women as keepers of the language

[Mark Sicoli]

Hi Tammy,

Take a look at Barbra Meek's book *We are our language: An ethnography of
language revitalization in a Northern Athabaskan community.    *Working
with Kaska Athabaskans in the Yukon, she describes (in part) dialect
features that are matrilineal with "correct" speech for one (male of
female) being their mother's and grandmother's way of speaking.

All the best,
Mark

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University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Tammy DeCoteau <tdc.aaia at verizon.net>wrote:

> Does anyone know of any writing that talks about women being the keepers
> of the language and it being the mothers and grandmothers that pass
> language down?  There is a mother's day event at which they are asking for
> our program to have a booth and I would like to create a handout and hope
> to quote something.
>
> Tammy DeCoteau
> AAIA Native Language Program
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