 4:12 PM, Heather Souter wrote:
>> Wahwaa!!! Wow!!!  LET'S MAKE THIS VIRAL!!!!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca> wrote:
>> Really...you just gots to see this one.... Something stil to be said about farmers I guess....wonder what all those high tech engineers think about this, eh...
> 


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Wed Jun  2 18:24:37 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:24:37 -0700
Subject: New Quechua class at OSU exposes students to indigenous Incan
 language (fwd link)
Message-ID: <WED.2.JUN.2010.112437.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

New Quechua class at OSU exposes students to indigenous Incan language

By Jessica Ostrau
ostrau.1 at osu.edu
USA

Published: Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Ohio State students with an interest in exploring the Andes region of South
America are now able to begin their journey in the classroom.

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese started offering a Quechua class
Winter Quarter that introduces the indigenous Incan language still spoken in
Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador to students.

Access full article below:
http://www.thelantern.com/campus/new-quechua-class-at-osu-exposes-students-to-indigenous-incan-language-1.1487451
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Wed Jun  2 18:27:24 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:27:24 -0700
Subject: Lexicons To Help Preserve Native Tongues (fwd link)
Message-ID: <WED.2.JUN.2010.112724.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Lexicons To Help Preserve Native Tongues

Written by Quratul-Ain Bandial
Wednesday, 02 June 2010 08:13

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Language and Literature Bureau (DBP) is in the
process of compiling dusun-Malay and Belait-Malay language dictionaries as a
way to keep alive the seven native languages of Brunei, said its acting
director yesterday.

The bureau has strived to keep the indigenous languages alive by using
dictionaries as a platform to sustain Brunei's culture and heritage, Hjh
Aminah Hj Momin said at an acoustic phonetics workshop in Berakas.

Plans for Bisaya and Murut language dictonaries are also on the way, she
told staff at the Lexicography Unit which does the compilation and writing
of dictionaries.

Access full article below:
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From nflrc at HAWAII.EDU  Wed Jun  2 21:23:42 2010
From: nflrc at HAWAII.EDU (National Foreign Language Resource Center)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:23:42 -1000
Subject: Language Learning & Technology Issue 14:2 (June 2010) is now
 available
Message-ID: <WED.2.JUN.2010.112342.1000.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>


We are happy to announce that Volume 14 Number 2 of Language Learning &
Technology is now available at http://llt.msu.edu. This is a special issue
on Technology and Learning Vocabulary.

The contents are listed below.

Please visit the LLT Web site and be sure to enter your free subscription if
you have not already done so. Also, we welcome your contributions for future
issues. See our guidelines for submission
at http://llt.msu.edu/contrib.html.


Sincerely,
Dorothy Chun and Irene Thompson, Editors
Language Learning & Technology


----- Feature Articles -----

Invited Commentary: Vocabulary
Ron Martinez & Norbert Schmitt

Lexical Bundles in L1 and L2 Academic Writing
Yu-Hua Chen & Paul Baker

Modality of Input and Vocabulary Acquisition
Tetyana Sydorenko

The Effect of Interactivity with a Music Video Game on Second Language
Vocabulary Recall
Jonathan deHaan, W. Michael Reed, & Katsuko Kuwada

Using Mobile Phones for Vocabulary Activities: Examining the Effect of
Platform
Glenn Stockwell


----- Columns -----

Emerging Technologies

>From Memory Palaces to Spacing Algorithms: Approaches to Second-Language
Vocabulary Learning
by Robert Godwin-Jones


----- Reviews -----

Edited by Sigrun Biesenbach-Lucas

Learning Language and Culture via Public Internet Discussion Forum
Barbara Hanna & Juliana de Nooy
Reviewed by Sonja Lind

Information Technology in Languages for Specific Purposes: Issues and
Prospects
Elisabet Arno Macia, Antonia Soler Cervera, & Carmen Rueda Ramos
Reviewed by Is'haaq Akbarian

From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Thu Jun  3 20:44:13 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:44:13 -0700
Subject: Tribal leader has helped preserve Cahuilla culture (fwd link)
Message-ID: <THU.3.JUN.2010.134413.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Tribal leader has helped preserve Cahuilla culture

podcast media available

10:00 PM PDT on Wednesday, June 2, 2010
By MONIQUE R. HENDERSON
Special to The Press-Enterprise
USA

Longtime tribal leader and activist Katherine Siva Saubel has spent a
lifetime working to preserve the languages and stories of the Cahuilla
people.

Along the way, Saubel, 90, has gained state, national and international
recognition.

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Thu Jun  3 20:45:53 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:45:53 -0700
Subject: TV helps Aboriginal language revival (fwd link)
Message-ID: <THU.3.JUN.2010.134553.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

TV helps Aboriginal language revival

BY: COURTENAY RULE | JUNE-3-2010
Indigenous Australia

Here's a statistic I find pretty sobering: of more than 200 Indigenous
languages spoken on the Australian continent before European settlement,
fewer than 20 are still in daily use, and even these are endangered.

Once a people's language dies out, a vital part of their culture and
identity is lost forever. That's why it's great to hear about Waabiny Time,
a new show on the National Indigenous Television channel, which aims to get
kids started with learning and using the Noongar language of south-west
Western Australia.

Waabiny Time (meaning "playing time") is the first Australian indigenous
language program made for an early childhood audience, and so far it's been
a great success. The original 13-episode series, which first aired in April,
was so popular that it's currently being repeated, and a new series is being
planned.

Read more:
http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/tv-helps-aboriginal-language-revival.htm#ixzz0ppD5l1mX
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From hardman at UFL.EDU  Thu Jun  3 23:48:34 2010
From: hardman at UFL.EDU (MJ Hardman)
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 19:48:34 -0400
Subject: Fwd: FW: A Solution to the Oil Spill. 2 Farmers would think
 of this this is aamzing!!:):)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimEHlEYmcE1SztlZCtm0Urb59ugOIMmE3FdI3yf@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.3.JUN.2010.194834.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Sounds good to me!  This and the hair booms ought to do it without
additional damage to the environment -- like the 'dispersants'.  Too simple,
but genuinely technological -- as below defined.  Count me in on this one!
MJ

On 6/2/10 9:23 AM, "Richard Zane Smith" <rzs at WILDBLUE.NET> wrote:

> Using hay/straw seems like a great idea and should be considered.
> Unfortunately
> Technology keeps drifting into fields of corporate complexity
> where simple homegrown solutions can become overlooked
> or seem "unprofitable".
> 
> Indigenous technologies are closer to the original meaning of the word:
> 
> technology : from Greek tekhnologia 
> from:  
> tekhn?   'art, craft'   -logy denoting a subject of study or interest 
> 
> the technologist as a craftsperson? would've thunk?
> maybe if we took on THIS attitude to solving problems as a "craft" or as an
> "art"
> we might actually stress emphasis on create sustainable solutions
> which could certainly apply to language/culture as well.
> 
> Richard Zane Smith
> Wyandotte Oklahoma
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>  
>> I'm trying to Heather...
>> -------
>> wahjeh
>> rolland nadjiwon
>> ______________________________________________
>> 
>> A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory...
>> ______________________________________________
>> 
>> On 01/06/2010 4:12 PM, Heather Souter wrote:
>>> Wahwaa!!! Wow!!!  LET'S MAKE THIS VIRAL!!!!
>>>  
>>>  
>>>  
>>>  
>>> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>  
>>>>  
>>>> Really...you just gots to see this one.... Something stil to be said about
>>>> farmers I guess....wonder what all those high tech engineers think about
>>>> this, eh...
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>  
> 
> 

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Jun  4 00:07:49 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 17:07:49 -0700
Subject: Journey through the eyes of native law (fwd link)
Message-ID: <THU.3.JUN.2010.170749.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Journey through the eyes of native law

JAKE WILSON
June 4, 2010
Australia

A GROUP of indigenous women and children sits cross-legged in the long
grass, shot through a wide-angle lens, some clutching cans of soft drink.
Only part of their dialogue is subtitled but one of them explains for the
benefit of the camera: ''You say, 'two laws,' in your language. In Yanyuwa,
we say, 'kanymarda yuwa.'''

This is one of the first scenes in Two Laws, an extraordinary 1981
documentary made by the Borroloola Aboriginal community in the Northern
Territory in collaboration with visiting filmmakers Carolyn Strachan and
Alessandro Cavadini.

The film was initiated by the community as a weapon in a land-rights
dispute, which, 30 years on, has only just been settled in their favour.

Access full article below:
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Jun  6 01:37:38 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 18:37:38 -0700
Subject: Indigo Launches Mother Tongue: Call for Submissions (fwd links)
Message-ID: <SAT.5.JUN.2010.183738.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Indigo Launches Mother Tongue: Call for Submissions

June 4, 2010

Mother Tongue is an innovative online exhibition that seeks to capture the
power of language - verbal and visual, formal and informal.

Language is not only a product of human life - it is a pre-requisite that
humans require to form relationships.

As a fundamental form of expression, language binds people together. But not
all languages are spoken.

