From weyiiletpu at gmail.com Mon Dec 2 23:05:43 2013 From: weyiiletpu at gmail.com (Phil Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 16:05:43 -0700 Subject: Native Americans practice, preserve, live indigenous languages (fwd link) Message-ID: Native Americans practice, preserve, live indigenous languages Native Americans practice, preserve indigenous languages By Andi Murphy >> amurphy at lcsun-news.com, @andimurphy on Twitter LAS CRUCES >> Donald Pepion's parents attended boarding schools at a time when Native Americans were not permitted to speak their language. "It was hard to be Indian," said Pepion, a member of the Blackfeet tribe of Montana. "So as a result of that, they didn't use the language at home a lot. We know that in both boarding schools and mission schools kids were abused if they tried to use their language or tried to express any of their culture." Through forced assimilation many tribes lost vast amounts of their culture and language, he said. 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Mischa Jackson and her husband are speaking Tlingit to their 10-month old baby Michaelyn. “We do little words and phrases and commands at home and try to expose her as much as we can to elders that speak conversationally, so she can just hear it. And she loves to hear it. It gets her attention better than English does,” Jackson says laughing. Access full article below: http://www.ktoo.org/2013/12/01/how-to-save-an-endangered-language/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The smaller one squirms and is gently admonished: "Ayustan," she is told — leave it alone. It's here where the Lakota language is spoken, taught and absorbed in day-to-day life. ​Access full article below: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/1/when-a-people-andalanguageareoneteachinglakotatothelakota.html ​ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From weyiiletpu at gmail.com Wed Dec 4 16:56:28 2013 From: weyiiletpu at gmail.com (Phil Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 09:56:28 -0700 Subject: Globalization Helps Preserve Endangered Languages (fwd link) Message-ID: *Globalization Helps Preserve Endangered Languages* A globalized internet, with Skype, YouTube and WordPress, connects and preserves language diversity Mark Turin YaleGlobal, 3 December 2013 NEW YORK: No one should be too surprised to overhear an endangered language spoken in the heart of Manhattan – endangered because their speakers have ceased to use them or are simply dying. Home to more than 800 languages – more than a tenth of the world’s total number of living speech forms – the five boroughs of New York City are the most linguistically diverse urban settlement on earth. Whether inside iconic yellow cabs or among passengers chatting in the colorful No. 7 train somewhere between Flushing and Times Square, people in this bustling metropolis speak endangered languages every day. The clicks and tones that cabbie just used on the phone to his cousin may well have been in a language at risk of disappearing. Access full article below: http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/globalization-helps-preserve-endangered-languages -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Director of the Ringbalin project Ben Pederick says the app features nearly 100 films, 30 audio journeys and 20 photo stories. "You can travel through the country and be guided by the elder," he said. ​Access full article below: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-28/technology-brings-traditional-stories-to-life-on-murray-darling/5121614 ​ Media link: http://www.ringbalin-riverstories.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From weyiiletpu at gmail.com Wed Dec 4 16:53:25 2013 From: weyiiletpu at gmail.com (Phil Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 09:53:25 -0700 Subject: Smithsonian gets $1M to save endangered languages (fwd link) Message-ID: Smithsonian gets $1M to save endangered languagesPublished 7:49 am, Wednesday, December 4, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History has received a $1 million grant to launch a long-term initiative to digitize and preserve recordings of endangered languages. 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URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: CALL FOR PAPERS.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 21511 bytes Desc: not available URL: From resa.bizzaro at iup.edu Sat Dec 7 15:44:12 2013 From: resa.bizzaro at iup.edu (Resa C Bizzaro) Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2013 10:44:12 -0500 Subject: Job ad for West Chester U Message-ID: Hi, all. Jeff Sommers has asked me to share this information with people I know who are looking for a tenure-track position. So here it is: Join a vibrant campus community whose excellence is reflected in its diversity and student success. West Chester University of Pennsylvania’s department of English invites applications for the position of tenure-track Assistant Professor in composition and rhetoric, with a  specialization in writing program administration, writing across the curriculum, and/or writing in the disciplines, and experience with and interest in teaching First Year Writing. Our English department includes one of the largest contingents of rhetoric and composition tenure-track scholar-teachers in the nation. We offer a diverse array of First Year Writing courses with a cultural studies emphasis that reaches over 5,000 students annually, a flourishing Writings track major for undergraduates, a successful master’s track in Writing, Teaching and Criticism, and a thriving writing center. The teaching load is four courses per semester. Salary and benefits are very competitive. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates for this position will have a Ph.D. in Composition and Rhetoric or a related discipline with a record of study and research in the specializations noted above and demonstrated success in teaching. The candidate will also have demonstrated expertise, training, or experience in writing program administration, writing across the curriculum, and/or writing in the disciplines. Experience in best practices in online writing instruction, particularly hybrid courses, and evidence of interest in seeking external funding for a research agenda will strengthen a candidate’s application. The successful candidate will be prepared to join us in further developing research-based policies and innovative practices or programs in our writing program, to teach First Year Writing and mid- and upper-level courses in composition and rhetoric, and to develop and teach advanced and master’s-level courses in their specializations to English majors, including teacher candidates, and graduate students. Depending upon the candidate’s secondary expertise, s/he may be asked to take on a leadership role in writing program administration, writing across the curriculum (a writing emphasis infrastructure at WCU), and/or writing in the disciplines. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: To Apply: Submit materials to the online application system at http://agency.governmentjobs.com/wcupa/default.cfm. Please provide a letter of interest, CV, and official graduate transcripts.  In addition, please provide two sample syllabi: 1) an innovative course in FirstYear Writing that emphasizes critical thinking, and   2) an advanced or graduate course in any of the specializations noted above, including a focus on theoretical aspects of the course topic. Also, please send three letters of recommendation to search at wcupa.edu and include the code “English Search #14-104” in the subject line.  Finalists must successfully complete an on-campus interview, which includes a teaching demonstration and a scholarly presentation. Review of applications will begin January 3, 2014 and continue until the position is filled. The filling of this position is contingent upon available funding.   West Chester University, a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, continues to build a culturally diverse, broadly trained faculty capable of fostering an inclusive environment. WCU is home to the Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project and a Poetry Center that hosts the largest annual poetry conference in the country. The University has a strong culture of community-engaged learning.  West Chester, called “one of the world’s most perfect small towns” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, is located 25 miles west of Philadelphia, is convenient to major cultural and commercial institutions and recreational activities, and is within driving distance of Wilmington, DE, NYC, and Washington, DC.    Developing and sustaining a diverse faculty and staff advances WCU’s educational mission and strategic Plan for Excellence. West Chester University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.    All offers of employment are subject to and contingent upon satisfactory completion of all pre-employment background checks.    If you have questions about the ad or position, you may contact Jeff. His address is above in the cc line. Resa  From weyiiletpu at gmail.com Mon Dec 9 20:36:48 2013 From: weyiiletpu at gmail.com (Phil Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 13:36:48 -0700 Subject: State announces tribal language preservation efforts (fwd link) Message-ID: State announces tribal language preservation efforts Posted: Saturday, December 7, 2013 7:15 am Courtesy of Heather Sobrepena-George USA HELENA – Imagine browsing through your smartphone’s “App Store” and being able to download a talking dictionary that includes phrases such as “Shoo daa chii?” (“How are you?” in Apsáalooke) or “Ginnehayen” (“Thank you” in Aa Nii). Well, thanks to the start of a comprehensive effort to preserve Indian languages in Montana, you may soon be able to do just that. [image: Letters from Santa Instory][image: Flathead Lake Deals In Story Linked to FLD] Governor Steve Bullock, Department of Commerce Director Meg O’Leary and Director of Indian Affairs Jason Smith, a CSKT tribal member and graduate of Polson High School, recently announced the award of $2 million in funds to Montana’s tribal governments for language preservation efforts through the Montana Indian Language Preservation Pilot Program (MILP3). Access full article below: http://leaderadvertiser.com/news/article_56470868-5dfa-11e3-9611-0019bb2963f4.