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Researching roots of Tubatulabal language, artifacts in nation’s capital

Published on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 12:10 AM PDT
Valerie Cassity
USA

Last month, on June 8-26, four members of the Tubatulabal tribe
traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with the Director of the Bureau
of Indian Affairs about the tribe’s ongoing process for federal
recognition and do some historical research on their tribal language
and artifacts.

The unforgettable trip was sponsored by the Tule River Indian
Reservation, that supports their neighbors’ federal recognition
efforts and donated the necessary $12,100 for airfare and hotel.

Sherry Click, Betsy Johnson, Donna Miranda-Begay, and Louise
Miranda-Akers were among the 42 applicants selected to attend the
Breath of Life Conference, an event designed and funded by the
National Science Foundation for endangered languages.

The focus of the conference was looking at various resources,
including the Library of Congress, Smithsonian Museum’s Native
American section and Anthropological archives, that are available for
researching their ancient languages.

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