Access full article below:
http://www.dexigner.com/graphic/news-g20810.html

~~~

Mother Tongue
http://www.dexigner.com/jump/news/20810

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Mon Jun  7 06:38:00 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 23:38:00 -0700
Subject: Study: Inuit language schooling brings long-term benefits (fwd
 link)
Message-ID: <SUN.6.JUN.2010.233800.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

NEWS: Nunavik June 06, 2010 - 12:11 pm

Study: Inuit language schooling brings long-term benefits
With good base in Inuttitut, students do better

SARAH ROGERS
Inuttitut instruction boosts skills and self-esteem, says McGill reearcher
Don Taylor, who recently visited Kangiqsujuaq. (PHOTO BY DAVID BENOIT)
KANGIQSUJUAQ –  Long-term studies of school children in Nunavik show that
students learn best and benefit from higher self-esteem when taught in their
mother tongue.

The findings mean Inuit students with a good base in Inuttitut tend to do
better in their studies, says McGill psychology professor Don Taylor.

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Mon Jun  7 06:41:49 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 23:41:49 -0700
Subject: American Indian languages get 'Breath of Life' (fwd link)
Message-ID: <SUN.6.JUN.2010.234149.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

American Indian languages get 'Breath of Life'
An intensive five-day workshop at OU's Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural
History taught participants how to study and teach the linguistics of tribal
languages

BY JAMES S. TYREE
Published: June 7, 2010
USA

NORMAN — Tracey Moore is a member of the Osage, Otoe-Missouria, Pawnee and
Sac & Fox tribes who aims to help keep their disappearing languages alive by
learning, speaking and teaching them.

She learned how recently during the Breath of Life workshop at the
University of Oklahoma's Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

The May 24-28 program taught participants how to conduct linguistic research
on tribal languages, starting with archival materials at the museum.

The program is designed for people from tribes that lack fluent speakers of
their language who want to help preserve the language for future
generations.


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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Mon Jun  7 22:20:20 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 15:20:20 -0700
Subject: Free aboriginal language classes open to public (fwd link)
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Free aboriginal language classes open to public

2010/06/07 19:16:18
Tiawan

Taipei, June 7 (CNA) The Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) welcomed the
public Monday to participate in efforts to preserve Aboriginal cultures by
taking one of several free language classes offered around Taiwan starting
later this month.

In collaboration with National Taiwan Normal University, the CIP will hold
classes in five regions of the country in which all 14 of the aboriginal
languages spoken in the Taiwanese indigenous community are covered.

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Mon Jun  7 22:23:58 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 15:23:58 -0700
Subject: Bible Translations to Reach Every Language (fwd link)
Message-ID: <MON.7.JUN.2010.152358.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Bible Translations to Reach Every Language

Written by Leah Jones
Monday, 07 June 2010

Christian Web News - A campaign has been kicked off by Wycliffe Bible
Translators, to provide a translation of the Holy Bible for every language
in the world.
There are approximately 6,900 recognized languages in the world, but over
2,000 have no written translation of God's Word. Paul Edwards, executive
directory of the ministry's Last Languages Campaign, recognizes that the
goal is ambitious.

http://cwnewz.com/content/view/1269/2/
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Wed Jun  9 04:14:42 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 21:14:42 -0700
Subject: $12 Million for Indigenous Arts. Culture and Heritage in the
 Northern Territory (fwd)
Message-ID: <TUE.8.JUN.2010.211442.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

$12 MILLION FOR INDIGENOUS ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE IN THE NORTHERN
TERRITORY

TUESDAY, 08 JUNE 2010 15:01
Australia

The Australian Government is investing more than $12 million to support a
number of Indigenous arts, culture and heritage projects in the Northern
Territory, the Minister for Arts and Heritage, Peter Garrett, announced
today.

“The Australian Government is committed to supporting Indigenous communities
through funding for Indigenous arts, culture, languages, broadcasting and
heritage conservation activities in communities right across Australia,” Mr
Garrett said.

The Federal Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon, and Federal Member for
Solomon, Damien Hale said the funding will be delivered from five different
government programs, as follows:

$3.5 million is supporting 29 projects through the National Arts and Crafts
Industry Support Program assisting art centres to become stronger and to
build a more sustainable Indigenous visual arts industry. This includes
$150,000 for operational and administration costs at the Mimi Arts and Craft
Aboriginal Corporation in Katherine.  Since 2007 the Rudd Government has
increased funding to the Indigenous visual arts sector by over $17 million.

$5 million will be invested in 18 projects through the Indigenous
Broadcasting Program for Indigenous community radio services in remote,
regional and urban Australia. This includes $620,000 to the Top End
Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association for operational support for RIMO
service delivery to 27 licensed RIBS across the Territory’s top end.

$1 million is supporting 24 projects through the Indigenous Culture Support
Program helps maintain and develop Indigenous culture in local communities.
This includes $64,800 for the Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi Aboriginal
Corporation in Alice Springs for an initiative that exchanges cultural
knowledge on child-rearing practice between young Indigenous mothers and
Elders in central Australia.

$1.5 million will fun 13 projects under the Maintenance of Indigenous
Languages and Records Program which supports a network of community-based
language centres and language organisations. This includes $312,500 for the
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education to support the Wadeye
Aboriginal Languages Centre to maintain and revive Marri and Murrinhpatha
languages, and to develop a Marri language on-line dictionary.

“The Indigenous Heritage Program recognises that Indigenous heritage is a
significant part of our nation’s past, present and future story. Funding of
$328,000 for five projects includes $87,800 for the Fragile First
Impressions project to record and conserve rock art in the Warrdeken
Indigenous Protected Area in western Arnhem Land.

“It is crucial that as a nation we continue to protect, preserve and promote
Indigenous arts, culture and heritage to help build a diverse and dynamic
Australia,” Mr Garrett said

The announcement of funding for Northern Territory projects was welcomed by
Mr Snowdon and Mr Hale.
“This is excellent news for the Northern Territory. The arts, culture and
heritage activities receiving support open up employment opportunities for
Indigenous people across the Territory,” Mr Snowdon said.

“The Government’s is committed to Closing the Gap on Indigenous Disadvantage
and these great programs really assist local communities in building skills,
experience and overall well-being,” Mr Hale said.
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From hagley at MMM.MURORAN-IT.AC.JP  Wed Jun  9 09:30:42 2010
From: hagley at MMM.MURORAN-IT.AC.JP (Eric Hagley)
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 18:30:42 +0900
Subject: Deadline for proposal submissions for GloCALL
Message-ID: <WED.9.JUN.2010.183042.0900.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

This is a reminder about the deadline for proposal submissions for the Fourth Joint Conference of APACALL and PacCALL conference at the University Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah,Malaysia from 1 to 3 December 2010.

The deadline for proposal submissions is June 15.

GLoCALL 2010 invites proposals for presentations that are related to computer-assisted language learning (CALL).
Proposals for "Papers"€™ (35 minutes), "Workshops" (80 minutes), "Symposia" (80 minutes) and "Poster sessions" should be submitted by 15 June 2010.
International participants please submit by visiting the following address. 
http://glocall.org/openconf/openconf.php
Malaysian participants are kindly asked to submit by visiting the following address.
http://glocall2010ums.my/

We look forward to seeing you in Sabah.

The organizing committee.
================================
Eric Hagley,
College of Liberal Arts
Linguistic Science and International Relations Research Unit
Muroran Institute of Technology
27-1, Mizumoto Cho, Muroran
Hokkaido, 050-8585, Japan
ph: +81 143 46-5835
mail: hagley at mmm.muroran-it.ac.jp

ハグリー　エリック
050-8585
北海道室蘭市水元町２７−１
室蘭工業大学
ひと文化領域
言語科学・国際交流ユニット
メール： hagley at mmm.muroran-it.ac.jp
研究室直通:0143-46-5835
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From daryn at ACRA.ORG.AU  Wed Jun  9 09:27:25 2010
From: daryn at ACRA.ORG.AU (Daryn McKenny)
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 19:27:25 +1000
Subject: Our Languages website relaunched
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimo9FdCRXj_xh5F_zZO9lUa_l_DPOxOU7_dVOA7@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <WED.9.JUN.2010.192725.1000.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Hi Everyone,

We have just finished giving the ‘Our Languages’ website a complete refresh, it is a website for anyone and everyone interested in Australia’s original languages.

The site is found at:

http://www.ourlanguages.net.au/

You can find the latest language news here and also subscribe to our rss feed. As well, we will endeavour to publish any events happening around Australia and Internationally.

You can submit any news and events you may have using our online forms.

We also have an extensive Contacts Directory.

The main aim of the website is to give awareness and understanding to traditional languages around Australia and around the world, it will serve as a gateway or portal site.

Lastly you are more than welcome to offer suggestions and contribute in whatever way you can, we feel that it is an excellent website which can compliment the many websites that are in existence, you will certainly see many more features implemented soon.

Regards

Daryn

Arwarbukarl Cultural Resource Association Inc. Trading as:
Miromaa Aboriginal Language and Technology Centre

P | 02 4927 8222    F | 02 4925 2185    E | daryn at acra.org.au    W | www.acra.org.au<http://www.acra.org.au/> & www.miromaa.com.au<http://www.miromaa.com.au/>

P  Please consider the environment before printing this email

The Arwarbukarl Cultural Resource Association Inc. respects the privacy of individuals and strives to comply with all areas of the Privacy Act. The contents of this email are intended for the purpose of the person or persons named in either the "To" or "CC" boxes of the email. Any person not named in these boxes in receipt of this email should immediately delete this email and advise the sender accordingly.


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From dave_pearson at SIL.ORG  Wed Jun  9 12:58:26 2010
From: dave_pearson at SIL.ORG (Dave Pearson)
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 13:58:26 +0100
Subject: 13th Conference on Research and Development in the Field of
 Speech Technology ++ Kathmandu on Nov 24-25, 2010
Message-ID: <WED.9.JUN.2010.135826.0100.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

 

For those of you interested in technology issues for language preservation,
documentation, etc. You may want to check out the link to the upcoming
conference by the oriental chapter of COCOSDA (The International Committee
for the Co-ordination and Standaridization of Speech Databases and
Assessment Techniques) to be held Nov. 24-25 in Kathmandu, Nepal. 

 

 <http://desceco.org/O-COCOSDA2010/> http://desceco.org/O-COCOSDA2010

 

Thanks to Bhim Regmi and Samantha Custer for passing this on to us. 

 

Dave Pearson

SIL International

 

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Jun 11 06:43:41 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:43:41 -0700
Subject: In Search of a Good Teacher (fwd link)
Message-ID: <THU.10.JUN.2010.234341.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

In Search of a Good Teacher

Within the city of Timmins, there is a lack of Aboriginal language classes
for students attending elementary or secondary schools.

June 10, 2010: Volume 37 #12, Page B1
Canada

Steve Pladzyk, superintendent of schools for District School Board Ontario
North East, said the issue is not with the number of students who want to
learn the language, it’s trying to find instructors to teach the language.

“We don’t have enough teachers willing to come forward, at least here in
Timmins,” Pladzyk said.

With a population of around 44,000 in Timmins, some say the Aboriginal
population is about a quarter of the total population. Many people from
First Nation communities come to the city seeking jobs, housing, healthcare
or education.

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Thu Jun 17 18:34:05 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:34:05 -0700
Subject: Last Indians of the Amazon (fwd link)
Message-ID: <THU.17.JUN.2010.113405.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Last Indians of the Amazon

Guardian Weekly, Thursday 27 March 2008 09.00 GMT
UK

David Hill is a researcher and campaigner for Survival International, the
international movement supporting tribal peoples worldwide. Last year he
travelled to the Peruvian Amazon and spent months researching some of the
world's last remaining uncontacted tribes. Peru is home to an estimated 15
of these tribes and all of them are facing extinction as oil companies and
illegal loggers move in on the natural resources of their habitat. Isolated
Indians are especially vulnerable to any contact because they have no
immunity to outsiders' diseases.

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Thu Jun 17 18:40:04 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:40:04 -0700
Subject: Mi'kmaq immersion classes needed: band (fwd link)
Message-ID: <THU.17.JUN.2010.114004.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Mi'kmaq immersion classes needed: band

Thursday, June 17, 2010 | 7:57 AM AT
CBC News, Canada

Native people on P.E.I.'s Lennox Island reserve fear their language is dying
in the province, and believe Mi'kmaq immersion classes could be the answer.

Students at John J. Sark Memorial School take just three half-four classes a
week in their native language, and very few speak it at all outside of those
classes.


Read more:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/06/17/pei-mikmaq-immersion-584.html#ixzz0r8YZZBW8
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Thu Jun 17 18:37:10 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:37:10 -0700
Subject: Saving the Yaqui language (fwd link)
Message-ID: <THU.17.JUN.2010.113710.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Saving the Yaqui language

Posted - 6/15/2010 at 7:29PM by Sandy Rathbun
USA

At the University of Arizona to try to revitalize an endangered language
that a few people still speak in the Tucson area.

UA Linguistics Professor Heidi Harley is studying the native language of the
Yaqui tribe. It's called Hiaki.

Harley says, "In Arizona and in the United States the language is
endangered. The people who remain who speak the language are all elderly, 50
or older, and the children are not learning the language anymore."

Harley is studying the Hiaki language by using 30 year old audio tapes
recorded by tribal member Maria Leyva.

Access full article below:
http://www.kvoa.com/news/saving-the-yaqui-language/
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Thu Jun 17 20:11:48 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:11:48 -0700
Subject: Educators and Scholars Come Together to Examine and Improve
 Language Preservation (fwd blog link)
Message-ID: <THU.17.JUN.2010.131148.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Educators and Scholars Come Together to Examine and Improve Language
Preservation

June 16th, 2010 - Posted by Abby Mogollón
USA

Around the world, educators and scholars are coming together throughout the
summer at special conferences and institutes to explore new ways to protect,
maintain, and transmit Indigenous languages.
During the past two weeks participants at the American Indian Language
Development Institute (AILDI) <http://www.u.arizona.edu/%7Eaildi/>, held in
Tucson, Arizona, have been investigating ways to use technology to advance
their work. “During AILDI each summer, Indigenous language warriors from all
over gather to learn, share, and prepare to fight to keep our Indigenous
languages alive,” says AILDI faculty member Stacey Oberly, a member of the
Southern Ute tribe working on native language revitalization.

Access full article below:

http://firstpeoplesnewdirections.org/blog/?p=998
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From mccreery at UVIC.CA  Fri Jun 18 03:33:57 2010
From: mccreery at UVIC.CA (Dale McCreery)
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:33:57 -0700
Subject: Are you a learner or teacher of Cree?
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikBomhrMXm-tkvddfxGnxAGSPW_qm6vkiEtu60J@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.17.JUN.2010.203357.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Taansi kiyawaw,

This is Dale McCreery, a linguistics grad student from UVIC, and I've been
approved to start research for my thesis - reported challenges and
solutions to second language acquisition of Cree by adults - I'll be
talking to other people who have learnt Cree as adults or who are
somewhere in the process of learning, with the idea that by sharing and
comparing experiences something will be learnt.  I'm hoping to talk to a
good range of learners, and teachers, so if you're interested or just want
to learn more, please contact me!


Dale McCreery


mccreery at uvic.ca


From clairebowern at GMAIL.COM  Fri Jun 18 20:51:26 2010
From: clairebowern at GMAIL.COM (Claire Bowern)
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:51:26 -0400
Subject: survey
Message-ID: <FRI.18.JUN.2010.165126.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Hi everyone,
Some colleagues at the University of Auckland and I are conducting a
survey on North American English and trialling the use of flash web
recording for phonetic analysis. We are doing a short survey
collecting examples of as many different types of American English as
possible. We are aiming for a few thousand responses from all over the
US. We're also aiming to be as representative as possible for age,
gender, geography, ethnicity and class (as representative as we can be
given we're using an internet-based survey system). If you would like
to participate by recording a short wordlist, please visit
http://pantheon.yale.edu/~clb3/NorthAmericanDialects for further
information and instructions. The survey is open to anyone who grew up
speaking English and will take approximately five minutes to complete.
If you could help us spread the word by forwarding this to friends,
family, networks, students, etc, that would be great!

While this is an English survey, I'm posting this on ILAT for two
reasons. One is that I hope our survey will be representative of US
English in all its varieties, and that includes English as spoken by
Native American, First Nations, Alaska Native and other Indigenous
groups. The second (and perhaps more important) is that this survey
will be a large-scale trial of a flash-based web recording program for
phonetic and linguistic research, and that is potentially of relevance
to the work we do here with distance-based language work. I hope to be
able to share some of the results from that side of the project too.
Our trials over the last few months showed that the mp3 format that
we're using it good enough for fairly reliable format tracking,
perhaps formant bandwidth measurement, and duration measurements. In
terms of clarity, it depended heavily of course on microphone
placement and computer volume but on the whole was pretty good -
certainly better than I was expecting.

For any questions regarding this project, please contact Dr. Claire Bowern,
Department of Linguistics, Yale University. Phone: - 203.432.2045,
E-mail: claire.bowern at yale.edu.

Have a good weekend!
Claire


From mikinakn at SHAW.CA  Tue Jun 22 18:56:25 2010
From: mikinakn at SHAW.CA (Rolland Nadjiwon)
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:56:25 -0400
Subject: Fwd: September 23rd - Save the Date!
Message-ID: <TUE.22.JUN.2010.145625.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>



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Subject: 	September 23rd - Save the Date!
Date: 	Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:38:24 -0400
From: 	Amazon Watch <news at amazonwatch.org>
Reply-To: 	Amazon Watch <news at amazonwatch.org>
To: 	mikinakn at shaw.ca



Save the Date! 
<http://amazonwatch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a44dab15339533e574167469&id=73bbf969c0&e=2f552a4ac6> 



  *Amazon Watch
  5TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION
  AND FUNDRAISING LUNCHEON*

Please join us for a special luncheon to celebrate the inspiring 
achievements of Amazon Watch and our local partners in South America. 
This event will feature brief presentations from celebrated leaders and 
activists. While this is a fundraiser, there is no charge to attend. You 
will be asked to make a contribution.

*SAVE THE DATE!*

*September 23rd, 2010 -- 12 noon to 1:30 pm*
Dessert reception to follow

The Green Room
War Memorial and Performing Arts Center
401 Van Ness Avenue, Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102

Space is limited! Please reserve your seat early by email to 
rsvp at amazonwatch.org <mailto:rsvp at amazonwatch.org>. If you would like to 
be a table captain, event sponsor or volunteer, contact Jenny O'Connor 
at 415-487-9600 ext. 354 or jenny at amazonwatch.org 
<mailto:jenny at amazonwatch.org>.

Amazon Watch 
<http://amazonwatch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a44dab15339533e574167469&id=9f7c014562&e=2f552a4ac6> 


*amazonwatch.org 
<http://amazonwatch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a44dab15339533e574167469&id=bace42f1e1&e=2f552a4ac6>*

	

*Supporting Indigenous Peoples
Protecting the Amazon Rainforest*

Photography: Mitch Anderson / Amazon Watch


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From neskiem at GMAIL.COM  Thu Jun 24 04:18:22 2010
From: neskiem at GMAIL.COM (Neskie Manuel)
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:18:22 -0700
Subject: survey
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTil-7JW_CRXUYphsXfEDKa09liE1GIajuUObPalp@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <WED.23.JUN.2010.211822.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

This is interesting that you've posted this at this time, for me it is very
timely. I was just looking into using Red5 the Open Source Flash Server for
this same purpose.   You are using Red5 correct?

I quickly ran through an online tutorial [1], on the weekend.  I didn't get
it to run, but I think I must have missed a step or something. Perhaps by
this weekend I can work out the bugs, and have something working.

I'll pass on the Survey and look forward to hearing about the flash based
recording.  Anything to lower the barrier to allow people to record the
sounds of their language and more importantly to share it, can only be a
good thing.

[1] - http://fms.denniehoopingarner.com/
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From enviro.design at YAHOO.COM  Thu Jun 24 05:04:21 2010
From: enviro.design at YAHOO.COM (Sandra Gaskell)
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:04:21 -0700
Subject: survey
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilwyjrDhKa2BdHVF7jTXNsThAqp8wl8l1ust99B@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <WED.23.JUN.2010.220421.0700.ENVIRO.DESIGM@YAHOO.COM>

Hi Neskie
glad you made it back over the border- I was sitting next to you at IMN on last day in circle...I always wondered...that is how we sneek into the park...we know all the back roads. It costs $20 to get in on the road....so I figured y9u went across on a forest road. 

I wil look at this recording 

Sandy
 
 
Sandra Gaskell, RPA, CCC SLP
Southern Sierra Miwuk Tribal Archaeologist
MS, MA Anthropology-Geography, CSUS-CSUF
MS-SLP, Northern Arizona University
SLP.D, NSU Candidate

www.arcresours.com 
www.enviro.design.org 

arcresours at gmail.com
enviro.design at yahoo.com
ascspeech at yahoo.com






________________________________
From: Neskie Manuel <neskiem at GMAIL.COM>
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Sent: Wed, June 23, 2010 9:18:22 PM
Subject: Re: [ILAT] survey


This is interesting that you've posted this at this time, for me it is very timely. I was just looking into using Red5 the Open Source Flash Server for this same purpose.   You are using Red5 correct?

I quickly ran through an online tutorial [1], on the weekend.  I didn't get it to run, but I think I must have missed a step or something. Perhaps by this weekend I can work out the bugs, and have something working.

I'll pass on the Survey and look forward to hearing about the flash based recording.  Anything to lower the barrier to allow people to record the sounds of their language and more importantly to share it, can only be a good thing.

[1] - http://fms.denniehoopingarner.com/


      
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From bernisantamaria at GMAIL.COM  Thu Jun 24 16:12:23 2010
From: bernisantamaria at GMAIL.COM (Bernadette Santamaria)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:12:23 -0700
Subject: Fwd: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
In-Reply-To: <SNT121-DS3EFD16882026EFE00BE3BD9C60@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <THU.24.JUN.2010.091223.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

All:

I've been reviewing info on Ms. Rees because as a researcher her claims that
U.S. Indigenous people's "forefathers" are the Chinese (or Asians?) with her
speeches on ancient world maps & that Chinese were first to "discover" this
continent.  Are there any language or linguistic researchers who agree with
her views?

I'm concerned at the stories such as this where a Navajo, on a trip to
China, was greeted by "...distant Chinese relatives there.."  whether Native
people are once again pawns in colonialist/paternalistic attitudes about our
origins still discounting our own creation beliefs.

Does anyone have info on whether she is considered legitimate?

Thanks.

Bernadette A. SantaMaria



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Charlotte Rees <Harrismaps at msn.com>
Date: Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:29 PM