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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But all the inclusion masks some tensions: English dominates in many spheres of business and culture. as it does in so many countries. Afrikaans remains tainted by its association with apartheid, but some people are trying to change that. Also, some middle class blacks prefer to speak English in the home, rather than Xhosa, Tswana or other indigenous languages. Our second story is about a man who is trying to update his language, Zulu, one word at a time. Access full article below: http://www.pri.org/stories/2013-12-09/afrikaans-zulu-south-africas-languages-have-stories-tell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jodi.burshia at gmail.com Tue Dec 10 10:51:21 2013 From: jodi.burshia at gmail.com (Jodi Burshia) Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 03:51:21 -0700 Subject: Fwd: Russ Campbell Young Scholar Award in Heritage Language Education In-Reply-To: <57FE779FB4238D4CAA187C78462F86D60971B6@ex2010mailbox2.SS.ucla.edu> Message-ID: [image: cid:image001.png at 01CEAEEA.6CA31350] Russ Campbell Young Scholar Award in Heritage Language Education *At the upcoming 2014 International Conference on Heritage/ Community Languages we will be presenting a new award called the Russ Campbell Young Scholar Award in Heritage Language Education. The award has been established in honor of Professor Russell Campbell whose work was instrumental in launching the field of heritage language studies.* *Our aim in creating this award is to recognize outstanding scholarship by two individuals who are currently working on a dissertation, or who have filed one within the last 5 years, that focuses on topics related to heritage language. Five hundred dollars will be presented to each winner.* To apply for this award, you must have first submitted a paper to present at the conference. That deadline has passed. If you have submitted a paper and would like to apply for the award, please send a sample of your writing, such as a dissertation chapter or a paper, and a CV to chik at international.ucla.edu. Submission deadline for these materials is *December 15, 2013*. The award will be announced at the conference. In order to receive the award you need to be in attendance. -- P.O. 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That story is long and complex, documenting how many other languages shaped the English we speak today. To make some of the concepts relevant to her students, Stone looked locally for examples of what happens when different languages splash up against each other. She could hardly find richer territory than the 49th state, known for varied indigenous languages and, in more modern times, as the landing site for immigrants and refugees from around the world. She'd stumbled into a language mother lode. Access full article below: http://www.adn.com/2013/12/14/3231441/hometown-u-professor-sees-tremendous.html Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2013/12/14/3231441/hometown-u-professor-sees-tremendous.html#storylink=cpy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wleman1949 at gmail.com Mon Dec 16 20:42:51 2013 From: wleman1949 at gmail.com (Wayne Leman) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:42:51 -0800 Subject: Hometown U: Professor sees tremendous vitality where Alaska's languages clash (fwd link) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I grew up in one of these Alaskan villages where we have our own English dialect. Now, as a descriptive linguist myself, I understand what Professor Stone is doing. But her research and publication about it in the biggest newspaper in Alaska does not impact us Native people well. It comes across as yet one more way in which the dominant culture views us as odd, different, not measuring up to some outside standard. My relatives and other Native people have suffered greatly in Alaska from discrimination against us, including when we speak village English. One of my uncles was not even allowed to eat in one of the Anchorage restaurants, because he was from a Native village, even though he served in the U.S. Army. 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On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Phil Cash Cash wrote: > Cree Language Classroom in Montreal > http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cree-language-classroom-in-montreal > > ~~ > > Looking to contribute > to a worthy cause > ? > :) > > > Phil > ilat > -- *Anna Luisa Daigneault, M.Sc* Development Officer & Latin America Projects Coordinator Enduring Voices Project | Voces Duraderas Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages Twitter: @livingtongues Archivo Digital de la Memoria Yanesha | Arr Añño'tena Poeñotenaxhno Yanesha www.yanesha.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I'd like to spread the word on an upcoming conference on language vitality, focusing on sleeping languages and indigenous languages of the U.S. Gulf South, to be held at Tulane University, in New Orleans, Louisiana, 7-9 March 2014. I've attached the conference announcement and call for papers, which I have also pasted at the end of this email. The conference does not have a webpage, but we can see its info online at its Linguist List listing: http://linguistlist.org/callconf/browse-conf-action.cfm?ConfID=172456 Please note that although the conference is focusing on sleeping language and languages of the U.S. Gulf South, we welcome submissions from and participation of individuals all! We hope this conference will be an opportunity to bring together linguists, community members, language professionals, students, and anyone else. Best, Zach Hebert *CONFERENCE INVITATION* Conference on Language Revitalization: Sleeping and Awakened Languages of the Gulf South New Orleans, LA, March 7-9, 2014 It is our pleasure to formally invite you to attend the Conference on Language Revitalization: Sleeping and Awakened Languages of the Gulf South*. The conference will be held March 7-9, 2014 at Tulane University in New Orleans. We anticipate a vibrant community of linguists, pedagogues, materials developers, and leaders. The conference will include plenary speakers and panels on linguistic analyses, methodologies and materials for teaching and studying, and integration of technological tools. Our aim is to incorporate cultural and linguistic studies to produce tools that can be implemented by people for their own culture and language in order to strengthen their languages at any point in the revitalization process. We hope to provide a forum for an exchange of ideas and practices, materials, revitalization techniques, and networking opportunities. Attendees will need to fund their travel and lodging. A light breakfast and a lunch on March 8th as well as a light breakfast on March 9th will be provided at the conference. To register or for any questions, please email: tunicalanguageproject at gmail.com Unfortunately, Tulane is not in session December 15th, 2013 through January 10th, 2014. Queries made in the interim will be answered as soon as possible in the new academic year. *CALL FOR PAPERS* Submission Deadline: Jan 31st, 2014 A language dies every two weeks. In Louisiana, two of the original ten indigenous languages are still spoken in daily communication, but all these founder populations feel a vital connection to their linguistic and cultural roots; many have active language revitalization programs either in place or on the drawing board. This conference* aims to build a community where indigenous tribe members, linguists, pedagogues, and materials developers can come together and share experiences, methodologies, linguistic analyses, and cultural knowledge. Our goal is to share successes and failures in order to create and improve available resources for strengthening indigenous languages. We welcome abstracts on topics related to our panels: - Methodology for teaching and studying indigenous language - Archival materials use - Practical orthographies - Analytic software - Interactive media for language promotion - Technology in documentation – methods and pitfalls - Teaching materials - Linguistic analyses of Gulf Coast languages - Language revitalization - linguistic, ethnographic, and practical studies *This is not an exhaustive list and individual papers and/or colloquia on topics outside these remits are warmly welcomed.* * Sponsored by the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South and the Tulane Linguistics Program ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Abstracts should be submitted in English, but presentations can be in any language. We particularly welcome presentations in languages of the region. Authors may submit no more than one individual and one joint proposal. ABSTRACTS ARE DUE BY Jan 31st, 2014 with notification of acceptance by Feb 17th, 2014 We ask for ABSTRACTS OF 400 WORDS and a 50 WORD SUMMARY for inclusion in the conference program. All abstracts will be submitted to blind peer review. SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL BY EMAIL: tunicalanguageproject at gmail.com PAPERS will be allowed 15 minutes plus 5 minutes of question time. FOR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL: tunicalanguageproject at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Call for papers.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 37295 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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His ancestors were traditional folk artists and dancers, but not Musale. He works like any other professional in Pune city, 150km from the provincial capital, Mumbai. "When you don't hear a language you forget," he says. The mobile phone is a blessing as that enables him to communicate with his parents who still live in his ancestral village. This has helped him keep in touch with his mother tongue. Not just that, Musale is consciously relearning his language which is on the endangered list. Whenever he goes home on vacation, he makes it a point to record songs and voices of elders on his smart phone. Access full article below: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/11/social-media-rescues-dying-indian-languages-201311277047252312.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Continue reading the main story “Start Quote When I hear the words in my own language, I feel like Jesus Christ himself is talking to me” Maria TeresaMaya youth in Chiapas But for these young people, the spoken word in the ceremony is particularly resonant. It is being conducted in Tzotzil, the main Mayan language in this part of Mexico. Access full article below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25445819 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From weyiiletpu at gmail.com Sun Dec 29 17:44:06 2013 From: weyiiletpu at gmail.com (Phil Cash Cash) Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 10:44:06 -0700 Subject: Spokane Indians Take Historic Step with Logo in Salish Language (fwd link) Message-ID: *Spokane Indians Take Historic Step with Logo in Salish Language* Rodney Harwood 12/27/13 Native Americans have been