New home movies resurrect endangered Native American language (fwd link)

[Mary Hermes]

Yes Phil!  Come hang out, we always have fun with the movies.

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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#
>>