Subject: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
To:




 *Newsletter for Charlotte Harris Rees – June 2010*

* *

*See this link for a 6/23/2010 article *by nationally syndicated columnist
William Hamilton that favorably mentions *The Asiatic Fathers of America *and
*Secret Maps of the Ancient World *and  Gavin Menzies *1421.*

http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20100622/COLUMNISTS/100629976/1079&ParentProfile=1067

* *

* *

*My upcoming speeches in Asia are:*



*July 5 *– Zheng He Symposium

              Holiday Inn

              Melaka, Malaysia



*July 9*    National Library of China

Exhibition Hall of Rare Collections
Beijing, China
Contact Ms Weng Yingfang at wengyingfang at gmail.com if you have any
questions.



I have been exchanging e-mails with a columnist from the *China Daily News**
,* an English language paper in Beijing, and he plans to run an article
before the July 9 speech.



Currently I am making plans for* speeches in Southern California* Sept. 10 –
14, 2010 *and in Vancouver*, BC. area September 16 – 21, 2010. If your group
is interested in having me speak, please contact Judy Lam Maxwell at
Judy.Maxwell at gmail.com.



Judy is helping to arrange my schedule. She is a historian and an
international speaker, is multi-talented, and is a strong supporter of my
research. In a later newsletter we will publish the dates and times of
speeches in those locations.



*Other News*

* *

The *Navajo Indian* that I mentioned in an earlier newsletter made his trip
to China in May and was greeted by distant Chinese relatives there. (See the
attached photos). According to Walter Loo from U.S. Chinese Art Museum in
Oakland, CA who accompanied the Navajo: “Many newspapers came and I was
interviewed by CCTV and Beijing TV. The Deputy Head of Ministry of Overseas
Chinese attended and expressed their interest in helping their new 2.5
million overseas Chinese Indians in North America. They are also very well
aware of Chinese Indians in Central and South America that number about 10
million.”



*TV Documentaries* - Both the Discovery and History Channels have recently
run pieces stating that Columbus was not the first to discover America.  On
the Discovery Channel piece Bob Meistrell mentioned that at least one of the
stone anchors  found off the coast  of California dated to around 2000 B.C.
That date rings a bell with me! I am hoping to meet up with Bob when I go to
California in September.



Keep checking my website www.HarrisMaps.com <http://www.harrismaps.com/> for
further developments.
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From David.Lewis at GRANDRONDE.ORG  Thu Jun 24 16:18:47 2010
From: David.Lewis at GRANDRONDE.ORG (David Lewis)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:18:47 -0700
Subject: Fwd: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
Message-ID: <THU.24.JUN.2010.091847.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Its would be difficult to assume that China has existed for 12000 years or more. There may be relations genealogically but i have never heard of linguistic relations. But then I am not a linguist. The diaspora from that area now known as China is worldwide, so that they could claim the same relationship with Europe. 

<º}}}}><`·..·`·..·`·... <º}}}}><`·..·`·...

David G. Lewis, PhD

Manager, Cultural Resources Department

Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

Office 503.879.1634

David.Lewis at grandronde.org

.·`·..`·.. ><{{{{º>`·..·`·...><{{{{º>`·..·

"Eating Popcorn, is Like Eating Little Explosions"- Saghaley Lewis 2009



-----Original Message-----
From: Indigenous Languages and Technology on behalf of Bernadette Santamaria
Sent: Thu 6/24/2010 9:12 AM
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: [ILAT] Fwd: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
 
All:
 
I've been reviewing info on Ms. Rees because as a researcher her claims that U.S. Indigenous people's "forefathers" are the Chinese (or Asians?) with her speeches on ancient world maps & that Chinese were first to "discover" this continent.  Are there any language or linguistic researchers who agree with her views?
 
I'm concerned at the stories such as this where a Navajo, on a trip to China, was greeted by "...distant Chinese relatives there.."  whether Native people are once again pawns in colonialist/paternalistic attitudes about our origins still discounting our own creation beliefs.
 
Does anyone have info on whether she is considered legitimate?
 
Thanks.
 
Bernadette A. SantaMaria


 
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Charlotte Rees <Harrismaps at msn.com>
Date: Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:29 PM
Subject: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
To: 



 

Newsletter for Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010

 

See this link for a 6/23/2010 article by nationally syndicated columnist William Hamilton that favorably mentions The Asiatic Fathers of America and Secret Maps of the Ancient World and  Gavin Menzies 1421.

http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20100622/COLUMNISTS/100629976/1079&ParentProfile=1067 <http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20100622/COLUMNISTS/100629976/1079&ParentProfile=1067>  

 

 

My upcoming speeches in Asia are:

 

July 5 - Zheng He Symposium 

              Holiday Inn

              Melaka, Malaysia

 

July 9    National Library of China

Exhibition Hall of Rare Collections
Beijing, China
Contact Ms Weng Yingfang at wengyingfang at gmail.com <mailto:wengyingfang at gmail.com>  if you have any questions.

 

I have been exchanging e-mails with a columnist from the China Daily News, an English language paper in Beijing, and he plans to run an article before the July 9 speech.

 

Currently I am making plans for speeches in Southern California Sept. 10 - 14, 2010 and in Vancouver, BC. area September 16 - 21, 2010. If your group is interested in having me speak, please contact Judy Lam Maxwell at Judy.Maxwell at gmail.com <mailto:Judy.Maxwell at gmail.com> .

 

Judy is helping to arrange my schedule. She is a historian and an international speaker, is multi-talented, and is a strong supporter of my research. In a later newsletter we will publish the dates and times of speeches in those locations.

 

Other News

 

The Navajo Indian that I mentioned in an earlier newsletter made his trip to China in May and was greeted by distant Chinese relatives there. (See the attached photos). According to Walter Loo from U.S. Chinese Art Museum in Oakland, CA who accompanied the Navajo: "Many newspapers came and I was interviewed by CCTV and Beijing TV. The Deputy Head of Ministry of Overseas Chinese attended and expressed their interest in helping their new 2.5 million overseas Chinese Indians in North America. They are also very well aware of Chinese Indians in Central and South America that number about 10 million." 

 

TV Documentaries - Both the Discovery and History Channels have recently run pieces stating that Columbus was not the first to discover America.  On the Discovery Channel piece Bob Meistrell mentioned that at least one of the stone anchors  found off the coast  of California dated to around 2000 B.C. That date rings a bell with me! I am hoping to meet up with Bob when I go to California in September.

 

Keep checking my website www.HarrisMaps.com <http://www.harrismaps.com/>  for further developments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                              



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From rzs at WILDBLUE.NET  Thu Jun 24 17:20:35 2010
From: rzs at WILDBLUE.NET (Richard Zane Smith)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:20:35 -0500
Subject: Fwd: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilLOd9MBhKLQCautJNDmKymjEzEyx8ZEJ0S-JXA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.24.JUN.2010.122035.0500.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

kinda reminds me again that the common charts I've seen
 ALWAYS assumes a "one way road" with a big arrow
ALWAYS pointing east from Asia across the Bering Sea.
As if people groups couldn't possibly have traveled both ways.

Navajos meeting  "their distant Chinese relatives..."
hmmm...I guess one could make a genetic argument
that  anybody I visit is a distant relative.
I'll have to try that next time I'm traveling and
see a nice home near a beach.... "COUSIN !"

hey, why not?
-Richard




On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Bernadette Santamaria <
bernisantamaria at gmail.com> wrote:

> All:
>
> I've been reviewing info on Ms. Rees because as a researcher her claims
> that U.S. Indigenous people's "forefathers" are the Chinese (or Asians?)
> with her speeches on ancient world maps & that Chinese were first to
> "discover" this continent.  Are there any language or linguistic researchers
> who agree with her views?
>
> I'm concerned at the stories such as this where a Navajo, on a trip to
> China, was greeted by "...distant Chinese relatives there.."  whether Native
> people are once again pawns in colonialist/paternalistic attitudes about our
> origins still discounting our own creation beliefs.
>
> Does anyone have info on whether she is considered legitimate?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bernadette A. SantaMaria
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Charlotte Rees <Harrismaps at msn.com>
> Date: Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:29 PM
> Subject: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
> To:
>
>
>
>
>  *Newsletter for Charlotte Harris Rees – June 2010*
>
> * *
>
> *See this link for a 6/23/2010 article *by nationally syndicated columnist
> William Hamilton that favorably mentions *The Asiatic Fathers of America *and
> *Secret Maps of the Ancient World *and  Gavin Menzies *1421.*
>
>
> http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20100622/COLUMNISTS/100629976/1079&ParentProfile=1067
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> *My upcoming speeches in Asia are:*
>
>
>
> *July 5 *– Zheng He Symposium
>
>               Holiday Inn
>
>               Melaka, Malaysia
>
>
>
> *July 9*    National Library of China
>
> Exhibition Hall of Rare Collections
> Beijing, China
> Contact Ms Weng Yingfang at wengyingfang at gmail.com if you have any
> questions.
>
>
>
> I have been exchanging e-mails with a columnist from the *China Daily News
> **,* an English language paper in Beijing, and he plans to run an article
> before the July 9 speech.
>
>
>
> Currently I am making plans for* speeches in Southern California* Sept. 10
> – 14, 2010 *and in Vancouver*, BC. area September 16 – 21, 2010. If your
> group is interested in having me speak, please contact Judy Lam Maxwell at
> Judy.Maxwell at gmail.com.
>
>
>
> Judy is helping to arrange my schedule. She is a historian and an
> international speaker, is multi-talented, and is a strong supporter of my
> research. In a later newsletter we will publish the dates and times of
> speeches in those locations.
>
>
>
> *Other News*
>
> * *
>
> The *Navajo Indian* that I mentioned in an earlier newsletter made his
> trip to China in May and was greeted by distant Chinese relatives there.
> (See the attached photos). According to Walter Loo from U.S. Chinese Art
> Museum in Oakland, CA who accompanied the Navajo: “Many newspapers came and
> I was interviewed by CCTV and Beijing TV. The Deputy Head of Ministry of
> Overseas Chinese attended and expressed their interest in helping their new
> 2.5 million overseas Chinese Indians in North America. They are also very
> well aware of Chinese Indians in Central and South America that number about
> 10 million.”
>
>
>
> *TV Documentaries* - Both the Discovery and History Channels have recently
> run pieces stating that Columbus was not the first to discover America.  On
> the Discovery Channel piece Bob Meistrell mentioned that at least one of the
> stone anchors  found off the coast  of California dated to around 2000
> B.C. That date rings a bell with me! I am hoping to meet up with Bob when I
> go to California in September.
>
>
>
> Keep checking my website www.HarrisMaps.com <http://www.harrismaps.com/>for further developments.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From clairebowern at GMAIL.COM  Thu Jun 24 19:18:55 2010
From: clairebowern at GMAIL.COM (Claire Bowern)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:18:55 -0400
Subject: survey
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilwyjrDhKa2BdHVF7jTXNsThAqp8wl8l1ust99B@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.24.JUN.2010.151855.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Hi Neskie,
I tried a couple of the open source aps and couldn't get them working
either. I think it was because of the way that the server is set up (I
have an account on a university research server that in theory allows
the running of php scripts and so on, but because all the instructions
assume that the user has access to the root directory, and I don't, I
could never figure out how to get things running properly).
I'm using a service called evoca. It hosts the flahs and I'm paying
about $8 a month for 1800 minutes of storage (that will go down once
the initial rush of responses is over, but for the moment we're
getting a few hundred a day and I can't keep up with the data
processing!)
Many thanks for passing on the survey.
So far we have about 650 responses so far. the quality is mostly very
high, though there's a wide variety of ages and (I assume) computer
equipment. Age range of responses is from 18-81, about 65% women.
Getting the files off evoca is a bit fiddly but apart from that things
have run smoothly. Evoca also has a free 15 mins of storage. It's
possible to use it to leave voice comments on blogs, upload podcasts
(and I think video too, though I'm just using audio).
Do let me know how it goes with the open source flash player!
All the best,
Claire
(ps, did you leave a message on my voicemail at work earlier this
week? If so sorry I didn't get back to you, it was a little hard to
hear and then the voicemail cut off your return number so I didn't
have all the digits!)

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:18 AM, Neskie Manuel <neskiem at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is interesting that you've posted this at this time, for me it is very timely. I was just looking into using Red5 the Open Source Flash Server for this same purpose.   You are using Red5 correct?
> I quickly ran through an online tutorial [1], on the weekend.  I didn't get it to run, but I think I must have missed a step or something. Perhaps by this weekend I can work out the bugs, and have something working.
> I'll pass on the Survey and look forward to hearing about the flash based recording.  Anything to lower the barrier to allow people to record the sounds of their language and more importantly to share it, can only be a good thing.
> [1] - http://fms.denniehoopingarner.com/


From mikinakn at SHAW.CA  Thu Jun 24 19:33:23 2010
From: mikinakn at SHAW.CA (Rolland Nadjiwon)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:33:23 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimxbmGoucdzshJDD-Z6vRU2KeX6H1kv8kgjtO2z@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.24.JUN.2010.153323.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

You got that right cousin Richard....maybe ILAT should be changed to 
'Family Page'...

-------
wahjeh
rolland nadjiwon
______________________________________________

A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory…
______________________________________________


On 24/06/2010 1:20 PM, Richard Zane Smith wrote:
> kinda reminds me again that the common charts I've seen
>  ALWAYS assumes a "one way road" with a big arrow
> ALWAYS pointing east from Asia across the Bering Sea.
> As if people groups couldn't possibly have traveled both ways.
>
> Navajos meeting  "their distant Chinese relatives..."
> hmmm...I guess one could make a genetic argument
> that  anybody I visit is a distant relative.
> I'll have to try that next time I'm traveling and
> see a nice home near a beach.... "COUSIN !"
>
> hey, why not?
> -Richard
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Bernadette Santamaria 
> <bernisantamaria at gmail.com <mailto:bernisantamaria at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     All:
>     I've been reviewing info on Ms. Rees because as a researcher her
>     claims that U.S. Indigenous people's "forefathers" are the Chinese
>     (or Asians?) with her speeches on ancient world maps & that
>     Chinese were first to "discover" this continent.  Are there any
>     language or linguistic researchers who agree with her views?
>     I'm concerned at the stories such as this where a Navajo, on a
>     trip to China, was greeted by "...distant Chinese relatives
>     there.."  whether Native people are once again pawns in
>     colonialist/paternalistic attitudes about our origins still
>     discounting our own creation beliefs.
>     Does anyone have info on whether she is considered legitimate?
>     Thanks.
>     Bernadette A. SantaMaria
>
>
>     ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     From: *Charlotte Rees* <Harrismaps at msn.com
>     <mailto:Harrismaps at msn.com>>
>     Date: Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:29 PM
>     Subject: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
>     To:
>
>
>     *Newsletter for Charlotte Harris Rees – June 2010*
>
>     * *
>
>     *See this link for a 6/23/2010 article *by nationally syndicated
>     columnist William Hamilton that favorably mentions /The Asiatic
>     Fathers of America /and /Secret Maps of the Ancient World /and 
>     Gavin Menzies /1421./
>
>     http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20100622/COLUMNISTS/100629976/1079&ParentProfile=1067
>     <http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20100622/COLUMNISTS/100629976/1079&ParentProfile=1067>
>
>
>     * *
>
>     * *
>
>     *My upcoming speeches in Asia are:*
>
>     *July 5 *– Zheng He Symposium
>
>     Holiday Inn
>
>     Melaka, Malaysia
>
>     *July 9* National Library of China
>
>     Exhibition Hall of Rare Collections
>     Beijing, China
>     Contact Ms Weng Yingfang at wengyingfang at gmail.com
>     <mailto:wengyingfang at gmail.com> if you have any questions.
>
>     I have been exchanging e-mails with a columnist from the */China
>     Daily News/*/,/ an English language paper in Beijing, and he plans
>     to run an article before the July 9 speech.
>
>     Currently I am making plans for* speeches in Southern California*
>     Sept. 10 – 14, 2010 *and in Vancouver*, BC. area September 16 –
>     21, 2010. If your group is interested in having me speak, please
>     contact Judy Lam Maxwell at Judy.Maxwell at gmail.com
>     <mailto:Judy.Maxwell at gmail.com>.
>
>     Judy is helping to arrange my schedule. She is a historian and an
>     international speaker, is multi-talented, and is a strong
>     supporter of my research. In a later newsletter we will publish
>     the dates and times of speeches in those locations.
>
>     *Other News*
>
>     * *
>
>     The *Navajo Indian* that I mentioned in an earlier newsletter made
>     his trip to China in May and was greeted by distant Chinese
>     relatives there. (See the attached photos). According to Walter
>     Loo from U.S. Chinese Art Museum in Oakland, CA who accompanied
>     the Navajo: “Many newspapers came and I was interviewed by CCTV
>     and Beijing TV. The Deputy Head of Ministry of Overseas Chinese
>     attended and expressed their interest in helping their new 2.5
>     million overseas Chinese Indians in North America. They are also
>     very well aware of Chinese Indians in Central and South America
>     that number about 10 million.”
>
>     *TV Documentaries* - Both the Discovery and History Channels have
>     recently run pieces stating that Columbus was not the first to
>     discover America.  On the Discovery Channel piece Bob
>     Meistrell mentioned that at least one of the stone anchors found
>     off the coast of California dated to around 2000 B.C. That date
>     rings a bell with me! I am hoping to meet up with Bob when I go to
>     California in September.
>
>     Keep checking my website www.HarrisMaps.com
>     <http://www.harrismaps.com/> for further developments.
>
>
>
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From Rrlapier at AOL.COM  Thu Jun 24 21:15:52 2010
From: Rrlapier at AOL.COM (Rrlapier at AOL.COM)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:15:52 EDT
Subject: Summer History Conference
Message-ID: <THU.24.JUN.2010.171552.EDT.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

 
Imitaiks:  when the spirit moved with us 

 
A  history conference exploring the history and the role of dogs in 
Blackfeet  society. 

Friday,  August 20, 2010 
10:00am  to 4:00pm 
Cuts  Wood School, Browning, Montana 
Free  & Open to the Public 



Piegan  Institute 
Researching,  Promoting & Preserving Native Languages 
Contact: Rosalyn  LaPier at 406.338.3518 or  rrlapier at pieganinstitute.org 
www.pieganinstitute.org
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From delancey at UOREGON.EDU  Thu Jun 24 22:14:16 2010
From: delancey at UOREGON.EDU (scott delancey)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:14:16 -0700
Subject: Fwd: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilLOd9MBhKLQCautJNDmKymjEzEyx8ZEJ0S-JXA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.24.JUN.2010.151416.0700.DELANCEY@UOREGON.EDU>

Sounds like this is some fuzzy aftermath of Gavin Menzies' story about Chinese settling in Mexico and Peru a couple generations before Columbus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Menzies).
Scholars pretty much consider it nonsense (http://www.1421exposed.com/).   There is actually some evidence for trans-Pacific contact prior to the European invasion -- I understand that there is
evidence for chickens in Mexico before Columbus, and chickens are definitely originally from Asia.  But no linguistic evidence for anything of the kind, as far as I know.

--
Scott DeLancey
Department of Linguistics
University of Oregon 1290
Eugene, OR 97403-1290, USA
541-346-3901

On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:12:23 -0700, Bernadette Santamaria <bernisantamaria at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> All: 

> I've been reviewing info on Ms. Rees because as a researcher her claims that U.S. Indigenous people's "forefathers" are the Chinese (or Asians?) with her speeches on ancient world maps & that Chinese were first to "discover" this continent.  Are there any language or linguistic researchers who agree with her views? 
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> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
> From:  Charlotte Rees   < Harrismaps at msn.com > 
> Date: Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:29 PM 
> 
Subject: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010 
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> Newsletter for Charlotte Harris Rees – June 2010 
 
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> See this link for a 6/23/2010 article  by nationally syndicated columnist William Hamilton that favorably mentions  The Asiatic Fathers of America  and  Secret Maps of the Ancient World  and  Gavin Menzies  1421. 

 
> http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20100622/COLUMNISTS/100629976/1079&ParentProfile=1067   
 
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> My upcoming speeches in Asia are: 
 
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>                Holiday Inn 
 
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> July 9      National Library of China 
 
> Exhibition Hall of Rare Collections 
> Beijing , China 
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 Contact Ms Weng Yingfang at  wengyingfang at gmail.com  if you have any questions. 
 
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> I have been exchanging e-mails with a columnist from the  China Daily News ,  an English language paper in Beijing, and he plans to run an article before the July 9 speech. 

 
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> Currently I am making plans for  speeches in Southern California  Sept. 10 – 14, 2010  and in Vancouver , BC. area September 16 – 21, 2010. If your group is interested in having me speak, please contact Judy Lam Maxwell at  Judy.Maxwell at gmail.com . 
 
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> TV Documentaries  - Both the Discovery and History Channels have recently run pieces stating that Columbus was not the first to discover America.  On the Discovery Channel piece Bob Meistrell mentioned that at least one of the stone anchors    found off the coast    of California dated to around 2000 B.C. That date rings a bell with me! I am hoping to meet up with Bob when I go to California in September. 

 
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From nflrc at HAWAII.EDU  Fri Jun 25 20:14:49 2010
From: nflrc at HAWAII.EDU (National Foreign Language Resource Center)
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:14:49 -1000
Subject: Call for Papers for Special Issue of Language Learning &
 Technology
Message-ID: <FRI.25.JUN.2010.101449.1000.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Call for Papers for Special Issue of Language Learning & Technology 
(http://llt.msu.edu)

Theme: Hegemonies in CALL

Guest Editors: Marie-Noelle Lamy and Mark Pegrum

An assumption that the technologies, pedagogies, educational and sociocultural 
norms associated with CALL are universal has implicitly permeated much of the 
discipline's research over the past two decades. In this issue we will draw 
together critical perspectives that problematize the workings of hegemonies. By 
"hegemony," we understand a situation where one culture or one form of praxis 
predominates and, deliberately or not, prevents the development or continued 
viability of alternative cultures and forms of praxis. We will assemble a 
provocative collection, from a multicultural, multilingual group of 
contributors, contrasting voices from the Anglosphere with voices from less 
well-served territories/cultures to ensure a rich dialogue between and around 
articles. We particularly welcome proposals for articles that include less 
well-researched languages, student cohorts and teaching contexts.

Please consult the LLT Website for general guidelines on submission 
(http://llt.msu.edu/contrib.html) and research 
(http://llt.msu.edu/resguide.html).

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

* CALL & technological hegemonies (including hegemonic implications of the 
Internet and Web, commonly used Web 2.0 tools, and mobile technologies)

* CALL & pedagogical hegemonies (including hegemonic implications of social 
constructivism and associated interactive, collaborative, student-centred 
pedagogies; curriculum and course design; and the design of open access 
materials and digital repositories)

* CALL & educational hegemonies (including hegemonic educational and 
institutional policies, expectations and norms)

* CALL & social hegemonies (including the hegemonic implications of norms and 
practices of online interaction)

* CALL & inter/cultural hegemonies (including hegemonic implications of Western 
