From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Tue Nov 1 05:44:20 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:44:20 -0700 Subject: Neto's Tucson: Language, land endure for visiting indigenous teachers (fwd link) Message-ID: Neto's Tucson: Language, land endure for visiting indigenous teachers Ernesto Portillo Jr. Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Sunday, October 30, 2011 12:00 am USA The elementary-school students of Catalina Díaz Manuel and Rafael Entzín López come to their classrooms speaking their native language. And both teachers insist on delivering lessons in the students' native languages, which they believe affirms the kids' cultural heritage and identity. But these teachers feel pressure to teach in the dominant language of their country - which, in this case, is Spanish. . Díaz Manuel and her pupils speak Cuicateca, an indigenous language of Oaxaca in southeast Mexico. Entzín López and his students speak Tzeltal, a Mayan dialect from the southeastern state of Chiapas. The two maestros, part of a group of 19 teachers from rural indigenous communities in Mexico, are studying this academic year in a University of Arizona cross-cultural program funded by the U.S. government. Access full article below: http://azstarnet.com/news/local/neto-s-tucson-language-land-endure-for-visiting-indigenous-teachers/article_c8f98446-be4a-5a7d-932d-5a1ab6a020a1.html From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Tue Nov 1 05:53:12 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:53:12 -0700 Subject: Endangered Languages Week lends speakers=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99_?=voices t o languages almost silenced (fwd link) Message-ID: Endangered Languages Week lends speakers’ voices to languages almost silenced SUNDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2011 19:15 VALLARI GUPTE New Zealand Linguistics doctoral candidate Andrea Muru said her father’s first language is Maori, and she can’t speak it. Preserving Maori, an indigenous language from New Zealand, and in turn other endangered languages, is important to Muru because she witnessed a language almost dying out, she said. Access full article below: http://www.theshorthorn.com/index.php/news/studentlife/28296-endangered-languages-week-lends-speakers-voices-to-languages-almost-silenced From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Tue Nov 1 06:30:12 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:30:12 -0700 Subject: Policy joins dots on Indigenous culture (fwd link) Message-ID: Policy joins dots on Indigenous culture AUS A new Indigenous culture repatriation policy has been launched by the Minister for the Arts, Simon Crean. Mr Crean said the policy included a streamlined funding process and recognised the value and importance of preserving, revitalising and strengthening Indigenous culture. He said a $28.3 million competitive funding round had opened for the preservation and strengthening of Indigenous culture, languages and visual arts. “This funding round sees the creation of a single set of streamlined funding guidelines for Indigenous culture, languages and visual arts projects,” Mr Crean said. “It will make it easier for artists and organisations to access these funds which currently support nearly three hundred Indigenous projects throughout Australia.” Access full article below: http://www.psnews.com.au/Page_psn28916.html From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Wed Nov 2 20:57:35 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 13:57:35 -0700 Subject: New AILDI Web Page Message-ID: Greetings, The American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI) at the University of Arizona Tucson has launched a new web page. Prospective language teachers, students, and interested advocates will find info on the upcoming 2012 AILDI schedule. Please update your links by going to:. http://aildi.arizona.edu/ Phil Cash Cash UofA ILAT From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Wed Nov 2 21:25:05 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 14:25:05 -0700 Subject: Research project to preserve Indigenous languages in NT (fwd link) Message-ID: Research project to preserve Indigenous languages in NT 2/11/2011 AUS Literature in more than 16 Northern Territory Aboriginal languages will be preserved after Charles Darwin University researchers secured $430,000 as part of the Australian Research Council’s 2012 Major Grants Announcement. Access full article below: http://ext.cdu.edu.au/newsroom/a/2010/Pages/ResearchprojecttopreserveIndigenouslanguagesinNT.aspx From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Thu Nov 3 17:45:50 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 10:45:50 -0700 Subject: Native Singers Keep Bird Songs Alive (fwd link) Message-ID: Native Singers Keep Bird Songs Alive by Chris Clarke on November 2, 2011 11:09 AM USA One of the worst habits of modern American writers is that of referring to this continent's original inhabitants in the past tense. This is as true of the desert as anywhere in the U.S. It's understandable, in a way: Native people dominate the history, modern and ancient, of the desert. Writing about the desert's past without writing about Native people is just about impossible. But there's more to the Native people of the desert than the seemingly permanent ancient rockworks and petroglyphs. Native people are still here, shaping the desert. A few, the Agua Caliente Cahuilla in my own Palm Springs being an example, have attained a certain measure of political and economic power. Others -- including some of the Agua Caliente's close neighbors -- still struggle for self-determination and respect. All of them work to defend and preserve their diverse cultures. And some aspects of that cultural diversity are far harder to preserve than a petroglyph or intaglio. Some are as ephemeral as a soft voice spoken in the desert wind. Access full article below: http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/commentary/native-singers-keep-bird-songs-alive.html From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Thu Nov 3 17:54:53 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 10:54:53 -0700 Subject: 'That Which Makes Us Haida' (fwd link) Message-ID: 'That Which Makes Us Haida' Less than 40 fluent speakers of the Haida language remain, but they won't let it go without a fight. By Heather Ramsay, Today, TheTyee.ca Canada That Which Makes Us Haida: The Haida Language Scott Steedman, Jisgang, Nika Collison, editors. Photographs by Farah Nosh. Haida Gwaii Museum (2011) "We're waking up after decades of silence; we're decolonizing our minds. Central to this process is the Haida language. Our language is who we are; through it we are turning back the tide of cultural unlearning and creating a Haida future rich with history, language and a worldview for our children and their children, as id Kuuniisii (our ancestors) did for us." -- Nika Collison, Haida Gwaii Museum curator. Larger than life, the faces of some of the last fluent speakers of the Haida language line the wall at the Haida Gwaii Museum. The stunning portraits of elders in Skidegate, Old Massett and Alaska who are keeping the language alive were taken by Vancouver-based photographer Farah Nosh, and are documented in a new book, That Which Makes Us Haida: The Haida Language. Access full article below: http://thetyee.ca/Books/2011/11/03/Haida-Language/ From pasxapu at DAKOTACOM.NET Thu Nov 3 18:06:43 2011 From: pasxapu at DAKOTACOM.NET (Phil Cash Cash) Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:06:43 -0700 Subject: 'That Which Makes Us Haida' (fwd link) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Our indigenous languages are very very beautiful, poignant, and heartbreaking all at the same time. The short story and photo on Mona Jackson comes soo close to my heart that I just want to inhale deeply with all the words I have. At times, this is how it really is on living life with an endangered language. Many of you know this. Phil Cash Cash UofA On Nov 3, 2011, at 10:54 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote: > 'That Which Makes Us Haida' > Less than 40 fluent speakers of the Haida language remain, but they > won't let it go without a fight. > > By Heather Ramsay, Today, TheTyee.ca > Canada > > That Which Makes Us Haida: The Haida Language > Scott Steedman, Jisgang, Nika Collison, editors. Photographs by > Farah Nosh. > Haida Gwaii Museum (2011) > > "We're waking up after decades of silence; we're decolonizing our > minds. Central to this process is the Haida language. Our language is > who we are; through it we are turning back the tide of cultural > unlearning and creating a Haida future rich with history, language and > a worldview for our children and their children, as id Kuuniisii (our > ancestors) did for us." -- Nika Collison, Haida Gwaii Museum curator. > > Larger than life, the faces of some of the last fluent speakers of the > Haida language line the wall at the Haida Gwaii Museum. The stunning > portraits of elders in Skidegate, Old Massett and Alaska who are > keeping the language alive were taken by Vancouver-based photographer > Farah Nosh, and are documented in a new book, That Which Makes Us > Haida: The Haida Language. > > Access full article below: > http://thetyee.ca/Books/2011/11/03/Haida-Language/ > From rtroike at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Fri Nov 4 03:41:47 2011 From: rtroike at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Rudy Troike) Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 20:41:47 -0700 Subject: Fwd: Reviving The Wampanoag Language--Free Event at UPenn Next Week Message-ID: Subject: Reviving The Wampanoag Language--Free Event at UPenn Next Week Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 14:01:23 -0400 From: Sara Zia Ebrahimi Greetings! I thought your students might be interested in a free film screening and discussion on November 8th that we're doing at U Penn of a film called /We Still Live Here: Âs Nutayuneân/. The film documents the successful efforts of Jessie Little Doe to study linguistics and revive the Wampanoag language after almost complete dormancy. Would you be willing to share this information below with students and colleagues in the linguistics department who might be interested in this opportunity? Thank you! ******* Community Cinema presents: FREE Preview Screening of /We Still Live Here - Âs Nutayuneân/ Community Cinema *Join Us For A Free Community Screening of* /We Still Live Here - Âs Nutayuneân / *A Film By Anne Makepeace * The Wampanoag saved the Pilgrims from starvation, and lived to regret it. Spurred on by their celebrated linguist Jessie Little Doe Baird, the Wampanoag of Cape Cod and Martha?s Vineyard are reviving their language more than a century after the last native speaker died. After the film join John Sanchez, Associate Professor of Communications/American Indian Studies, for an audience discussion on cultural preservation and language. For more information and to RSVP visit http://whyy.kintera.org/livehere ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Watch the Trailer:* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Event Location: * University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology 3260 South Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 *Tuesday, November 8* *Doors Open: 6:00pm Screening: 6:30pm* *@ University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104* *FREE and open to the public!* *Seating is limited. 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Manage your membership at this web page: https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/ling-penguists From rtroike at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Fri Nov 4 04:34:55 2011 From: rtroike at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Rudy Troike) Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 21:34:55 -0700 Subject: Software: Speak Everywhere: An Online Service for Language Teaching Message-ID: [NB: It says 'linguists', but apparently means language instructors.] Software: Speak Everywhere: An Online Service for Linguists From: Atsushi Fukada Subject: Speak Everywhere: An Online Service for Linguists http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-4346.html From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Fri Nov 4 17:29:37 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 10:29:37 -0700 Subject: Our Mother Tongues Message-ID: Greetings, Keep your eye on this new and interesting site over at PBS. The launch of the site is today but checking as of 10 30 am (US Pacific) Friday it has yet to be posted. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/we-still-live-here/our-mother-tongues.html Phil UofA From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Fri Nov 4 17:52:32 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 10:52:32 -0700 Subject: Arts & More: Saving the Potawatomi language and "The Michigan Poem" (fwd link) Message-ID: Arts & More: Saving the Potawatomi language and "The Michigan Poem" By: Lorraine Caron & Nancy Camden Kalamazoo, MI November 3, 2011 WMUK [NPR media links available] Access full article below: http://wmuk.org/news/select/233146/Arts___More__Saving_the_Potawatomi_language_and__The_Michigan_Poem_ From andrekaruk at NCIDC.ORG Fri Nov 4 23:53:38 2011 From: andrekaruk at NCIDC.ORG (Andre Cramblit) Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 16:53:38 -0700 Subject: Karuk Article In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thats My Niece! On Oct 28, 2011, at 3:29 PM, Susan Penfield wrote: Very nice article -- apologies for any cross-posts... http://www.northcoastjournal.com/news/2011/10/27/karuk/ -- ********************************************************************************************** Susan D. Penfield, Ph.D. Research Coordinator, CERCLL, Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy CONFLUENCE, Center for Creative Inquiry University of Arizona Phone: (520) 626-8071 Fax: (520) 626-3313 Website: cercll.arizona.edu Kúmateech /Later André Cramblit, Operations Director Northern California Indian Development Council (NCIDC) (http://www.ncidc.org) 707.445.8451 To subscribe to a blog of interest to Natives send go to: http://andrekaruk.posterous.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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On Oct 28, 2011, at 3:29 PM, Susan Penfield wrote: Very nice article -- apologies for any cross-posts... http://www.northcoastjournal.com/news/2011/10/27/karuk/ -- ********************************************************************************************** Susan D. Penfield, Ph.D. Research Coordinator, CERCLL, Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy CONFLUENCE, Center for Creative Inquiry University of Arizona Phone: (520) 626-8071 Fax: (520) 626-3313 Website: cercll.arizona.edu [cid:image002.png at 01CC9B14.52E12600] Kúmateech /Later André Cramblit, Operations Director Northern California Indian Development Council (NCIDC) (http://www.ncidc.org) 707.445.8451 To subscribe to a blog of interest to Natives send go to: http://andrekaruk.posterous.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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It slightly amends the controversial “First Four Hours” policy, introduced in January 2009, which expired earlier this year. Access full article below: http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/49339 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Mon Nov 7 23:24:40 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 16:24:40 -0700 Subject: Helping indigenous Mexicans: Official visits Central Coast to gather data (fwd link) Message-ID: Helping indigenous Mexicans: Official visits Central Coast to gather data By CLAUDIA MELÉNDEZ SALINAS Herald Staff Writer Posted: 11/05/2011 01:32:25 AM PDT USA According to the Mexican government, there are 364 indigenous languages spoken there. At least seven of them are spoken in Monterey County, researchers said. Last week, Javier Lopez Sanchez, Mexico's director of the National Institute of Indigenous Languages, came to California's Central Coast on a fact finding mission to learn more about the needs among speakers of indigenous languages and develop support programs for them. Access full article below: http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_19271510 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Wed Nov 9 17:10:23 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 10:10:23 -0700 Subject: Preserving Native Languages | Video (fwd link) Message-ID: Preserving Native Languages | Video Lindsey D. Fry | 11/8/2011 USA Even though it`s something we do daily, many of us don`t give much thought to the history of our language. But that`s not the case for many Native Americans in North Dakota who say they worry that their languages will soon be a part of the past. Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Education Manager, Sunshine Carlow, said it’s a sad realization. “Our language is dying.We are not growing fluent speakers faster than they are passing.” Access full article below: http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=53259 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Thu Nov 10 18:38:37 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:38:37 -0700 Subject: Tribe focuses on preservation of Apache language (fwd link) Message-ID: Tribe focuses on preservation of Apache language Posted: Wednesday, Nov 9th, 2011 BY: Sandra Rambler/Staff Reporter USA Peridot — The new San Carlos Apache Tribe’s Language Preservation Program Director, Beatrice Harney Lee, was recently hired to oversee the reimplementation of preserving the Apache language among the people of the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation which is comprised of over 14,000 tribal members residing within the districts of Bylas, Gilson Wash, Peridot and Seven Mile Wash. “Shi Tu’giannshliigo, K’ainchiibanishi tii, Shi Chohastii Haiayehnlii, Shinale Goonnlii,” Ms. Lee eloquently says her native Apache language. “Nnee/Ndee Bi Yati Baa Na’isid.” “In the English term, I just said I am born into the White Water Clan and born for the Reddened Willows People. My maternal grandfather was from the Rising Sun People from the San Carlos Apache People and my paternal grandfather was from the Mohave People from Fort McDowell, Ariz. Access full article below: http://www.silverbelt.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=77&story_id=3115 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Thu Nov 10 19:36:07 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:36:07 -0700 Subject: Racing to Save a Native American Language (fwd link) Message-ID: Racing to Save a Native American Language By ICTMN Staff November 9, 2011 USA There are a number of challenges to saving an endangered language from documenting to teaching, but those aren’t stopping language specialists from the Cherokee Nation, the University of Kansas (KU) and the University of Oklahoma. The nation has been working on a number of initiatives over the last two decades to revitalize the Cherokee language including establishing a searchable Cherokee Electronic Dictionary (CED) and the Cherokee Nation Immersion School in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Access full article below: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/racing-to-save-a-native-american-language/ From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Thu Nov 10 19:38:26 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:38:26 -0700 Subject: Pilot Program Teaches Sarawak Indigenous Children in Mother Tongue (fwd link) Message-ID: November 09, 2011 Pilot Program Teaches Sarawak Indigenous Children in Mother Tongue Lisa Schlein | Geneva Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. It is home to 28 ethnic groups, each with a distinct language, culture and lifestyle. Many groups are afraid of losing their traditional ways, as modern life encroaches. An indigenous farming community in a remote part of Sarawak is teaching pre-school children in their mother tongue, instead of in the dominant Malay language. Access full article below: http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/southeast/Indigenous-Children-in-Sarawak-Taught-in-Maternal-Tongue-133530423.html From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Thu Nov 10 19:40:40 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:40:40 -0700 Subject: 'We Still Live Here' Traces Comeback of Wampanoag Indian Language (fwd link) Message-ID: November 10, 2011 at 10:47 AM EDT 'We Still Live Here' Traces Comeback of Wampanoag Indian Language BY: SASKIA DE MELKER On Thursday's NewsHour, we'll feature an excerpt of the film "We Still Live Here," which tells the story of the return of the Wampanoag Indian language, the first time a language with no native speakers has been revived in this country. It's part of our series, in partnership with The Economist magazine, showcasing the art of filmmaking. Jessie Little Doe Baird, a Wampanoag linguist whose story is central to the film, recently won a MacArthur "genius" award for her unprecedented work in bringing back her people's language, which had not been spoken for over a century. Anne Makepeace has been a writer, producer, and director of award-winning independent films for more than twenty-five years. "We Still Live Here - Âs Nutayuneân" is her most recent documentary, and is now making the festival rounds. It has won the 2011 Inspiration Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and the Moving Mountains Prize at Telluride Mountain Film Festival. Access full article below: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/11/we-still-live-here.html From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Thu Nov 10 19:43:16 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:43:16 -0700 Subject: Most people want race discrimination removed from Constitution (fwd link) Message-ID: Most people want race discrimination removed from Constitution BY: PATRICIA KARVELAS From: The Australian November 11, 2011 12:00AM RESEARCH commissioned by the advisory panel on indigenous recognition in the Constitution has found an overwhelming majority support the removal of sections of the Constitution that permit discrimination on the basis of race. Access full article below: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/indigenous/most-people-want-race-discrimination-removed-from-constitution/story-fn9hm1pm-1226191898365 From saxon at UVIC.CA Thu Nov 10 20:18:25 2011 From: saxon at UVIC.CA (Leslie Saxon) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:18:25 -0800 Subject: First Nations fight to preserve languages In-Reply-To: Message-ID: First Nations fight to preserve languages Wednesday October 26, 2011 By Roxanne Stasyszyn There are only two people left in the world who can fluently speak the Tr¹ondek Hwech¹in First Nation¹s language. And both elders, Percy Henry and Edward Roberts, are getting on in age, said Jackie Olson, the aboriginal government¹s heritage director. ³We¹re really feeling that crunch,² said Olson. ³We¹re at a critical point. We¹ve been really brainstorming on how we can use the language on a more everyday use and connect with the youth and our young people. We¹re trying to think outside of the box.² The heritage department, along with four children between the ages of eight and 10 years old, made a movie. Angie Joseph-Rear, the First Nation¹s language expert, collected and combined a few shorter traditional stories to create a longer Story of the Crow. Together with a filmmaker, the children then built sets and props and illustrated the story with an 11-minute film using claymation, animation, puppetry and stop-motion techniques. Access full article below: http://yukon-news.com/news/25541/ From nflrc at HAWAII.EDU Fri Nov 11 00:07:05 2011 From: nflrc at HAWAII.EDU (National Foreign Language Resource Center) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:07:05 -1000 Subject: Two positions in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Hawai'i Message-ID: Assistant Professor, with specialization in second language acquisition, two positions (position numbers 82418 and 82462), University of Hawai'i at Manoa College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature, full-time, tenure track. The Department of Second Language Studies offers a BA, an MA and a PhD in Second Language Studies as well as an Advanced Graduate Certificate. The University of Hawai'i is a Carnegie "very high research activity university" with a strong orientation to the Asia-Pacific region. The University supports interdisciplinary initiatives within and across departments and colleges and places high value on extramural funding. Duties and responsibilities: The Department seeks to hire two faculty members at the assistant professor level in the area of second language acquisition to teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the area of SLA, with opportunities to teach in other areas of the Department's curriculum as appropriate. Of particular interest are candidates whose research focuses on one or more of the following areas: * acquisition of SL phonology * bilingualism in social and cognitive contexts * cognitive, sociocultural, neurological and ecological perspectives in SL learning * heritage language learners * identity and SLA * individual differences in SLA * instructed SLA * multilingual literacy development * technology and SLA * young learners Minimum qualifications: Doctorate in second language studies, applied linguistics, or closely related field by August 2012. Demonstrated ability to carry out research in the applicant's major areas of specialization, as evidenced by publication. Annual 9-month salary range: Commensurate with qualifications and experience To apply: Send cover letter describing research and teaching interests and experience, a CV, a research statement, a teaching statement (including a list of courses taught), sample publications, and a summary of teaching evaluations. In addition, letters of reference should be submitted directly by three recommenders. All application materials should be sent as email attachments to: slschair at hawaii.edu. Please do not specify position number; application for one implies application for both. E-mail inquiries: Dr. James D. Brown brownj at hawaii.edu Dr. Graham Crookes crookes at hawaii.edu Closing date: December 31, 2011 Conditional on availability of position and of funding. The University of Hawaii is an equal opportunities and affirmative action employer. From nflrc at HAWAII.EDU Fri Nov 11 02:34:16 2011 From: nflrc at HAWAII.EDU (National Foreign Language Resource Center) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:34:16 -1000 Subject: Position in Second Language Education at the University of Hawai'i Message-ID: Assistant Professor, with specialization in second language education (position number 85017) University of Hawai'i at Manoa College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature, full-time, tenure track. The Department of Second Language Studies offers a BA, an MA and a PhD in Second Language Studies as well as an Advanced Graduate Certificate. The University of Hawai'i is a Carnegie "very high research activity university" with a strong orientation to the Asia-Pacific region. The University supports interdisciplinary initiatives within and across departments and colleges and places high value on extramural funding. Duties and responsibilities: The Department seeks an to hire an assistant professor level in the area of second language education to teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the area of SL education, with opportunities to teach in other areas of the Department's curriculum as appropriate. Of particular interest are candidates whose research focuses on one or more of the following areas: * k-16 second language education * language-in-education policies and planning * multilingual/plurilingual/heritage language and literacies development * second language curriculum (e.g., TBLT, inquiry-based approaches, evaluation, critical pedagogy) * second language reading, writing, listening and speaking * sociocognitive, sociocultural, and ecological perspectives * teaching practicum * technology and second language education Minimum qualifications: Doctorate in second language studies, applied linguistics, or closely related field by August 2012. Demonstrated ability to carry out research in the applicant's major areas of specialization, as evidenced by publication; experience in second/foreign language teaching. Annual 9-month salary range: Commensurate with qualifications and experience To apply: Send cover letter describing research and teaching interests and experience, a CV, a research statement, a teaching statement (including a list of courses taught), sample publications, and a summary of teaching evaluations. In addition, letters of reference should be submitted directly by three recommenders. All application materials should be sent as email attachments to: slschair at hawaii.edu. E-mail inquiries: Dr. James D. Brown brownj at hawaii.edu Dr. Graham Crookes crookes at hawaii.edu Closing date: December 31, 2011 Conditional on availability of position and of funding. The University of Hawaii is an equal opportunities and affirmative action employer. From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Fri Nov 11 19:34:48 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:34:48 -0700 Subject: Students tell chiefs they want the language back (fwd link) Message-ID: Students tell chiefs they want the language back Thursday November 10, 2011 Canada Five Aboriginal students told the Chiefs of Ontario that language restoration and retention were the most important aspects to strengthening First Nations education at the Chiefs of Ontario’s 2011 education conference in Thunder Bay Oct. 26-27. The conference titled “Our Children, Our Way: First Nation Control of First Nation Education” had a student plenary where five students from different First Nations across Ontario spoke to the chiefs directly about their experiences making the transition from high school to college or university. Access full article below: http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2011/11/10/students-tell-chiefs-they-want-language-back_22057 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Fri Nov 11 19:47:57 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:47:57 -0700 Subject: NZ linguist using grant to dissect Vanuatu indigenous languages (fwd link) Message-ID: NZ linguist using grant to dissect Vanuatu indigenous languages Posted at 04:45 on 11 November, 2011 UTC New Zealand A New Zealand university lecturer is using an almost 200-thousand US dollar, three-year Marsden Fund grant to study indigenous languages in Vanuatu. Access full article below: http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=64347 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Fri Nov 11 20:00:31 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:00:31 -0700 Subject: Katherine Siva Saubel, preserver of Cahuilla culture, dies at 91 (fwd link) Message-ID: Katherine Siva Saubel, preserver of Cahuilla culture, dies at 91 One of the last fluent speakers of the language of the Cahuilla Indians, a Southern California tribe, Katherine Siva Saubel worked with linguists and anthropologists to produce a Cahuilla dictionary and grammar book and other works. Katherine Siva Saubel co-founded the Malki Museum near Banning to preserve… (Irfan Khan, Los Angeles Times) November 06, 2011|By Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times Access full article below: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/06/local/la-me-katherine-siva-saubel-20111106 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Sun Nov 13 05:57:22 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:57:22 -0700 Subject: Tribal schools preserve culture (fwd link) Message-ID: Tribal schools preserve culture Oneida district aims to keep native traditions alive 11:37 AM, Nov. 12, 2011 Written by Patti Zarling Green Bay Press-Gazette USA ONEIDA — When art class ended for teacher Cynthia Thomas' second-graders at the Oneida Nation Elementary School earlier this week, students lined up based on the Oneida name for their color-coded table. It's one of many ways the tribe works to weave culture into the studies at its school district, which educates about 442 students. The elementary school has 324 students; 88 are in the high school and 30 are in preschool. The tribe launched the school system about 30 years ago, starting with a small elementary school. Today, the system has expanded to include a high school. Access full article below: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20111112/GPG0101/111120628/Tribal-schools-aim-keep-Native-American-traditions-alive?