struggling for a voice in the decision-making process since the United States government started making treaties with the tribes. Their voice has been falling on deaf ears for centuries. Concerns over derogatory Native American imagery and athletic team logos and the defiant disregard of Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to change his team name has been the norm for centuries. But one American sports franchise has not only heard the voice of Native Americans in the Inland Empire, but welcomed their perspective. The Spokane Indians baseball team, a Class A Northwest League team that’s affiliated with the Texas Rangers, collaborated with the Spokane Tribe of Indians in a partnership built on respect. ​Access full article below: ​ http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/12/27/spokane-indians-take-historic-step-logo-salish-language-152874 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Posted: Thursday, December 26, 2013 12:00 am | *Updated: 5:02 am, Thu Dec 26, 2013.* *By HENRY DOLIVE For NewsOK.com * *STROUD -— Emily Nanaeto, Christian Wright and 14 of their Stroud High School classmates begin their school day talking about everyday things -— not in English, but in Sauk, the language once native to the Sac and Fox tribe.The introductory Sauk class is being taught this semester at Stroud and Shawnee high schools in cooperation with the Sac and Fox Nation's Sauk Language Department.* *The class is offered at Stroud High School for the first time this year and will continue in the spring semester, said Terrie Kinsey, Sauk Language Department coordinator for the Sac and Fox Nation. 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"So as a result of that, they didn't use the language at home a lot. We know that in both boarding schools and mission schools kids were abused if they tried to use their language or tried to express any of their culture." Through forced assimilation many tribes lost vast amounts of their culture and language, he said. Access full article below: http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-lifestyle/ci_24619619/native-americans-practice-preserve-live-indigenous-languages -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It's here, at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where Joe and Randi Boucher make dinner for their two young daughters. The smaller one squirms and is gently admonished: "Ayustan," she is told ? leave it alone. It's here where the Lakota language is spoken, taught and absorbed in day-to-day life. ?Access full article below: http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/12/1/when-a-people-andalanguageareoneteachinglakotatothelakota.html ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Whether inside iconic yellow cabs or among passengers chatting in the colorful No. 7 train somewhere between Flushing and Times Square, people in this bustling metropolis speak endangered languages every day. The clicks and tones that cabbie just used on the phone to his cousin may well have been in a language at risk of disappearing. Access full article below: http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/globalization-helps-preserve-endangered-languages -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From weyiiletpu at gmail.com Wed Dec 4 17:01:06 2013 From: weyiiletpu at gmail.com (Phil Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 10:01:06 -0700 Subject: Leader in Preserving Blackfoot Language Darrell Kip Walks On (fwd link) Message-ID: ?Tribal languages can be revitalized to sooth our children?s hearts again if people stop long enough to embrace them,? 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Director of the Ringbalin project Ben Pederick says the app features nearly 100 films, 30 audio journeys and 20 photo stories. "You can travel through the country and be guided by the elder," he said. ?Access full article below: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-28/technology-brings-traditional-stories-to-life-on-murray-darling/5121614 ? Media link: http://www.ringbalin-riverstories.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From weyiiletpu at gmail.com Wed Dec 4 16:53:25 2013 From: weyiiletpu at gmail.com (Phil Cash Cash) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 09:53:25 -0700 Subject: Smithsonian gets $1M to save endangered languages (fwd link) Message-ID: Smithsonian gets $1M to save endangered languagesPublished 7:49 am, Wednesday, December 4, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History has received a $1 million grant to launch a long-term initiative to digitize and preserve recordings of endangered languages. 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So here it is: Join a vibrant campus community whose excellence is reflected in its diversity and student success.?West Chester University of Pennsylvania?s department of English invites applications for the position of tenure-track Assistant Professor in composition and rhetoric, with a ?specialization in writing program administration, writing across the curriculum, and/or writing in the disciplines, and experience with and interest in teaching First Year Writing. Our English department includes one of the largest contingents of rhetoric and composition tenure-track scholar-teachers in the nation. We offer a diverse array of First Year Writing courses with a cultural studies emphasis that reaches over 5,000 students annually, a flourishing Writings track major for undergraduates, a successful master?s track in Writing, Teaching and Criticism, and a thriving writing center. The teaching load is four courses per semester. Salary and benefits are very competitive. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates for this position will have a Ph.D. in Composition and Rhetoric or a related discipline with a record of study and research in the specializations noted above and demonstrated success in teaching. The candidate will also have demonstrated expertise, training, or experience in writing program administration, writing across the curriculum, and/or writing in the disciplines. Experience in best practices in online writing instruction, particularly hybrid courses, and evidence of interest in seeking external funding for a research agenda will strengthen a candidate?s application. The successful candidate will be prepared to join us in further developing research-based policies and innovative practices or programs in our writing program, to teach First Year Writing and mid- and upper-level courses in composition and rhetoric, and to develop and teach advanced and master?s-level courses in their specializations to English majors, including teacher candidates, and graduate students. Depending upon the candidate?s secondary expertise, s/he may be asked to take on a leadership role in writing program administration, writing across the curriculum (a writing emphasis infrastructure at WCU), and/or writing in the disciplines. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: To Apply: Submit materials to the online application system at?http://agency.governmentjobs.com/wcupa/default.cfm.?Please provide a letter of interest, CV, and official graduate transcripts. ?In addition, please provide two sample syllabi:?1) an innovative course in FirstYear Writing that emphasizes critical thinking, and ??2) an advanced or graduate course in any of the specializations noted above, including a focus on theoretical aspects of the course topic. Also, please send three letters of recommendation to search at wcupa.edu?and include the code ?English Search #14-104? in the subject line. ?Finalists must successfully complete an on-campus interview, which includes a teaching demonstration and a scholarly presentation. Review of applications will begin January 3, 2014 and continue until the position is filled. The filling of this position is contingent upon available funding. ? West Chester University, a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, continues to build a culturally diverse, broadly trained faculty capable of fostering an inclusive environment. WCU is home to the Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project and a Poetry Center that hosts the largest annual poetry conference in the country. The University has a strong culture of community-engaged learning. ?West Chester, called ?one of the world?s most perfect small towns? by the Philadelphia Inquirer, is located 25 miles west of Philadelphia, is convenient to major cultural and commercial institutions and recreational activities, and is within driving distance of Wilmington, DE, NYC, and Washington, DC.? ? Developing and sustaining a diverse faculty and staff advances WCU?s educational mission and strategic Plan for Excellence.?West Chester University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.?Women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. ?? All offers of employment are subject to and contingent upon satisfactory completion of all pre-employment background checks. ? ?If you have questions about the ad or position, you may contact Jeff. His address is above in the cc line. Resa? From weyiiletpu at gmail.com Mon Dec 9 20:36:48 2013 From: weyiiletpu at gmail.com (Phil Cash Cash) Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 13:36:48 -0700 Subject: State announces tribal language preservation efforts (fwd link) Message-ID: State announces tribal language preservation efforts Posted: Saturday, December 7, 2013 7:15 am Courtesy of Heather Sobrepena-George USA HELENA ? Imagine browsing through your smartphone?s ?App Store? and being able to download a talking dictionary that includes phrases such as ?Shoo daa chii?? (?How are you?? in Aps?alooke) or ?Ginnehayen? (?Thank you? in Aa Nii). Well, thanks to the start of a comprehensive effort to preserve Indian languages in Montana, you may soon be able to do just that. [image: Letters from Santa Instory][image: Flathead Lake Deals In Story Linked to FLD] Governor Steve Bullock, Department of Commerce Director Meg O?Leary and Director of Indian Affairs Jason Smith, a CSKT tribal member and graduate of Polson High School, recently announced the award of $2 million in funds to Montana?s tribal governments for language preservation efforts through the Montana Indian Language Preservation Pilot Program (MILP3). Access full article below: http://leaderadvertiser.com/news/article_56470868-5dfa-11e3-9611-0019bb2963f4.