cultural norms and Western approaches to tolerance, openness, relativism and 
the skills associated with intercultural competence)

* CALL & sociopolitical hegemonies (including the hegemonic implications of 
democratic structures in education, and resistance to hegemonies)

Please send letter of intent and 250-word abstract by October 1, 2010 to 
llted at hawaii.edu


Publication timeline:
* October 1, 2010: Submission deadline for abstracts
* October 15, 2010: Invitation to authors to submit a manuscript
* March 1, 2011: Submission deadline for manuscripts
* June 1, 2012: Publication of special issue


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Jun 29 05:35:28 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:35:28 -0700
Subject: Extinct Alaska Native language draws French student's interest
 (fwd link)
Message-ID: <MON.28.JUN.2010.223528.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Extinct Alaska Native language draws French student's interest

EXTINCT: Last Native speaker died; now French youth picks up the word.

By KYLE HOPKINS
khopkins at adn.com
Published: June 28th, 2010 02:47 PM

When the last Alaska Native who could speak the Eyak language fluently died
in 2008, Fairbanks linguist Michael Krauss became the only person who could
still hold a conversation in it.

He just didn't have anyone to talk to. Until now.

Even as the 75-year-old Krauss worked to preserve the language, a shy French
teenager was sitting in his bedroom thousands of miles away, trying to teach
himself Eyak.

Now Guillaume Leduey is here in Alaska, studying with Krauss, learning how
the language works by analyzing traditional Eyak tales word by word and
deciding if he wants to be the torchbearer for the effort to resurrect the
language. No pressure.



Read more:
http://www.adn.com/2010/06/27/1343777/unlikely-passion-may-save-eyak.html#ixzz0sDX41WNq
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From lmtoconnor at GMAIL.COM  Tue Jun 29 09:10:10 2010
From: lmtoconnor at GMAIL.COM (loretta oconnor)
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:10:10 +0200
Subject: user group website for Lexique Pro?
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilZvXsCbcE_0SBCCxnV8pQM2wl62OwCPuRS0Rl3@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <TUE.29.JUN.2010.111010.0200.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Hello all -
I just sent the following email to the Lexique Pro support page -- but
perhaps one of you has an answer?
Thank you - Loretta

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: loretta oconnor <lmtoconnor at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:01 AM
Subject: user group website for Lexique Pro?
To: support1 at lexiquepro.com


Good morning,

I've been surfing a bit, trying to find a user group website for Lexique
Pro. I'm putting the finishing touches on an online dictionary -- hooray
hooray, and thank you very much for this program! -- but having the same
type of problem over and over. I'd be happy to "put this out there", to see
if another user has already encountered and solved these problems, so please
let me know if I should direct this email elsewhere.

Meanwhile...

1) How can I re-use formatting details such as font type/color/size,
language sorts, category names? I've tried copying chunks of a
carefully-defined .Config file to newly created .Config files, but this
doesn't help.

2) I clearly don't quite understand how the function of creating a lexicon
relates to opening a lexicon. I keep re-doing everything every time I create
one (with all my preferences) and then open one (and have to repeat the
process of defining all my preferences).

3) A real heart-breaker: LP doesn't recognize Unicode characters for
accented vowels in my Spanish-language Semantic Domain field. I have to fix
these, one by one, for the default field name and for my user-defined
labels, each time I read in a modified lexicon file! Kinda makes a gal want
to stop fixing errors in the lexicon, which of course I cannot do.

I love the product, but I would also love to stop doing full or even partial
set-ups every time I open a lexicon file.

Please send any suggestions, and thank you for your time.
Loretta O'Connor
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From mikinakn at SHAW.CA  Tue Jun  1 19:47:26 2010
From: mikinakn at SHAW.CA (Rolland Nadjiwon)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:47:26 -0400
Subject: Fwd: FW: A Solution to the Oil Spill. 2 Farmers would think of
 this this is aamzing!!:):)
Message-ID: <TUE.1.JUN.2010.154726.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Really...you just gots to see this one.... Something stil to be said 
about farmers I guess....wonder what all those high tech engineers think 
about this, eh...

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	FW: A Solution to the Oil Spill. 2 Farmers would think of this 
this is aamzing!!:):)
Date: 	Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:39:50 -0400
From: 	Wayne Wesley <waynewesley at hotmail.com>
To: 	Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca>


GOD bless redneck?s! We have scientist, chemist, astronauts, Dr?s and
biologists but it takes two farmers to think up something like this.


>rel=nofollow target="_blank">http://www.wimp.com/solutionoil/

*ALL I CAN SAY IS ... JUST DO IT!*


<http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729705>
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From hsouter at GMAIL.COM  Tue Jun  1 20:12:41 2010
From: hsouter at GMAIL.COM (Heather Souter)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:12:41 -0500
Subject: Fwd: FW: A Solution to the Oil Spill. 2 Farmers would think
 of this this is aamzing!!:):)
In-Reply-To: <4C0563CE.6010107@shaw.ca>
Message-ID: <TUE.1.JUN.2010.151241.0500.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Wahwaa!!! Wow!!!  LET'S MAKE THIS VIRAL!!!!



On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca> wrote:

>  Really...you just gots to see this one.... Something stil to be said about
> farmers I guess....wonder what all those high tech engineers think about
> this, eh...
>
> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: FW: A Solution to the Oil
> Spill. 2 Farmers would think of this this is aamzing!!:):)  Date: Tue, 01
> Jun 2010 14:39:50 -0400  From: Wayne Wesley <waynewesley at hotmail.com><waynewesley at hotmail.com>  To:
> Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca> <mikinakn at shaw.ca>
>
> GOD bless redneck?s! We have scientist, chemist, astronauts, Dr?s and
> biologists but it takes two farmers to think up something like this.
>
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> >rel=nofollow target="_blank">http://www.wimp.com/solutionoil/<http://www.wimp.com/solutionoil/>
>  *ALL I CAN SAY IS ... JUST DO IT!*
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From mikinakn at SHAW.CA  Tue Jun  1 20:33:58 2010
From: mikinakn at SHAW.CA (Rolland Nadjiwon)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:33:58 -0400
Subject: Fwd: FW: A Solution to the Oil Spill. 2 Farmers would think
 of this this is aamzing!!:):)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimqV5m3cxb-1vG3Q-mUZEOEAfpm4NKvhGImEx9j@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <TUE.1.JUN.2010.163358.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

I'm trying to Heather...

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wahjeh
rolland nadjiwon
______________________________________________

A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory?
______________________________________________


On 01/06/2010 4:12 PM, Heather Souter wrote:
> Wahwaa!!! Wow!!!  LET'S MAKE THIS VIRAL!!!!
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca 
> <mailto:mikinakn at shaw.ca>> wrote:
>
>     Really...you just gots to see this one.... Something stil to be
>     said about farmers I guess....wonder what all those high tech
>     engineers think about this, eh...
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Jun  1 22:34:15 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:34:15 -0700
Subject: Session Notes: Indigenous languages online - challenges and
 opportunities (fwd link)
Message-ID: <TUE.1.JUN.2010.153415.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Session Notes: Indigenous languages online - challenges and opportunities

posted by Eduardo Avila on Jun 01, 2010

Led by Elia Varela Serra and with the participation of Ruben Hilari of the
project Jaqi Aru.

The main focus of the small breakout session was to explore the ways that
internet has helped promote the uses of indigenous languages in countries
where these languages have not had much presence online.

Ruben begins by saying that Aymara is not a new language, but perhaps it is
a new language online. Aymara has about 5,000,000 speakers around the world
and speakers of this language can be found concentrated in South America,
mostly in Bolivia, Peru, Chile, and Argentina.

The goal of the Jaqi Aru project is to increase the presence of Aymara on
the internet through 5 main activities, one of which is translations for the
Lingua project site Global Voices in Aymara. Volunteers have been
translating articles from Global Voices in Spanish for the past 7 months. In
addition, the group has a collective blog site, uses web 2.0 tools like
Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube, has been learning to subtitle videos on the
platform DotSub, and has been starting to participate in the Wikipedia in
Aymara community.

Access full article below:
http://summit2010.globalvoicesonline.org/2010/06/session-notes-indigenous-languages-online-challenges-and-opportunities/
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Jun  1 22:35:55 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:35:55 -0700
Subject: Trying to save vanishing languages (fwd link)
Message-ID: <TUE.1.JUN.2010.153555.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Posted on Tue, Jun. 1, 2010

Trying to save vanishing languages
American Indians turn to recordings at American Philosophical Society.

By Stephan Salisbury
Inquirer Culture Writer
USA

In the bright morning sun, Larry Aitken stood in the green Jefferson Garden
next to the American Philosophical Society's library, offering up his Ojibwe
words and his sacred pipe to infuse the conference with truth and purpose.
Pungent smoke curled into the air.

Aitken - dressed in a vivid red shirt with a black bear on the back -
presented an unusual image in the heart of the busy city. But for the 70 or
so people gathered on South Fifth Street across from Independence Square,
the Sacred Pipe Ceremony was both natural and essential.

Last month, representatives from 10 tribal communities across the United
States, plus archivists and scholars, gathered for a two-day conference here
to discuss how to make practical use of the philosophical society's vast
collection of historic Native American materials, including about 113,000
photographic images and more than 1,000 hours of recorded American Indian
languages.



Read more:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20100601_Trying_to_save_vanishing_languages.html#ixzz0pdximaoE
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Jun  1 22:38:23 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:38:23 -0700
Subject: e-dictionary preserves dying indigenous languages,
 cultures (fwd link)
Message-ID: <TUE.1.JUN.2010.153823.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

e-dictionary preserves dying indigenous languages, cultures

2010/05/31 21:47:54

Taipei, May 31 (CNA) An e-dictionary of the languages and cultures of
Taiwan's indigenous people has been compiled to help preserve indigenous
mother tongues and collective memories that are quickly dying out, the
Ministry of Education said Monday.

The MOE urged people, particularly Taiwan's aborigines, to take advantage of
the e-dictionary, which can be found on the Web site http: //
citing.hohayan.net.tw/default.asp. The ministry said the reference work
would help users reinforce, learn or revive these dying languages and
cultures before it is too late. It covers the mother tongues of 14
indigenous mountain tribes and the Pingpu plains (low-lying areas)
aborigines.

Access full article below:
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201005310035&Type=aEDU
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Jun  1 22:40:29 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 15:40:29 -0700
Subject: Yorke Peninsula schools revive lost language (fwd link)
Message-ID: <TUE.1.JUN.2010.154029.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Yorke Peninsula schools revive lost language

LUCY HOOD From: The Advertiser June 02, 2010 12:01am
Australia

AN Aboriginal language on the verge of disappearing has been revived with
the help of several Yorke Peninsula schools.

Teachers and senior secondary students from Kadina, Moonta, Maitland and
Stansbury have been taking part in workshops run by the Narungga Aboriginal
Progress Association.

The association, with the help of a community linguist, has been able to
increase the number of known Narungga words from about 200 to more than
1000.

They have also developed a Narungga dictionary, grammar book and series of
storybooks for teachers and students to learn the language.

Access full article below:
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From rzs at WILDBLUE.NET  Wed Jun  2 13:23:57 2010
From: rzs at WILDBLUE.NET (Richard Zane Smith)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 08:23:57 -0500
Subject: Fwd: FW: A Solution to the Oil Spill. 2 Farmers would think
 of this this is aamzing!!:):)
In-Reply-To: <4C056EB6.709@shaw.ca>
Message-ID: <WED.2.JUN.2010.082357.0500.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Using hay/straw seems like a great idea and should be considered.
Unfortunately
Technology keeps drifting into fields of corporate complexity
where simple homegrown solutions can become overlooked
or seem "unprofitable".

*Indigenous technologies* are closer to the original meaning of the word:

*technology : from Greek tekhnologia *
from:
*tekhn? *  ?art, craft?   -logy denoting a subject of study or interest

the technologist as a craftsperson? would've thunk?
maybe if we took on THIS attitude to solving problems as a "craft" or as an
"art"
we might actually stress emphasis on create sustainable solutions
which could certainly apply to language/culture as well.

Richard Zane Smith
Wyandotte Oklahoma





On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca> wrote:

>  I'm trying to Heather...
>
> -------
> wahjeh
> rolland nadjiwon
> ______________________________________________
>
> A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory?
> ______________________________________________
>
>
> On 01/06/2010 4:12 PM, Heather Souter wrote:
>
> Wahwaa!!! Wow!!!  LET'S MAKE THIS VIRAL!!!!
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>>  Really...you just gots to see this one.... Something stil to be said
>> about farmers I guess....wonder what all those high tech engineers think
>> about this, eh...
>>
>
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From mhermes at D.UMN.EDU  Wed Jun  2 14:01:44 2010
From: mhermes at D.UMN.EDU (Mary Hermes)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 09:01:44 -0500
Subject: Fwd: FW: A Solution to the Oil Spill. 2 Farmers would think
 of this this is aamzing!!:):)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimEHlEYmcE1SztlZCtm0Urb59ugOIMmE3FdI3yf@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <WED.2.JUN.2010.090144.0500.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

I had dinner last night with some indignenous (Cree, Ojibwe, Dine) water engineers who think leaving it alone
and letting our Mom and the fungus do their thing is  a good idea.

others think the military should take over in order to stop leakage, as they do have the technology and skills to do this

--------------------------------------------
Mary Hermes, PhD
Associate Professor of Education
Eni-gikendaasoyang:  Center for Indigenous Language and Culture Revitalization
University of Minnesota Duluth
715-462-4230



On Jun 2, 2010, at 8:23 AM, Richard Zane Smith wrote:

> Using hay/straw seems like a great idea and should be considered.
> Unfortunately
> Technology keeps drifting into fields of corporate complexity
> where simple homegrown solutions can become overlooked
> or seem "unprofitable".
> 
> Indigenous technologies are closer to the original meaning of the word:
> 
> technology : from Greek tekhnologia 
> from:  
> tekhn?   ?art, craft?   -logy denoting a subject of study or interest 
> 
> the technologist as a craftsperson? would've thunk?
> maybe if we took on THIS attitude to solving problems as a "craft" or as an "art"
> we might actually stress emphasis on create sustainable solutions
> which could certainly apply to language/culture as well.
> 
> Richard Zane Smith
> Wyandotte Oklahoma
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca> wrote:
> I'm trying to Heather...
> -------
> wahjeh
> rolland nadjiwon
> ______________________________________________
> 
> A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory?
> ______________________________________________
> 
> 
> On 01/06/2010 4:12 PM, Heather Souter wrote:
>> Wahwaa!!! Wow!!!  LET'S MAKE THIS VIRAL!!!!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca> wrote:
>> Really...you just gots to see this one.... Something stil to be said about farmers I guess....wonder what all those high tech engineers think about this, eh...
> 


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Wed Jun  2 18:24:37 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:24:37 -0700
Subject: New Quechua class at OSU exposes students to indigenous Incan
 language (fwd link)
Message-ID: <WED.2.JUN.2010.112437.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

New Quechua class at OSU exposes students to indigenous Incan language

By Jessica Ostrau
ostrau.1 at osu.edu
USA

Published: Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Ohio State students with an interest in exploring the Andes region of South
America are now able to begin their journey in the classroom.

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese started offering a Quechua class
Winter Quarter that introduces the indigenous Incan language still spoken in
Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador to students.

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Wed Jun  2 18:27:24 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:27:24 -0700
Subject: Lexicons To Help Preserve Native Tongues (fwd link)
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Lexicons To Help Preserve Native Tongues

Written by Quratul-Ain Bandial
Wednesday, 02 June 2010 08:13

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Language and Literature Bureau (DBP) is in the
process of compiling dusun-Malay and Belait-Malay language dictionaries as a
way to keep alive the seven native languages of Brunei, said its acting
director yesterday.

The bureau has strived to keep the indigenous languages alive by using
dictionaries as a platform to sustain Brunei's culture and heritage, Hjh
Aminah Hj Momin said at an acoustic phonetics workshop in Berakas.

Plans for Bisaya and Murut language dictonaries are also on the way, she
told staff at the Lexicography Unit which does the compilation and writing
of dictionaries.

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From nflrc at HAWAII.EDU  Wed Jun  2 21:23:42 2010
From: nflrc at HAWAII.EDU (National Foreign Language Resource Center)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:23:42 -1000
Subject: Language Learning & Technology Issue 14:2 (June 2010) is now
 available
Message-ID: <WED.2.JUN.2010.112342.1000.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>


We are happy to announce that Volume 14 Number 2 of Language Learning &
Technology is now available at?http://llt.msu.edu. This is a special issue
on Technology and Learning Vocabulary.

The contents are listed below.

Please visit the LLT Web site and be sure to enter your free subscription if
you have not already done so. Also, we welcome your contributions for future
issues. See our guidelines for submission
at?http://llt.msu.edu/contrib.html.


Sincerely,
Dorothy Chun and Irene Thompson, Editors
Language Learning & Technology


----- Feature Articles -----

Invited Commentary: Vocabulary
Ron Martinez & Norbert Schmitt

Lexical Bundles in L1 and L2 Academic Writing
Yu-Hua Chen & Paul Baker

Modality of Input and Vocabulary Acquisition
Tetyana Sydorenko

The Effect of Interactivity with a Music Video Game on Second Language
Vocabulary Recall
Jonathan deHaan, W. Michael Reed, & Katsuko Kuwada

Using Mobile Phones for Vocabulary Activities: Examining the Effect of
Platform
Glenn Stockwell


----- Columns -----

Emerging Technologies

>From Memory Palaces to Spacing Algorithms: Approaches to Second-Language
Vocabulary Learning
by Robert Godwin-Jones


----- Reviews -----

Edited by Sigrun Biesenbach-Lucas

Learning Language and Culture via Public Internet Discussion Forum
Barbara Hanna & Juliana de Nooy
Reviewed by Sonja Lind

Information Technology in Languages for Specific Purposes: Issues and
Prospects
Elisabet Arno Macia, Antonia Soler Cervera, & Carmen Rueda Ramos
Reviewed by Is'haaq Akbarian

From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Thu Jun  3 20:44:13 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:44:13 -0700
Subject: Tribal leader has helped preserve Cahuilla culture (fwd link)
Message-ID: <THU.3.JUN.2010.134413.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Tribal leader has helped preserve Cahuilla culture

podcast media available

10:00 PM PDT on Wednesday, June 2, 2010
By MONIQUE R. HENDERSON
Special to The Press-Enterprise
USA

Longtime tribal leader and activist Katherine Siva Saubel has spent a
lifetime working to preserve the languages and stories of the Cahuilla
people.

Along the way, Saubel, 90, has gained state, national and international
recognition.

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Thu Jun  3 20:45:53 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 13:45:53 -0700
Subject: TV helps Aboriginal language revival (fwd link)
Message-ID: <THU.3.JUN.2010.134553.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

TV helps Aboriginal language revival

BY: COURTENAY RULE | JUNE-3-2010
Indigenous Australia

Here's a statistic I find pretty sobering: of more than 200 Indigenous
languages spoken on the Australian continent before European settlement,
fewer than 20 are still in daily use, and even these are endangered.

Once a people's language dies out, a vital part of their culture and
identity is lost forever. That's why it's great to hear about Waabiny Time,
a new show on the National Indigenous Television channel, which aims to get
kids started with learning and using the Noongar language of south-west
Western Australia.

Waabiny Time (meaning "playing time") is the first Australian indigenous
language program made for an early childhood audience, and so far it's been
a great success. The original 13-episode series, which first aired in April,
was so popular that it's currently being repeated, and a new series is being
planned.

Read more:
http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/tv-helps-aboriginal-language-revival.htm#ixzz0ppD5l1mX
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From hardman at UFL.EDU  Thu Jun  3 23:48:34 2010
From: hardman at UFL.EDU (MJ Hardman)
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 19:48:34 -0400
Subject: Fwd: FW: A Solution to the Oil Spill. 2 Farmers would think
 of this this is aamzing!!:):)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimEHlEYmcE1SztlZCtm0Urb59ugOIMmE3FdI3yf@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.3.JUN.2010.194834.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Sounds good to me!  This and the hair booms ought to do it without
additional damage to the environment -- like the 'dispersants'.  Too simple,
but genuinely technological -- as below defined.  Count me in on this one!
MJ

On 6/2/10 9:23 AM, "Richard Zane Smith" <rzs at WILDBLUE.NET> wrote:

> Using hay/straw seems like a great idea and should be considered.
> Unfortunately
> Technology keeps drifting into fields of corporate complexity
> where simple homegrown solutions can become overlooked
> or seem "unprofitable".
> 
> Indigenous technologies are closer to the original meaning of the word:
> 
> technology :?from?Greek?tekhnologia?
> from: ?
> tekhn? ??'art, craft' ??-logy?denoting a subject of study or interest?
> 
> the technologist as a craftsperson? would've thunk?
> maybe if we took on THIS attitude to solving problems as a "craft" or as an
> "art"
> we might actually stress emphasis on create sustainable solutions
> which could certainly apply to language/culture as well.
> 
> Richard Zane Smith
> Wyandotte Oklahoma
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>  
>> I'm trying to Heather...
>> -------
>> wahjeh
>> rolland nadjiwon
>> ______________________________________________
>> 
>> A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory...
>> ______________________________________________
>> 
>> On 01/06/2010 4:12 PM, Heather Souter wrote:
>>> Wahwaa!!! Wow!!!? LET'S MAKE THIS VIRAL!!!!
>>>  
>>>  
>>>  
>>>  
>>> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca> wrote:
>>>  
>>>>  
>>>> Really...you just gots to see this one.... Something stil to be said about
>>>> farmers I guess....wonder what all those high tech engineers think about
>>>> this, eh...
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>  
> 
> 

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Jun  4 00:07:49 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 17:07:49 -0700
Subject: Journey through the eyes of native law (fwd link)
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Journey through the eyes of native law

JAKE WILSON
June 4, 2010
Australia

A GROUP of indigenous women and children sits cross-legged in the long
grass, shot through a wide-angle lens, some clutching cans of soft drink.
Only part of their dialogue is subtitled but one of them explains for the
benefit of the camera: ''You say, 'two laws,' in your language. In Yanyuwa,
we say, 'kanymarda yuwa.'''

This is one of the first scenes in Two Laws, an extraordinary 1981
documentary made by the Borroloola Aboriginal community in the Northern
Territory in collaboration with visiting filmmakers Carolyn Strachan and
Alessandro Cavadini.

The film was initiated by the community as a weapon in a land-rights
dispute, which, 30 years on, has only just been settled in their favour.

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Sun Jun  6 01:37:38 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 18:37:38 -0700
Subject: Indigo Launches Mother Tongue: Call for Submissions (fwd links)
Message-ID: <SAT.5.JUN.2010.183738.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Indigo Launches Mother Tongue: Call for Submissions

June 4, 2010

Mother Tongue is an innovative online exhibition that seeks to capture the
power of language - verbal and visual, formal and informal.

Language is not only a product of human life - it is a pre-requisite that
humans require to form relationships.

As a fundamental form of expression, language binds people together. But not
all languages are spoken.

Access full article below:
http://www.dexigner.com/graphic/news-g20810.html