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Cimg%7CGPG-News From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Sun Nov 13 05:54:49 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:54:49 -0700 Subject: Apaches work to save language (fwd link) Message-ID: Apaches work to save language Alamogordo Daily News By Rene Romo, For the Associated Press Posted: 11/11/2011 07:36:41 PM MST USA MESCALERO -- One word at a time, one student at a time, a group of Mescalero Apaches and their partner, a New Mexico State University anthropological linguist, are trying to stave off the demise of the tribe's ancient tongue, the wellspring of its culture. "Like one of the elders said, every step is sacred," said Oliver Enjady, an artist and former Tribal Council member who is director of Nde Bizaa, the tribe's language program. "This (language) was given to us by the Creator for use by the Apaches. ... It's who you are, and you can't change that. If this is lost, then what is your identity?" Access full article below: http://www.alamogordonews.com/ci_19318722 From teeter42 at GMAIL.COM Mon Nov 14 02:59:54 2011 From: teeter42 at GMAIL.COM (Jennifer Teeter) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:59:54 +0900 Subject: Ainu to form new political party Message-ID: Hello everyone, I thought this news from Ainu Mosir might interest you. In solidarity, Jennifer http://tenthousandthingsfromkyoto.blogspot.com/2011/11/ainu-political-party.html "We are not right-wing, we are not left-wing~ We are Ainu": First ever Ainu political party to be launched Saturday, October 29th, 2011 marks a revolution in Japanese politics: the first time in Japanese history a minority group has announced it will form its own political party. After witnessing the success of minority and indigenous political parties around the world, members of the Ainu community in Hokkaido decided to create their own party to campaign for their issues. Led by Shiro Kayano, the President of the Kayano Shigeru's Nibutani Ainu Museum (named after his late father), Hokkaido Ainu Association Board Member Hideo Akibe, Hokkaido Ainu Association Ebetsu City-branch head Yuji Shimizu and their supporters made the announcement at theSymposium on Multicultural Education in Japanhosted by the World Indigenous People's Network-Ainu in Sapporo. The party is not affiliated with the Hokkaido Ainu Association and will start functioning in January. (Photo) Flyer for Symposium on Multicultural Education with photos of Shiro Kayano (top left), Yuji Shimizu (center left), Hideo Akibe (center right), and Nomoto Hiroyuki (bottom left) Shiro Kayano stated at the symposium: What is needed for the Ainu people is unity. We need to unite the Ainu people and our supporters. Some people say that because we were traditionally hunters and gathers so we can not unite as one. However, we also practiced fishing and small-scale agriculture, so this argument holds no ground. We can unite. The Ainu people have been no stranger to politics. Kayano's father, Shigeru Kayano, served as a House of Councilor's member from 1994 until 1998. While Shigeru Kayano was the only Ainu person that won a seat in parliament, other Ainu people have campaigned for seats including Kaori Tahara, a former member of the New Party Daichi. Hideo Akibe added: Having Shigeru Kayano in the parliament played a huge role in the enactment of the Ainu Culture Law in 1997. I feel it may be destiny, after the passing of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and us holding the 2008 Indigenous Summit in Hokkaido, that this move to form a political party has come about. Shiro Kayano further elaborated on the necessity for Ainu people to have their own political party where their issues are not overshadowed or ignored: Ainu issues are put on the back burner while other issues gain more attention in Japan. Many people believe that the 1997 Ainu Cultural Law and 2008 parliament resolution to recognize Ainu as indigenous people solved the issues that Ainu people have faced, but in reality, they have not not. So, we need to rise up! Similar to the Arab Spring, maybe this marks the beginning of an Ainu Spring! A member of the Planning Committee for the Ainu Party who wished to remain nameless explained that current governmental policies, laws, and panels on Ainu policy do not take adequate steps to realize any of the inherent indigenous rights to which the Ainu are entitled, nor any other priorities that Ainu have, including issues related to poverty and education. He also noted: We hope that with an Ainu political party, not only can we push for policies that realize Ainu rights, but we can draw attention to the multicultural nature of Japan while pushing for policies that address a variety of Ainu issues. Hiroyuki Nomoto, Tokyo Metropolitan University associate professor and member of the Planning Committee for the Ainu Party explained that although the policy stances of the party have not been decided, discussions have revolved around the following points: the restoration of Ainu rights the realization of the coexistence of multicultural groups in Japanese society the creation of a sustainable society based on harmony with Nature The Ainu Party which is aiming to bring at least ten candidates to parliament in 2013, will help bring Ainu issues to the forefront of Japanese policy deliberations. It may also provide a platform for other minority groups, such as Zainichi Koreans in Japan to raise their voices against violations of their rights. Currently, Zaiinichi Korean organizations are campaigning for their schools to become accredited by the government. At present, with "international" English schools as an exception, any school that does not use Japanese as its main language cannot become accredited, forcing its students to jump through countless hurdles to matriculate into universities. The idea behind the Ainu party is for Ainu people to unite to promote their own issues, while taking steps towards a multicultural Japan where all minorities can live in harmony. As Hideo Akibe explained: "We are not right-wing, we are not left-wing~ We are Ainu." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Mon Nov 14 22:30:45 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:30:45 -0700 Subject: Bloomsbury to sell early American New Testament, Nov. 29 (fwd link) Message-ID: Bloomsbury to sell early American New Testament, Nov. 29 WRITTEN BY ASSOCIATED PRESS MONDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 2011 10:46 LONDON (AP) – A rare copy of the first English-language edition of the New Testament to be published in the United States is being offered at auction in London. Bloomsbury Auctions says the small volume, published in 1777, is estimated to fetch 100,000 pounds ($160,000) or more at the sale on Nov. 29. The identity of the seller was not disclosed. Read more: http://acn.liveauctioneers.com/index.php/features/auction-houses/5911-bloomsbury-to-sell-early-american-new-testament-nov-29#ixzz1dindY7YN From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Mon Nov 14 22:33:56 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:33:56 -0700 Subject: Culture, Language and Art Bring Students Together (fwd link) Message-ID: CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND ART BRING STUDENTS TOGETHER Posted by Elise Batchelor on Monday, November 14, 2011 in Hedland News AUS South Hedland Primary School students recently enjoyed a triple bill Friday assembly when the school officially received brand new flags, copies of a great new Aboriginal language DVD starring some of the children and had their first look at a bright new banner painted by students at the school. Access full article below: http://pilbaraecho.com.au/?p=3170 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Mon Nov 14 22:36:57 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:36:57 -0700 Subject: 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=98pseudo_Hakka=E2=80=99_label_i_s_=E2=80=98unacceptab?= =?UTF-8?Q?le=E2=80=99_?=(fwd link) Message-ID: Tue, Nov 15, 2011 - Page 3 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says ‘pseudo Hakka’ label is ‘unacceptable’ By Chris Wang / Staff Reporter Taiwan Labeling her a “pseudo Hakka” for her inability to speak Hakka fluently is unacceptable, since language proficiency should never be judged as a “cardinal sin,” Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday. She said the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) “crude language policies” of the past was the reason her Hakka was not more fluent. Access full article below: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/15/2003518359 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Tue Nov 15 17:15:55 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:15:55 -0700 Subject: Apple Siri, Google Voice could help save the world's languages (fwd link) Message-ID: Apple Siri, Google Voice could help save the world's languages By Chris Jablonski | November 14, 2011, 6:59pm PST Summary: 80% of all web communication is in ten languages, yet 95% of humanity speaks roughly 300 languages. As digital services and devices move to voice control, the commercial opportunity could help close the digital linguistic divide, says the Long Now Foundation. Access full article below: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/emergingtech/apple-siri-google-voice-could-help-save-the-worlds-languages/2994 From huangc20 at UFL.EDU Wed Nov 16 09:50:02 2011 From: huangc20 at UFL.EDU (Huang,Chun) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:50:02 -0500 Subject: 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=98_pseudo_Hakka=E2=80=99_label_i_s_=E2=80=98unaccepta?= =?UTF-8?Q?ble=E2=80=99_?=(fwd link) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: And Tsai says that if she is elected the president, she would make a formal, public apology to the indigenous peoples in Taiwan on behalf of the ROC government. We could only hope so. The KMT party, which founded ROC, and its candidate, Ma, who is the current president, have not made such a promise. Jimmy On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:36:57 -0700, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote: > Tue, Nov 15, 2011 - Page 3 > > 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says ‘pseudo Hakka’ label is > ‘unacceptable’ > > By Chris Wang / Staff Reporter > Taiwan > > Labeling her a “pseudo Hakka” for her inability to speak Hakka > fluently is unacceptable, since language proficiency should never be > judged as a “cardinal sin,” Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) > Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday. > > She said the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) “crude language > policies” of the past was the reason her Hakka was not more fluent. > > Access full article below: > http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/15/2003518359 From huangc20 at UFL.EDU Wed Nov 16 09:52:17 2011 From: huangc20 at UFL.EDU (Huang,Chun) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:52:17 -0500 Subject: Ainu to form new political party In-Reply-To: <4CDBDE9E-E3AD-4C9A-B1DE-DE1870431446@gmail.com> Message-ID: Thanks, Jen! and Go Ainu!! Jimmy On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:59:54 +0900, Jennifer Teeter wrote: > Hello everyone, > I thought this news from Ainu Mosir might interest you. > In solidarity, > Jennifer http://tenthousandthingsfromkyoto.blogspot.com/2011/11/ainu-political-party.html [1] > > "WE ARE NOT RIGHT-WING, WE ARE NOT LEFT-WING~ WE ARE AINU": FIRST EVER AINU POLITICAL PARTY TO BE LAUNCHED > > Saturday, October 29th, 2011 marks a revolution in Japanese politics: the first time in Japanese history a minority group has announced it will form its own political party. After witnessing the success of minority and indigenous political parties around the world, members of the Ainu community in Hokkaido decided to create their own party to campaign for their issues. > > Led by Shiro Kayano, the President of the Kayano Shigeru's Nibutani Ainu Museum (named after his late father), Hokkaido Ainu Association Board Member Hideo Akibe, Hokkaido Ainu Association Ebetsu City-branch head Yuji Shimizu and their supporters made the announcement at theSymposium on Multicultural Education in Japanhosted by the World Indigenous People's Network-Ainu [2] in Sapporo. The party is not affiliated with the Hokkaido Ainu Association and will start functioning in January. > > (Photo) > Flyer for Symposium on Multicultural Education with photos of Shiro Kayano (top left), Yuji Shimizu (center left), Hideo Akibe (center right), and Nomoto Hiroyuki (bottom left) > Shiro Kayano stated at the symposium: > >> What is needed for the Ainu people is unity. We need to unite the Ainu people and our supporters. Some people say that because we were traditionally hunters and gathers so we can not unite as one. However, we also practiced fishing and small-scale agriculture, so this argument holds no ground. We can unite. > The Ainu people have been no stranger to politics. Kayano's father, Shigeru Kayano, served as a House of Councilor's member from 1994 until 1998. While Shigeru Kayano was the only Ainu person that won a seat in parliament, other Ainu people have campaigned for seats including Kaori Tahara, a former member of the New Party Daichi. > > Hideo Akibe added: > >> Having Shigeru Kayano in the parliament played a huge role in the enactment of the Ainu Culture Law in 1997. I feel it may be destiny, after the passing of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and us holding the 2008 Indigenous Summit in Hokkaido, that this move to form a political party has come about. > Shiro Kayano further elaborated on the necessity for Ainu people to have their own political party where their issues are not overshadowed or ignored: * the restoration of Ainu rights > * the realization of the coexistence of multicultural groups in Japanese society > * the creation of a sustainable society based on harmony with Nature > > The Ainu Party which is aiming to bring at least ten candidates to parliament in 2013, will help bring Ainu issues to the forefront of Japanese policy deliberations. It may also provide a platform for other minority groups, such as Zainichi Koreans in Japan to raise their voices against violations of their rights. Currently, Zaiinichi Korean organizations are campaigning for their schools to become accredited by the government. At present, with "international" English schools as an exception, any school that does not use Japanese as its main language cannot become accredited, forcing its students to jump through countless hurdles to matriculate into universities. > > The idea behind the Ainu party is for Ainu people to unite to promote their own issues, while taking steps towards a multicultural Japan where all minorities can live in harmony. As Hideo Akibe explained: "We are not right-wing, we are not left-wing~ We are Ainu." Links: ------ [1] http://tenthousandthingsfromkyoto.blogspot.com/2011/11/ainu-political-party.html [2] http://www.win-ainu.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hardman at UFL.EDU Wed Nov 16 14:04:18 2011 From: hardman at UFL.EDU (Dr. MJ Hardman) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:04:18 -0500 Subject: 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=8C_pseudo_Hakka=B9_label_i_s_=8Cunacceptable=B9_?=(fwd link) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: What good news! On 11/16/11 4:50 AM, "Huang,Chun" wrote: > And Tsai says that if she is elected the president, she would make a > formal, public apology to the indigenous peoples in Taiwan on behalf of > the ROC government. > > We could only hope so. > > The KMT party, which founded ROC, and its candidate, Ma, who is the > current president, have not made such a promise. > > Jimmy > > On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:36:57 -0700, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote: >> Tue, Nov 15, 2011 - Page 3 >> >> 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says ‘pseudo Hakka’ label is >> ‘unacceptable’ >> >> By Chris Wang / Staff Reporter >> Taiwan >> >> Labeling her a “pseudo Hakka” for her inability to speak Hakka >> fluently is unacceptable, since language proficiency should never be >> judged as a “cardinal sin,” Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) >> Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday. >> >> She said the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) “crude language >> policies” of the past was the reason her Hakka was not more fluent. >> >> Access full article below: >> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/15/2003518359 > Dr. MJ Hardman Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology Department of Linguistics University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Doctora Honoris Causa UNMSM, Lima, Perú website: http://grove.ufl.edu/~hardman/ From hardman at UFL.EDU Wed Nov 16 14:05:15 2011 From: hardman at UFL.EDU (Dr. MJ Hardman) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:05:15 -0500 Subject: Ainu to form new political party In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Indeed! MJ On 11/16/11 4:52 AM, "Huang,Chun" wrote: > Thanks, Jen! and Go Ainu!! > > > > Jimmy > > > > On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:59:54 +0900, Jennifer Teeter wrote: >> >> Hello everyone, >> I thought this news from Ainu Mosir might interest you. >> In solidarity, >> Jennifer >> http://tenthousandthingsfromkyoto.blogspot.com/2011/11/ainu-political-party.h >> tml >> "We are not right-wing, we are not left-wing~ We are Ainu": First ever Ainu >> political party to be launched >> Saturday, October 29th, 2011 marks a revolution in Japanese politics: the >> first time in Japanese history a minority group has announced it will form >> its own political party. After witnessing the success of minority and >> indigenous political parties around the world, members of the Ainu community >> in Hokkaido decided to create their own party to campaign for their issues. >> >> Led by Shiro Kayano, the President of the Kayano Shigeru's Nibutani Ainu >> Museum (named after his late father), Hokkaido Ainu Association Board Member >> Hideo Akibe, Hokkaido Ainu Association Ebetsu City-branch head Yuji Shimizu >> and their supporters made the announcement at theSymposium on Multicultural >> Education in Japanhosted by the World Indigenous People's Network-Ainu >> in Sapporo. The party is not affiliated with the >> Hokkaido Ainu Association and will start functioning in January. >> >> (Photo) >> Flyer for Symposium on Multicultural Education with photos of Shiro Kayano >> (top left), Yuji Shimizu (center left), Hideo Akibe (center right), and >> Nomoto Hiroyuki (bottom left) >> >> Shiro Kayano stated at the symposium: >>> What is needed for the Ainu people is unity. We need to unite the Ainu >>> people and our supporters. Some people say that because we were >>> traditionally hunters and gathers so we can not unite as one. However, we >>> also practiced fishing and small-scale agriculture, so this argument holds >>> no ground. We can unite. >> The Ainu people have been no stranger to politics. Kayano's father, Shigeru >> Kayano, served as a House of Councilor's member from 1994 until 1998. While >> Shigeru Kayano was the only Ainu person that won a seat in parliament, other >> Ainu people have campaigned for seats including Kaori Tahara, a former member >> of the New Party Daichi. >> >> Hideo Akibe added: >>> Having Shigeru Kayano in the parliament played a huge role in the enactment >>> of the Ainu Culture Law in 1997. I feel it may be destiny, after the passing >>> of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and us >>> holding the 2008 Indigenous Summit in Hokkaido, that this move to form a >>> political party has come about. >> Shiro Kayano further elaborated on the necessity for Ainu people to have >> their own political party where their issues are not overshadowed or ignored: >>> Ainu issues are put on the back burner while other issues gain more >>> attention in Japan. Many people believe that the 1997 Ainu Cultural Law and >>> 2008 parliament resolution to recognize Ainu as indigenous people solved the >>> issues that Ainu people have faced, but in reality, they have not not. So, >>> we need to rise up! Similar to the Arab Spring, maybe this marks the >>> beginning of an Ainu Spring! >> A member of the Planning Committee for the Ainu Party who wished to remain >> nameless explained that current governmental policies, laws, and panels on >> Ainu policy do not take adequate steps to realize any of the inherent >> indigenous rights to which the Ainu are entitled, nor any other priorities >> that Ainu have, including issues related to poverty and education. He also >> noted: >>> We hope that with an Ainu political party, not only can we push for policies >>> that realize Ainu rights, but we can draw attention to the multicultural >>> nature of Japan while pushing for policies that address a variety of Ainu >>> issues. >> Hiroyuki Nomoto, Tokyo Metropolitan University associate professor and member >> of the Planning Committee for the Ainu Party explained that although the >> policy stances of the party have not been decided, discussions have revolved >> around the following points: >> * the restoration of Ainu rights >> * the realization of the coexistence of multicultural groups in Japanese >> society >> * the creation of a sustainable society based on harmony with Nature >> The Ainu Party which is aiming to bring at least ten candidates to parliament >> in 2013, will help bring Ainu issues to the forefront of Japanese policy >> deliberations. It may also provide a platform for other minority groups, such >> as Zainichi Koreans in Japan to raise their voices against violations of >> their rights. Currently, Zaiinichi Korean organizations are campaigning for >> their schools to become accredited by the government. At present, with >> "international" English schools as an exception, any school that does not use >> Japanese as its main language cannot become accredited, forcing its students >> to jump through countless hurdles to matriculate into universities. >> >> The idea behind the Ainu party is for Ainu people to unite to promote their >> own issues, while taking steps towards a multicultural Japan where all >> minorities can live in harmony. As Hideo Akibe explained: "We are not >> right-wing, we are not left-wing~ We are Ainu." >> >> >> >> >> >> Dr. MJ Hardman >> Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology >> Department of Linguistics >> University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida >> Doctora Honoris Causa UNMSM, Lima, Perú >> website: http://grove.ufl.edu/~hardman/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Mojave -Gila River Indian Community -Havasupai -Hopi -Haulapai -Kaibab Paiute -Pascua Yaqui -Quechan -Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community -San Carlos Apache -San Juan Southern Paiute -Tohono O'odham Nation -Tonto Apache -White Mountain Apache -Yavapai Apache Nation -Yavapai Prescott -Navajo Nation Please email me and/or Latoya Hinton with any relevant information to the following: tsikewa7 at email.arizona.edu llynnh at email.arizona.edu Thank you, -- Adrienne Tsikewa Latoya Hinton Graduate Student Graduate Student NAMA Program NAMA Program Dept. of Linguistics at University of Arizona Dept. of Linguistics at University of Arizona -- NAMA Student Linguistics Department University of Arizona -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mikinakn at SHAW.CA Thu Nov 17 06:06:05 2011 From: mikinakn at SHAW.CA (Rolland Nadjiwon) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:06:05 -0500 Subject: Ainu to form new political party In-Reply-To: Message-ID: ...you tell them Jimmy...Viva Ainu!!!! ------- wahjeh rolland nadjiwon ___________________________________________ One is never too old to learn something stupid.... _____ From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of Huang,Chun Sent: November-16-11 4:52 AM To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU Subject: Re: [ILAT] Ainu to form new political party Thanks, Jen! and Go Ainu!! Jimmy On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:59:54 +0900, Jennifer Teeter wrote: Hello everyone, I thought this news from Ainu Mosir might interest you. In solidarity, Jennifer http://tenthousandthingsfromkyoto.blogspot.com/2011/11/ainu-political-party. html "We are not right-wing, we are not left-wing~ We are Ainu": First ever Ainu political party to be launched Saturday, October 29th, 2011 marks a revolution in Japanese politics: the first time in Japanese history a minority group has announced it will form its own political party. After witnessing the success of minority and indigenous political parties around the world, members of the Ainu community in Hokkaido decided to create their own party to campaign for their issues. Led by Shiro Kayano, the President of the Kayano Shigeru's Nibutani Ainu Museum (named after his late father), Hokkaido Ainu Association Board Member Hideo Akibe, Hokkaido Ainu Association Ebetsu City-branch head Yuji Shimizu and their supporters made the announcement at theSymposium on Multicultural Education in Japanhosted by the World Indigenous People's Network-Ainu in Sapporo. The party is not affiliated with the Hokkaido Ainu Association and will start functioning in January. (Photo) Flyer for Symposium on Multicultural Education with photos of Shiro Kayano (top left), Yuji Shimizu (center left), Hideo Akibe (center right), and Nomoto Hiroyuki (bottom left) Shiro Kayano stated at the symposium: What is needed for the Ainu people is unity. We need to unite the Ainu people and our supporters. Some people say that because we were traditionally hunters and gathers so we can not unite as one. However, we also practiced fishing and small-scale agriculture, so this argument holds no ground. We can unite. The Ainu people have been no stranger to politics. Kayano's father, Shigeru Kayano, served as a House of Councilor's member from 1994 until 1998. While Shigeru Kayano was the only Ainu person that won a seat in parliament, other Ainu people have campaigned for seats including Kaori Tahara, a former member of the New Party Daichi. Hideo Akibe added: Having Shigeru Kayano in the parliament played a huge role in the enactment of the Ainu Culture Law in 1997. I feel it may be destiny, after the passing of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and us holding the 2008 Indigenous Summit in Hokkaido, that this move to form a political party has come about. Shiro Kayano further elaborated on the necessity for Ainu people to have their own political party where their issues are not overshadowed or ignored: Ainu issues are put on the back burner while other issues gain more attention in Japan. Many people believe that the 1997 Ainu Cultural Law and 2008 parliament resolution to recognize Ainu as indigenous people solved the issues that Ainu people have faced, but in reality, they have not not. So, we need to rise up! Similar to the Arab Spring, maybe this marks the beginning of an Ainu Spring! A member of the Planning Committee for the Ainu Party who wished to remain nameless explained that current governmental policies, laws, and panels on Ainu policy do not take adequate steps to realize any of the inherent indigenous rights to which the Ainu are entitled, nor any other priorities that Ainu have, including issues related to poverty and education. He also noted: We hope that with an Ainu political party, not only can we push for policies that realize Ainu rights, but we can draw attention to the multicultural nature of Japan while pushing for policies that address a variety of Ainu issues. Hiroyuki Nomoto, Tokyo Metropolitan University associate professor and member of the Planning Committee for the Ainu Party explained that although the policy stances of the party have not been decided, discussions have revolved around the following points: * the restoration of Ainu rights * the realization of the coexistence of multicultural groups in Japanese society * the creation of a sustainable society based on harmony with Nature The Ainu Party which is aiming to bring at least ten candidates to parliament in 2013, will help bring Ainu issues to the forefront of Japanese policy deliberations. It may also provide a platform for other minority groups, such as Zainichi Koreans in Japan to raise their voices against violations of their rights. Currently, Zaiinichi Korean organizations are campaigning for their schools to become accredited by the government. At present, with "international" English schools as an exception, any school that does not use Japanese as its main language cannot become accredited, forcing its students to jump through countless hurdles to matriculate into universities. The idea behind the Ainu party is for Ainu people to unite to promote their own issues, while taking steps towards a multicultural Japan where all minorities can live in harmony. As Hideo Akibe explained: "We are not right-wing, we are not left-wing~ We are Ainu." _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4619 - Release Date: 11/15/11 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4619 - Release Date: 11/15/11 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mikinakn at SHAW.CA Thu Nov 17 07:55:44 2011 From: mikinakn at SHAW.CA (Rolland Nadjiwon) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:55:44 -0500 Subject: 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai sa ys =?iso-2022-jp?Q?=1B$B!F=1B=28B_pseudo_Hakka=1B$B!G=1B=28B_label_is__=1B?= =?iso-2022-jp?Q?$B!F=1B=28Bunacceptable=1B$B!G=1B=28B_?