American Indian languages get 'Breath of Life' (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

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.


Read more:
http://www.newsok.com/american-indian-languages-get-breath-of-life/article/3466760#ixzz0q9AfwEQh
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