~~~

Mother Tongue
http://www.dexigner.com/jump/news/20810

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Mon Jun  7 06:38:00 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 23:38:00 -0700
Subject: Study: Inuit language schooling brings long-term benefits (fwd
 link)
Message-ID: <SUN.6.JUN.2010.233800.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

NEWS: Nunavik June 06, 2010 - 12:11 pm

Study: Inuit language schooling brings long-term benefits
With good base in Inuttitut, students do better

SARAH ROGERS
Inuttitut instruction boosts skills and self-esteem, says McGill reearcher
Don Taylor, who recently visited Kangiqsujuaq. (PHOTO BY DAVID BENOIT)
KANGIQSUJUAQ ?  Long-term studies of school children in Nunavik show that
students learn best and benefit from higher self-esteem when taught in their
mother tongue.

The findings mean Inuit students with a good base in Inuttitut tend to do
better in their studies, says McGill psychology professor Don Taylor.

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Mon Jun  7 06:41:49 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 23:41:49 -0700
Subject: American Indian languages get 'Breath of Life' (fwd link)
Message-ID: <SUN.6.JUN.2010.234149.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

American Indian languages get 'Breath of Life'
An intensive five-day workshop at OU's Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural
History taught participants how to study and teach the linguistics of tribal
languages

BY JAMES S. TYREE
Published: June 7, 2010
USA

NORMAN ? Tracey Moore is a member of the Osage, Otoe-Missouria, Pawnee and
Sac & Fox tribes who aims to help keep their disappearing languages alive by
learning, speaking and teaching them.

She learned how recently during the Breath of Life workshop at the
University of Oklahoma's Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.

The May 24-28 program taught participants how to conduct linguistic research
on tribal languages, starting with archival materials at the museum.

The program is designed for people from tribes that lack fluent speakers of
their language who want to help preserve the language for future
generations.


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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Mon Jun  7 22:20:20 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 15:20:20 -0700
Subject: Free aboriginal language classes open to public (fwd link)
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Free aboriginal language classes open to public

2010/06/07 19:16:18
Tiawan

Taipei, June 7 (CNA) The Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) welcomed the
public Monday to participate in efforts to preserve Aboriginal cultures by
taking one of several free language classes offered around Taiwan starting
later this month.

In collaboration with National Taiwan Normal University, the CIP will hold
classes in five regions of the country in which all 14 of the aboriginal
languages spoken in the Taiwanese indigenous community are covered.