=(fwd link) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thanks Jimmy for this article. I had not seen it. I have now forwarded it to all my contacts many of whom are so called 'First Nations' by the colonizers. Collectively, we are by (I don't mind it too much...they had to give us an administrative collective) UN definitions 'indigenous peoples' and each one of us has our own language or dialect and name for ourselves in our own language regardless of how we are designated by politics or anthropologists. Hundreds of our languages have become extinct and all our cultures have been transgressed by colonizers. We are all struggling to survive but it is extremely difficult when so many outside experts know how we should do that. This article strikes my feelings as I am a member of the 'indigenous peoples' of the earth. I am a member of the potowatomi peoples living in Canada. In reality, we are here as political refugees from what is now the United States. From the Mississippi river west was designated as 'Indian Territory' by the US government until gold was discovered in the Black Hills and all the lands in that 'Indian Territory' were opened for allotment to the 'settlers' and miners. Our people were one of the first contacts in that western flood of land grabbers and so we had to be moved. The army came and at rifle point negotiated a peaceful invitation for our withdrawal to Kansas and Oklahoma. Thousands of our people died on that long and horrible march...we remember the stories. Some refused to relocate and took refuge at various places in out lands, resisted and even fought back. The army came again, in force, and re-issued the invitation for us to move out. Again, we refused. The army, in full force, attempted to capture and relocate those of us(of course I wasn't there) who refused to move. There were a large number of us and many of the Kickapoo had joined us. Our numbers were too conspicuous and cumbersome and so we divided ourselves. One group agreed to come up to Canada and the other half agreed they would go to Mexico and the Kickapoo would go with them. That is what we did and that is why our relatives are here in Canada. However, in Canada, we fared not much better...we just didn't have the army chasing us. Our people were a very large group and this was Ojibway lands so we divided up and were taken in by many other Ojibway communities. That is where we are and how we are to this day. Our culture, language and relationships were as devastated here in Canada by the same colonial systems systematically imprisoning our peoples and the Ojibway into their residential school systems and under the same laws that outlawed our language, ceremonies and human status. We have survived...we are surviving. We may be only a message in a bottle at the mercies of this huge ocean of global discontent and destruction of indigenous peoples and the earth, but, we are here and we know it. Now a narrative: Our people, potowatomi, translates loosely as 'fire makers/keepers' because we carried the sacred fire of the 'council of the three fires'. We had responsibility for that fire for the council...for keeping and maintaining it. I was born into all that I am speaking of and that is how I can speak of it. 'Breast Plate and Buckskin' history books might tell you differently but they are not potowatomi. Our story is not theirs or anyone else's to tell. Anyhow, I was raised knowing this. Some years ago, the potowatomi had a gathering on some of the land we first occupied when we came to Canada up along the east side of Georgian Bay. I knew of it but I was not able to make it to that gathering. A very, very close friend and relative, potowatomi also, knew how important our history is and how important to me personally. He was able to go to the meeting. When I returned, he came to visit me with a gift. It was a piece of charcoal about the size of an acorn. He had mounted it on a piece of wood inside a square plastic cover. When he gave it to me as a gift, he told me what it is. At the gathering, the potowatomi who had moved to Mexico, unbeknown to many of us who came to Canada, had taken the original fire with them to Mexico. When they heard of our gathering in Canada, they sent up the fire for out gathering. That small piece of charcoal 'is' everything I am telling about. When our people were split up during that part of our our history around the 1840s, the group to Mexico took the fire with them and kept that fire, our fire, until this day...over 170 years. That small, black, insignificant piece of charcoal is imbued with the cosmological existence of our potowatomi people. That is who I am and why I can (perhaps an assumption) understand many of the survival issues of our indigenous peoples on a global scale. Our indigenous peoples, globally, are related in so many ways but that is another story. A short one...lol. I met Huang Chun, Jimmy on this list a few years ago. We befriended each other and shared many online conversations with each other. In his traditions and in mine, and there are common reasons for it, Jimmy writes to me as 'uncle' and I refer to him as 'my nephew'. That is an incredible honor and I do brag about it to my family. I could tell more about how our connections were interfered with by Canadian and American authorities but I think Jimmy lives under somewhat more 'hateful' conditions than I do here in the Americas and so it is much to risky. All we ever did is to assist each other in sharing our cultures. I paraphrase how Jimmy put it, ...why would such big organizations be interested in a couple of insignificant little indigenous people like us.... I couldn't shed any light on his statement since I don't understand either but it appears to be happening on a global scale. So, my nephew Jimmy' I am so glad we met...at least cybernetically...perhaps one day in person. I guess, by the evidence, we are a part of a very important and elite group of indigenous peoples globally...why else would they not like us and give us such a difficult time in our surviving. ------- wahjeh rolland nadjiwon ___________________________________________ War does not determine who is right - only who is left... -----Original Message----- From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [ mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of Huang,Chun Sent: November-16-11 4:50 AM To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU Subject: Re: [ILAT] 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says ‘ pseudo Hakka’ label is ‘unacceptable’ (fwd link) And Tsai says that if she is elected the president, she would make a formal, public apology to the indigenous peoples in Taiwan on behalf of the ROC government. We could only hope so. The KMT party, which founded ROC, and its candidate, Ma, who is the current president, have not made such a promise. Jimmy On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:36:57 -0700, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote: > Tue, Nov 15, 2011 - Page 3 > > 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says ‘pseudo Hakka’ label is ‘unacceptable’ > > By Chris Wang / Staff Reporter > Taiwan > > Labeling her a “pseudo Hakka” for her inability to speak Hakka > fluently is unacceptable, since language proficiency should never be > judged as a “cardinal sin,” Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) > Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday. > > She said the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) “crude language > policies” of the past was the reason her Hakka was not more fluent. > > Access full article below: > http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/15/2003518359 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4619 - Release Date: 11/15/11 ----- No virus found in this message. 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Apparently, we are not “insignificant little indigenous people” or the “big organizations” (including governments) wouldn’t be so interested in getting rid of us. Resa From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of Rolland Nadjiwon Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 2:56 AM To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU Subject: Re: [ILAT] 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai sa ys ‘ pseudo Hakka’ label is ‘unacceptable’ (fwd link) Thanks Jimmy for this article. I had not seen it. I have now forwarded it to all my contacts many of whom are so called 'First Nations' by the colonizers. Collectively, we are by (I don't mind it too much...they had to give us an administrative collective) UN definitions 'indigenous peoples' and each one of us has our own language or dialect and name for ourselves in our own language regardless of how we are designated by politics or anthropologists. Hundreds of our languages have become extinct and all our cultures have been transgressed by colonizers. We are all struggling to survive but it is extremely difficult when so many outside experts know how we should do that. This article strikes my feelings as I am a member of the 'indigenous peoples' of the earth. I am a member of the potowatomi peoples living in Canada. In reality, we are here as political refugees from what is now the United States. From the Mississippi river west was designated as 'Indian Territory' by the US government until gold was discovered in the Black Hills and all the lands in that 'Indian Territory' were opened for allotment to the 'settlers' and miners. Our people were one of the first contacts in that western flood of land grabbers and so we had to be moved. The army came and at rifle point negotiated a peaceful invitation for our withdrawal to Kansas and Oklahoma. Thousands of our people died on that long and horrible march...we remember the stories. Some refused to relocate and took refuge at various places in out lands, resisted and even fought back. The army came again, in force, and re-issued the invitation for us to move out. Again, we refused. The army, in full force, attempted to capture and relocate those of us(of course I wasn't there) who refused to move. There were a large number of us and many of the Kickapoo had joined us. Our numbers were too conspicuous and cumbersome and so we divided ourselves. One group agreed to come up to Canada and the other half agreed they would go to Mexico and the Kickapoo would go with them. That is what we did and that is why our relatives are here in Canada. However, in Canada, we fared not much better...we just didn't have the army chasing us. Our people were a very large group and this was Ojibway lands so we divided up and were taken in by many other Ojibway communities. That is where we are and how we are to this day. Our culture, language and relationships were as devastated here in Canada by the same colonial systems systematically imprisoning our peoples and the Ojibway into their residential school systems and under the same laws that outlawed our language, ceremonies and human status. We have survived...we are surviving. We may be only a message in a bottle at the mercies of this huge ocean of global discontent and destruction of indigenous peoples and the earth, but, we are here and we know it. Now a narrative: Our people, potowatomi, translates loosely as 'fire makers/keepers' because we carried the sacred fire of the 'council of the three fires'. We had responsibility for that fire for the council...for keeping and maintaining it. I was born into all that I am speaking of and that is how I can speak of it. 'Breast Plate and Buckskin' history books might tell you differently but they are not potowatomi. Our story is not theirs or anyone else's to tell. Anyhow, I was raised knowing this. Some years ago, the potowatomi had a gathering on some of the land we first occupied when we came to Canada up along the east side of Georgian Bay. I knew of it but I was not able to make it to that gathering. A very, very close friend and relative, potowatomi also, knew how important our history is and how important to me personally. He was able to go to the meeting. When I returned, he came to visit me with a gift. It was a piece of charcoal about the size of an acorn. He had mounted it on a piece of wood inside a square plastic cover. When he gave it to me as a gift, he told me what it is. At the gathering, the potowatomi who had moved to Mexico, unbeknown to many of us who came to Canada, had taken the original fire with them to Mexico. When they heard of our gathering in Canada, they sent up the fire for out gathering. That small piece of charcoal 'is' everything I am telling about. When our people were split up during that part of our our history around the 1840s, the group to Mexico took the fire with them and kept that fire, our fire, until this day...over 170 years. That small, black, insignificant piece of charcoal is imbued with the cosmological existence of our potowatomi people. That is who I am and why I can (perhaps an assumption) understand many of the survival issues of our indigenous peoples on a global scale. Our indigenous peoples, globally, are related in so many ways but that is another story. A short one...lol. I met Huang Chun, Jimmy on this list a few years ago. We befriended each other and shared many online conversations with each other. In his traditions and in mine, and there are common reasons for it, Jimmy writes to me as 'uncle' and I refer to him as 'my nephew'. That is an incredible honor and I do brag about it to my family. I could tell more about how our connections were interfered with by Canadian and American authorities but I think Jimmy lives under somewhat more 'hateful' conditions than I do here in the Americas and so it is much to risky. All we ever did is to assist each other in sharing our cultures. I paraphrase how Jimmy put it, ...why would such big organizations be interested in a couple of insignificant little indigenous people like us.... I couldn't shed any light on his statement since I don't understand either but it appears to be happening on a global scale. So, my nephew Jimmy' I am so glad we met...at least cybernetically...perhaps one day in person. I guess, by the evidence, we are a part of a very important and elite group of indigenous peoples globally...why else would they not like us and give us such a difficult time in our surviving. ------- wahjeh rolland nadjiwon ___________________________________________ War does not determine who is right - only who is left... -----Original Message----- From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [ mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of Huang,Chun Sent: November-16-11 4:50 AM To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU Subject: Re: [ILAT] 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says ‘ pseudo Hakka’ label is ‘unacceptable’ (fwd link) And Tsai says that if she is elected the president, she would make a formal, public apology to the indigenous peoples in Taiwan on behalf of the ROC government. We could only hope so. The KMT party, which founded ROC, and its candidate, Ma, who is the current president, have not made such a promise. Jimmy On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:36:57 -0700, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote: > Tue, Nov 15, 2011 - Page 3 > > 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says ‘pseudo Hakka’ label is ‘unacceptable’ > > By Chris Wang / Staff Reporter > Taiwan > > Labeling her a “pseudo Hakka” for her inability to speak Hakka > fluently is unacceptable, since language proficiency should never be > judged as a “cardinal sin,” Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) > Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday. > > She said the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) “crude language > policies” of the past was the reason her Hakka was not more fluent. > > Access full article below: > http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/15/2003518359 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4619 - Release Date: 11/15/11 ----- No virus found in this message. 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Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From huangc20 at UFL.EDU Fri Nov 18 10:02:44 2011 From: huangc20 at UFL.EDU (Huang,Chun) Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:02:44 -0500 Subject: 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai sa ys =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80_=98_pseudo_Hakka=E2=80=99_label_is__=E2=80=98unaccept?= =?UTF-8?Q?able=E2=80_=99_?=(fwd link) In-Reply-To: <8186AC17A3C040F99322416C86D344C4@RolandHP> Message-ID: Thank you for your kind words, Uncle Rolland :) I FEEL them strongly. oh but I have to point out that it was Phil who shared the news in this thread. So thanks Phil! And, Rolland, I'll forward your message to my folks in Taiwan, who are actually preparing for a large rally/demonstration - for official recognition and for land rights - that will take place in Taipei City tomorrow (Nov 19). Your words will definitely cheer up their spirit, especially an older man, whom I also call uncle. This uncle, Uncle Talavan, left the village yesterday early morning for Taipei (about 7 hours of traveling time), discreetly, without alerting anybody except for his own children. He has been sitting-protesting in front of the Council for Indigenous Peoples (controlled by govt) since he reached there, and it's been 24 hours... still 24 more hours to go until the scheduled time for group protest. He wasn't trying to be heroic. If he was, he would be loud and the media would have already noticed him. But no, no media coverage (I got the news only from his daughter). He is just sitting there, quietly, with dignity. But hey he could probably use some extra strength. So I'll translate your message and ask someone to bring it to him :) again, thank you so much for writing!!! Jimmy On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:55:44 -0500, Rolland Nadjiwon wrote: > Thanks Jimmy for this article. I had not seen it. I have now forwarded it to all my contacts many of whom are so called 'First Nations' by the colonizers. Collectively, we are by (I don't mind it too much...they had to give us an administrative collective) UN definitions 'indigenous peoples' and each one of us has our own language or dialect and name for ourselves in our own language regardless of how we are designated by politics or anthropologists. Hundreds of our languages have become extinct and all our cultures have been transgressed by colonizers. We are all struggling to survive but it is extremely difficult when so many outside experts know how we should do that. > > This article strikes my feelings as I am a member of the 'indigenous peoples' of the earth. I am a member of the potowatomi peoples living in Canada. In reality, we are here as political refugees from what is now the United States. From the Mississippi river west was designated as 'Indian Territory' by the US government until gold was discovered in the Black Hills and all the lands in that 'Indian Territory' were opened for allotment to the 'settlers' and miners. Our people were one of the first contacts in that western flood of land grabbers and so we had to be moved. The army came and at rifle point negotiated a peaceful invitation for our withdrawal to Kansas and Oklahoma. Thousands of our people died on that long and horrible march...we remember the stories. Some refused to relocate and took refuge at various places in out lands, resisted and even fought back. The army came again, in force, and re-issued the invitation for us to move out. Again, we refused. The army, in full force, attempted to capture and relocate those of us(of course I wasn't there) who refused to move. There were a large number of us and many of the Kickapoo had joined us. Our numbers were too conspicuous and cumbersome and so we divided ourselves. One group agreed to come up to Canada and the other half agreed they would go to Mexico and the Kickapoo would go with them. That is what we did and that is why our relatives are here in Canada. However, in Canada, we fared not much better...we just didn't have the army chasing us. > > Our people were a very large group and this was Ojibway lands so we divided up and were taken in by many other Ojibway communities. That is where we are and how we are to this day. Our culture, language and relationships were as devastated here in Canada by the same colonial systems systematically imprisoning our peoples and the Ojibway into their residential school systems and under the same laws that outlawed our language, ceremonies and human status. We have survived...we are surviving. We may be only a message in a bottle at the mercies of this huge ocean of global discontent and destruction of indigenous peoples and the earth, but, we are here and we know it. > > Now a narrative: Our people, potowatomi, translates loosely as 'fire makers/keepers' because we carried the sacred fire of the 'council of the three fires'. We had responsibility for that fire for the council...for keeping and maintaining it. I was born into all that I am speaking of and that is how I can speak of it. _'Breast Plate and Buckskin' _history books might tell you differently but they are not potowatomi. Our story is not theirs or anyone else's to tell. Anyhow, I was raised knowing this. > > Some years ago, the potowatomi had a gathering on some of the land we first occupied when we came to Canada up along the east side of Georgian Bay. I knew of it but I was not able to make it to that gathering. A very, very close friend and relative, potowatomi also, knew how important our history is and how important to me personally. He was able to go to the meeting. When I returned, he came to visit me with a gift. It was a piece of charcoal about the size of an acorn. He had mounted it on a piece of wood inside a square plastic cover. When he gave it to me as a gift, he told me what it is. At the gathering, the potowatomi who had moved to Mexico, unbeknown to many of us who came to Canada, had taken the original fire with them to Mexico. When they heard of our gathering in Canada, they sent up the fire for out gathering. That small piece of charcoal 'is' everything I am telling about. > > When our people were split up during that part of our our history around the 1840s, the group to Mexico took the fire with them and kept that fire, our fire, until this day...over 170 years. That small, black, insignificant piece of charcoal is imbued with the cosmological existence of our potowatomi people. That is who I am and why I can (perhaps an assumption) understand many of the survival issues of our indigenous peoples on a global scale. Our indigenous peoples, globally, are related in so many ways but that is another story. A short one...lol. I met Huang Chun, Jimmy on this list a few years ago. We befriended each other and shared many online conversations with each other. In his traditions and in mine, and there are common reasons for it, Jimmy writes to me as 'uncle' and I refer to him as 'my nephew'. That is an incredible honor and I do brag about it to my family. I could tell more about how our connections were interfered with by Canadian and American authorities but I think Jimmy lives under somewhat more 'hateful' conditions than I do here in the Americas and so it is much to risky. All we ever did is to assist each other in sharing our cultures. I paraphrase how Jimmy put it, ...why would such big organizations be interested in a couple of insignificant little indigenous people like us.... I couldn't shed any light on his statement since I don't understand either but it appears to be happening on a global scale. So, my nephew Jimmy' I am so glad we met...at least cybernetically...perhaps one day in person. I guess, by the evidence, we are a part of a very important and elite group of indigenous peoples globally...why else would they not like us and give us such a difficult time in our surviving. > > ------- > wahjeh > rolland nadjiwon > ___________________________________________ > WAR DOES NOT DETERMINE WHO IS RIGHT - ONLY WHO IS LEFT... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU [1]] On Behalf Of Huang,Chun > Sent: November-16-11 4:50 AM > To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU > Subject: Re: [ILAT] 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says ' pseudo Hakka' label is 'unacceptable' (fwd link) > > And Tsai says that if she is elected the president, she would make a formal, public apology to the indigenous peoples in Taiwan on behalf of the ROC government. > > We could only hope so. > > The KMT party, which founded ROC, and its candidate, Ma, who is the current president, have not made such a promise. > > Jimmy > > On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:36:57 -0700, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote: >> Tue, Nov 15, 2011 - Page 3 >> >> 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says 'pseudo Hakka' label is 'unacceptable' >> >> By Chris Wang / Staff Reporter >> Taiwan >> >> Labeling her a "pseudo Hakka" for her inability to speak Hakka >> fluently is unacceptable, since language proficiency should never be >> judged as a "cardinal sin," Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) >> Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday. >> >> She said the Chinese Nationalist Party's (KMT) "crude language >> policies" of the past was the reason her Hakka was not more fluent. >> >> Access full article below: >> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/15/2003518359 [2] > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4619 - Release Date: 11/15/11 > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4619 - Release Date: 11/15/11 Links: ------ [1] mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU [2] http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/15/2003518359 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/indigenous-languages-must-be-preserved/story-e6frfku0-1226198895346#ixzz1e628mdVE From huangc20 at UFL.EDU Sat Nov 19 04:55:36 2011 From: huangc20 at UFL.EDU (Huang,Chun) Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:55:36 -0500 Subject: Elderly Siraya sit-in protest In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Braving the rain, Cheng-hiong Talavan, a 70-year-old man from the Siraya tribe, carried a giant cross made of bamboo from Greater Tainan and began a sit-in outside the Council of Indigenous Peoples in Taipei yesterday, urging the government to grant official recognition to his tribe. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/18/2003518604 and... just my personal note: without Talavan, there would not be a Tainan Pingpu Siraya Culture Association, where me and several others work together on Siraya language revitalization. Jimmy From dzo at BISHARAT.NET Sat Nov 19 14:37:40 2011 From: dzo at BISHARAT.NET (dzo at BISHARAT.NET) Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:37:40 +0000 Subject: Fw: Brazil indigenous leader killed Message-ID: FYI, from PPGIS (link to BBC story in fwd'd email below): Nisio Gomes, 59, was part of a Guarani Kaiowa group that returned to their ancestral land at the start of this month after being evicted by ranchers. He was killed by a group of around 40 masked gunmen who burst into the camp. Brazil's Human Rights Secretary condemned the murder as "part of systematic violence against indigenous people in the region". ... 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I think some of us in quiet sleepy Oklahoma need some threatening to get stirred up ourselves. too many here seems to be passively accepting the occasional soup bone tossed our way. -Richard Wyandotte, Oklahoma On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Huang,Chun wrote: > Braving the rain, Cheng-hiong Talavan, a 70-year-old man from the Siraya > tribe, carried a giant cross made of bamboo from Greater Tainan and began a > sit-in outside the Council of Indigenous Peoples in Taipei yesterday, > urging the government to grant official recognition to his tribe. > > http://www.taipeitimes.com/**News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/**18/2003518604 > > > > > and... just my personal note: without Talavan, there would not be a Tainan > Pingpu Siraya Culture Association, where me and several others work > together on Siraya language revitalization. > > Jimmy > -- * nest over conquest, calm over competition, cohesion over coercion ** ** richardzanesmith.wordpress.com * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From huangc20 at UFL.EDU Sat Nov 19 16:38:37 2011 From: huangc20 at UFL.EDU (Huang,Chun) Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:38:37 -0500 Subject: Elderly Siraya sit-in protest In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thanks, Richard. Well I don't think everyone in my tribe cares (about recognition or about language/culture revitalization) as much as some of us do, either. I just like to listen to my uncle Talavan talk. He speaks only the truth from his heart - it's always so simple and so real: "I don't understand what the government is thinking. We are Aborigines because we are Aborigines..." "We have to get our identity back, so we won't have to apologize to our ancestors and we won't feel regret when facing our descendants." Jimmy On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:49:15 -0600, Richard Zane Smith wrote: > kweh kweh Jimmy, So great to hear about whats going on pursuing full recognition and rights of the indigenous peoples in Taiwan! > this has got to be encouraging that the news is getting out there. > I think some of us in quiet sleepy Oklahoma need some threatening to get stirred up ourselves. > too many here seems to be passively accepting the occasional soup bone tossed our way. > > -Richard > Wyandotte, Oklahoma > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Huang,Chun wrote: > >> Braving the rain, Cheng-hiong Talavan, a 70-year-old man from the Siraya tribe, carried a giant cross made of bamboo from Greater Tainan and began a sit-in outside the Council of Indigenous Peoples in Taipei yesterday, urging the government to grant official recognition to his tribe. >> >> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/18/2003518604 [1] >> >> and... just my personal note: without Talavan, there would not be a Tainan Pingpu Siraya Culture Association, where me and several others work together on Siraya language revitalization. >> >> Jimmy > > -- > > _nest over conquest, calm over competition, cohesion over coercion _ > > richardzanesmith.wordpress.com [3] Links: ------ [1] http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/18/2003518604 [2] mailto:huangc20 at ufl.edu [3] http://richardzanesmith.wordpress.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We are Aborigines because we are Aborigines..." ³We have to get our > identity back, so we won¹t have to apologize to our ancestors and we won¹t > feel regret when facing our descendants.