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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But all the inclusion masks some tensions: English dominates in many spheres of business and culture. as it does in so many countries. Afrikaans remains tainted by its association with apartheid, but some people are trying to change that. Also, some middle class blacks prefer to speak English in the home, rather than Xhosa, Tswana or other indigenous languages. Our second story is about a man who is trying to update his language, Zulu, one word at a time. Access full article below: http://www.pri.org/stories/2013-12-09/afrikaans-zulu-south-africas-languages-have-stories-tell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The award has been established in honor of Professor Russell Campbell whose work was instrumental in launching the field of heritage language studies.* *Our aim in creating this award is to recognize outstanding scholarship by two individuals who are currently working on a dissertation, or who have filed one within the last 5 years, that focuses on topics related to heritage language. Five hundred dollars will be presented to each winner.* To apply for this award, you must have first submitted a paper to present at the conference. That deadline has passed. If you have submitted a paper and would like to apply for the award, please send a sample of your writing, such as a dissertation chapter or a paper, and a CV to chik at international.ucla.edu. Submission deadline for these materials is *December 15, 2013*. The award will be announced at the conference. In order to receive the award you need to be in attendance. -- P.O. 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The Cherokee Nation?s Language Translation Department ? which contracts with Apple, Microsoft, Google and Ivy League universities for Cherokee translation projects ? has been transcribing nearly 2,000 Cherokee handwritten documents at Yale?s Beinecke Library to catalogue and eventually make public. ?Our speakers are taking Cherokee history, in the form of our language, and preserving it for our future by incorporating our written alphabet into smart phones and computer language settings, making it possible for our youth to email entirely in Cherokee,? Principal Chief Bill John Baker said. ?They are one of our most valuable resources, not only passing on their wisdom to our Cherokee immersion students learning to speak, but for our future who will know more about our lives and way of thinking, revealed in all these translated archived manuscripts.? ? 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URL: From weyiiletpu at gmail.com Thu Dec 12 22:31:32 2013 From: weyiiletpu at gmail.com (Phil Cash Cash) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:31:32 -0700 Subject: Fwd: [aildi] AILDI Giving Opportunity In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Fyi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sadongei, Alyce - (sadongei) Date: Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 12:04 PM Subject: [aildi] AILDI Giving Opportunity To: "AILDI at list.arizona.edu" [image: cid:image001.png at 01CEF717.EC05E1C0] To give online go to: http://www.coe.arizona.edu/giving and click on ?give online today? at the bottom of the page. After selecting the amount, click the designation tab, choose ?other? and type in AILDI. Thank you! Alyce Sadongei American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI) University of Arizona www.aildi.arizona.edu sadongei at email.arizona.edu www.facebook.com/COE.AILDI (520) 621-1068; 626-4145 P (520) 621-8174 F -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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That story is long and complex, documenting how many other languages shaped the English we speak today. To make some of the concepts relevant to her students, Stone looked locally for examples of what happens when different languages splash up against each other. She could hardly find richer territory than the 49th state, known for varied indigenous languages and, in more modern times, as the landing site for immigrants and refugees from around the world. She'd stumbled into a language mother lode. Access full article below: http://www.adn.com/2013/12/14/3231441/hometown-u-professor-sees-tremendous.html Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2013/12/14/3231441/hometown-u-professor-sees-tremendous.html#storylink=cpy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wleman1949 at gmail.com Mon Dec 16 20:42:51 2013 From: wleman1949 at gmail.com (Wayne Leman) Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:42:51 -0800 Subject: Hometown U: Professor sees tremendous vitality where Alaska's languages clash (fwd link) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I grew up in one of these Alaskan villages where we have our own English dialect. Now, as a descriptive linguist myself, I understand what Professor Stone is doing. But her research and publication about it in the biggest newspaper in Alaska does not impact us Native people well. It comes across as yet one more way in which the dominant culture views us as odd, different, not measuring up to some outside standard. My relatives and other Native people have suffered greatly in Alaska from discrimination against us, including when we speak village English. One of my uncles was not even allowed to eat in one of the Anchorage restaurants, because he was from a Native village, even though he served in the U.S. Army. 