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Mon Jun  7 22:23:58 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 15:23:58 -0700
Subject: Bible Translations to Reach Every Language (fwd link)
Message-ID: <MON.7.JUN.2010.152358.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Bible Translations to Reach Every Language

Written by Leah Jones
Monday, 07 June 2010

Christian Web News - A campaign has been kicked off by Wycliffe Bible
Translators, to provide a translation of the Holy Bible for every language
in the world.
There are approximately 6,900 recognized languages in the world, but over
2,000 have no written translation of God's Word. Paul Edwards, executive
directory of the ministry's Last Languages Campaign, recognizes that the
goal is ambitious.

http://cwnewz.com/content/view/1269/2/
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Wed Jun  9 04:14:42 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 21:14:42 -0700
Subject: $12 Million for Indigenous Arts. Culture and Heritage in the
 Northern Territory (fwd)
Message-ID: <TUE.8.JUN.2010.211442.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

$12 MILLION FOR INDIGENOUS ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE IN THE NORTHERN
TERRITORY

TUESDAY, 08 JUNE 2010 15:01
Australia

The Australian Government is investing more than $12 million to support a
number of Indigenous arts, culture and heritage projects in the Northern
Territory, the Minister for Arts and Heritage, Peter Garrett, announced
today.

?The Australian Government is committed to supporting Indigenous communities
through funding for Indigenous arts, culture, languages, broadcasting and
heritage conservation activities in communities right across Australia,? Mr
Garrett said.

The Federal Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon, and Federal Member for
Solomon, Damien Hale said the funding will be delivered from five different
government programs, as follows:

$3.5 million is supporting 29 projects through the National Arts and Crafts
Industry Support Program assisting art centres to become stronger and to
build a more sustainable Indigenous visual arts industry. This includes
$150,000 for operational and administration costs at the Mimi Arts and Craft
Aboriginal Corporation in Katherine.  Since 2007 the Rudd Government has
increased funding to the Indigenous visual arts sector by over $17 million.

$5 million will be invested in 18 projects through the Indigenous
Broadcasting Program for Indigenous community radio services in remote,
regional and urban Australia. This includes $620,000 to the Top End
Aboriginal Bush Broadcasting Association for operational support for RIMO
service delivery to 27 licensed RIBS across the Territory?s top end.

$1 million is supporting 24 projects through the Indigenous Culture Support
Program helps maintain and develop Indigenous culture in local communities.
This includes $64,800 for the Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi Aboriginal
Corporation in Alice Springs for an initiative that exchanges cultural
knowledge on child-rearing practice between young Indigenous mothers and
Elders in central Australia.

$1.5 million will fun 13 projects under the Maintenance of Indigenous
Languages and Records Program which supports a network of community-based
language centres and language organisations. This includes $312,500 for the
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education to support the Wadeye
Aboriginal Languages Centre to maintain and revive Marri and Murrinhpatha
languages, and to develop a Marri language on-line dictionary.

?The Indigenous Heritage Program recognises that Indigenous heritage is a
significant part of our nation?s past, present and future story. Funding of
$328,000 for five projects includes $87,800 for the Fragile First
Impressions project to record and conserve rock art in the Warrdeken
Indigenous Protected Area in western Arnhem Land.

?It is crucial that as a nation we continue to protect, preserve and promote
Indigenous arts, culture and heritage to help build a diverse and dynamic
Australia,? Mr Garrett said

The announcement of funding for Northern Territory projects was welcomed by
Mr Snowdon and Mr Hale.
?This is excellent news for the Northern Territory. The arts, culture and
heritage activities receiving support open up employment opportunities for
Indigenous people across the Territory,? Mr Snowdon said.

?The Government?s is committed to Closing the Gap on Indigenous Disadvantage
and these great programs really assist local communities in building skills,
experience and overall well-being,? Mr Hale said.
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From hagley at MMM.MURORAN-IT.AC.JP  Wed Jun  9 09:30:42 2010
From: hagley at MMM.MURORAN-IT.AC.JP (Eric Hagley)
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 18:30:42 +0900
Subject: Deadline for proposal submissions for GloCALL
Message-ID: <WED.9.JUN.2010.183042.0900.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

This is a reminder about the deadline for proposal submissions for the Fourth Joint Conference of APACALL and PacCALL conference at the University Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah,Malaysia from 1 to 3 December 2010.

The deadline for proposal submissions is June 15.

GLoCALL 2010 invites proposals for presentations that are related to computer-assisted language learning (CALL).
Proposals for "Papers"?? (35 minutes), "Workshops" (80 minutes), "Symposia" (80 minutes) and "Poster sessions" should be submitted by 15 June 2010.
International participants please submit by visiting the following address. 
http://glocall.org/openconf/openconf.php
Malaysian participants are kindly asked to submit by visiting the following address.
http://glocall2010ums.my/

We look forward to seeing you in Sabah.

The organizing committee.
================================
Eric Hagley,
College of Liberal Arts
Linguistic Science and International Relations Research Unit
Muroran Institute of Technology
27-1, Mizumoto Cho, Muroran
Hokkaido, 050-8585, Japan
ph: +81 143 46-5835
mail: hagley at mmm.muroran-it.ac.jp

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050-8585
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From daryn at ACRA.ORG.AU  Wed Jun  9 09:27:25 2010
From: daryn at ACRA.ORG.AU (Daryn McKenny)
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 19:27:25 +1000
Subject: Our Languages website relaunched
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimo9FdCRXj_xh5F_zZO9lUa_l_DPOxOU7_dVOA7@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <WED.9.JUN.2010.192725.1000.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Hi Everyone,

We have just finished giving the ?Our Languages? website a complete refresh, it is a website for anyone and everyone interested in Australia?s original languages.

The site is found at:

http://www.ourlanguages.net.au/

You can find the latest language news here and also subscribe to our rss feed. As well, we will endeavour to publish any events happening around Australia and Internationally.

You can submit any news and events you may have using our online forms.

We also have an extensive Contacts Directory.

The main aim of the website is to give awareness and understanding to traditional languages around Australia and around the world, it will serve as a gateway or portal site.

Lastly you are more than welcome to offer suggestions and contribute in whatever way you can, we feel that it is an excellent website which can compliment the many websites that are in existence, you will certainly see many more features implemented soon.

Regards

Daryn

Arwarbukarl Cultural Resource Association Inc. Trading as:
Miromaa Aboriginal Language and Technology Centre

P | 02 4927 8222    F | 02 4925 2185    E | daryn at acra.org.au    W | www.acra.org.au<http://www.acra.org.au/> & www.miromaa.com.au<http://www.miromaa.com.au/>

P  Please consider the environment before printing this email

The Arwarbukarl Cultural Resource Association Inc. respects the privacy of individuals and strives to comply with all areas of the Privacy Act. The contents of this email are intended for the purpose of the person or persons named in either the "To" or "CC" boxes of the email. Any person not named in these boxes in receipt of this email should immediately delete this email and advise the sender accordingly.


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From dave_pearson at SIL.ORG  Wed Jun  9 12:58:26 2010
From: dave_pearson at SIL.ORG (Dave Pearson)
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 13:58:26 +0100
Subject: 13th Conference on Research and Development in the Field of
 Speech Technology ++ Kathmandu on Nov 24-25, 2010
Message-ID: <WED.9.JUN.2010.135826.0100.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

 

For those of you interested in technology issues for language preservation,
documentation, etc. You may want to check out the link to the upcoming
conference by the oriental chapter of COCOSDA (The International Committee
for the Co-ordination and Standaridization of Speech Databases and
Assessment Techniques) to be held Nov. 24-25 in Kathmandu, Nepal. 

 

 <http://desceco.org/O-COCOSDA2010/> http://desceco.org/O-COCOSDA2010

 

Thanks to Bhim Regmi and Samantha Custer for passing this on to us. 

 

Dave Pearson

SIL International

 

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Fri Jun 11 06:43:41 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:43:41 -0700
Subject: In Search of a Good Teacher (fwd link)
Message-ID: <THU.10.JUN.2010.234341.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

In Search of a Good Teacher

Within the city of Timmins, there is a lack of Aboriginal language classes
for students attending elementary or secondary schools.

June 10, 2010: Volume 37 #12, Page B1
Canada

Steve Pladzyk, superintendent of schools for District School Board Ontario
North East, said the issue is not with the number of students who want to
learn the language, it?s trying to find instructors to teach the language.

?We don?t have enough teachers willing to come forward, at least here in
Timmins,? Pladzyk said.

With a population of around 44,000 in Timmins, some say the Aboriginal
population is about a quarter of the total population. Many people from
First Nation communities come to the city seeking jobs, housing, healthcare
or education.

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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Thu Jun 17 18:34:05 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:34:05 -0700
Subject: Last Indians of the Amazon (fwd link)
Message-ID: <THU.17.JUN.2010.113405.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Last Indians of the Amazon

Guardian Weekly, Thursday 27 March 2008 09.00 GMT
UK

David Hill is a researcher and campaigner for Survival International, the
international movement supporting tribal peoples worldwide. Last year he
travelled to the Peruvian Amazon and spent months researching some of the
world's last remaining uncontacted tribes. Peru is home to an estimated 15
of these tribes and all of them are facing extinction as oil companies and
illegal loggers move in on the natural resources of their habitat. Isolated
Indians are especially vulnerable to any contact because they have no
immunity to outsiders' diseases.

Access full article below:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/27/peru-international-aid-and-development
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Thu Jun 17 18:40:04 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:40:04 -0700
Subject: Mi'kmaq immersion classes needed: band (fwd link)
Message-ID: <THU.17.JUN.2010.114004.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Mi'kmaq immersion classes needed: band

Thursday, June 17, 2010 | 7:57 AM AT
CBC News, Canada

Native people on P.E.I.'s Lennox Island reserve fear their language is dying
in the province, and believe Mi'kmaq immersion classes could be the answer.

Students at John J. Sark Memorial School take just three half-four classes a
week in their native language, and very few speak it at all outside of those
classes.


Read more:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/06/17/pei-mikmaq-immersion-584.html#ixzz0r8YZZBW8
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Thu Jun 17 18:37:10 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:37:10 -0700
Subject: Saving the Yaqui language (fwd link)
Message-ID: <THU.17.JUN.2010.113710.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Saving the Yaqui language

Posted - 6/15/2010 at 7:29PM by Sandy Rathbun
USA

At the University of Arizona to try to revitalize an endangered language
that a few people still speak in the Tucson area.

UA Linguistics Professor Heidi Harley is studying the native language of the
Yaqui tribe. It's called Hiaki.

Harley says, "In Arizona and in the United States the language is
endangered. The people who remain who speak the language are all elderly, 50
or older, and the children are not learning the language anymore."

Harley is studying the Hiaki language by using 30 year old audio tapes
recorded by tribal member Maria Leyva.

Access full article below:
http://www.kvoa.com/news/saving-the-yaqui-language/
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From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Thu Jun 17 20:11:48 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:11:48 -0700
Subject: Educators and Scholars Come Together to Examine and Improve
 Language Preservation (fwd blog link)
Message-ID: <THU.17.JUN.2010.131148.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Educators and Scholars Come Together to Examine and Improve Language
Preservation

June 16th, 2010 - Posted by Abby Mogoll?n
USA

Around the world, educators and scholars are coming together throughout the
summer at special conferences and institutes to explore new ways to protect,
maintain, and transmit Indigenous languages.
During the past two weeks participants at the American Indian Language
Development Institute (AILDI) <http://www.u.arizona.edu/%7Eaildi/>, held in
Tucson, Arizona, have been investigating ways to use technology to advance
their work. ?During AILDI each summer, Indigenous language warriors from all
over gather to learn, share, and prepare to fight to keep our Indigenous
languages alive,? says AILDI faculty member Stacey Oberly, a member of the
Southern Ute tribe working on native language revitalization.

Access full article below:

http://firstpeoplesnewdirections.org/blog/?p=998
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From mccreery at UVIC.CA  Fri Jun 18 03:33:57 2010
From: mccreery at UVIC.CA (Dale McCreery)
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:33:57 -0700
Subject: Are you a learner or teacher of Cree?
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikBomhrMXm-tkvddfxGnxAGSPW_qm6vkiEtu60J@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.17.JUN.2010.203357.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Taansi kiyawaw,

This is Dale McCreery, a linguistics grad student from UVIC, and I've been
approved to start research for my thesis - reported challenges and
solutions to second language acquisition of Cree by adults - I'll be
talking to other people who have learnt Cree as adults or who are
somewhere in the process of learning, with the idea that by sharing and
comparing experiences something will be learnt.  I'm hoping to talk to a
good range of learners, and teachers, so if you're interested or just want
to learn more, please contact me!


Dale McCreery


mccreery at uvic.ca


From clairebowern at GMAIL.COM  Fri Jun 18 20:51:26 2010
From: clairebowern at GMAIL.COM (Claire Bowern)
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:51:26 -0400
Subject: survey
Message-ID: <FRI.18.JUN.2010.165126.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Hi everyone,
Some colleagues at the University of Auckland and I are conducting a
survey on North American English and trialling the use of flash web
recording for phonetic analysis. We are doing a short survey
collecting examples of as many different types of American English as
possible. We are aiming for a few thousand responses from all over the
US. We're also aiming to be as representative as possible for age,
gender, geography, ethnicity and class (as representative as we can be
given we're using an internet-based survey system). If you would like
to participate by recording a short wordlist, please visit
http://pantheon.yale.edu/~clb3/NorthAmericanDialects for further
information and instructions. The survey is open to anyone who grew up
speaking English and will take approximately five minutes to complete.
If you could help us spread the word by forwarding this to friends,
family, networks, students, etc, that would be great!

While this is an English survey, I'm posting this on ILAT for two
reasons. One is that I hope our survey will be representative of US
English in all its varieties, and that includes English as spoken by
Native American, First Nations, Alaska Native and other Indigenous
groups. The second (and perhaps more important) is that this survey
will be a large-scale trial of a flash-based web recording program for
phonetic and linguistic research, and that is potentially of relevance
to the work we do here with distance-based language work. I hope to be
able to share some of the results from that side of the project too.
Our trials over the last few months showed that the mp3 format that
we're using it good enough for fairly reliable format tracking,
perhaps formant bandwidth measurement, and duration measurements. In
terms of clarity, it depended heavily of course on microphone
placement and computer volume but on the whole was pretty good -
certainly better than I was expecting.

For any questions regarding this project, please contact Dr. Claire Bowern,
Department of Linguistics, Yale University. Phone: - 203.432.2045,
E-mail: claire.bowern at yale.edu.

Have a good weekend!
Claire


From mikinakn at SHAW.CA  Tue Jun 22 18:56:25 2010
From: mikinakn at SHAW.CA (Rolland Nadjiwon)
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:56:25 -0400
Subject: Fwd: September 23rd - Save the Date!
Message-ID: <TUE.22.JUN.2010.145625.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>



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Subject: 	September 23rd - Save the Date!
Date: 	Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:38:24 -0400
From: 	Amazon Watch <news at amazonwatch.org>
Reply-To: 	Amazon Watch <news at amazonwatch.org>
To: 	mikinakn at shaw.ca



Save the Date! 
<http://amazonwatch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a44dab15339533e574167469&id=73bbf969c0&e=2f552a4ac6> 



  *Amazon Watch
  5TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION
  AND FUNDRAISING LUNCHEON*

Please join us for a special luncheon to celebrate the inspiring 
achievements of Amazon Watch and our local partners in South America. 
This event will feature brief presentations from celebrated leaders and 
activists. While this is a fundraiser, there is no charge to attend. You 
will be asked to make a contribution.

*SAVE THE DATE!*

*September 23rd, 2010 -- 12 noon to 1:30 pm*
Dessert reception to follow

The Green Room
War Memorial and Performing Arts Center
401 Van Ness Avenue, Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94102

Space is limited! Please reserve your seat early by email to 
rsvp at amazonwatch.org <mailto:rsvp at amazonwatch.org>. If you would like to 
be a table captain, event sponsor or volunteer, contact Jenny O'Connor 
at 415-487-9600 ext. 354 or jenny at amazonwatch.org 
<mailto:jenny at amazonwatch.org>.