² > > Jimmy > > > > On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:49:15 -0600, Richard Zane Smith wrote: >> >> kweh kweh Jimmy, >> So great to hear about whats going on pursuing full recognition and rights of >> the indigenous peoples in Taiwan! >> this has got to be encouraging that the news is getting out there. >> I think some of us in quiet sleepy Oklahoma need some threatening to get >> stirred up ourselves. >> too many here seems to be passively accepting the occasional soup bone >> tossed our way. >> -Richard >> Wyandotte, Oklahoma >> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Huang,Chun wrote: >>> Braving the rain, Cheng-hiong Talavan, a 70-year-old man from the Siraya >>> tribe, carried a giant cross made of bamboo from Greater Tainan and began a >>> sit-in outside the Council of Indigenous Peoples in Taipei yesterday, urging >>> the government to grant official recognition to his tribe. >>> >>> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/18/2003518604 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> and... just my personal note: without Talavan, there would not be a Tainan >>> Pingpu Siraya Culture Association, where me and several others work together >>> on Siraya language revitalization. >>> >>> Jimmy >> Dr. MJ Hardman Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology Department of Linguistics University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Doctora Honoris Causa UNMSM, Lima, Perú website: http://grove.ufl.edu/~hardman/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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That’s why I didn’t know that we had a language.” The experience of Bendickson’s grandparents is an all-too common one in Minnesota, a state that has a Dakota name but few fluent voices. He counts just five people in Minnesota who are native Dakota speakers. Access full article below: http://www.postbulletin.com/news/stories/display.php?id=1475947 From clairebowern at GMAIL.COM Mon Nov 21 18:07:41 2011 From: clairebowern at GMAIL.COM (Claire Bowern) Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:07:41 -0500 Subject: Web design site Message-ID: Hi all, I just came across jux.com in one of my blog feeders. It's a site which is sort of like a blogging platform, but lets you combine audio, video, pictures, and text in fairly easy ways. It also seems to be free. I can't find out much about who's behind it or whether they are likely to be around for the long-term, or even really who their market it. But it looks like a nice way to present language materials or oral history stories where you want something visually appealling but don't want to spend a lot of time on site design. Claire -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Tue Nov 22 16:10:42 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:10:42 -0700 Subject: New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language (fwd link) Message-ID: New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language Educator develops multimedia tools to share, preserve Ojibwe language. By Science Nation Mon, Nov 21 2011 at 5:38 PM EST USA University of Minnesota Duluth education professor Mary Hermes says saving an endangered language goes beyond just enriching the people who speak it. "I think people have got to get beyond thinking it's just for the Ojibwe people, that we want to save their Ojibwe language. There's 10,000 years of human evolution and knowledge in that language," she says. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Hermes is combining the skills of native speakers with video technology to help others, young and old, learn the language in the most natural way. She's doing it by videotaping short movies of everyday situations, from going to a rummage sale to planting a garden to helping out a sick relative. Access full article below: http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/new-home-movies-resurrect-endangered-native-american-language# From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Tue Nov 22 16:13:14 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:13:14 -0700 Subject: INTERVIEW The art of the documentary (fwd link) Message-ID: Volume 131 >> Issue 54 : Tuesday, November 22, 2011 INTERVIEW The art of the documentary The Tech talks with director Anne Makepeace about We Still Live Here By Angelique Nehmzow STAFF WRITER November 22, 2011 USA We Still Live Here Part of the PBS series Independent Lens Directed and produced by Anne Makepeace Anne Makepeace, from Lakeville, Connecticut, has been making films for almost 30 years. Her most recent film, We Still Live Here, had its broadcast premiere on the Independent Lens series of PBS and also screened at MIT on Nov. 17. The film is about a movement to revive the Native American language of Wampanoag. It centers on Jessie Little Doe Baird, who spearheaded the movement and whose daughter is the first native speaker in over a century. Access full article below: http://tech.mit.edu/V131/N54/makepeace.html From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Tue Nov 22 16:15:06 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:15:06 -0700 Subject: Languages: Promoting Indigenous African Language Films (fwd link) Message-ID: Languages: Promoting Indigenous African Language Films Written by Rezwan Posted 22 November 2011 9:51 GMT An effective way to preserve indigenous languages and save them from total extinction is to encourage the production of indigenous language films. The 5th Festival of Indigenous African Language Films was held from 2-5 October 2011, in Akure, Nigeria. More than three hundred film makers, scriptwriters, directors, stakeholders and industry operators joined this event. Access full article below: http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2011/11/22/languages-promoting-indigenous-african-language-films/ From pasxapu at DAKOTACOM.NET Tue Nov 22 16:39:51 2011 From: pasxapu at DAKOTACOM.NET (Phil Cash Cash) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:39:51 -0700 Subject: New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language (fwd link) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Great article Mary! I want to hang out with you now and make movies for language. Phil UofA On Nov 22, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote: > New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language > > Educator develops multimedia tools to share, preserve Ojibwe language. > > By Science Nation Mon, Nov 21 2011 at 5:38 PM EST > USA > > University of Minnesota Duluth education professor Mary Hermes says > saving an endangered language goes beyond just enriching the people > who speak it. > > "I think people have got to get beyond thinking it's just for the > Ojibwe people, that we want to save their Ojibwe language. There's > 10,000 years of human evolution and knowledge in that language," she > says. > > With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Hermes is > combining the skills of native speakers with video technology to help > others, young and old, learn the language in the most natural way. > She's doing it by videotaping short movies of everyday situations, > from going to a rummage sale to planting a garden to helping out a > sick relative. > > Access full article below: > http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/new-home-movies-resurrect-endangered-native-american-language# > From kevinroach at CENTURYTEL.NET Tue Nov 22 17:36:13 2011 From: kevinroach at CENTURYTEL.NET (Kevin Roach) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:36:13 -0600 Subject: New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language (fwd link) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The software package and a free demo can be downloaded here: http://www.grassrootsindigenousmultimedia.org/ Kevin Roach kevin at grassrootsIM.org On Nov 22, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote: > New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language > > Educator develops multimedia tools to share, preserve Ojibwe language. > > By Science Nation Mon, Nov 21 2011 at 5:38 PM EST > USA > > University of Minnesota Duluth education professor Mary Hermes says > saving an endangered language goes beyond just enriching the people > who speak it. > > "I think people have got to get beyond thinking it's just for the > Ojibwe people, that we want to save their Ojibwe language. There's > 10,000 years of human evolution and knowledge in that language," she > says. > > With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Hermes is > combining the skills of native speakers with video technology to help > others, young and old, learn the language in the most natural way. > She's doing it by videotaping short movies of everyday situations, > from going to a rummage sale to planting a garden to helping out a > sick relative. > > Access full article below: > http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/new-home-movies-resurrect-endangered-native-american-language# > From mhermes at UMN.EDU Tue Nov 22 17:46:26 2011 From: mhermes at UMN.EDU (Mary Hermes) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:46:26 -0600 Subject: New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language (fwd link) In-Reply-To: <88ADD9B7-A6ED-4F7B-919D-89DA196045D9@dakotacom.net> Message-ID: Yes Phil! Come hang out, we always have fun with the movies. -------------------------------------------- Mary Hermes, PhD Associate and Visiting Professor, 2011-12 Curriculum and Instruction University of Minnesota On Nov 22, 2011, at 10:39 AM, Phil Cash Cash wrote: > Great article Mary! I want to hang out with you now and make movies for language. > > Phil > UofA > > On Nov 22, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote: > >> New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language >> >> Educator develops multimedia tools to share, preserve Ojibwe language. >> >> By Science Nation Mon, Nov 21 2011 at 5:38 PM EST >> USA >> >> University of Minnesota Duluth education professor Mary Hermes says >> saving an endangered language goes beyond just enriching the people >> who speak it. >> >> "I think people have got to get beyond thinking it's just for the >> Ojibwe people, that we want to save their Ojibwe language. There's >> 10,000 years of human evolution and knowledge in that language," she >> says. >> >> With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Hermes is >> combining the skills of native speakers with video technology to help >> others, young and old, learn the language in the most natural way. >> She's doing it by videotaping short movies of everyday situations, >> from going to a rummage sale to planting a garden to helping out a >> sick relative. >> >> Access full article below: >> http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/new-home-movies-resurrect-endangered-native-american-language# >> From Dave_Pearson at SIL.ORG Wed Nov 23 13:34:54 2011 From: Dave_Pearson at SIL.ORG (Dave Pearson) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:34:54 +0300 Subject: Terralingua's latest magazine: The Case for Linguistic Diver sity Message-ID: Dear All, The Autumn 2011 edition of Terralingua's magazine is entitled The Case for Linguistic Diversity. It's stimulating stuff! Dave Pearson SIL International Mobile: +44 7985 256 581 Office: +254 202 723 793 Skype: dave_pearson_sil Web: www.sil.org SIL serves language communities worldwide, building their capacity for sustainable language development, by means of research, translation, training and materials development. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Wed Nov 23 17:53:01 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:53:01 -0700 Subject: Linguist discusses endangered languages (fwd link) Message-ID: Linguist discusses endangered languages By KATIE METTLER | IDS POSTED AT 08:35 PM ON NOV. 20, 2011 USA More than 60 faculty and students crammed into a small classroom in Ballantine Hall on Friday to hear renowned linguist Lindsay Whaley speak about endangered languages. Whaley, a professor of linguistics and classics at Dartmouth College, presented the lecture, “What We (Still) Don’t Know About Endangered Languages.” Access full article below: http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=84281 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Wed Nov 23 17:56:37 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:56:37 -0700 Subject: Dying Ormuri language finds saviour in English book (fwd link) Message-ID: Dying Ormuri language finds saviour in English book Published: November 21, 2011 "Language suicide is when a community itself opts not to practice it," Distinguished National Professor and renowned author and linguist Dr Tariq Rahman. Deliberating on the need to protect endangered local languages, national and international experts urged on making conscious effort to save Ormuri language, spoken by the Ormuri people in Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to an SDPI press release. This was discussed during an official presentation of the book ‘The Ormuri Language in Past and Present’, jointly organised by the Forum for Language Initiatives, Islamabad (FLI) and Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) here on Sunday. The book has been translated from Russian to English and is on the centuries-old Ormuri language, which is now on verge of extinction. Dr Joan LG Baart translated the book. Access full article below: http://tribune.com.pk/story/295010/dying-ormuri-language-finds-saviour-in-english-book/ From andrea.berez at GMAIL.COM Mon Nov 28 17:19:23 2011 From: andrea.berez at GMAIL.COM (Andrea L. Berez) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:19:23 -1000 Subject: LSA CELP: Native American language revitalization letter-writing campaign Message-ID: Dear ILAT List members, *The LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation (CELP) is requesting the help of the entire linguistics and language activism community.* You may recall that last April the LSA passed a resolution urging President Obama to sign an executive order on Native American language revitalization ( http://www.lsadc.org/info/lsa-res-native-american.cfm). CELP is now following this up by instituting a *letter-writing campaign to President Obama*, in order to convey to the White House our support for this important issue. *We are encouraging all of you to write letters* and become agents of positive change. *Writing a letter is easy* – it takes just a few clicks on the CELP website: www.lsacelp.org. There are three ways to help! 1. Simple, effective, and really fast: -Go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact -Fill out the form. In the drop-down list for the Subject box, select “Education.” -In the message box, copy and paste the letter found at the bottom of our webpage http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ and type your name at the end. -Solve the captcha by typing the word or phrase given in the box. Press send, and you’re done! 2. More effective and almost as fast: -Copy and paste the letter found at http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ into a word processor such as Microsoft Word. -Type today’s date at the top of the letter. -Print it out and sign it. -Mail it to: President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 3. Most effective: -Write your own letter in your own words. Let President Obama and the Whtie House know why this issue is important to you! -Use the link above to send your letter electronically, or print and sign your letter and mail it to the White House. 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You may recall that last April the LSA passed a resolution urging President Obama to sign an executive order on Native American language revitalization (http://www.lsadc.org/info/lsa-res-native-american.cfm). CELP is now following this up by instituting a letter-writing campaign to President Obama, in order to convey to the White House our support for this important issue. > > > We are encouraging all of you to write letters and become agents of positive change. Writing a letter is easy – it takes just a few clicks on the CELP website: www.lsacelp.org. > > > There are three ways to help! > > > > 1. Simple, effective, and really fast: > > -Go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact > > -Fill out the form. In the drop-down list for 
> the Subject box, select “Education.” > > -In the message box, copy and paste the 
> letter found at the bottom of our webpage http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ and type your name at the end. > > -Solve the captcha by typing the word or phrase given in the box. Press send, and you’re done! > > > 2. More effective and almost as fast: > > -Copy and paste the letter found at http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ into a word processor such as Microsoft Word. > > -Type today’s date at the top of the letter. > > -Print it out and sign it. > > -Mail it to: 
> President Barack Obama
> The White House
> 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 > > > 3. Most effective: > > -Write your own letter in your own words. Let President Obama and the Whtie House know why this issue is important to you! > > -Use the link above to send your letter electronically, or print and sign your letter and mail it to the White House. > > > Thank you very much for your attention. We value your participation and all the work that you do in the furtherance of Indigenous language revitalization. > > > Yours truly, > > > Carol Genetti > > Chair > > LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation > From cgenetti at LINGUISTICS.UCSB.EDU Mon Nov 28 17:25:38 2011 From: cgenetti at LINGUISTICS.UCSB.EDU (Carol Genetti) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:25:38 -0800 Subject: LSA CELP: Native American language revitalization letter-writing campaign In-Reply-To: Message-ID: It is the Linguistic Society of America -- I believe it is the largest professional organization of linguists in the world. Best, Carol --On Monday, November 28, 2011 11:21 AM -0600 Mary Hermes wrote: > Sorry, what is the LSA? > > -------------------------------------------- > Mary Hermes, PhD > Associate and Visiting Professor, 2011-12 > Curriculum and Instruction > University of Minnesota > > > > On Nov 28, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Andrea L. Berez wrote: > >> Dear ILAT List members, >> >> >> >> The LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation (CELP) >> is requesting the help of the entire linguistics and language activism >> community. You may recall that last April the LSA passed a resolution >> urging President Obama to sign an executive order on Native American >> language revitalization >> (http://www.lsadc.org/info/lsa-res-native-american.cfm). CELP is now >> following this up by instituting a letter-writing campaign to President >> Obama, in order to convey to the White House our support for this >> important issue. >> >> >> We are encouraging all of you to write letters and become agents of >> positive change. Writing a letter is easy ? it takes just a few clicks >> on the CELP website: www.lsacelp.org. >> >> >> There are three ways to help! >> >> >> >> 1. Simple, effective, and really fast: >> >> -Go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact >> >> -Fill out the form. In the drop-down list for ?> the Subject box, select >> ?Education.? >> >> -In the message box, copy and paste the ?> letter found at the bottom of >> our webpage http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ and type your name at the >> end. >> >> -Solve the captcha by typing the word or phrase given in the box. Press >> send, and you?re done! >> >> >> 2. More effective and almost as fast: >> >> -Copy and paste the letter found at http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ into >> a word processor such as Microsoft Word. >> >> -Type today?s date at the top of the letter. >> >> -Print it out and sign it. >> >> -Mail it to: ?> President Barack Obama?> The White House?> 1600 >> Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 >> >> >> 3. Most effective: >> >> -Write your own letter in your own words. Let President Obama and the >> Whtie House know why this issue is important to you! >> >> -Use the link above to send your letter electronically, or print and >> sign your letter and mail it to the White House. >> >> >> Thank you very much for your attention. We value your participation and >> all the work that you do in the furtherance of Indigenous language >> revitalization. >> >> >> Yours truly, >> >> >> Carol Genetti >> >> Chair >> >> LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation >> From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Mon Nov 28 21:01:53 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:01:53 -0700 Subject: LSA CELP: Native American language revitalization letter-writing campaign In-Reply-To: <61CF1E162588C04A1E92D108@host-68GZ1G1.ucsb.edu> Message-ID: I have often heard/received the same question from within the native community, "What is the LSA?" Phil Cash Cash UofA On 11/28/2011, Carol Genetti wrote: > It is the Linguistic Society of America -- I believe it is the largest > professional organization of linguists in the world. > > Best, > Carol > > --On Monday, November 28, 2011 11:21 AM -0600 Mary Hermes > wrote: > >> Sorry, what is the LSA? >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> Mary Hermes, PhD >> Associate and Visiting Professor, 2011-12 >> Curriculum and Instruction >> University of Minnesota >> >> >> >> On Nov 28, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Andrea L. Berez wrote: >> >>> Dear ILAT List members, >>> >>> >>> >>> The LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation (CELP) >>> is requesting the help of the entire linguistics and language activism >>> community. You may recall that last April the LSA passed a resolution >>> urging President Obama to sign an executive order on Native American >>> language revitalization >>> (http://www.lsadc.org/info/lsa-res-native-american.cfm). CELP is now >>> following this up by instituting a letter-writing campaign to President >>> Obama, in order to convey to the White House our support for this >>> important issue. >>> >>> >>> We are encouraging all of you to write letters and become agents of >>> positive change. Writing a letter is easy ? it takes just a few clicks >>> on the CELP website: www.lsacelp.org. >>> >>> >>> There are three ways to help! >>> >>> >>> >>> 1. Simple, effective, and really fast: >>> >>> -Go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact >>> >>> -Fill out the form. In the drop-down list for ?> the Subject box, select >>> ?Education.? >>> >>> -In the message box, copy and paste the ?> letter found at the bottom of >>> our webpage http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ and type your name at the >>> end. >>> >>> -Solve the captcha by typing the word or phrase given in the box. Press >>> send, and you?re done! >>> >>> >>> 2. More effective and almost as fast: >>> >>> -Copy and paste the letter found at http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ into >>> a word processor such as Microsoft Word. >>> >>> -Type today?s date at the top of the letter. >>> >>> -Print it out and sign it. >>> >>> -Mail it to: ?> President Barack Obama?> The White House?> 1600 >>> Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 >>> >>> >>> 3. Most effective: >>> >>> -Write your own letter in your own words. Let President Obama and the >>> Whtie House know why this issue is important to you! >>> >>> -Use the link above to send your letter electronically, or print and >>> sign your letter and mail it to the White House. >>> >>> >>> Thank you very much for your attention. We value your participation and >>> all the work that you do in the furtherance of Indigenous language >>> revitalization. >>> >>> >>> Yours truly, >>> >>> >>> Carol Genetti >>> >>> Chair >>> >>> LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation >>> > From mslinn at OU.EDU Mon Nov 28 21:23:02 2011 From: mslinn at OU.EDU (Linn, Mary S.) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:23:02 +0000 Subject: LSA CELP: Native American language revitalization letter-writing campaign In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hello ILATers, As a professional organization, the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) may not have much profile in indigenous communities, and this is too bad. The website for LSA is http://www.lsadc.org/. It is rather clunky now, but they are working to update its style and content. Hopefully, the expanded activities of the LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation (CELP) will have more relevance to the average person and to endangered language communities, including this writing campaign to get the president of the US to sign an executive order. The committee also sponsors more applied workshops at the LSA annual meeting, including workshops on language description and revitalization, and a retrospective of projects sponsored by NSF Documenting Endangered Languages grants in an effort to call to light the importance of these projects. CELP is working with another committee to start an LSA award that will honor indigenous language teachers/mentors/linguists around the world. The website for CELP is found at http://www.lsadc.org/info/lsa-comm-endanger.cfm I hope this short introduction to LSA and CELP helps. Mary Mary S. Linn Associate Curator, Native American Languages Associate Professor, Anthropology Adjunct Associate Professor, Native American Studies Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History University of Oklahoma 2401 Chautauqua Avenue Norman, OK 73072 405-325-7588 (voice) 405-325-7699 (fax) ________________________________________ From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] on behalf of Phillip E Cash Cash [cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 3:01 PM To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU Subject: Re: [ILAT] LSA CELP: Native American language revitalization letter-writing campaign I have often heard/received the same question from within the native community, "What is the LSA?" Phil Cash Cash UofA On 11/28/2011, Carol Genetti wrote: > It is the Linguistic Society of America -- I believe it is the largest > professional organization of linguists in the world. > > Best, > Carol > > --On Monday, November 28, 2011 11:21 AM -0600 Mary Hermes > wrote: > >> Sorry, what is the LSA? >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> Mary Hermes, PhD >> Associate and Visiting Professor, 2011-12 >> Curriculum and Instruction >> University of Minnesota >> >> >> >> On Nov 28, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Andrea L. Berez wrote: >> >>> Dear ILAT List members, >>> >>> >>> >>> The LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation (CELP) >>> is requesting the help of the entire linguistics and language activism >>> community. You may recall that last April the LSA passed a resolution >>> urging President Obama to sign an executive order on Native American >>> language revitalization >>> (http://www.lsadc.org/info/lsa-res-native-american.cfm). CELP is now >>> following this up by instituting a letter-writing campaign to President >>> Obama, in order to convey to the White House our support for this >>> important issue. >>> >>> >>> We are encouraging all of you to write letters and become agents of >>> positive change. Writing a letter is easy ? it takes just a few clicks >>> on the CELP website: www.lsacelp.org. >>> >>> >>> There are three ways to help! >>> >>> >>> >>> 1. Simple, effective, and really fast: >>> >>> -Go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact >>> >>> -Fill out the form. In the drop-down list for ?> the Subject box, select >>> ?Education.? >>> >>> -In the message box, copy and paste the ?> letter found at the bottom of >>> our webpage http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ and type your name at the >>> end. >>> >>> -Solve the captcha by typing the word or phrase given in the box. Press >>> send, and you?re done! >>> >>> >>> 2. More effective and almost as fast: >>> >>> -Copy and paste the letter found at http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ into >>> a word processor such as Microsoft Word. >>> >>> -Type today?s date at the top of the letter. >>> >>> -Print it out and sign it. >>> >>> -Mail it to: ?> President Barack Obama?> The White House?> 1600 >>> Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 >>> >>> >>> 3. Most effective: >>> >>> -Write your own letter in your own words. Let President Obama and the >>> Whtie House know why this issue is important to you! >>> >>> -Use the link above to send your letter electronically, or print and >>> sign your letter and mail it to the White House. >>> >>> >>> Thank you very much for your attention. We value your participation and >>> all the work that you do in the furtherance of Indigenous language >>> revitalization. >>> >>> >>> Yours truly, >>> >>> >>> Carol Genetti >>> >>> Chair >>> >>> LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation >>> > From mikinakn at SHAW.CA Wed Nov 30 05:31:08 2011 From: mikinakn at SHAW.CA (Rolland Nadjiwon) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:31:08 -0500 Subject: FW: World Poetry Movement Message-ID: ...check it out...and if you are a writer...check it closer...lol. ------- wahjeh rolland nadjiwon ___________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: A Hunter [mailto:alhunter58 at gmail.com] Sent: November-29-11 5:19 PM To: Subject: World Poetry Movement http://www.wpm2011.org/ ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1873 / Virus Database: 2101/4645 - Release Date: 11/28/11 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Wed Nov 30 22:56:42 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:56:42 -0700 Subject: Six Students Complete Choctaw Language Minor at Southeastern (fwd link) Message-ID: Six Students Complete Choctaw Language Minor at Southeastern By ICTMN Staff November 30, 2011 USA In collaboration with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the Department of English, Humanities and Literature at Southeastern Oklahoma State University (SE) offers a Choctaw Language and Culture minor, and six students were recently the first to complete the program. The minor became available in the fall of 2011 and is unique to Southeastern, it’s the “only university right now that Choctaw Nation has an agreement with for the minor,” said Southeastern Native American Center for Student Success Director Chris Wesberry in a release. Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/30/six-students-complete-choctaw-language-minor-at-southeastern-65166 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/30/six-students-complete-choctaw-language-minor-at-southeastern-65166#ixzz1fESUv02W From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Wed Nov 30 22:58:59 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:58:59 -0700 Subject: 10th annual elders gathering promotes aboriginal teachings (fwd link) Message-ID: 10th annual elders gathering promotes aboriginal teachings 2011 event focuses on healthy relationships Shuja Safavi 11:33 am Canada Aboriginal community leaders and elders were brought together at the 10th annual Elders and Traditional Teachers Gathering to share their knowledge. Elders in First Nations communities play an important role in passing on traditional teachings and providing guidance to younger community members. The gathering took place on Nov. 25 and 26 in Migizii Agamik at the University of Manitoba. Access full article below: http://www.themanitoban.com/articles/50312 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Wed Nov 30 23:08:28 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:08:28 -0700 Subject: New university centre opens way for Indigenous Australians (fwd link) Message-ID: New university centre opens way for Indigenous Australians AUS 28/11/2011 The Northern Territory’s new Australian Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Education (ACIKE) is uniquely poised to become a leading provider of tertiary education programs that address the needs of Indigenous Australia. >From Semester 1 2012, the centre will offer a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate study options in the areas of languages, public policy, creative industries, education, health and Indigenous knowledges. Access full article below: http://ext.cdu.edu.au/newsroom/a/2010/Pages/NewuniversitycentreopenswayforIndigenousAustralians.aspx From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Tue Nov 1 05:44:20 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:44:20 -0700 Subject: Neto's Tucson: Language, land endure for visiting indigenous teachers (fwd link) Message-ID: Neto's Tucson: Language, land endure for visiting indigenous teachers Ernesto Portillo Jr. Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Sunday, October 30, 2011 12:00 am USA The elementary-school students of Catalina D?az Manuel and Rafael Entz?n L?pez come to their classrooms speaking their native language. And both teachers insist on delivering lessons in the students' native languages, which they believe affirms the kids' cultural heritage and identity. But these teachers feel pressure to teach in the dominant language of their country - which, in this case, is Spanish. . D?az Manuel and her pupils speak Cuicateca, an indigenous language of Oaxaca in southeast Mexico. Entz?n L?pez and his students speak Tzeltal, a Mayan dialect from the southeastern state of Chiapas. The two maestros, part of a group of 19 teachers from rural indigenous communities in Mexico, are studying this academic year in a University of Arizona cross-cultural program funded by the U.S. government. Access full article below: http://azstarnet.com/news/local/neto-s-tucson-language-land-endure-for-visiting-indigenous-teachers/article_c8f98446-be4a-5a7d-932d-5a1ab6a020a1.html From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Tue Nov 1 05:53:12 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:53:12 -0700 Subject: Endangered Languages Week lends speakers=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99_?=voices t o languages almost silenced (fwd link) Message-ID: Endangered Languages Week lends speakers? voices to languages almost silenced SUNDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2011 19:15 VALLARI GUPTE New Zealand Linguistics doctoral candidate Andrea Muru said her father?s first language is Maori, and she can?t speak it. Preserving Maori, an indigenous language from New Zealand, and in turn other endangered languages, is important to Muru because she witnessed a language almost dying out, she said. Access full article below: http://www.theshorthorn.com/index.php/news/studentlife/28296-endangered-languages-week-lends-speakers-voices-to-languages-almost-silenced From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Tue Nov 1 06:30:12 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:30:12 -0700 Subject: Policy joins dots on Indigenous culture (fwd link) Message-ID: Policy joins dots on Indigenous culture AUS A new Indigenous culture repatriation policy has been launched by the Minister for the Arts, Simon Crean. Mr Crean said the policy included a streamlined funding process and recognised the value and importance of preserving, revitalising and strengthening Indigenous culture. He said a $28.3 million competitive funding round had opened for the preservation and strengthening of Indigenous culture, languages and visual arts. ?This funding round sees the creation of a single set of streamlined funding guidelines for Indigenous culture, languages and visual arts projects,? Mr Crean said. ?It will make it easier for artists and organisations to access these funds which currently support nearly three hundred Indigenous projects throughout Australia.? Access full article below: http://www.psnews.com.au/Page_psn28916.html From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Wed Nov 2 20:57:35 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 13:57:35 -0700 Subject: New AILDI Web Page Message-ID: Greetings, The American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI) at the University of Arizona Tucson has launched a new web page. Prospective language teachers, students, and interested advocates will find info on the upcoming 2012 AILDI schedule. Please update your links by going to:. http://aildi.arizona.edu/ Phil Cash Cash UofA ILAT From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Wed Nov 2 21:25:05 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 14:25:05 -0700 Subject: Research project to preserve Indigenous languages in NT (fwd link) Message-ID: Research project to preserve Indigenous languages in NT 2/11/2011 AUS Literature in more than 16 Northern Territory Aboriginal languages will be preserved after Charles Darwin University researchers secured $430,000 as part of the Australian Research Council?s 2012 Major Grants Announcement. Access full article below: http://ext.cdu.edu.au/newsroom/a/2010/Pages/ResearchprojecttopreserveIndigenouslanguagesinNT.aspx From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Thu Nov 3 17:45:50 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 10:45:50 -0700 Subject: Native Singers Keep Bird Songs Alive (fwd link) Message-ID: Native Singers Keep Bird Songs Alive by Chris Clarke on November 2, 2011 11:09 AM USA One of the worst habits of modern American writers is that of referring to this continent's original inhabitants in the past tense. This is as true of the desert as anywhere in the U.S. It's understandable, in a way: Native people dominate the history, modern and ancient, of the desert. Writing about the desert's past without writing about Native people is just about impossible. But there's more to the Native people of the desert than the seemingly permanent ancient rockworks and petroglyphs. Native people are still here, shaping the desert. A few, the Agua Caliente Cahuilla in my own Palm Springs being an example, have attained a certain measure of political and economic power. Others -- including some of the Agua Caliente's close neighbors -- still struggle for self-determination and respect. All of them work to defend and preserve their diverse cultures. And some aspects of that cultural diversity are far harder to preserve than a petroglyph or intaglio. Some are as ephemeral as a soft voice spoken in the desert wind. Access full article below: http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_focus/commentary/native-singers-keep-bird-songs-alive.html From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Thu Nov 3 17:54:53 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 10:54:53 -0700 Subject: 'That Which Makes Us Haida' (fwd link) Message-ID: 'That Which Makes Us Haida' Less than 40 fluent speakers of the Haida language remain, but they won't let it go without a fight. By Heather Ramsay, Today, TheTyee.ca Canada That Which Makes Us Haida: The Haida Language Scott Steedman, Jisgang, Nika Collison, editors. Photographs by Farah Nosh. Haida Gwaii Museum (2011) "We're waking up after decades of silence; we're decolonizing our minds. Central to this process is the Haida language. Our language is who we are; through it we are turning back the tide of cultural unlearning and creating a Haida future rich with history, language and a worldview for our children and their children, as id Kuuniisii (our ancestors) did for us." -- Nika Collison, Haida Gwaii Museum curator. Larger than life, the faces of some of the last fluent speakers of the Haida language line the wall at the Haida Gwaii Museum. The stunning portraits of elders in Skidegate, Old Massett and Alaska who are keeping the language alive were taken by Vancouver-based photographer Farah Nosh, and are documented in a new book, That Which Makes Us Haida: The Haida Language. Access full article below: http://thetyee.ca/Books/2011/11/03/Haida-Language/ From pasxapu at DAKOTACOM.NET Thu Nov 3 18:06:43 2011 From: pasxapu at DAKOTACOM.NET (Phil Cash Cash) Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 11:06:43 -0700 Subject: 'That Which Makes Us Haida' (fwd link) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Our indigenous languages are very very beautiful, poignant, and heartbreaking all at the same time. The short story and photo on Mona Jackson comes soo close to my heart that I just want to inhale deeply with all the words I have. At times, this is how it really is on living life with an endangered language. Many of you know this. Phil Cash Cash UofA On Nov 3, 2011, at 10:54 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote: > 'That Which Makes Us Haida' > Less than 40 fluent speakers of the Haida language remain, but they > won't let it go without a fight. > > By Heather Ramsay, Today, TheTyee.ca > Canada > > That Which Makes Us Haida: The Haida Language > Scott Steedman, Jisgang, Nika Collison, editors. Photographs by > Farah Nosh. > Haida Gwaii Museum (2011) > > "We're waking up after decades of silence; we're decolonizing our > minds. Central to this process is the Haida language. Our language is > who we are; through it we are turning back the tide of cultural > unlearning and creating a Haida future rich with history, language and > a worldview for our children and their children, as id Kuuniisii (our > ancestors) did for us." -- Nika Collison, Haida Gwaii Museum curator. > > Larger than life, the faces of some of the last fluent speakers of the > Haida language line the wall at the Haida Gwaii Museum. The stunning > portraits of elders in Skidegate, Old Massett and Alaska who are > keeping the language alive were taken by Vancouver-based photographer > Farah Nosh, and are documented in a new book, That Which Makes Us > Haida: The Haida Language. > > Access full article below: > http://thetyee.ca/Books/2011/11/03/Haida-Language/ > From rtroike at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Fri Nov 4 03:41:47 2011 From: rtroike at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Rudy Troike) Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 20:41:47 -0700 Subject: Fwd: Reviving The Wampanoag Language--Free Event at UPenn Next Week Message-ID: Subject: Reviving The Wampanoag Language--Free Event at UPenn Next Week Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 14:01:23 -0400 From: Sara Zia Ebrahimi Greetings! I thought your students might be interested in a free film screening and discussion on November 8th that we're doing at U Penn of a film called /We Still Live Here: ?s Nutayune?n/. The film documents the successful efforts of Jessie Little Doe to study linguistics and revive the Wampanoag language after almost complete dormancy. Would you be willing to share this information below with students and colleagues in the linguistics department who might be interested in this opportunity? Thank you! ******* Community Cinema presents: FREE Preview Screening of /We Still Live Here - ?s Nutayune?n/ Community Cinema *Join Us For A Free Community Screening of* /We Still Live Here - ?s Nutayune?n / *A Film By Anne Makepeace * The Wampanoag saved the Pilgrims from starvation, and lived to regret it. Spurred on by their celebrated linguist Jessie Little Doe Baird, the Wampanoag of Cape Cod and Martha?s Vineyard are reviving their language more than a century after the last native speaker died. After the film join John Sanchez, Associate Professor of Communications/American Indian Studies, for an audience discussion on cultural preservation and language. 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Manage your membership at this web page: https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/ling-penguists From rtroike at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Fri Nov 4 04:34:55 2011 From: rtroike at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Rudy Troike) Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 21:34:55 -0700 Subject: Software: Speak Everywhere: An Online Service for Language Teaching Message-ID: [NB: It says 'linguists', but apparently means language instructors.] Software: Speak Everywhere: An Online Service for Linguists From: Atsushi Fukada Subject: Speak Everywhere: An Online Service for Linguists http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-4346.html From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Fri Nov 4 17:29:37 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 10:29:37 -0700 Subject: Our Mother Tongues Message-ID: Greetings, Keep your eye on this new and interesting site over at PBS. The launch of the site is today but checking as of 10 30 am (US Pacific) Friday it has yet to be posted. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/we-still-live-here/our-mother-tongues.html Phil UofA From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Fri Nov 4 17:52:32 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 10:52:32 -0700 Subject: Arts & More: Saving the Potawatomi language and "The Michigan Poem" (fwd link) Message-ID: Arts & More: Saving the Potawatomi language and "The Michigan Poem" By: Lorraine Caron & Nancy Camden Kalamazoo, MI November 3, 2011 WMUK [NPR media links available] Access full article below: http://wmuk.org/news/select/233146/Arts___More__Saving_the_Potawatomi_language_and__The_Michigan_Poem_ From andrekaruk at NCIDC.ORG Fri Nov 4 23:53:38 2011 From: andrekaruk at NCIDC.ORG (Andre Cramblit) Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 16:53:38 -0700 Subject: Karuk Article In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thats My Niece! 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It allows for students? first language to be used to help teachers explain new concepts, but critics fear it falls short of valuing Aboriginal languages. The draft Literacy Framework for Students with English as an Additional Language was released on August 31. It slightly amends the controversial ?First Four Hours? policy, introduced in January 2009, which expired earlier this year. Access full article below: http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/49339 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Mon Nov 7 23:24:40 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 16:24:40 -0700 Subject: Helping indigenous Mexicans: Official visits Central Coast to gather data (fwd link) Message-ID: Helping indigenous Mexicans: Official visits Central Coast to gather data By CLAUDIA MEL?NDEZ SALINAS Herald Staff Writer Posted: 11/05/2011 01:32:25 AM PDT USA According to the Mexican government, there are 364 indigenous languages spoken there. At least seven of them are spoken in Monterey County, researchers said. Last week, Javier Lopez Sanchez, Mexico's director of the National Institute of Indigenous Languages, came to California's Central Coast on a fact finding mission to learn more about the needs among speakers of indigenous languages and develop support programs for them. Access full article below: http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_19271510 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Wed Nov 9 17:10:23 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 10:10:23 -0700 Subject: Preserving Native Languages | Video (fwd link) Message-ID: Preserving Native Languages | Video Lindsey D. Fry | 11/8/2011 USA Even though it`s something we do daily, many of us don`t give much thought to the history of our language. But that`s not the case for many Native Americans in North Dakota who say they worry that their languages will soon be a part of the past. Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Education Manager, Sunshine Carlow, said it?s a sad realization. ?Our language is dying.We are not growing fluent speakers faster than they are passing.? Access full article below: http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=53259 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Thu Nov 10 18:38:37 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:38:37 -0700 Subject: Tribe focuses on preservation of Apache language (fwd link) Message-ID: Tribe focuses on preservation of Apache language Posted: Wednesday, Nov 9th, 2011 BY: Sandra Rambler/Staff Reporter USA Peridot ? The new San Carlos Apache Tribe?s Language Preservation Program Director, Beatrice Harney Lee, was recently hired to oversee the reimplementation of preserving the Apache language among the people of the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation which is comprised of over 14,000 tribal members residing within the districts of Bylas, Gilson Wash, Peridot and Seven Mile Wash. ?Shi Tu?giannshliigo, K?ainchiibanishi tii, Shi Chohastii Haiayehnlii, Shinale Goonnlii,? Ms. Lee eloquently says her native Apache language. ?Nnee/Ndee Bi Yati Baa Na?isid.? ?In the English term, I just said I am born into the White Water Clan and born for the Reddened Willows People. My maternal grandfather was from the Rising Sun People from the San Carlos Apache People and my paternal grandfather was from the Mohave People from Fort McDowell, Ariz. Access full article below: http://www.silverbelt.com/v2_news_articles.php?heading=0&page=77&story_id=3115 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Thu Nov 10 19:36:07 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:36:07 -0700 Subject: Racing to Save a Native American Language (fwd link) Message-ID: Racing to Save a Native American Language By ICTMN Staff November 9, 2011 USA There are a number of challenges to saving an endangered language from documenting to teaching, but those aren?t stopping language specialists from the Cherokee Nation, the University of Kansas (KU) and the University of Oklahoma. The nation has been working on a number of initiatives over the last two decades to revitalize the Cherokee language including establishing a searchable Cherokee Electronic Dictionary (CED) and the Cherokee Nation Immersion School in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Access full article below: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/racing-to-save-a-native-american-language/ From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Thu Nov 10 19:38:26 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:38:26 -0700 Subject: Pilot Program Teaches Sarawak Indigenous Children in Mother Tongue (fwd link) Message-ID: November 09, 2011 Pilot Program Teaches Sarawak Indigenous Children in Mother Tongue Lisa Schlein | Geneva Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. It is home to 28 ethnic groups, each with a distinct language, culture and lifestyle. Many groups are afraid of losing their traditional ways, as modern life encroaches. An indigenous farming community in a remote part of Sarawak is teaching pre-school children in their mother tongue, instead of in the dominant Malay language. Access full article below: http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/southeast/Indigenous-Children-in-Sarawak-Taught-in-Maternal-Tongue-133530423.html From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Thu Nov 10 19:40:40 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:40:40 -0700 Subject: 'We Still Live Here' Traces Comeback of Wampanoag Indian Language (fwd link) Message-ID: November 10, 2011 at 10:47 AM EDT 'We Still Live Here' Traces Comeback of Wampanoag Indian Language BY: SASKIA DE MELKER On Thursday's NewsHour, we'll feature an excerpt of the film "We Still Live Here," which tells the story of the return of the Wampanoag Indian language, the first time a language with no native speakers has been revived in this country. It's part of our series, in partnership with The Economist magazine, showcasing the art of filmmaking. Jessie Little Doe Baird, a Wampanoag linguist whose story is central to the film, recently won a MacArthur "genius" award for her unprecedented work in bringing back her people's language, which had not been spoken for over a century. Anne Makepeace has been a writer, producer, and director of award-winning independent films for more than twenty-five years. "We Still Live Here - ?s Nutayune?n" is her most recent documentary, and is now making the festival rounds. It has won the 2011 Inspiration Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and the Moving Mountains Prize at Telluride Mountain Film Festival. Access full article below: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/11/we-still-live-here.html From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Thu Nov 10 19:43:16 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:43:16 -0700 Subject: Most people want race discrimination removed from Constitution (fwd link) Message-ID: Most people want race discrimination removed from Constitution BY: PATRICIA KARVELAS From: The Australian November 11, 2011 12:00AM RESEARCH commissioned by the advisory panel on indigenous recognition in the Constitution has found an overwhelming majority support the removal of sections of the Constitution that permit discrimination on the basis of race. Access full article below: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/indigenous/most-people-want-race-discrimination-removed-from-constitution/story-fn9hm1pm-1226191898365 From saxon at UVIC.CA Thu Nov 10 20:18:25 2011 From: saxon at UVIC.CA (Leslie Saxon) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:18:25 -0800 Subject: First Nations fight to preserve languages In-Reply-To: Message-ID: First Nations fight to preserve languages Wednesday October 26, 2011 By Roxanne Stasyszyn There are only two people left in the world who can fluently speak the Tr?ondek Hwech?in First Nation?s language. And both elders, Percy Henry and Edward Roberts, are getting on in age, said Jackie Olson, the aboriginal government?s heritage director. ?We?re really feeling that crunch,? said Olson. ?We?re at a critical point. We?ve been really brainstorming on how we can use the language on a more everyday use and connect with the youth and our young people. We?re trying to think outside of the box.? The heritage department, along with four children between the ages of eight and 10 years old, made a movie. Angie Joseph-Rear, the First Nation?s language expert, collected and combined a few shorter traditional stories to create a longer Story of the Crow. Together with a filmmaker, the children then built sets and props and illustrated the story with an 11-minute film using claymation, animation, puppetry and stop-motion techniques. Access full article below: http://yukon-news.com/news/25541/ From nflrc at HAWAII.EDU Fri Nov 11 00:07:05 2011 From: nflrc at HAWAII.EDU (National Foreign Language Resource Center) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:07:05 -1000 Subject: Two positions in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Hawai'i Message-ID: Assistant Professor, with specialization in second language acquisition, two positions (position numbers 82418 and 82462), University of Hawai'i at Manoa College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature, full-time, tenure track. The Department of Second Language Studies offers a BA, an MA and a PhD in Second Language Studies as well as an Advanced Graduate Certificate. The University of Hawai'i is a Carnegie "very high research activity university" with a strong orientation to the Asia-Pacific region. The University supports interdisciplinary initiatives within and across departments and colleges and places high value on extramural funding. Duties and responsibilities: The Department seeks to hire two faculty members at the assistant professor level in the area of second language acquisition to teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the area of SLA, with opportunities to teach in other areas of the Department's curriculum as appropriate. Of particular interest are candidates whose research focuses on one or more of the following areas: * acquisition of SL phonology * bilingualism in social and cognitive contexts * cognitive, sociocultural, neurological and ecological perspectives in SL learning * heritage language learners * identity and SLA * individual differences in SLA * instructed SLA * multilingual literacy development * technology and SLA * young learners Minimum qualifications: Doctorate in second language studies, applied linguistics, or closely related field by August 2012. Demonstrated ability to carry out research in the applicant's major areas of specialization, as evidenced by publication. Annual 9-month salary range: Commensurate with qualifications and experience To apply: Send cover letter describing research and teaching interests and experience, a CV, a research statement, a teaching statement (including a list of courses taught), sample publications, and a summary of teaching evaluations. In addition, letters of reference should be submitted directly by three recommenders. All application materials should be sent as email attachments to: slschair at hawaii.edu. Please do not specify position number; application for one implies application for both. E-mail inquiries: Dr. James D. Brown brownj at hawaii.edu Dr. Graham Crookes crookes at hawaii.edu Closing date: December 31, 2011 Conditional on availability of position and of funding. The University of Hawaii is an equal opportunities and affirmative action employer. From nflrc at HAWAII.EDU Fri Nov 11 02:34:16 2011 From: nflrc at HAWAII.EDU (National Foreign Language Resource Center) Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:34:16 -1000 Subject: Position in Second Language Education at the University of Hawai'i Message-ID: Assistant Professor, with specialization in second language education (position number 85017) University of Hawai'i at Manoa College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature, full-time, tenure track. The Department of Second Language Studies offers a BA, an MA and a PhD in Second Language Studies as well as an Advanced Graduate Certificate. The University of Hawai'i is a Carnegie "very high research activity university" with a strong orientation to the Asia-Pacific region. The University supports interdisciplinary initiatives within and across departments and colleges and places high value on extramural funding. Duties and responsibilities: The Department seeks an to hire an assistant professor level in the area of second language education to teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the area of SL education, with opportunities to teach in other areas of the Department's curriculum as appropriate. Of particular interest are candidates whose research focuses on one or more of the following areas: * k-16 second language education * language-in-education policies and planning * multilingual/plurilingual/heritage language and literacies development * second language curriculum (e.g., TBLT, inquiry-based approaches, evaluation, critical pedagogy) * second language reading, writing, listening and speaking * sociocognitive, sociocultural, and ecological perspectives * teaching practicum * technology and second language education Minimum qualifications: Doctorate in second language studies, applied linguistics, or closely related field by August 2012. Demonstrated ability to carry out research in the applicant's major areas of specialization, as evidenced by publication; experience in second/foreign language teaching. Annual 9-month salary range: Commensurate with qualifications and experience To apply: Send cover letter describing research and teaching interests and experience, a CV, a research statement, a teaching statement (including a list of courses taught), sample publications, and a summary of teaching evaluations. In addition, letters of reference should be submitted directly by three recommenders. All application materials should be sent as email attachments to: slschair at hawaii.edu. E-mail inquiries: Dr. James D. Brown brownj at hawaii.edu Dr. Graham Crookes crookes at hawaii.edu Closing date: December 31, 2011 Conditional on availability of position and of funding. The University of Hawaii is an equal opportunities and affirmative action employer. From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Fri Nov 11 19:34:48 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:34:48 -0700 Subject: Students tell chiefs they want the language back (fwd link) Message-ID: Students tell chiefs they want the language back Thursday November 10, 2011 Canada Five Aboriginal students told the Chiefs of Ontario that language restoration and retention were the most important aspects to strengthening First Nations education at the Chiefs of Ontario?s 2011 education conference in Thunder Bay Oct. 26-27. The conference titled ?Our Children, Our Way: First Nation Control of First Nation Education? had a student plenary where five students from different First Nations across Ontario spoke to the chiefs directly about their experiences making the transition from high school to college or university. Access full article below: http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2011/11/10/students-tell-chiefs-they-want-language-back_22057 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Fri Nov 11 19:47:57 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:47:57 -0700 Subject: NZ linguist using grant to dissect Vanuatu indigenous languages (fwd link) Message-ID: NZ linguist using grant to dissect Vanuatu indigenous languages Posted at 04:45 on 11 November, 2011 UTC New Zealand A New Zealand university lecturer is using an almost 200-thousand US dollar, three-year Marsden Fund grant to study indigenous languages in Vanuatu. Access full article below: http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=64347 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Fri Nov 11 20:00:31 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:00:31 -0700 Subject: Katherine Siva Saubel, preserver of Cahuilla culture, dies at 91 (fwd link) Message-ID: Katherine Siva Saubel, preserver of Cahuilla culture, dies at 91 One of the last fluent speakers of the language of the Cahuilla Indians, a Southern California tribe, Katherine Siva Saubel worked with linguists and anthropologists to produce a Cahuilla dictionary and grammar book and other works. Katherine Siva Saubel co-founded the Malki Museum near Banning to preserve? (Irfan Khan, Los Angeles Times) November 06, 2011|By Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times Access full article below: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/06/local/la-me-katherine-siva-saubel-20111106 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Sun Nov 13 05:57:22 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:57:22 -0700 Subject: Tribal schools preserve culture (fwd link) Message-ID: Tribal schools preserve culture Oneida district aims to keep native traditions alive 11:37 AM, Nov. 12, 2011 Written by Patti Zarling Green Bay Press-Gazette USA ONEIDA ? When art class ended for teacher Cynthia Thomas' second-graders at the Oneida Nation Elementary School earlier this week, students lined up based on the Oneida name for their color-coded table. It's one of many ways the tribe works to weave culture into the studies at its school district, which educates about 442 students. The elementary school has 324 students; 88 are in the high school and 30 are in preschool. The tribe launched the school system about 30 years ago, starting with a small elementary school. Today, the system has expanded to include a high school. Access full article below: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20111112/GPG0101/111120628/Tribal-schools-aim-keep-Native-American-traditions-alive?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Cimg%7CGPG-News From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Sun Nov 13 05:54:49 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:54:49 -0700 Subject: Apaches work to save language (fwd link) Message-ID: Apaches work to save language Alamogordo Daily News By Rene Romo, For the Associated Press Posted: 11/11/2011 07:36:41 PM MST USA MESCALERO -- One word at a time, one student at a time, a group of Mescalero Apaches and their partner, a New Mexico State University anthropological linguist, are trying to stave off the demise of the tribe's ancient tongue, the wellspring of its culture. "Like one of the elders said, every step is sacred," said Oliver Enjady, an artist and former Tribal Council member who is director of Nde Bizaa, the tribe's language program. "This (language) was given to us by the Creator for use by the Apaches. ... It's who you are, and you can't change that. If this is lost, then what is your identity?" Access full article below: http://www.alamogordonews.com/ci_19318722 From teeter42 at GMAIL.COM Mon Nov 14 02:59:54 2011 From: teeter42 at GMAIL.COM (Jennifer Teeter) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:59:54 +0900 Subject: Ainu to form new political party Message-ID: Hello everyone, I thought this news from Ainu Mosir might interest you. In solidarity, Jennifer http://tenthousandthingsfromkyoto.blogspot.com/2011/11/ainu-political-party.html "We are not right-wing, we are not left-wing~ We are Ainu": First ever Ainu political party to be launched Saturday, October 29th, 2011 marks a revolution in Japanese politics: the first time in Japanese history a minority group has announced it will form its own political party. After witnessing the success of minority and indigenous political parties around the world, members of the Ainu community in Hokkaido decided to create their own party to campaign for their issues. Led by Shiro Kayano, the President of the Kayano Shigeru's Nibutani Ainu Museum (named after his late father), Hokkaido Ainu Association Board Member Hideo Akibe, Hokkaido Ainu Association Ebetsu City-branch head Yuji Shimizu and their supporters made the announcement at theSymposium on Multicultural Education in Japanhosted by the World Indigenous People's Network-Ainu in Sapporo. The party is not affiliated with the Hokkaido Ainu Association and will start functioning in January. (Photo) Flyer for Symposium on Multicultural Education with photos of Shiro Kayano (top left), Yuji Shimizu (center left), Hideo Akibe (center right), and Nomoto Hiroyuki (bottom left) Shiro Kayano stated at the symposium: What is needed for the Ainu people is unity. We need to unite the Ainu people and our supporters. Some people say that because we were traditionally hunters and gathers so we can not unite as one. However, we also practiced fishing and small-scale agriculture, so this argument holds no ground. We can unite. The Ainu people have been no stranger to politics. Kayano's father, Shigeru Kayano, served as a House of Councilor's member from 1994 until 1998. While Shigeru Kayano was the only Ainu person that won a seat in parliament, other Ainu people have campaigned for seats including Kaori Tahara, a former member of the New Party Daichi. Hideo Akibe added: Having Shigeru Kayano in the parliament played a huge role in the enactment of the Ainu Culture Law in 1997. I feel it may be destiny, after the passing of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and us holding the 2008 Indigenous Summit in Hokkaido, that this move to form a political party has come about. Shiro Kayano further elaborated on the necessity for Ainu people to have their own political party where their issues are not overshadowed or ignored: Ainu issues are put on the back burner while other issues gain more attention in Japan. Many people believe that the 1997 Ainu Cultural Law and 2008 parliament resolution to recognize Ainu as indigenous people solved the issues that Ainu people have faced, but in reality, they have not not. So, we need to rise up! Similar to the Arab Spring, maybe this marks the beginning of an Ainu Spring! A member of the Planning Committee for the Ainu Party who wished to remain nameless explained that current governmental policies, laws, and panels on Ainu policy do not take adequate steps to realize any of the inherent indigenous rights to which the Ainu are entitled, nor any other priorities that Ainu have, including issues related to poverty and education. He also noted: We hope that with an Ainu political party, not only can we push for policies that realize Ainu rights, but we can draw attention to the multicultural nature of Japan while pushing for policies that address a variety of Ainu issues. Hiroyuki Nomoto, Tokyo Metropolitan University associate professor and member of the Planning Committee for the Ainu Party explained that although the policy stances of the party have not been decided, discussions have revolved around the following points: the restoration of Ainu rights the realization of the coexistence of multicultural groups in Japanese society the creation of a sustainable society based on harmony with Nature The Ainu Party which is aiming to bring at least ten candidates to parliament in 2013, will help bring Ainu issues to the forefront of Japanese policy deliberations. It may also provide a platform for other minority groups, such as Zainichi Koreans in Japan to raise their voices against violations of their rights. Currently, Zaiinichi Korean organizations are campaigning for their schools to become accredited by the government. At present, with "international" English schools as an exception, any school that does not use Japanese as its main language cannot become accredited, forcing its students to jump through countless hurdles to matriculate into universities. The idea behind the Ainu party is for Ainu people to unite to promote their own issues, while taking steps towards a multicultural Japan where all minorities can live in harmony. As Hideo Akibe explained: "We are not right-wing, we are not left-wing~ We are Ainu." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Mon Nov 14 22:30:45 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:30:45 -0700 Subject: Bloomsbury to sell early American New Testament, Nov. 29 (fwd link) Message-ID: Bloomsbury to sell early American New Testament, Nov. 29 WRITTEN BY ASSOCIATED PRESS MONDAY, 14 NOVEMBER 2011 10:46 LONDON (AP) ? A rare copy of the first English-language edition of the New Testament to be published in the United States is being offered at auction in London. Bloomsbury Auctions says the small volume, published in 1777, is estimated to fetch 100,000 pounds ($160,000) or more at the sale on Nov. 29. The identity of the seller was not disclosed. Read more: http://acn.liveauctioneers.com/index.php/features/auction-houses/5911-bloomsbury-to-sell-early-american-new-testament-nov-29#ixzz1dindY7YN From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Mon Nov 14 22:33:56 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:33:56 -0700 Subject: Culture, Language and Art Bring Students Together (fwd link) Message-ID: CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND ART BRING STUDENTS TOGETHER Posted by Elise Batchelor on Monday, November 14, 2011 in Hedland News AUS South Hedland Primary School students recently enjoyed a triple bill Friday assembly when the school officially received brand new flags, copies of a great new Aboriginal language DVD starring some of the children and had their first look at a bright new banner painted by students at the school. Access full article below: http://pilbaraecho.com.au/?p=3170 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Mon Nov 14 22:36:57 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:36:57 -0700 Subject: 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=98pseudo_Hakka=E2=80=99_label_i_s_=E2=80=98unacceptab?= =?UTF-8?Q?le=E2=80=99_?=(fwd link) Message-ID: Tue, Nov 15, 2011 - Page 3 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says ?pseudo Hakka? label is ?unacceptable? By Chris Wang / Staff Reporter Taiwan Labeling her a ?pseudo Hakka? for her inability to speak Hakka fluently is unacceptable, since language proficiency should never be judged as a ?cardinal sin,? Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (???) said yesterday. She said the Chinese Nationalist Party?s (KMT) ?crude language policies? of the past was the reason her Hakka was not more fluent. Access full article below: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/15/2003518359 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Tue Nov 15 17:15:55 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:15:55 -0700 Subject: Apple Siri, Google Voice could help save the world's languages (fwd link) Message-ID: Apple Siri, Google Voice could help save the world's languages By Chris Jablonski | November 14, 2011, 6:59pm PST Summary: 80% of all web communication is in ten languages, yet 95% of humanity speaks roughly 300 languages. As digital services and devices move to voice control, the commercial opportunity could help close the digital linguistic divide, says the Long Now Foundation. Access full article below: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/emergingtech/apple-siri-google-voice-could-help-save-the-worlds-languages/2994 From huangc20 at UFL.EDU Wed Nov 16 09:50:02 2011 From: huangc20 at UFL.EDU (Huang,Chun) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:50:02 -0500 Subject: 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=98_pseudo_Hakka=E2=80=99_label_i_s_=E2=80=98unaccepta?= =?UTF-8?Q?ble=E2=80=99_?=(fwd link) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: And Tsai says that if she is elected the president, she would make a formal, public apology to the indigenous peoples in Taiwan on behalf of the ROC government. We could only hope so. The KMT party, which founded ROC, and its candidate, Ma, who is the current president, have not made such a promise. Jimmy On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:36:57 -0700, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote: > Tue, Nov 15, 2011 - Page 3 > > 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says ?pseudo Hakka? label is > ?unacceptable? > > By Chris Wang / Staff Reporter > Taiwan > > Labeling her a ?pseudo Hakka? for her inability to speak Hakka > fluently is unacceptable, since language proficiency should never be > judged as a ?cardinal sin,? Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) > Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (???) said yesterday. > > She said the Chinese Nationalist Party?s (KMT) ?crude language > policies? of the past was the reason her Hakka was not more fluent. > > Access full article below: > http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/15/2003518359 From huangc20 at UFL.EDU Wed Nov 16 09:52:17 2011 From: huangc20 at UFL.EDU (Huang,Chun) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:52:17 -0500 Subject: Ainu to form new political party In-Reply-To: <4CDBDE9E-E3AD-4C9A-B1DE-DE1870431446@gmail.com> Message-ID: Thanks, Jen! and Go Ainu!! Jimmy On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:59:54 +0900, Jennifer Teeter wrote: > Hello everyone, > I thought this news from Ainu Mosir might interest you. > In solidarity, > Jennifer http://tenthousandthingsfromkyoto.blogspot.com/2011/11/ainu-political-party.html [1] > > "WE ARE NOT RIGHT-WING, WE ARE NOT LEFT-WING~ WE ARE AINU": FIRST EVER AINU POLITICAL PARTY TO BE LAUNCHED > > Saturday, October 29th, 2011 marks a revolution in Japanese politics: the first time in Japanese history a minority group has announced it will form its own political party. After witnessing the success of minority and indigenous political parties around the world, members of the Ainu community in Hokkaido decided to create their own party to campaign for their issues. > > Led by Shiro Kayano, the President of the Kayano Shigeru's Nibutani Ainu Museum (named after his late father), Hokkaido Ainu Association Board Member Hideo Akibe, Hokkaido Ainu Association Ebetsu City-branch head Yuji Shimizu and their supporters made the announcement at theSymposium on Multicultural Education in Japanhosted by the World Indigenous People's Network-Ainu [2] in Sapporo. The party is not affiliated with the Hokkaido Ainu Association and will start functioning in January. > > (Photo) > Flyer for Symposium on Multicultural Education with photos of Shiro Kayano (top left), Yuji Shimizu (center left), Hideo Akibe (center right), and Nomoto Hiroyuki (bottom left) > Shiro Kayano stated at the symposium: > >> What is needed for the Ainu people is unity. We need to unite the Ainu people and our supporters. Some people say that because we were traditionally hunters and gathers so we can not unite as one. However, we also practiced fishing and small-scale agriculture, so this argument holds no ground. We can unite. > The Ainu people have been no stranger to politics. Kayano's father, Shigeru Kayano, served as a House of Councilor's member from 1994 until 1998. While Shigeru Kayano was the only Ainu person that won a seat in parliament, other Ainu people have campaigned for seats including Kaori Tahara, a former member of the New Party Daichi. > > Hideo Akibe added: > >> Having Shigeru Kayano in the parliament played a huge role in the enactment of the Ainu Culture Law in 1997. I feel it may be destiny, after the passing of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and us holding the 2008 Indigenous Summit in Hokkaido, that this move to form a political party has come about. > Shiro Kayano further elaborated on the necessity for Ainu people to have their own political party where their issues are not overshadowed or ignored: * the restoration of Ainu rights > * the realization of the coexistence of multicultural groups in Japanese society > * the creation of a sustainable society based on harmony with Nature > > The Ainu Party which is aiming to bring at least ten candidates to parliament in 2013, will help bring Ainu issues to the forefront of Japanese policy deliberations. It may also provide a platform for other minority groups, such as Zainichi Koreans in Japan to raise their voices against violations of their rights. Currently, Zaiinichi Korean organizations are campaigning for their schools to become accredited by the government. At present, with "international" English schools as an exception, any school that does not use Japanese as its main language cannot become accredited, forcing its students to jump through countless hurdles to matriculate into universities. > > The idea behind the Ainu party is for Ainu people to unite to promote their own issues, while taking steps towards a multicultural Japan where all minorities can live in harmony. As Hideo Akibe explained: "We are not right-wing, we are not left-wing~ We are Ainu." Links: ------ [1] http://tenthousandthingsfromkyoto.blogspot.com/2011/11/ainu-political-party.html [2] http://www.win-ainu.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hardman at UFL.EDU Wed Nov 16 14:04:18 2011 From: hardman at UFL.EDU (Dr. MJ Hardman) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:04:18 -0500 Subject: 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=8C_pseudo_Hakka=B9_label_i_s_=8Cunacceptable=B9_?=(fwd link) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: What good news! On 11/16/11 4:50 AM, "Huang,Chun" wrote: > And Tsai says that if she is elected the president, she would make a > formal, public apology to the indigenous peoples in Taiwan on behalf of > the ROC government. > > We could only hope so. > > The KMT party, which founded ROC, and its candidate, Ma, who is the > current president, have not made such a promise. > > Jimmy > > On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:36:57 -0700, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote: >> Tue, Nov 15, 2011 - Page 3 >> >> 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says ?pseudo Hakka? label is >> ?unacceptable? >> >> By Chris Wang / Staff Reporter >> Taiwan >> >> Labeling her a ?pseudo Hakka? for her inability to speak Hakka >> fluently is unacceptable, since language proficiency should never be >> judged as a ?cardinal sin,? Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) >> Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (???) said yesterday. >> >> She said the Chinese Nationalist Party?s (KMT) ?crude language >> policies? of the past was the reason her Hakka was not more fluent. >> >> Access full article below: >> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/15/2003518359 > Dr. MJ Hardman Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology Department of Linguistics University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Doctora Honoris Causa UNMSM, Lima, Per? website: http://grove.ufl.edu/~hardman/ From hardman at UFL.EDU Wed Nov 16 14:05:15 2011 From: hardman at UFL.EDU (Dr. MJ Hardman) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:05:15 -0500 Subject: Ainu to form new political party In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Indeed! MJ On 11/16/11 4:52 AM, "Huang,Chun" wrote: > Thanks, Jen! and Go Ainu!! > > > > Jimmy > > > > On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:59:54 +0900, Jennifer Teeter wrote: >> >> Hello everyone, >> I thought this news from Ainu Mosir might interest you. >> In solidarity, >> Jennifer >> http://tenthousandthingsfromkyoto.blogspot.com/2011/11/ainu-political-party.h >> tml >> "We are not right-wing, we are not left-wing~ We are Ainu": First ever Ainu >> political party to be launched >> Saturday, October 29th, 2011 marks a revolution in Japanese politics: the >> first time in Japanese history a minority group has announced it will form >> its own political party. After witnessing the success of minority and >> indigenous political parties around the world, members of the Ainu community >> in Hokkaido decided to create their own party to campaign for their issues. >> >> Led by Shiro Kayano, the President of the Kayano Shigeru's Nibutani Ainu >> Museum (named after his late father), Hokkaido Ainu Association Board Member >> Hideo Akibe, Hokkaido Ainu Association Ebetsu City-branch head Yuji Shimizu >> and their supporters made the announcement at theSymposium on Multicultural >> Education in Japanhosted by the World Indigenous People's Network-Ainu >> in Sapporo. The party is not affiliated with the >> Hokkaido Ainu Association and will start functioning in January. >> >> (Photo) >> Flyer for Symposium on Multicultural Education with photos of Shiro Kayano >> (top left), Yuji Shimizu (center left), Hideo Akibe (center right), and >> Nomoto Hiroyuki (bottom left) >> >> Shiro Kayano stated at the symposium: >>> What is needed for the Ainu people is unity. We need to unite the Ainu >>> people and our supporters. Some people say that because we were >>> traditionally hunters and gathers so we can not unite as one. However, we >>> also practiced fishing and small-scale agriculture, so this argument holds >>> no ground. We can unite. >> The Ainu people have been no stranger to politics. Kayano's father, Shigeru >> Kayano, served as a House of Councilor's member from 1994 until 1998. While >> Shigeru Kayano was the only Ainu person that won a seat in parliament, other >> Ainu people have campaigned for seats including Kaori Tahara, a former member >> of the New Party Daichi. >> >> Hideo Akibe added: >>> Having Shigeru Kayano in the parliament played a huge role in the enactment >>> of the Ainu Culture Law in 1997. I feel it may be destiny, after the passing >>> of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and us >>> holding the 2008 Indigenous Summit in Hokkaido, that this move to form a >>> political party has come about. >> Shiro Kayano further elaborated on the necessity for Ainu people to have >> their own political party where their issues are not overshadowed or ignored: >>> Ainu issues are put on the back burner while other issues gain more >>> attention in Japan. Many people believe that the 1997 Ainu Cultural Law and >>> 2008 parliament resolution to recognize Ainu as indigenous people solved the >>> issues that Ainu people have faced, but in reality, they have not not. So, >>> we need to rise up! Similar to the Arab Spring, maybe this marks the >>> beginning of an Ainu Spring! >> A member of the Planning Committee for the Ainu Party who wished to remain >> nameless explained that current governmental policies, laws, and panels on >> Ainu policy do not take adequate steps to realize any of the inherent >> indigenous rights to which the Ainu are entitled, nor any other priorities >> that Ainu have, including issues related to poverty and education. He also >> noted: >>> We hope that with an Ainu political party, not only can we push for policies >>> that realize Ainu rights, but we can draw attention to the multicultural >>> nature of Japan while pushing for policies that address a variety of Ainu >>> issues. >> Hiroyuki Nomoto, Tokyo Metropolitan University associate professor and member >> of the Planning Committee for the Ainu Party explained that although the >> policy stances of the party have not been decided, discussions have revolved >> around the following points: >> * the restoration of Ainu rights >> * the realization of the coexistence of multicultural groups in Japanese >> society >> * the creation of a sustainable society based on harmony with Nature >> The Ainu Party which is aiming to bring at least ten candidates to parliament >> in 2013, will help bring Ainu issues to the forefront of Japanese policy >> deliberations. It may also provide a platform for other minority groups, such >> as Zainichi Koreans in Japan to raise their voices against violations of >> their rights. Currently, Zaiinichi Korean organizations are campaigning for >> their schools to become accredited by the government. At present, with >> "international" English schools as an exception, any school that does not use >> Japanese as its main language cannot become accredited, forcing its students >> to jump through countless hurdles to matriculate into universities. >> >> The idea behind the Ainu party is for Ainu people to unite to promote their >> own issues, while taking steps towards a multicultural Japan where all >> minorities can live in harmony. As Hideo Akibe explained: "We are not >> right-wing, we are not left-wing~ We are Ainu." >> >> >> >> >> >> Dr. MJ Hardman >> Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology >> Department of Linguistics >> University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida >> Doctora Honoris Causa UNMSM, Lima, Per? >> website: http://grove.ufl.edu/~hardman/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From mikinakn at SHAW.CA Thu Nov 17 06:06:05 2011 From: mikinakn at SHAW.CA (Rolland Nadjiwon) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:06:05 -0500 Subject: Ainu to form new political party In-Reply-To: Message-ID: ...you tell them Jimmy...Viva Ainu!!!! ------- wahjeh rolland nadjiwon ___________________________________________ One is never too old to learn something stupid.... _____ From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of Huang,Chun Sent: November-16-11 4:52 AM To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU Subject: Re: [ILAT] Ainu to form new political party Thanks, Jen! and Go Ainu!! Jimmy On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:59:54 +0900, Jennifer Teeter wrote: Hello everyone, I thought this news from Ainu Mosir might interest you. In solidarity, Jennifer http://tenthousandthingsfromkyoto.blogspot.com/2011/11/ainu-political-party. html "We are not right-wing, we are not left-wing~ We are Ainu": First ever Ainu political party to be launched Saturday, October 29th, 2011 marks a revolution in Japanese politics: the first time in Japanese history a minority group has announced it will form its own political party. After witnessing the success of minority and indigenous political parties around the world, members of the Ainu community in Hokkaido decided to create their own party to campaign for their issues. Led by Shiro Kayano, the President of the Kayano Shigeru's Nibutani Ainu Museum (named after his late father), Hokkaido Ainu Association Board Member Hideo Akibe, Hokkaido Ainu Association Ebetsu City-branch head Yuji Shimizu and their supporters made the announcement at theSymposium on Multicultural Education in Japanhosted by the World Indigenous People's Network-Ainu in Sapporo. The party is not affiliated with the Hokkaido Ainu Association and will start functioning in January. (Photo) Flyer for Symposium on Multicultural Education with photos of Shiro Kayano (top left), Yuji Shimizu (center left), Hideo Akibe (center right), and Nomoto Hiroyuki (bottom left) Shiro Kayano stated at the symposium: What is needed for the Ainu people is unity. We need to unite the Ainu people and our supporters. Some people say that because we were traditionally hunters and gathers so we can not unite as one. However, we also practiced fishing and small-scale agriculture, so this argument holds no ground. We can unite. The Ainu people have been no stranger to politics. Kayano's father, Shigeru Kayano, served as a House of Councilor's member from 1994 until 1998. While Shigeru Kayano was the only Ainu person that won a seat in parliament, other Ainu people have campaigned for seats including Kaori Tahara, a former member of the New Party Daichi. Hideo Akibe added: Having Shigeru Kayano in the parliament played a huge role in the enactment of the Ainu Culture Law in 1997. I feel it may be destiny, after the passing of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and us holding the 2008 Indigenous Summit in Hokkaido, that this move to form a political party has come about. Shiro Kayano further elaborated on the necessity for Ainu people to have their own political party where their issues are not overshadowed or ignored: Ainu issues are put on the back burner while other issues gain more attention in Japan. Many people believe that the 1997 Ainu Cultural Law and 2008 parliament resolution to recognize Ainu as indigenous people solved the issues that Ainu people have faced, but in reality, they have not not. So, we need to rise up! Similar to the Arab Spring, maybe this marks the beginning of an Ainu Spring! A member of the Planning Committee for the Ainu Party who wished to remain nameless explained that current governmental policies, laws, and panels on Ainu policy do not take adequate steps to realize any of the inherent indigenous rights to which the Ainu are entitled, nor any other priorities that Ainu have, including issues related to poverty and education. He also noted: We hope that with an Ainu political party, not only can we push for policies that realize Ainu rights, but we can draw attention to the multicultural nature of Japan while pushing for policies that address a variety of Ainu issues. Hiroyuki Nomoto, Tokyo Metropolitan University associate professor and member of the Planning Committee for the Ainu Party explained that although the policy stances of the party have not been decided, discussions have revolved around the following points: * the restoration of Ainu rights * the realization of the coexistence of multicultural groups in Japanese society * the creation of a sustainable society based on harmony with Nature The Ainu Party which is aiming to bring at least ten candidates to parliament in 2013, will help bring Ainu issues to the forefront of Japanese policy deliberations. It may also provide a platform for other minority groups, such as Zainichi Koreans in Japan to raise their voices against violations of their rights. Currently, Zaiinichi Korean organizations are campaigning for their schools to become accredited by the government. At present, with "international" English schools as an exception, any school that does not use Japanese as its main language cannot become accredited, forcing its students to jump through countless hurdles to matriculate into universities. The idea behind the Ainu party is for Ainu people to unite to promote their own issues, while taking steps towards a multicultural Japan where all minorities can live in harmony. As Hideo Akibe explained: "We are not right-wing, we are not left-wing~ We are Ainu." _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4619 - Release Date: 11/15/11 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4619 - Release Date: 11/15/11 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mikinakn at SHAW.CA Thu Nov 17 07:55:44 2011 From: mikinakn at SHAW.CA (Rolland Nadjiwon) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:55:44 -0500 Subject: 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai sa ys =?iso-2022-jp?Q?=1B$B!F=1B=28B_pseudo_Hakka=1B$B!G=1B=28B_label_is__=1B?= =?iso-2022-jp?Q?$B!F=1B=28Bunacceptable=1B$B!G=1B=28B_?=(fwd link) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thanks Jimmy for this article. I had not seen it. I have now forwarded it to all my contacts many of whom are so called 'First Nations' by the colonizers. Collectively, we are by (I don't mind it too much...they had to give us an administrative collective) UN definitions 'indigenous peoples' and each one of us has our own language or dialect and name for ourselves in our own language regardless of how we are designated by politics or anthropologists. Hundreds of our languages have become extinct and all our cultures have been transgressed by colonizers. We are all struggling to survive but it is extremely difficult when so many outside experts know how we should do that. This article strikes my feelings as I am a member of the 'indigenous peoples' of the earth. I am a member of the potowatomi peoples living in Canada. In reality, we are here as political refugees from what is now the United States. From the Mississippi river west was designated as 'Indian Territory' by the US government until gold was discovered in the Black Hills and all the lands in that 'Indian Territory' were opened for allotment to the 'settlers' and miners. Our people were one of the first contacts in that western flood of land grabbers and so we had to be moved. The army came and at rifle point negotiated a peaceful invitation for our withdrawal to Kansas and Oklahoma. Thousands of our people died on that long and horrible march...we remember the stories. Some refused to relocate and took refuge at various places in out lands, resisted and even fought back. The army came again, in force, and re-issued the invitation for us to move out. Again, we refused. The army, in full force, attempted to capture and relocate those of us(of course I wasn't there) who refused to move. There were a large number of us and many of the Kickapoo had joined us. Our numbers were too conspicuous and cumbersome and so we divided ourselves. One group agreed to come up to Canada and the other half agreed they would go to Mexico and the Kickapoo would go with them. That is what we did and that is why our relatives are here in Canada. However, in Canada, we fared not much better...we just didn't have the army chasing us. Our people were a very large group and this was Ojibway lands so we divided up and were taken in by many other Ojibway communities. That is where we are and how we are to this day. Our culture, language and relationships were as devastated here in Canada by the same colonial systems systematically imprisoning our peoples and the Ojibway into their residential school systems and under the same laws that outlawed our language, ceremonies and human status. We have survived...we are surviving. We may be only a message in a bottle at the mercies of this huge ocean of global discontent and destruction of indigenous peoples and the earth, but, we are here and we know it. Now a narrative: Our people, potowatomi, translates loosely as 'fire makers/keepers' because we carried the sacred fire of the 'council of the three fires'. We had responsibility for that fire for the council...for keeping and maintaining it. I was born into all that I am speaking of and that is how I can speak of it. 