Amazon Watch 
<http://amazonwatch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a44dab15339533e574167469&id=9f7c014562&e=2f552a4ac6> 


*amazonwatch.org 
<http://amazonwatch.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a44dab15339533e574167469&id=bace42f1e1&e=2f552a4ac6>*

	

*Supporting Indigenous Peoples
Protecting the Amazon Rainforest*

Photography: Mitch Anderson / Amazon Watch


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From neskiem at GMAIL.COM  Thu Jun 24 04:18:22 2010
From: neskiem at GMAIL.COM (Neskie Manuel)
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:18:22 -0700
Subject: survey
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTil-7JW_CRXUYphsXfEDKa09liE1GIajuUObPalp@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <WED.23.JUN.2010.211822.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

This is interesting that you've posted this at this time, for me it is very
timely. I was just looking into using Red5 the Open Source Flash Server for
this same purpose.   You are using Red5 correct?

I quickly ran through an online tutorial [1], on the weekend.  I didn't get
it to run, but I think I must have missed a step or something. Perhaps by
this weekend I can work out the bugs, and have something working.

I'll pass on the Survey and look forward to hearing about the flash based
recording.  Anything to lower the barrier to allow people to record the
sounds of their language and more importantly to share it, can only be a
good thing.

[1] - http://fms.denniehoopingarner.com/
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From enviro.design at YAHOO.COM  Thu Jun 24 05:04:21 2010
From: enviro.design at YAHOO.COM (Sandra Gaskell)
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:04:21 -0700
Subject: survey
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilwyjrDhKa2BdHVF7jTXNsThAqp8wl8l1ust99B@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <WED.23.JUN.2010.220421.0700.ENVIRO.DESIGM@YAHOO.COM>

Hi Neskie
glad you made it back over the border- I was sitting next to you at IMN on last day in circle...I always wondered...that is how we sneek into the park...we know all the back roads. It costs $20 to get in on the road....so I figured y9u went across on a forest road. 

I wil look at this recording 

Sandy
?
?
Sandra Gaskell, RPA, CCC SLP
Southern Sierra Miwuk Tribal Archaeologist
MS, MA Anthropology-Geography, CSUS-CSUF
MS-SLP, Northern Arizona University
SLP.D, NSU Candidate

www.arcresours.com 
www.enviro.design.org 

arcresours at gmail.com
enviro.design at yahoo.com
ascspeech at yahoo.com






________________________________
From: Neskie Manuel <neskiem at GMAIL.COM>
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Sent: Wed, June 23, 2010 9:18:22 PM
Subject: Re: [ILAT] survey


This is interesting that you've posted this at this time, for me it is very timely. I was just looking into using Red5 the Open Source Flash Server for this same purpose. ? You are using Red5 correct?

I quickly ran through an online tutorial [1], on the weekend. ?I didn't get it to run, but I think I must have missed a step or something.?Perhaps by this weekend I can work out the bugs, and have something working.

I'll pass on the Survey and look forward to hearing about the flash based recording. ?Anything to lower the barrier to allow people to record the sounds of their language and more importantly to share it, can only be a good thing.

[1] -?http://fms.denniehoopingarner.com/


      
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From bernisantamaria at GMAIL.COM  Thu Jun 24 16:12:23 2010
From: bernisantamaria at GMAIL.COM (Bernadette Santamaria)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:12:23 -0700
Subject: Fwd: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
In-Reply-To: <SNT121-DS3EFD16882026EFE00BE3BD9C60@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <THU.24.JUN.2010.091223.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

All:

I've been reviewing info on Ms. Rees because as a researcher her claims that
U.S. Indigenous people's "forefathers" are the Chinese (or Asians?) with her
speeches on ancient world maps & that Chinese were first to "discover" this
continent.  Are there any language or linguistic researchers who agree with
her views?

I'm concerned at the stories such as this where a Navajo, on a trip to
China, was greeted by "...distant Chinese relatives there.."  whether Native
people are once again pawns in colonialist/paternalistic attitudes about our
origins still discounting our own creation beliefs.

Does anyone have info on whether she is considered legitimate?

Thanks.

Bernadette A. SantaMaria



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Charlotte Rees <Harrismaps at msn.com>
Date: Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:29 PM
Subject: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
To:




 *Newsletter for Charlotte Harris Rees ? June 2010*

* *

*See this link for a 6/23/2010 article *by nationally syndicated columnist
William Hamilton that favorably mentions *The Asiatic Fathers of America *and
*Secret Maps of the Ancient World *and  Gavin Menzies *1421.*

http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20100622/COLUMNISTS/100629976/1079&ParentProfile=1067

* *

* *

*My upcoming speeches in Asia are:*



*July 5 *? Zheng He Symposium

              Holiday Inn

              Melaka, Malaysia



*July 9*    National Library of China

Exhibition Hall of Rare Collections
Beijing, China
Contact Ms Weng Yingfang at wengyingfang at gmail.com if you have any
questions.



I have been exchanging e-mails with a columnist from the *China Daily News**
,* an English language paper in Beijing, and he plans to run an article
before the July 9 speech.



Currently I am making plans for* speeches in Southern California* Sept. 10 ?
14, 2010 *and in Vancouver*, BC. area September 16 ? 21, 2010. If your group
is interested in having me speak, please contact Judy Lam Maxwell at
Judy.Maxwell at gmail.com.



Judy is helping to arrange my schedule. She is a historian and an
international speaker, is multi-talented, and is a strong supporter of my
research. In a later newsletter we will publish the dates and times of
speeches in those locations.



*Other News*

* *

The *Navajo Indian* that I mentioned in an earlier newsletter made his trip
to China in May and was greeted by distant Chinese relatives there. (See the
attached photos). According to Walter Loo from U.S. Chinese Art Museum in
Oakland, CA who accompanied the Navajo: ?Many newspapers came and I was
interviewed by CCTV and Beijing TV. The Deputy Head of Ministry of Overseas
Chinese attended and expressed their interest in helping their new 2.5
million overseas Chinese Indians in North America. They are also very well
aware of Chinese Indians in Central and South America that number about 10
million.?



*TV Documentaries* - Both the Discovery and History Channels have recently
run pieces stating that Columbus was not the first to discover America.  On
the Discovery Channel piece Bob Meistrell mentioned that at least one of the
stone anchors  found off the coast  of California dated to around 2000 B.C.
That date rings a bell with me! I am hoping to meet up with Bob when I go to
California in September.



Keep checking my website www.HarrisMaps.com <http://www.harrismaps.com/> for
further developments.
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From David.Lewis at GRANDRONDE.ORG  Thu Jun 24 16:18:47 2010
From: David.Lewis at GRANDRONDE.ORG (David Lewis)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:18:47 -0700
Subject: Fwd: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
Message-ID: <THU.24.JUN.2010.091847.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Its would be difficult to assume that China has existed for 12000 years or more. There may be relations genealogically but i have never heard of linguistic relations. But then I am not a linguist. The diaspora from that area now known as China is worldwide, so that they could claim the same relationship with Europe. 

<?}}}}><`?..?`?..?`?... <?}}}}><`?..?`?...

David G. Lewis, PhD

Manager, Cultural Resources Department

Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

Office 503.879.1634

David.Lewis at grandronde.org

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

"Eating Popcorn, is Like Eating Little Explosions"- Saghaley Lewis 2009



-----Original Message-----
From: Indigenous Languages and Technology on behalf of Bernadette Santamaria
Sent: Thu 6/24/2010 9:12 AM
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: [ILAT] Fwd: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
 
All:
 
I've been reviewing info on Ms. Rees because as a researcher her claims that U.S. Indigenous people's "forefathers" are the Chinese (or Asians?) with her speeches on ancient world maps & that Chinese were first to "discover" this continent.  Are there any language or linguistic researchers who agree with her views?
 
I'm concerned at the stories such as this where a Navajo, on a trip to China, was greeted by "...distant Chinese relatives there.."  whether Native people are once again pawns in colonialist/paternalistic attitudes about our origins still discounting our own creation beliefs.
 
Does anyone have info on whether she is considered legitimate?
 
Thanks.
 
Bernadette A. SantaMaria


 
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Charlotte Rees <Harrismaps at msn.com>
Date: Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:29 PM
Subject: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
To: 



 

Newsletter for Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010

 

See this link for a 6/23/2010 article by nationally syndicated columnist William Hamilton that favorably mentions The Asiatic Fathers of America and Secret Maps of the Ancient World and  Gavin Menzies 1421.

http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20100622/COLUMNISTS/100629976/1079&ParentProfile=1067 <http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20100622/COLUMNISTS/100629976/1079&ParentProfile=1067>  

 

 

My upcoming speeches in Asia are:

 

July 5 - Zheng He Symposium 

              Holiday Inn

              Melaka, Malaysia

 

July 9    National Library of China

Exhibition Hall of Rare Collections
Beijing, China
Contact Ms Weng Yingfang at wengyingfang at gmail.com <mailto:wengyingfang at gmail.com>  if you have any questions.

 

I have been exchanging e-mails with a columnist from the China Daily News, an English language paper in Beijing, and he plans to run an article before the July 9 speech.

 

Currently I am making plans for speeches in Southern California Sept. 10 - 14, 2010 and in Vancouver, BC. area September 16 - 21, 2010. If your group is interested in having me speak, please contact Judy Lam Maxwell at Judy.Maxwell at gmail.com <mailto:Judy.Maxwell at gmail.com> .

 

Judy is helping to arrange my schedule. She is a historian and an international speaker, is multi-talented, and is a strong supporter of my research. In a later newsletter we will publish the dates and times of speeches in those locations.

 

Other News

 

The Navajo Indian that I mentioned in an earlier newsletter made his trip to China in May and was greeted by distant Chinese relatives there. (See the attached photos). According to Walter Loo from U.S. Chinese Art Museum in Oakland, CA who accompanied the Navajo: "Many newspapers came and I was interviewed by CCTV and Beijing TV. The Deputy Head of Ministry of Overseas Chinese attended and expressed their interest in helping their new 2.5 million overseas Chinese Indians in North America. They are also very well aware of Chinese Indians in Central and South America that number about 10 million." 

 

TV Documentaries - Both the Discovery and History Channels have recently run pieces stating that Columbus was not the first to discover America.  On the Discovery Channel piece Bob Meistrell mentioned that at least one of the stone anchors  found off the coast  of California dated to around 2000 B.C. That date rings a bell with me! I am hoping to meet up with Bob when I go to California in September.

 

Keep checking my website www.HarrisMaps.com <http://www.harrismaps.com/>  for further developments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                              



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From rzs at WILDBLUE.NET  Thu Jun 24 17:20:35 2010
From: rzs at WILDBLUE.NET (Richard Zane Smith)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:20:35 -0500
Subject: Fwd: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilLOd9MBhKLQCautJNDmKymjEzEyx8ZEJ0S-JXA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.24.JUN.2010.122035.0500.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

kinda reminds me again that the common charts I've seen
 ALWAYS assumes a "one way road" with a big arrow
ALWAYS pointing east from Asia across the Bering Sea.
As if people groups couldn't possibly have traveled both ways.

Navajos meeting  "their distant Chinese relatives..."
hmmm...I guess one could make a genetic argument
that  anybody I visit is a distant relative.
I'll have to try that next time I'm traveling and
see a nice home near a beach.... "COUSIN !"

hey, why not?
-Richard




On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Bernadette Santamaria <
bernisantamaria at gmail.com> wrote:

> All:
>
> I've been reviewing info on Ms. Rees because as a researcher her claims
> that U.S. Indigenous people's "forefathers" are the Chinese (or Asians?)
> with her speeches on ancient world maps & that Chinese were first to
> "discover" this continent.  Are there any language or linguistic researchers
> who agree with her views?
>
> I'm concerned at the stories such as this where a Navajo, on a trip to
> China, was greeted by "...distant Chinese relatives there.."  whether Native
> people are once again pawns in colonialist/paternalistic attitudes about our
> origins still discounting our own creation beliefs.
>
> Does anyone have info on whether she is considered legitimate?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bernadette A. SantaMaria
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Charlotte Rees <Harrismaps at msn.com>
> Date: Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:29 PM
> Subject: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
> To:
>
>
>
>
>  *Newsletter for Charlotte Harris Rees ? June 2010*
>
> * *
>
> *See this link for a 6/23/2010 article *by nationally syndicated columnist
> William Hamilton that favorably mentions *The Asiatic Fathers of America *and
> *Secret Maps of the Ancient World *and  Gavin Menzies *1421.*
>
>
> http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20100622/COLUMNISTS/100629976/1079&ParentProfile=1067
>
> * *
>
> * *
>
> *My upcoming speeches in Asia are:*
>
>
>
> *July 5 *? Zheng He Symposium
>
>               Holiday Inn
>
>               Melaka, Malaysia
>
>
>
> *July 9*    National Library of China
>
> Exhibition Hall of Rare Collections
> Beijing, China
> Contact Ms Weng Yingfang at wengyingfang at gmail.com if you have any
> questions.
>
>
>
> I have been exchanging e-mails with a columnist from the *China Daily News
> **,* an English language paper in Beijing, and he plans to run an article
> before the July 9 speech.
>
>
>
> Currently I am making plans for* speeches in Southern California* Sept. 10
> ? 14, 2010 *and in Vancouver*, BC. area September 16 ? 21, 2010. If your
> group is interested in having me speak, please contact Judy Lam Maxwell at
> Judy.Maxwell at gmail.com.
>
>
>
> Judy is helping to arrange my schedule. She is a historian and an
> international speaker, is multi-talented, and is a strong supporter of my
> research. In a later newsletter we will publish the dates and times of
> speeches in those locations.
>
>
>
> *Other News*
>
> * *
>
> The *Navajo Indian* that I mentioned in an earlier newsletter made his
> trip to China in May and was greeted by distant Chinese relatives there.
> (See the attached photos). According to Walter Loo from U.S. Chinese Art
> Museum in Oakland, CA who accompanied the Navajo: ?Many newspapers came and
> I was interviewed by CCTV and Beijing TV. The Deputy Head of Ministry of
> Overseas Chinese attended and expressed their interest in helping their new
> 2.5 million overseas Chinese Indians in North America. They are also very
> well aware of Chinese Indians in Central and South America that number about
> 10 million.?
>
>
>
> *TV Documentaries* - Both the Discovery and History Channels have recently
> run pieces stating that Columbus was not the first to discover America.  On
> the Discovery Channel piece Bob Meistrell mentioned that at least one of the
> stone anchors  found off the coast  of California dated to around 2000
> B.C. That date rings a bell with me! I am hoping to meet up with Bob when I
> go to California in September.
>
>
>
> Keep checking my website www.HarrisMaps.com <http://www.harrismaps.com/>for further developments.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From clairebowern at GMAIL.COM  Thu Jun 24 19:18:55 2010
From: clairebowern at GMAIL.COM (Claire Bowern)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:18:55 -0400
Subject: survey
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilwyjrDhKa2BdHVF7jTXNsThAqp8wl8l1ust99B@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.24.JUN.2010.151855.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Hi Neskie,
I tried a couple of the open source aps and couldn't get them working
either. I think it was because of the way that the server is set up (I
have an account on a university research server that in theory allows
the running of php scripts and so on, but because all the instructions
assume that the user has access to the root directory, and I don't, I
could never figure out how to get things running properly).
I'm using a service called evoca. It hosts the flahs and I'm paying
about $8 a month for 1800 minutes of storage (that will go down once
the initial rush of responses is over, but for the moment we're
getting a few hundred a day and I can't keep up with the data
processing!)
Many thanks for passing on the survey.
So far we have about 650 responses so far. the quality is mostly very
high, though there's a wide variety of ages and (I assume) computer
equipment. Age range of responses is from 18-81, about 65% women.
Getting the files off evoca is a bit fiddly but apart from that things
have run smoothly. Evoca also has a free 15 mins of storage. It's
possible to use it to leave voice comments on blogs, upload podcasts
(and I think video too, though I'm just using audio).
Do let me know how it goes with the open source flash player!
All the best,
Claire
(ps, did you leave a message on my voicemail at work earlier this
week? If so sorry I didn't get back to you, it was a little hard to
hear and then the voicemail cut off your return number so I didn't
have all the digits!)

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 12:18 AM, Neskie Manuel <neskiem at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is interesting that you've posted this at this time, for me it is very timely. I was just looking into using Red5 the Open Source Flash Server for this same purpose. ? You are using Red5 correct?
> I quickly ran through an online tutorial [1], on the weekend. ?I didn't get it to run, but I think I must have missed a step or something.?Perhaps by this weekend I can work out the bugs, and have something working.
> I'll pass on the Survey and look forward to hearing about the flash based recording. ?Anything to lower the barrier to allow people to record the sounds of their language and more importantly to share it, can only be a good thing.
> [1] -?http://fms.denniehoopingarner.com/


From mikinakn at SHAW.CA  Thu Jun 24 19:33:23 2010
From: mikinakn at SHAW.CA (Rolland Nadjiwon)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:33:23 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimxbmGoucdzshJDD-Z6vRU2KeX6H1kv8kgjtO2z@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.24.JUN.2010.153323.0400.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

You got that right cousin Richard....maybe ILAT should be changed to 
'Family Page'...

-------
wahjeh
rolland nadjiwon
______________________________________________

A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory?
______________________________________________


On 24/06/2010 1:20 PM, Richard Zane Smith wrote:
> kinda reminds me again that the common charts I've seen
>  ALWAYS assumes a "one way road" with a big arrow
> ALWAYS pointing east from Asia across the Bering Sea.
> As if people groups couldn't possibly have traveled both ways.
>
> Navajos meeting  "their distant Chinese relatives..."
> hmmm...I guess one could make a genetic argument
> that  anybody I visit is a distant relative.
> I'll have to try that next time I'm traveling and
> see a nice home near a beach.... "COUSIN !"
>
> hey, why not?
> -Richard
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Bernadette Santamaria 
> <bernisantamaria at gmail.com <mailto:bernisantamaria at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     All:
>     I've been reviewing info on Ms. Rees because as a researcher her
>     claims that U.S. Indigenous people's "forefathers" are the Chinese
>     (or Asians?) with her speeches on ancient world maps & that
>     Chinese were first to "discover" this continent.  Are there any
>     language or linguistic researchers who agree with her views?
>     I'm concerned at the stories such as this where a Navajo, on a
>     trip to China, was greeted by "...distant Chinese relatives
>     there.."  whether Native people are once again pawns in
>     colonialist/paternalistic attitudes about our origins still
>     discounting our own creation beliefs.
>     Does anyone have info on whether she is considered legitimate?
>     Thanks.
>     Bernadette A. SantaMaria
>
>
>     ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     From: *Charlotte Rees* <Harrismaps at msn.com
>     <mailto:Harrismaps at msn.com>>
>     Date: Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:29 PM
>     Subject: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
>     To:
>
>
>     *Newsletter for Charlotte Harris Rees ? June 2010*
>
>     * *
>
>     *See this link for a 6/23/2010 article *by nationally syndicated
>     columnist William Hamilton that favorably mentions /The Asiatic
>     Fathers of America /and /Secret Maps of the Ancient World /and 
>     Gavin Menzies /1421./
>
>     http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20100622/COLUMNISTS/100629976/1079&ParentProfile=1067
>     <http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20100622/COLUMNISTS/100629976/1079&ParentProfile=1067>
>
>
>     * *
>
>     * *
>
>     *My upcoming speeches in Asia are:*
>
>     *July 5 *? Zheng He Symposium
>
>     Holiday Inn
>
>     Melaka, Malaysia
>
>     *July 9* National Library of China
>
>     Exhibition Hall of Rare Collections
>     Beijing, China
>     Contact Ms Weng Yingfang at wengyingfang at gmail.com
>     <mailto:wengyingfang at gmail.com> if you have any questions.
>
>     I have been exchanging e-mails with a columnist from the */China
>     Daily News/*/,/ an English language paper in Beijing, and he plans
>     to run an article before the July 9 speech.
>
>     Currently I am making plans for* speeches in Southern California*
>     Sept. 10 ? 14, 2010 *and in Vancouver*, BC. area September 16 ?
>     21, 2010. If your group is interested in having me speak, please
>     contact Judy Lam Maxwell at Judy.Maxwell at gmail.com
>     <mailto:Judy.Maxwell at gmail.com>.
>
>     Judy is helping to arrange my schedule. She is a historian and an
>     international speaker, is multi-talented, and is a strong
>     supporter of my research. In a later newsletter we will publish
>     the dates and times of speeches in those locations.
>
>     *Other News*
>
>     * *
>
>     The *Navajo Indian* that I mentioned in an earlier newsletter made
>     his trip to China in May and was greeted by distant Chinese
>     relatives there. (See the attached photos). According to Walter
>     Loo from U.S. Chinese Art Museum in Oakland, CA who accompanied
>     the Navajo: ?Many newspapers came and I was interviewed by CCTV
>     and Beijing TV. The Deputy Head of Ministry of Overseas Chinese
>     attended and expressed their interest in helping their new 2.5
>     million overseas Chinese Indians in North America. They are also
>     very well aware of Chinese Indians in Central and South America
>     that number about 10 million.?
>
>     *TV Documentaries* - Both the Discovery and History Channels have
>     recently run pieces stating that Columbus was not the first to
>     discover America.  On the Discovery Channel piece Bob
>     Meistrell mentioned that at least one of the stone anchors found
>     off the coast of California dated to around 2000 B.C. That date
>     rings a bell with me! I am hoping to meet up with Bob when I go to
>     California in September.
>
>     Keep checking my website www.HarrisMaps.com
>     <http://www.harrismaps.com/> for further developments.
>
>
>
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From Rrlapier at AOL.COM  Thu Jun 24 21:15:52 2010
From: Rrlapier at AOL.COM (Rrlapier at AOL.COM)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:15:52 EDT
Subject: Summer History Conference
Message-ID: <THU.24.JUN.2010.171552.EDT.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

 
Imitaiks:  when the spirit moved with us 

 
A  history conference exploring the history and the role of dogs in 
Blackfeet  society. 

Friday,  August 20, 2010 
10:00am  to 4:00pm 
Cuts  Wood School, Browning, Montana 
Free  & Open to the Public 



Piegan  Institute 
Researching,  Promoting & Preserving Native Languages 
Contact: Rosalyn  LaPier at 406.338.3518 or  rrlapier at pieganinstitute.org 
www.pieganinstitute.org
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From delancey at UOREGON.EDU  Thu Jun 24 22:14:16 2010
From: delancey at UOREGON.EDU (scott delancey)
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:14:16 -0700
Subject: Fwd: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilLOd9MBhKLQCautJNDmKymjEzEyx8ZEJ0S-JXA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.24.JUN.2010.151416.0700.DELANCEY@UOREGON.EDU>

Sounds like this is some fuzzy aftermath of Gavin Menzies' story about Chinese settling in Mexico and Peru a couple generations before Columbus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Menzies).
Scholars pretty much consider it nonsense (http://www.1421exposed.com/).   There is actually some evidence for trans-Pacific contact prior to the European invasion -- I understand that there is
evidence for chickens in Mexico before Columbus, and chickens are definitely originally from Asia.  But no linguistic evidence for anything of the kind, as far as I know.

--
Scott DeLancey
Department of Linguistics
University of Oregon 1290
Eugene, OR 97403-1290, USA
541-346-3901

On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:12:23 -0700, Bernadette Santamaria <bernisantamaria at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> All: 

> I've been reviewing info on Ms. Rees because as a researcher her claims that U.S. Indigenous people's "forefathers" are the Chinese (or Asians?) with her speeches on ancient world maps & that Chinese were first to "discover" this continent.? Are there any language?or linguistic?researchers who agree with her views? 
> 

 
> ? 
> 
 
> I'm concerned at the stories such as this where a Navajo, on a trip to China, was greeted by  "...distant Chinese relatives there.."? whether Native people are once again pawns in colonialist/paternalistic attitudes about our origins still discounting our own creation beliefs. 
> 

 
> ? 
> 
 
> Does anyone have info on whether she is considered legitimate? 
> 
 
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> 
 
> Thanks. 
> 
 
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> 
 
> Bernadette A. SantaMaria 
> 
 
> 
> 
> ? 
> 
 
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 
> From:  Charlotte Rees   < Harrismaps at msn.com > 
> Date: Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 5:29 PM 
> 
Subject: Newsletter from Charlotte Harris Rees - June 2010 
> To:  
> 
> 
> 
 
> 

 
> 
 
> ? 
> 
 
> 
 
> 
 
> 
> 

 
> 
 
> 
 
> Newsletter for Charlotte Harris Rees ? June 2010 
 
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> http://www.skyhidailynews.com/article/20100622/COLUMNISTS/100629976/1079&ParentProfile=1067   
 
> ? 
 
> ? 
 
> My upcoming speeches in Asia are: 
 
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> July 5  ? Zheng He Symposium  
 
> ?????????????  Holiday Inn 
 
> ????????????  ? Melaka, Malaysia 
 
> ? 
 
> July 9 ???  National Library of China 
 
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> 
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> ? 
 
> I have been exchanging e-mails with a columnist from the  China Daily News ,  an English language paper in Beijing, and he plans to run an article before the July 9 speech. 

 
> ? 
 
> Currently I am making plans for  speeches in Southern California  Sept. 10 ? 14, 2010  and in Vancouver , BC. area September 16 ? 21, 2010. If your group is interested in having me speak, please contact Judy Lam Maxwell at  Judy.Maxwell at gmail.com . 
 
> ? 
 
> Judy is helping to?arrange my schedule. She is a historian and?an  international speaker, is multi-talented, and?is a strong supporter of my research. ? In a later newsletter we will publish the   dates and times of speeches in those locations. 

 
> ? 
 
> Other News 
 
> ? 
 
> The  Navajo Indian  that I mentioned in an earlier newsletter made his trip to China in May and was greeted by distant Chinese relatives there. (See the attached photos). According to Walter Loo from U.S. Chinese Art Museum in Oakland, CA who accompanied the Navajo: ?Many newspapers  came and I was interviewed by CCTV and Beijing TV. The Deputy Head of Ministry of Overseas Chinese attended and expressed their interest in helping their new 2.5 million overseas Chinese Indians in North America. They are also very well aware of Chinese Indians in Central and South America that number about 10 million.?  

 
> ? 
 
> TV Documentaries  - Both the?Discovery and History Channels have recently run pieces stating that Columbus was not the first to discover America.? On the Discovery Channel piece?Bob Meistrell?mentioned that?at least one?of the stone anchors  ? found off the coast ?  of California dated to around 2000 B.C. That date rings a bell with me! I am hoping to meet up with Bob when I go to California in September. 

 
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From nflrc at HAWAII.EDU  Fri Jun 25 20:14:49 2010
From: nflrc at HAWAII.EDU (National Foreign Language Resource Center)
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:14:49 -1000
Subject: Call for Papers for Special Issue of Language Learning &
 Technology
Message-ID: <FRI.25.JUN.2010.101449.1000.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Call for Papers for Special Issue of Language Learning & Technology 
(http://llt.msu.edu)

Theme: Hegemonies in CALL

Guest Editors: Marie-Noelle Lamy and Mark Pegrum

An assumption that the technologies, pedagogies, educational and sociocultural 
norms associated with CALL are universal has implicitly permeated much of the 
discipline's research over the past two decades. In this issue we will draw 
together critical perspectives that problematize the workings of hegemonies. By 
"hegemony," we understand a situation where one culture or one form of praxis 
predominates and, deliberately or not, prevents the development or continued 
viability of alternative cultures and forms of praxis. We will assemble a 
provocative collection, from a multicultural, multilingual group of 
contributors, contrasting voices from the Anglosphere with voices from less 
well-served territories/cultures to ensure a rich dialogue between and around 
articles. We particularly welcome proposals for articles that include less 
well-researched languages, student cohorts and teaching contexts.

Please consult the LLT Website for general guidelines on submission 
(http://llt.msu.edu/contrib.html) and research 
(http://llt.msu.edu/resguide.html).

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

* CALL & technological hegemonies (including hegemonic implications of the 
Internet and Web, commonly used Web 2.0 tools, and mobile technologies)

* CALL & pedagogical hegemonies (including hegemonic implications of social 
constructivism and associated interactive, collaborative, student-centred 
pedagogies; curriculum and course design; and the design of open access 
materials and digital repositories)

* CALL & educational hegemonies (including hegemonic educational and 
institutional policies, expectations and norms)

* CALL & social hegemonies (including the hegemonic implications of norms and 
practices of online interaction)

* CALL & inter/cultural hegemonies (including hegemonic implications of Western 
cultural norms and Western approaches to tolerance, openness, relativism and 
the skills associated with intercultural competence)

* CALL & sociopolitical hegemonies (including the hegemonic implications of 
democratic structures in education, and resistance to hegemonies)

Please send letter of intent and 250-word abstract by October 1, 2010 to 
llted at hawaii.edu


Publication timeline:
* October 1, 2010: Submission deadline for abstracts
* October 15, 2010: Invitation to authors to submit a manuscript
* March 1, 2011: Submission deadline for manuscripts
* June 1, 2012: Publication of special issue


From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU  Tue Jun 29 05:35:28 2010
From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:35:28 -0700
Subject: Extinct Alaska Native language draws French student's interest
 (fwd link)
Message-ID: <MON.28.JUN.2010.223528.0700.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Extinct Alaska Native language draws French student's interest

EXTINCT: Last Native speaker died; now French youth picks up the word.

By KYLE HOPKINS
khopkins at adn.com
Published: June 28th, 2010 02:47 PM

When the last Alaska Native who could speak the Eyak language fluently died
in 2008, Fairbanks linguist Michael Krauss became the only person who could
still hold a conversation in it.

He just didn't have anyone to talk to. Until now.

Even as the 75-year-old Krauss worked to preserve the language, a shy French
teenager was sitting in his bedroom thousands of miles away, trying to teach
himself Eyak.

Now Guillaume Leduey is here in Alaska, studying with Krauss, learning how
the language works by analyzing traditional Eyak tales word by word and
deciding if he wants to be the torchbearer for the effort to resurrect the
language. No pressure.



Read more:
http://www.adn.com/2010/06/27/1343777/unlikely-passion-may-save-eyak.html#ixzz0sDX41WNq
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From lmtoconnor at GMAIL.COM  Tue Jun 29 09:10:10 2010
From: lmtoconnor at GMAIL.COM (loretta oconnor)
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:10:10 +0200
Subject: user group website for Lexique Pro?
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilZvXsCbcE_0SBCCxnV8pQM2wl62OwCPuRS0Rl3@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <TUE.29.JUN.2010.111010.0200.ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>

Hello all -
I just sent the following email to the Lexique Pro support page -- but
perhaps one of you has an answer?
Thank you - Loretta

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: loretta oconnor <lmtoconnor at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:01 AM
Subject: user group website for Lexique Pro?
To: support1 at lexiquepro.com


Good morning,

I've been surfing a bit, trying to find a user group website for Lexique
Pro. I'm putting the finishing touches on an online dictionary -- hooray
hooray, and thank you very much for this program! -- but having the same
type of problem over and over. I'd be happy to "put this out there", to see
if another user has already encountered and solved these problems, so please
let me know if I should direct this email elsewhere.

Meanwhile...

1) How can I re-use formatting details such as font type/color/size,
language sorts, category names? I've tried copying chunks of a
carefully-defined .Config file to newly created .Config files, but this
doesn't help.

2) I clearly don't quite understand how the function of creating a lexicon
relates to opening a lexicon. I keep re-doing everything every time I create
one (with all my preferences) and then open one (and have to repeat the
process of defining all my preferences).

3) A real heart-breaker: LP doesn't recognize Unicode characters for
accented vowels in my Spanish-language Semantic Domain field. I have to fix
these, one by one, for the default field name and for my user-defined
labels, each time I read in a modified lexicon file! Kinda makes a gal want
to stop fixing errors in the lexicon, which of course I cannot do.

I love the product, but I would also love to stop doing full or even partial
set-ups every time I open a lexicon file.

Please send any suggestions, and thank you for your time.
Loretta O'Connor
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