'Breast Plate and Buckskin' history books might tell you differently but they are not potowatomi. Our story is not theirs or anyone else's to tell. Anyhow, I was raised knowing this. Some years ago, the potowatomi had a gathering on some of the land we first occupied when we came to Canada up along the east side of Georgian Bay. I knew of it but I was not able to make it to that gathering. A very, very close friend and relative, potowatomi also, knew how important our history is and how important to me personally. He was able to go to the meeting. When I returned, he came to visit me with a gift. It was a piece of charcoal about the size of an acorn. He had mounted it on a piece of wood inside a square plastic cover. When he gave it to me as a gift, he told me what it is. At the gathering, the potowatomi who had moved to Mexico, unbeknown to many of us who came to Canada, had taken the original fire with them to Mexico. When they heard of our gathering in Canada, they sent up the fire for out gathering. That small piece of charcoal 'is' everything I am telling about. When our people were split up during that part of our our history around the 1840s, the group to Mexico took the fire with them and kept that fire, our fire, until this day...over 170 years. That small, black, insignificant piece of charcoal is imbued with the cosmological existence of our potowatomi people. That is who I am and why I can (perhaps an assumption) understand many of the survival issues of our indigenous peoples on a global scale. Our indigenous peoples, globally, are related in so many ways but that is another story. A short one...lol. I met Huang Chun, Jimmy on this list a few years ago. We befriended each other and shared many online conversations with each other. In his traditions and in mine, and there are common reasons for it, Jimmy writes to me as 'uncle' and I refer to him as 'my nephew'. That is an incredible honor and I do brag about it to my family. I could tell more about how our connections were interfered with by Canadian and American authorities but I think Jimmy lives under somewhat more 'hateful' conditions than I do here in the Americas and so it is much to risky. All we ever did is to assist each other in sharing our cultures. I paraphrase how Jimmy put it, ...why would such big organizations be interested in a couple of insignificant little indigenous people like us.... I couldn't shed any light on his statement since I don't understand either but it appears to be happening on a global scale. So, my nephew Jimmy' I am so glad we met...at least cybernetically...perhaps one day in person. I guess, by the evidence, we are a part of a very important and elite group of indigenous peoples globally...why else would they not like us and give us such a difficult time in our surviving. ------- wahjeh rolland nadjiwon ___________________________________________ War does not determine who is right - only who is left... -----Original Message----- From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [ mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of Huang,Chun Sent: November-16-11 4:50 AM To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU Subject: Re: [ILAT] 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says ? pseudo Hakka? label is ?unacceptable? (fwd link) And Tsai says that if she is elected the president, she would make a formal, public apology to the indigenous peoples in Taiwan on behalf of the ROC government. We could only hope so. The KMT party, which founded ROC, and its candidate, Ma, who is the current president, have not made such a promise. Jimmy On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:36:57 -0700, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote: > Tue, Nov 15, 2011 - Page 3 > > 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says ?pseudo Hakka? label is ?unacceptable? > > By Chris Wang / Staff Reporter > Taiwan > > Labeling her a ?pseudo Hakka? for her inability to speak Hakka > fluently is unacceptable, since language proficiency should never be > judged as a ?cardinal sin,? Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) > Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (???) said yesterday. > > She said the Chinese Nationalist Party?s (KMT) ?crude language > policies? of the past was the reason her Hakka was not more fluent. > > Access full article below: > http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/15/2003518359 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4619 - Release Date: 11/15/11 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4619 - Release Date: 11/15/11 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From resa.bizzaro at IUP.EDU Thu Nov 17 15:41:59 2011 From: resa.bizzaro at IUP.EDU (Resa Crane Bizzaro) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:41:59 -0500 Subject: 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai sa ys =?gb2312?Q?=A1=AE__pseudo_Hakka=A1=AF_label_is__=A1=AEunacceptable_=A1?= =?gb2312?Q?=AF_?=(fwd link) In-Reply-To: <8186AC17A3C040F99322416C86D344C4@RolandHP> Message-ID: Hi, all. jIsh? (uncle) Rolland, I was struck by the similarities between your story and my own. Then I realized that most of us on this list are probably among nations where?if we changed the indigenous names and locations?the story is exactly the same. Perhaps this story repeats itself over and over around the globe. For that, I am sad. But I am grateful that we are all still here. Apparently, we are not ?insignificant little indigenous people? or the ?big organizations? (including governments) wouldn?t be so interested in getting rid of us. Resa From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of Rolland Nadjiwon Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 2:56 AM To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU Subject: Re: [ILAT] 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai sa ys ? pseudo Hakka? label is ?unacceptable? (fwd link) Thanks Jimmy for this article. I had not seen it. I have now forwarded it to all my contacts many of whom are so called 'First Nations' by the colonizers. Collectively, we are by (I don't mind it too much...they had to give us an administrative collective) UN definitions 'indigenous peoples' and each one of us has our own language or dialect and name for ourselves in our own language regardless of how we are designated by politics or anthropologists. Hundreds of our languages have become extinct and all our cultures have been transgressed by colonizers. We are all struggling to survive but it is extremely difficult when so many outside experts know how we should do that. This article strikes my feelings as I am a member of the 'indigenous peoples' of the earth. I am a member of the potowatomi peoples living in Canada. In reality, we are here as political refugees from what is now the United States. From the Mississippi river west was designated as 'Indian Territory' by the US government until gold was discovered in the Black Hills and all the lands in that 'Indian Territory' were opened for allotment to the 'settlers' and miners. Our people were one of the first contacts in that western flood of land grabbers and so we had to be moved. The army came and at rifle point negotiated a peaceful invitation for our withdrawal to Kansas and Oklahoma. Thousands of our people died on that long and horrible march...we remember the stories. Some refused to relocate and took refuge at various places in out lands, resisted and even fought back. The army came again, in force, and re-issued the invitation for us to move out. Again, we refused. The army, in full force, attempted to capture and relocate those of us(of course I wasn't there) who refused to move. There were a large number of us and many of the Kickapoo had joined us. Our numbers were too conspicuous and cumbersome and so we divided ourselves. One group agreed to come up to Canada and the other half agreed they would go to Mexico and the Kickapoo would go with them. That is what we did and that is why our relatives are here in Canada. However, in Canada, we fared not much better...we just didn't have the army chasing us. Our people were a very large group and this was Ojibway lands so we divided up and were taken in by many other Ojibway communities. That is where we are and how we are to this day. Our culture, language and relationships were as devastated here in Canada by the same colonial systems systematically imprisoning our peoples and the Ojibway into their residential school systems and under the same laws that outlawed our language, ceremonies and human status. We have survived...we are surviving. We may be only a message in a bottle at the mercies of this huge ocean of global discontent and destruction of indigenous peoples and the earth, but, we are here and we know it. Now a narrative: Our people, potowatomi, translates loosely as 'fire makers/keepers' because we carried the sacred fire of the 'council of the three fires'. We had responsibility for that fire for the council...for keeping and maintaining it. I was born into all that I am speaking of and that is how I can speak of it. 'Breast Plate and Buckskin' history books might tell you differently but they are not potowatomi. Our story is not theirs or anyone else's to tell. Anyhow, I was raised knowing this. Some years ago, the potowatomi had a gathering on some of the land we first occupied when we came to Canada up along the east side of Georgian Bay. I knew of it but I was not able to make it to that gathering. A very, very close friend and relative, potowatomi also, knew how important our history is and how important to me personally. He was able to go to the meeting. When I returned, he came to visit me with a gift. It was a piece of charcoal about the size of an acorn. He had mounted it on a piece of wood inside a square plastic cover. When he gave it to me as a gift, he told me what it is. At the gathering, the potowatomi who had moved to Mexico, unbeknown to many of us who came to Canada, had taken the original fire with them to Mexico. When they heard of our gathering in Canada, they sent up the fire for out gathering. That small piece of charcoal 'is' everything I am telling about. When our people were split up during that part of our our history around the 1840s, the group to Mexico took the fire with them and kept that fire, our fire, until this day...over 170 years. That small, black, insignificant piece of charcoal is imbued with the cosmological existence of our potowatomi people. That is who I am and why I can (perhaps an assumption) understand many of the survival issues of our indigenous peoples on a global scale. Our indigenous peoples, globally, are related in so many ways but that is another story. A short one...lol. I met Huang Chun, Jimmy on this list a few years ago. We befriended each other and shared many online conversations with each other. In his traditions and in mine, and there are common reasons for it, Jimmy writes to me as 'uncle' and I refer to him as 'my nephew'. That is an incredible honor and I do brag about it to my family. I could tell more about how our connections were interfered with by Canadian and American authorities but I think Jimmy lives under somewhat more 'hateful' conditions than I do here in the Americas and so it is much to risky. All we ever did is to assist each other in sharing our cultures. I paraphrase how Jimmy put it, ...why would such big organizations be interested in a couple of insignificant little indigenous people like us.... I couldn't shed any light on his statement since I don't understand either but it appears to be happening on a global scale. So, my nephew Jimmy' I am so glad we met...at least cybernetically...perhaps one day in person. I guess, by the evidence, we are a part of a very important and elite group of indigenous peoples globally...why else would they not like us and give us such a difficult time in our surviving. ------- wahjeh rolland nadjiwon ___________________________________________ War does not determine who is right - only who is left... -----Original Message----- From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [ mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of Huang,Chun Sent: November-16-11 4:50 AM To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU Subject: Re: [ILAT] 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says ? pseudo Hakka? label is ?unacceptable? (fwd link) And Tsai says that if she is elected the president, she would make a formal, public apology to the indigenous peoples in Taiwan on behalf of the ROC government. We could only hope so. The KMT party, which founded ROC, and its candidate, Ma, who is the current president, have not made such a promise. Jimmy On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:36:57 -0700, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote: > Tue, Nov 15, 2011 - Page 3 > > 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says ?pseudo Hakka? label is ?unacceptable? > > By Chris Wang / Staff Reporter > Taiwan > > Labeling her a ?pseudo Hakka? for her inability to speak Hakka > fluently is unacceptable, since language proficiency should never be > judged as a ?cardinal sin,? Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) > Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (???) said yesterday. > > She said the Chinese Nationalist Party?s (KMT) ?crude language > policies? of the past was the reason her Hakka was not more fluent. > > Access full article below: > http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/15/2003518359 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4619 - Release Date: 11/15/11 ----- No virus found in this message. 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Classes will include art, games, stories, and more.? No prior knowledge of Lushootseed is necessary. For more information, please visit the 2012 Lushootseed Immersion Week webpage or contact us. -- Northwest Indian Language Institute University of Oregon 1629 Moss Street Eugene, Oregon 97403 Phone: (541) 346-0730 Fax: (541) 346-6086 Web: Northwest Indian Language Institute Social: Facebook From dzo at BISHARAT.NET Thu Nov 17 23:01:02 2011 From: dzo at BISHARAT.NET (dzo at BISHARAT.NET) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:01:02 +0000 Subject: Using citizen media to promote under-represented languages Message-ID: FYI, from the "African Languages" Facebook group. (The 1-week "tactical dialogue" is already underway.) ------Original Message------ From: Martin Benjamin To: African Languages ReplyTo: Reply to Comment Subject: [African Languages] A one-week tactical dialogue on using citizen... Sent: Nov 16, 2011 18:25 Martin Benjamin posted in African Languages. 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Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry From huangc20 at UFL.EDU Fri Nov 18 10:02:44 2011 From: huangc20 at UFL.EDU (Huang,Chun) Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 05:02:44 -0500 Subject: 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai sa ys =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80_=98_pseudo_Hakka=E2=80=99_label_is__=E2=80=98unaccept?= =?UTF-8?Q?able=E2=80_=99_?=(fwd link) In-Reply-To: <8186AC17A3C040F99322416C86D344C4@RolandHP> Message-ID: Thank you for your kind words, Uncle Rolland :) I FEEL them strongly. oh but I have to point out that it was Phil who shared the news in this thread. So thanks Phil! And, Rolland, I'll forward your message to my folks in Taiwan, who are actually preparing for a large rally/demonstration - for official recognition and for land rights - that will take place in Taipei City tomorrow (Nov 19). Your words will definitely cheer up their spirit, especially an older man, whom I also call uncle. This uncle, Uncle Talavan, left the village yesterday early morning for Taipei (about 7 hours of traveling time), discreetly, without alerting anybody except for his own children. He has been sitting-protesting in front of the Council for Indigenous Peoples (controlled by govt) since he reached there, and it's been 24 hours... still 24 more hours to go until the scheduled time for group protest. He wasn't trying to be heroic. If he was, he would be loud and the media would have already noticed him. But no, no media coverage (I got the news only from his daughter). He is just sitting there, quietly, with dignity. But hey he could probably use some extra strength. So I'll translate your message and ask someone to bring it to him :) again, thank you so much for writing!!! Jimmy On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 02:55:44 -0500, Rolland Nadjiwon wrote: > Thanks Jimmy for this article. I had not seen it. I have now forwarded it to all my contacts many of whom are so called 'First Nations' by the colonizers. Collectively, we are by (I don't mind it too much...they had to give us an administrative collective) UN definitions 'indigenous peoples' and each one of us has our own language or dialect and name for ourselves in our own language regardless of how we are designated by politics or anthropologists. Hundreds of our languages have become extinct and all our cultures have been transgressed by colonizers. We are all struggling to survive but it is extremely difficult when so many outside experts know how we should do that. > > This article strikes my feelings as I am a member of the 'indigenous peoples' of the earth. I am a member of the potowatomi peoples living in Canada. In reality, we are here as political refugees from what is now the United States. From the Mississippi river west was designated as 'Indian Territory' by the US government until gold was discovered in the Black Hills and all the lands in that 'Indian Territory' were opened for allotment to the 'settlers' and miners. Our people were one of the first contacts in that western flood of land grabbers and so we had to be moved. The army came and at rifle point negotiated a peaceful invitation for our withdrawal to Kansas and Oklahoma. Thousands of our people died on that long and horrible march...we remember the stories. Some refused to relocate and took refuge at various places in out lands, resisted and even fought back. The army came again, in force, and re-issued the invitation for us to move out. Again, we refused. The army, in full force, attempted to capture and relocate those of us(of course I wasn't there) who refused to move. There were a large number of us and many of the Kickapoo had joined us. Our numbers were too conspicuous and cumbersome and so we divided ourselves. One group agreed to come up to Canada and the other half agreed they would go to Mexico and the Kickapoo would go with them. That is what we did and that is why our relatives are here in Canada. However, in Canada, we fared not much better...we just didn't have the army chasing us. > > Our people were a very large group and this was Ojibway lands so we divided up and were taken in by many other Ojibway communities. That is where we are and how we are to this day. Our culture, language and relationships were as devastated here in Canada by the same colonial systems systematically imprisoning our peoples and the Ojibway into their residential school systems and under the same laws that outlawed our language, ceremonies and human status. We have survived...we are surviving. We may be only a message in a bottle at the mercies of this huge ocean of global discontent and destruction of indigenous peoples and the earth, but, we are here and we know it. > > Now a narrative: Our people, potowatomi, translates loosely as 'fire makers/keepers' because we carried the sacred fire of the 'council of the three fires'. We had responsibility for that fire for the council...for keeping and maintaining it. I was born into all that I am speaking of and that is how I can speak of it. _'Breast Plate and Buckskin' _history books might tell you differently but they are not potowatomi. Our story is not theirs or anyone else's to tell. Anyhow, I was raised knowing this. > > Some years ago, the potowatomi had a gathering on some of the land we first occupied when we came to Canada up along the east side of Georgian Bay. I knew of it but I was not able to make it to that gathering. A very, very close friend and relative, potowatomi also, knew how important our history is and how important to me personally. He was able to go to the meeting. When I returned, he came to visit me with a gift. It was a piece of charcoal about the size of an acorn. He had mounted it on a piece of wood inside a square plastic cover. When he gave it to me as a gift, he told me what it is. At the gathering, the potowatomi who had moved to Mexico, unbeknown to many of us who came to Canada, had taken the original fire with them to Mexico. When they heard of our gathering in Canada, they sent up the fire for out gathering. That small piece of charcoal 'is' everything I am telling about. > > When our people were split up during that part of our our history around the 1840s, the group to Mexico took the fire with them and kept that fire, our fire, until this day...over 170 years. That small, black, insignificant piece of charcoal is imbued with the cosmological existence of our potowatomi people. That is who I am and why I can (perhaps an assumption) understand many of the survival issues of our indigenous peoples on a global scale. Our indigenous peoples, globally, are related in so many ways but that is another story. A short one...lol. I met Huang Chun, Jimmy on this list a few years ago. We befriended each other and shared many online conversations with each other. In his traditions and in mine, and there are common reasons for it, Jimmy writes to me as 'uncle' and I refer to him as 'my nephew'. That is an incredible honor and I do brag about it to my family. I could tell more about how our connections were interfered with by Canadian and American authorities but I think Jimmy lives under somewhat more 'hateful' conditions than I do here in the Americas and so it is much to risky. All we ever did is to assist each other in sharing our cultures. I paraphrase how Jimmy put it, ...why would such big organizations be interested in a couple of insignificant little indigenous people like us.... I couldn't shed any light on his statement since I don't understand either but it appears to be happening on a global scale. So, my nephew Jimmy' I am so glad we met...at least cybernetically...perhaps one day in person. I guess, by the evidence, we are a part of a very important and elite group of indigenous peoples globally...why else would they not like us and give us such a difficult time in our surviving. > > ------- > wahjeh > rolland nadjiwon > ___________________________________________ > WAR DOES NOT DETERMINE WHO IS RIGHT - ONLY WHO IS LEFT... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU [1]] On Behalf Of Huang,Chun > Sent: November-16-11 4:50 AM > To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU > Subject: Re: [ILAT] 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says ' pseudo Hakka' label is 'unacceptable' (fwd link) > > And Tsai says that if she is elected the president, she would make a formal, public apology to the indigenous peoples in Taiwan on behalf of the ROC government. > > We could only hope so. > > The KMT party, which founded ROC, and its candidate, Ma, who is the current president, have not made such a promise. > > Jimmy > > On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:36:57 -0700, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote: >> Tue, Nov 15, 2011 - Page 3 >> >> 2012 ELECTIONS: Tsai says 'pseudo Hakka' label is 'unacceptable' >> >> By Chris Wang / Staff Reporter >> Taiwan >> >> Labeling her a "pseudo Hakka" for her inability to speak Hakka >> fluently is unacceptable, since language proficiency should never be >> judged as a "cardinal sin," Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) >> Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (???) said yesterday. >> >> She said the Chinese Nationalist Party's (KMT) "crude language >> policies" of the past was the reason her Hakka was not more fluent. >> >> Access full article below: >> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/15/2003518359 [2] > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4619 - Release Date: 11/15/11 > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.1869 / Virus Database: 2092/4619 - Release Date: 11/15/11 Links: ------ [1] mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU [2] http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/15/2003518359 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/indigenous-languages-must-be-preserved/story-e6frfku0-1226198895346#ixzz1e628mdVE From huangc20 at UFL.EDU Sat Nov 19 04:55:36 2011 From: huangc20 at UFL.EDU (Huang,Chun) Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:55:36 -0500 Subject: Elderly Siraya sit-in protest In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Braving the rain, Cheng-hiong Talavan, a 70-year-old man from the Siraya tribe, carried a giant cross made of bamboo from Greater Tainan and began a sit-in outside the Council of Indigenous Peoples in Taipei yesterday, urging the government to grant official recognition to his tribe. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/18/2003518604 and... just my personal note: without Talavan, there would not be a Tainan Pingpu Siraya Culture Association, where me and several others work together on Siraya language revitalization. Jimmy From dzo at BISHARAT.NET Sat Nov 19 14:37:40 2011 From: dzo at BISHARAT.NET (dzo at BISHARAT.NET) Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:37:40 +0000 Subject: Fw: Brazil indigenous leader killed Message-ID: FYI, from PPGIS (link to BBC story in fwd'd email below): Nisio Gomes, 59, was part of a Guarani Kaiowa group that returned to their ancestral land at the start of this month after being evicted by ranchers. He was killed by a group of around 40 masked gunmen who burst into the camp. Brazil's Human Rights Secretary condemned the murder as "part of systematic violence against indigenous people in the region". ... 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I think some of us in quiet sleepy Oklahoma need some threatening to get stirred up ourselves. too many here seems to be passively accepting the occasional soup bone tossed our way. -Richard Wyandotte, Oklahoma On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Huang,Chun wrote: > Braving the rain, Cheng-hiong Talavan, a 70-year-old man from the Siraya > tribe, carried a giant cross made of bamboo from Greater Tainan and began a > sit-in outside the Council of Indigenous Peoples in Taipei yesterday, > urging the government to grant official recognition to his tribe. > > http://www.taipeitimes.com/**News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/**18/2003518604 > > > > > and... just my personal note: without Talavan, there would not be a Tainan > Pingpu Siraya Culture Association, where me and several others work > together on Siraya language revitalization. > > Jimmy > -- * nest over conquest, calm over competition, cohesion over coercion ** ** richardzanesmith.wordpress.com * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From huangc20 at UFL.EDU Sat Nov 19 16:38:37 2011 From: huangc20 at UFL.EDU (Huang,Chun) Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 11:38:37 -0500 Subject: Elderly Siraya sit-in protest In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thanks, Richard. Well I don't think everyone in my tribe cares (about recognition or about language/culture revitalization) as much as some of us do, either. I just like to listen to my uncle Talavan talk. He speaks only the truth from his heart - it's always so simple and so real: "I don't understand what the government is thinking. We are Aborigines because we are Aborigines..." "We have to get our identity back, so we won't have to apologize to our ancestors and we won't feel regret when facing our descendants." Jimmy On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:49:15 -0600, Richard Zane Smith wrote: > kweh kweh Jimmy, So great to hear about whats going on pursuing full recognition and rights of the indigenous peoples in Taiwan! > this has got to be encouraging that the news is getting out there. > I think some of us in quiet sleepy Oklahoma need some threatening to get stirred up ourselves. > too many here seems to be passively accepting the occasional soup bone tossed our way. > > -Richard > Wyandotte, Oklahoma > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Huang,Chun wrote: > >> Braving the rain, Cheng-hiong Talavan, a 70-year-old man from the Siraya tribe, carried a giant cross made of bamboo from Greater Tainan and began a sit-in outside the Council of Indigenous Peoples in Taipei yesterday, urging the government to grant official recognition to his tribe. >> >> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/18/2003518604 [1] >> >> and... just my personal note: without Talavan, there would not be a Tainan Pingpu Siraya Culture Association, where me and several others work together on Siraya language revitalization. >> >> Jimmy > > -- > > _nest over conquest, calm over competition, cohesion over coercion _ > > richardzanesmith.wordpress.com [3] Links: ------ [1] http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/18/2003518604 [2] mailto:huangc20 at ufl.edu [3] http://richardzanesmith.wordpress.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We are Aborigines because we are Aborigines..." ?We have to get our > identity back, so we won?t have to apologize to our ancestors and we won?t > feel regret when facing our descendants.? > > Jimmy > > > > On Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:49:15 -0600, Richard Zane Smith wrote: >> >> kweh kweh Jimmy, >> So great to hear about whats going on pursuing full recognition and rights of >> the indigenous peoples in Taiwan! >> this has got to be encouraging that the news is getting out there. >> I think some of us in quiet sleepy Oklahoma need some threatening to get >> stirred up ourselves. >> too many here seems to be passively accepting the occasional soup bone >> tossed our way. >> -Richard >> Wyandotte, Oklahoma >> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Huang,Chun wrote: >>> Braving the rain, Cheng-hiong Talavan, a 70-year-old man from the Siraya >>> tribe, carried a giant cross made of bamboo from Greater Tainan and began a >>> sit-in outside the Council of Indigenous Peoples in Taipei yesterday, urging >>> the government to grant official recognition to his tribe. >>> >>> http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/11/18/2003518604 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> and... just my personal note: without Talavan, there would not be a Tainan >>> Pingpu Siraya Culture Association, where me and several others work together >>> on Siraya language revitalization. >>> >>> Jimmy >> Dr. MJ Hardman Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology Department of Linguistics University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Doctora Honoris Causa UNMSM, Lima, Per? website: http://grove.ufl.edu/~hardman/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The experience of Bendickson?s grandparents is an all-too common one in Minnesota, a state that has a Dakota name but few fluent voices. He counts just five people in Minnesota who are native Dakota speakers. Access full article below: http://www.postbulletin.com/news/stories/display.php?id=1475947 From clairebowern at GMAIL.COM Mon Nov 21 18:07:41 2011 From: clairebowern at GMAIL.COM (Claire Bowern) Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:07:41 -0500 Subject: Web design site Message-ID: Hi all, I just came across jux.com in one of my blog feeders. It's a site which is sort of like a blogging platform, but lets you combine audio, video, pictures, and text in fairly easy ways. It also seems to be free. I can't find out much about who's behind it or whether they are likely to be around for the long-term, or even really who their market it. But it looks like a nice way to present language materials or oral history stories where you want something visually appealling but don't want to spend a lot of time on site design. Claire -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Tue Nov 22 16:10:42 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:10:42 -0700 Subject: New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language (fwd link) Message-ID: New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language Educator develops multimedia tools to share, preserve Ojibwe language. By Science Nation Mon, Nov 21 2011 at 5:38 PM EST USA University of Minnesota Duluth education professor Mary Hermes says saving an endangered language goes beyond just enriching the people who speak it. "I think people have got to get beyond thinking it's just for the Ojibwe people, that we want to save their Ojibwe language. There's 10,000 years of human evolution and knowledge in that language," she says. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Hermes is combining the skills of native speakers with video technology to help others, young and old, learn the language in the most natural way. She's doing it by videotaping short movies of everyday situations, from going to a rummage sale to planting a garden to helping out a sick relative. Access full article below: http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/new-home-movies-resurrect-endangered-native-american-language# From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Tue Nov 22 16:13:14 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:13:14 -0700 Subject: INTERVIEW The art of the documentary (fwd link) Message-ID: Volume 131 >> Issue 54 : Tuesday, November 22, 2011 INTERVIEW The art of the documentary The Tech talks with director Anne Makepeace about We Still Live Here By Angelique Nehmzow STAFF WRITER November 22, 2011 USA We Still Live Here Part of the PBS series Independent Lens Directed and produced by Anne Makepeace Anne Makepeace, from Lakeville, Connecticut, has been making films for almost 30 years. Her most recent film, We Still Live Here, had its broadcast premiere on the Independent Lens series of PBS and also screened at MIT on Nov. 17. The film is about a movement to revive the Native American language of Wampanoag. It centers on Jessie Little Doe Baird, who spearheaded the movement and whose daughter is the first native speaker in over a century. Access full article below: http://tech.mit.edu/V131/N54/makepeace.html From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Tue Nov 22 16:15:06 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:15:06 -0700 Subject: Languages: Promoting Indigenous African Language Films (fwd link) Message-ID: Languages: Promoting Indigenous African Language Films Written by Rezwan Posted 22 November 2011 9:51 GMT An effective way to preserve indigenous languages and save them from total extinction is to encourage the production of indigenous language films. The 5th Festival of Indigenous African Language Films was held from 2-5 October 2011, in Akure, Nigeria. More than three hundred film makers, scriptwriters, directors, stakeholders and industry operators joined this event. Access full article below: http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/blog/2011/11/22/languages-promoting-indigenous-african-language-films/ From pasxapu at DAKOTACOM.NET Tue Nov 22 16:39:51 2011 From: pasxapu at DAKOTACOM.NET (Phil Cash Cash) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:39:51 -0700 Subject: New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language (fwd link) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Great article Mary! I want to hang out with you now and make movies for language. Phil UofA On Nov 22, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote: > New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language > > Educator develops multimedia tools to share, preserve Ojibwe language. > > By Science Nation Mon, Nov 21 2011 at 5:38 PM EST > USA > > University of Minnesota Duluth education professor Mary Hermes says > saving an endangered language goes beyond just enriching the people > who speak it. > > "I think people have got to get beyond thinking it's just for the > Ojibwe people, that we want to save their Ojibwe language. There's > 10,000 years of human evolution and knowledge in that language," she > says. > > With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Hermes is > combining the skills of native speakers with video technology to help > others, young and old, learn the language in the most natural way. > She's doing it by videotaping short movies of everyday situations, > from going to a rummage sale to planting a garden to helping out a > sick relative. > > Access full article below: > http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/new-home-movies-resurrect-endangered-native-american-language# > From kevinroach at CENTURYTEL.NET Tue Nov 22 17:36:13 2011 From: kevinroach at CENTURYTEL.NET (Kevin Roach) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:36:13 -0600 Subject: New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language (fwd link) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: The software package and a free demo can be downloaded here: http://www.grassrootsindigenousmultimedia.org/ Kevin Roach kevin at grassrootsIM.org On Nov 22, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote: > New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language > > Educator develops multimedia tools to share, preserve Ojibwe language. > > By Science Nation Mon, Nov 21 2011 at 5:38 PM EST > USA > > University of Minnesota Duluth education professor Mary Hermes says > saving an endangered language goes beyond just enriching the people > who speak it. > > "I think people have got to get beyond thinking it's just for the > Ojibwe people, that we want to save their Ojibwe language. There's > 10,000 years of human evolution and knowledge in that language," she > says. > > With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Hermes is > combining the skills of native speakers with video technology to help > others, young and old, learn the language in the most natural way. > She's doing it by videotaping short movies of everyday situations, > from going to a rummage sale to planting a garden to helping out a > sick relative. > > Access full article below: > http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/new-home-movies-resurrect-endangered-native-american-language# > From mhermes at UMN.EDU Tue Nov 22 17:46:26 2011 From: mhermes at UMN.EDU (Mary Hermes) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:46:26 -0600 Subject: New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language (fwd link) In-Reply-To: <88ADD9B7-A6ED-4F7B-919D-89DA196045D9@dakotacom.net> Message-ID: Yes Phil! Come hang out, we always have fun with the movies. -------------------------------------------- Mary Hermes, PhD Associate and Visiting Professor, 2011-12 Curriculum and Instruction University of Minnesota On Nov 22, 2011, at 10:39 AM, Phil Cash Cash wrote: > Great article Mary! I want to hang out with you now and make movies for language. > > Phil > UofA > > On Nov 22, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash wrote: > >> New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language >> >> Educator develops multimedia tools to share, preserve Ojibwe language. >> >> By Science Nation Mon, Nov 21 2011 at 5:38 PM EST >> USA >> >> University of Minnesota Duluth education professor Mary Hermes says >> saving an endangered language goes beyond just enriching the people >> who speak it. >> >> "I think people have got to get beyond thinking it's just for the >> Ojibwe people, that we want to save their Ojibwe language. There's >> 10,000 years of human evolution and knowledge in that language," she >> says. >> >> With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Hermes is >> combining the skills of native speakers with video technology to help >> others, young and old, learn the language in the most natural way. >> She's doing it by videotaping short movies of everyday situations, >> from going to a rummage sale to planting a garden to helping out a >> sick relative. >> >> Access full article below: >> http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/new-home-movies-resurrect-endangered-native-american-language# >> From Dave_Pearson at SIL.ORG Wed Nov 23 13:34:54 2011 From: Dave_Pearson at SIL.ORG (Dave Pearson) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:34:54 +0300 Subject: Terralingua's latest magazine: The Case for Linguistic Diver sity Message-ID: Dear All, The Autumn 2011 edition of Terralingua's magazine is entitled The Case for Linguistic Diversity. It's stimulating stuff! Dave Pearson SIL International Mobile: +44 7985 256 581 Office: +254 202 723 793 Skype: dave_pearson_sil Web: www.sil.org SIL serves language communities worldwide, building their capacity for sustainable language development, by means of research, translation, training and materials development. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Wed Nov 23 17:53:01 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:53:01 -0700 Subject: Linguist discusses endangered languages (fwd link) Message-ID: Linguist discusses endangered languages By KATIE METTLER | IDS POSTED AT 08:35 PM ON NOV. 20, 2011 USA More than 60 faculty and students crammed into a small classroom in Ballantine Hall on Friday to hear renowned linguist Lindsay Whaley speak about endangered languages. Whaley, a professor of linguistics and classics at Dartmouth College, presented the lecture, ?What We (Still) Don?t Know About Endangered Languages.? Access full article below: http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=84281 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Wed Nov 23 17:56:37 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:56:37 -0700 Subject: Dying Ormuri language finds saviour in English book (fwd link) Message-ID: Dying Ormuri language finds saviour in English book Published: November 21, 2011 "Language suicide is when a community itself opts not to practice it," Distinguished National Professor and renowned author and linguist Dr Tariq Rahman. Deliberating on the need to protect endangered local languages, national and international experts urged on making conscious effort to save Ormuri language, spoken by the Ormuri people in Pakistan and Afghanistan, according to an SDPI press release. This was discussed during an official presentation of the book ?The Ormuri Language in Past and Present?, jointly organised by the Forum for Language Initiatives, Islamabad (FLI) and Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) here on Sunday. The book has been translated from Russian to English and is on the centuries-old Ormuri language, which is now on verge of extinction. Dr Joan LG Baart translated the book. Access full article below: http://tribune.com.pk/story/295010/dying-ormuri-language-finds-saviour-in-english-book/ From andrea.berez at GMAIL.COM Mon Nov 28 17:19:23 2011 From: andrea.berez at GMAIL.COM (Andrea L. Berez) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 07:19:23 -1000 Subject: LSA CELP: Native American language revitalization letter-writing campaign Message-ID: Dear ILAT List members, *The LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation (CELP) is requesting the help of the entire linguistics and language activism community.* You may recall that last April the LSA passed a resolution urging President Obama to sign an executive order on Native American language revitalization ( http://www.lsadc.org/info/lsa-res-native-american.cfm). CELP is now following this up by instituting a *letter-writing campaign to President Obama*, in order to convey to the White House our support for this important issue. *We are encouraging all of you to write letters* and become agents of positive change. *Writing a letter is easy* ? it takes just a few clicks on the CELP website: www.lsacelp.org. There are three ways to help! 1. Simple, effective, and really fast: -Go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact -Fill out the form. In the drop-down list for the Subject box, select ?Education.? -In the message box, copy and paste the letter found at the bottom of our webpage http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ and type your name at the end. -Solve the captcha by typing the word or phrase given in the box. Press send, and you?re done! 2. More effective and almost as fast: -Copy and paste the letter found at http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ into a word processor such as Microsoft Word. -Type today?s date at the top of the letter. -Print it out and sign it. -Mail it to: President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 3. Most effective: -Write your own letter in your own words. Let President Obama and the Whtie House know why this issue is important to you! -Use the link above to send your letter electronically, or print and sign your letter and mail it to the White House. Thank you very much for your attention. We value your participation and all the work that you do in the furtherance of Indigenous language revitalization. Yours truly, Carol Genetti Chair LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mhermes at UMN.EDU Mon Nov 28 17:21:49 2011 From: mhermes at UMN.EDU (Mary Hermes) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:21:49 -0600 Subject: LSA CELP: Native American language revitalization letter-writing campaign In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Sorry, what is the LSA? -------------------------------------------- Mary Hermes, PhD Associate and Visiting Professor, 2011-12 Curriculum and Instruction University of Minnesota On Nov 28, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Andrea L. Berez wrote: > Dear ILAT List members, > > > > The LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation (CELP) is requesting the help of the entire linguistics and language activism community. You may recall that last April the LSA passed a resolution urging President Obama to sign an executive order on Native American language revitalization (http://www.lsadc.org/info/lsa-res-native-american.cfm). CELP is now following this up by instituting a letter-writing campaign to President Obama, in order to convey to the White House our support for this important issue. > > > We are encouraging all of you to write letters and become agents of positive change. Writing a letter is easy ? it takes just a few clicks on the CELP website: www.lsacelp.org. > > > There are three ways to help! > > > > 1. Simple, effective, and really fast: > > -Go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact > > -Fill out the form. In the drop-down list for > the Subject box, select ?Education.? > > -In the message box, copy and paste the > letter found at the bottom of our webpage http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ and type your name at the end. > > -Solve the captcha by typing the word or phrase given in the box. Press send, and you?re done! > > > 2. More effective and almost as fast: > > -Copy and paste the letter found at http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ into a word processor such as Microsoft Word. > > -Type today?s date at the top of the letter. > > -Print it out and sign it. > > -Mail it to: > President Barack Obama > The White House > 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 > > > 3. Most effective: > > -Write your own letter in your own words. Let President Obama and the Whtie House know why this issue is important to you! > > -Use the link above to send your letter electronically, or print and sign your letter and mail it to the White House. > > > Thank you very much for your attention. We value your participation and all the work that you do in the furtherance of Indigenous language revitalization. > > > Yours truly, > > > Carol Genetti > > Chair > > LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation > From cgenetti at LINGUISTICS.UCSB.EDU Mon Nov 28 17:25:38 2011 From: cgenetti at LINGUISTICS.UCSB.EDU (Carol Genetti) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:25:38 -0800 Subject: LSA CELP: Native American language revitalization letter-writing campaign In-Reply-To: Message-ID: It is the Linguistic Society of America -- I believe it is the largest professional organization of linguists in the world. Best, Carol --On Monday, November 28, 2011 11:21 AM -0600 Mary Hermes wrote: > Sorry, what is the LSA? > > -------------------------------------------- > Mary Hermes, PhD > Associate and Visiting Professor, 2011-12 > Curriculum and Instruction > University of Minnesota > > > > On Nov 28, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Andrea L. Berez wrote: > >> Dear ILAT List members, >> >> >> >> The LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation (CELP) >> is requesting the help of the entire linguistics and language activism >> community. You may recall that last April the LSA passed a resolution >> urging President Obama to sign an executive order on Native American >> language revitalization >> (http://www.lsadc.org/info/lsa-res-native-american.cfm). CELP is now >> following this up by instituting a letter-writing campaign to President >> Obama, in order to convey to the White House our support for this >> important issue. >> >> >> We are encouraging all of you to write letters and become agents of >> positive change. Writing a letter is easy ? it takes just a few clicks >> on the CELP website: www.lsacelp.org. >> >> >> There are three ways to help! >> >> >> >> 1. Simple, effective, and really fast: >> >> -Go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact >> >> -Fill out the form. In the drop-down list for ?> the Subject box, select >> ?Education.? >> >> -In the message box, copy and paste the ?> letter found at the bottom of >> our webpage http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ and type your name at the >> end. >> >> -Solve the captcha by typing the word or phrase given in the box. Press >> send, and you?re done! >> >> >> 2. More effective and almost as fast: >> >> -Copy and paste the letter found at http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ into >> a word processor such as Microsoft Word. >> >> -Type today?s date at the top of the letter. >> >> -Print it out and sign it. >> >> -Mail it to: ?> President Barack Obama?> The White House?> 1600 >> Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 >> >> >> 3. Most effective: >> >> -Write your own letter in your own words. Let President Obama and the >> Whtie House know why this issue is important to you! >> >> -Use the link above to send your letter electronically, or print and >> sign your letter and mail it to the White House. >> >> >> Thank you very much for your attention. We value your participation and >> all the work that you do in the furtherance of Indigenous language >> revitalization. >> >> >> Yours truly, >> >> >> Carol Genetti >> >> Chair >> >> LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation >> From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Mon Nov 28 21:01:53 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:01:53 -0700 Subject: LSA CELP: Native American language revitalization letter-writing campaign In-Reply-To: <61CF1E162588C04A1E92D108@host-68GZ1G1.ucsb.edu> Message-ID: I have often heard/received the same question from within the native community, "What is the LSA?" Phil Cash Cash UofA On 11/28/2011, Carol Genetti wrote: > It is the Linguistic Society of America -- I believe it is the largest > professional organization of linguists in the world. > > Best, > Carol > > --On Monday, November 28, 2011 11:21 AM -0600 Mary Hermes > wrote: > >> Sorry, what is the LSA? >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> Mary Hermes, PhD >> Associate and Visiting Professor, 2011-12 >> Curriculum and Instruction >> University of Minnesota >> >> >> >> On Nov 28, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Andrea L. Berez wrote: >> >>> Dear ILAT List members, >>> >>> >>> >>> The LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation (CELP) >>> is requesting the help of the entire linguistics and language activism >>> community. You may recall that last April the LSA passed a resolution >>> urging President Obama to sign an executive order on Native American >>> language revitalization >>> (http://www.lsadc.org/info/lsa-res-native-american.cfm). CELP is now >>> following this up by instituting a letter-writing campaign to President >>> Obama, in order to convey to the White House our support for this >>> important issue. >>> >>> >>> We are encouraging all of you to write letters and become agents of >>> positive change. Writing a letter is easy ? it takes just a few clicks >>> on the CELP website: www.lsacelp.org. >>> >>> >>> There are three ways to help! >>> >>> >>> >>> 1. Simple, effective, and really fast: >>> >>> -Go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact >>> >>> -Fill out the form. In the drop-down list for ?> the Subject box, select >>> ?Education.? >>> >>> -In the message box, copy and paste the ?> letter found at the bottom of >>> our webpage http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ and type your name at the >>> end. >>> >>> -Solve the captcha by typing the word or phrase given in the box. Press >>> send, and you?re done! >>> >>> >>> 2. More effective and almost as fast: >>> >>> -Copy and paste the letter found at http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ into >>> a word processor such as Microsoft Word. >>> >>> -Type today?s date at the top of the letter. >>> >>> -Print it out and sign it. >>> >>> -Mail it to: ?> President Barack Obama?> The White House?> 1600 >>> Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 >>> >>> >>> 3. Most effective: >>> >>> -Write your own letter in your own words. Let President Obama and the >>> Whtie House know why this issue is important to you! >>> >>> -Use the link above to send your letter electronically, or print and >>> sign your letter and mail it to the White House. >>> >>> >>> Thank you very much for your attention. We value your participation and >>> all the work that you do in the furtherance of Indigenous language >>> revitalization. >>> >>> >>> Yours truly, >>> >>> >>> Carol Genetti >>> >>> Chair >>> >>> LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation >>> > From mslinn at OU.EDU Mon Nov 28 21:23:02 2011 From: mslinn at OU.EDU (Linn, Mary S.) Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:23:02 +0000 Subject: LSA CELP: Native American language revitalization letter-writing campaign In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hello ILATers, As a professional organization, the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) may not have much profile in indigenous communities, and this is too bad. The website for LSA is http://www.lsadc.org/. It is rather clunky now, but they are working to update its style and content. Hopefully, the expanded activities of the LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation (CELP) will have more relevance to the average person and to endangered language communities, including this writing campaign to get the president of the US to sign an executive order. The committee also sponsors more applied workshops at the LSA annual meeting, including workshops on language description and revitalization, and a retrospective of projects sponsored by NSF Documenting Endangered Languages grants in an effort to call to light the importance of these projects. CELP is working with another committee to start an LSA award that will honor indigenous language teachers/mentors/linguists around the world. The website for CELP is found at http://www.lsadc.org/info/lsa-comm-endanger.cfm I hope this short introduction to LSA and CELP helps. Mary Mary S. Linn Associate Curator, Native American Languages Associate Professor, Anthropology Adjunct Associate Professor, Native American Studies Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History University of Oklahoma 2401 Chautauqua Avenue Norman, OK 73072 405-325-7588 (voice) 405-325-7699 (fax) ________________________________________ From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] on behalf of Phillip E Cash Cash [cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 3:01 PM To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU Subject: Re: [ILAT] LSA CELP: Native American language revitalization letter-writing campaign I have often heard/received the same question from within the native community, "What is the LSA?" Phil Cash Cash UofA On 11/28/2011, Carol Genetti wrote: > It is the Linguistic Society of America -- I believe it is the largest > professional organization of linguists in the world. > > Best, > Carol > > --On Monday, November 28, 2011 11:21 AM -0600 Mary Hermes > wrote: > >> Sorry, what is the LSA? >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> Mary Hermes, PhD >> Associate and Visiting Professor, 2011-12 >> Curriculum and Instruction >> University of Minnesota >> >> >> >> On Nov 28, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Andrea L. Berez wrote: >> >>> Dear ILAT List members, >>> >>> >>> >>> The LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation (CELP) >>> is requesting the help of the entire linguistics and language activism >>> community. You may recall that last April the LSA passed a resolution >>> urging President Obama to sign an executive order on Native American >>> language revitalization >>> (http://www.lsadc.org/info/lsa-res-native-american.cfm). CELP is now >>> following this up by instituting a letter-writing campaign to President >>> Obama, in order to convey to the White House our support for this >>> important issue. >>> >>> >>> We are encouraging all of you to write letters and become agents of >>> positive change. Writing a letter is easy ? it takes just a few clicks >>> on the CELP website: www.lsacelp.org. >>> >>> >>> There are three ways to help! >>> >>> >>> >>> 1. Simple, effective, and really fast: >>> >>> -Go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact >>> >>> -Fill out the form. In the drop-down list for ?> the Subject box, select >>> ?Education.? >>> >>> -In the message box, copy and paste the ?> letter found at the bottom of >>> our webpage http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ and type your name at the >>> end. >>> >>> -Solve the captcha by typing the word or phrase given in the box. Press >>> send, and you?re done! >>> >>> >>> 2. More effective and almost as fast: >>> >>> -Copy and paste the letter found at http://lsacelp.org/take-action/ into >>> a word processor such as Microsoft Word. >>> >>> -Type today?s date at the top of the letter. >>> >>> -Print it out and sign it. >>> >>> -Mail it to: ?> President Barack Obama?> The White House?> 1600 >>> Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 >>> >>> >>> 3. Most effective: >>> >>> -Write your own letter in your own words. Let President Obama and the >>> Whtie House know why this issue is important to you! >>> >>> -Use the link above to send your letter electronically, or print and >>> sign your letter and mail it to the White House. >>> >>> >>> Thank you very much for your attention. We value your participation and >>> all the work that you do in the furtherance of Indigenous language >>> revitalization. >>> >>> >>> Yours truly, >>> >>> >>> Carol Genetti >>> >>> Chair >>> >>> LSA Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation >>> > From mikinakn at SHAW.CA Wed Nov 30 05:31:08 2011 From: mikinakn at SHAW.CA (Rolland Nadjiwon) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:31:08 -0500 Subject: FW: World Poetry Movement Message-ID: ...check it out...and if you are a writer...check it closer...lol. ------- wahjeh rolland nadjiwon ___________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: A Hunter [mailto:alhunter58 at gmail.com] Sent: November-29-11 5:19 PM To: Subject: World Poetry Movement http://www.wpm2011.org/ ----- No virus found in this message. 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Read more:http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/30/six-students-complete-choctaw-language-minor-at-southeastern-65166 http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/11/30/six-students-complete-choctaw-language-minor-at-southeastern-65166#ixzz1fESUv02W From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Wed Nov 30 22:58:59 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:58:59 -0700 Subject: 10th annual elders gathering promotes aboriginal teachings (fwd link) Message-ID: 10th annual elders gathering promotes aboriginal teachings 2011 event focuses on healthy relationships Shuja Safavi 11:33 am Canada Aboriginal community leaders and elders were brought together at the 10th annual Elders and Traditional Teachers Gathering to share their knowledge. Elders in First Nations communities play an important role in passing on traditional teachings and providing guidance to younger community members. The gathering took place on Nov. 25 and 26 in Migizii Agamik at the University of Manitoba. Access full article below: http://www.themanitoban.com/articles/50312 From cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Wed Nov 30 23:08:28 2011 From: cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Phillip E Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:08:28 -0700 Subject: New university centre opens way for Indigenous Australians (fwd link) Message-ID: New university centre opens way for Indigenous Australians AUS 28/11/2011 The Northern Territory?s new Australian Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Education (ACIKE) is uniquely poised to become a leading provider of tertiary education programs that address the needs of Indigenous Australia. >From Semester 1 2012, the centre will offer a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate study options in the areas of languages, public policy, creative industries, education, health and Indigenous knowledges. Access full article below: http://ext.cdu.edu.au/newsroom/a/2010/Pages/NewuniversitycentreopenswayforIndigenousAustralians.aspx