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On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Phil Cash Cash wrote: > Cree Language Classroom in Montreal > http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/cree-language-classroom-in-montreal > > ~~ > > Looking to contribute > to a worthy cause > ? > :) > > > Phil > ilat > -- *Anna Luisa Daigneault, M.Sc* Development Officer & Latin America Projects Coordinator Enduring Voices Project | Voces Duraderas Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages Twitter: @livingtongues Archivo Digital de la Memoria Yanesha | Arr A??o'tena Poe?otenaxhno Yanesha www.yanesha.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From weyiiletpu at gmail.com Tue Dec 17 16:00:47 2013 From: weyiiletpu at gmail.com (Phil Cash Cash) Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 09:00:47 -0700 Subject: Secret Bids Guide Hopi Indians=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=99_?=Spirits Home (fwd link) Message-ID: Secret Bids Guide Hopi Indians? Spirits Home By TOM MASHBERGPublished: December 16, 2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/17/arts/design/secret-bids-guide-hopi-indians-spirits-home.html?hp&_r=0 ~~~ Although not quite language related, a compelling feel good story nonetheless. Phil -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mslinn at ou.edu Thu Dec 19 16:22:17 2013 From: mslinn at ou.edu (Linn, Mary S.) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:22:17 +0000 Subject: Collaborative Language Research Institute (CoLang) to hold office hours Message-ID: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I'd like to spread the word on an upcoming conference on language vitality, focusing on sleeping languages and indigenous languages of the U.S. Gulf South, to be held at Tulane University, in New Orleans, Louisiana, 7-9 March 2014. I've attached the conference announcement and call for papers, which I have also pasted at the end of this email. The conference does not have a webpage, but we can see its info online at its Linguist List listing: http://linguistlist.org/callconf/browse-conf-action.cfm?ConfID=172456 Please note that although the conference is focusing on sleeping language and languages of the U.S. Gulf South, we welcome submissions from and participation of individuals all! We hope this conference will be an opportunity to bring together linguists, community members, language professionals, students, and anyone else. Best, Zach Hebert *CONFERENCE INVITATION* Conference on Language Revitalization: Sleeping and Awakened Languages of the Gulf South New Orleans, LA, March 7-9, 2014 It is our pleasure to formally invite you to attend the Conference on Language Revitalization: Sleeping and Awakened Languages of the Gulf South*. The conference will be held March 7-9, 2014 at Tulane University in New Orleans. We anticipate a vibrant community of linguists, pedagogues, materials developers, and leaders. The conference will include plenary speakers and panels on linguistic analyses, methodologies and materials for teaching and studying, and integration of technological tools. Our aim is to incorporate cultural and linguistic studies to produce tools that can be implemented by people for their own culture and language in order to strengthen their languages at any point in the revitalization process. We hope to provide a forum for an exchange of ideas and practices, materials, revitalization techniques, and networking opportunities. Attendees will need to fund their travel and lodging. A light breakfast and a lunch on March 8th as well as a light breakfast on March 9th will be provided at the conference. To register or for any questions, please email: tunicalanguageproject at gmail.com Unfortunately, Tulane is not in session December 15th, 2013 through January 10th, 2014. Queries made in the interim will be answered as soon as possible in the new academic year. *CALL FOR PAPERS* Submission Deadline: Jan 31st, 2014 A language dies every two weeks. In Louisiana, two of the original ten indigenous languages are still spoken in daily communication, but all these founder populations feel a vital connection to their linguistic and cultural roots; many have active language revitalization programs either in place or on the drawing board. This conference* aims to build a community where indigenous tribe members, linguists, pedagogues, and materials developers can come together and share experiences, methodologies, linguistic analyses, and cultural knowledge. Our goal is to share successes and failures in order to create and improve available resources for strengthening indigenous languages. We welcome abstracts on topics related to our panels: - Methodology for teaching and studying indigenous language - Archival materials use - Practical orthographies - Analytic software - Interactive media for language promotion - Technology in documentation ? methods and pitfalls - Teaching materials - Linguistic analyses of Gulf Coast languages - Language revitalization - linguistic, ethnographic, and practical studies *This is not an exhaustive list and individual papers and/or colloquia on topics outside these remits are warmly welcomed.* * Sponsored by the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South and the Tulane Linguistics Program ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Abstracts should be submitted in English, but presentations can be in any language. We particularly welcome presentations in languages of the region. Authors may submit no more than one individual and one joint proposal. ABSTRACTS ARE DUE BY Jan 31st, 2014 with notification of acceptance by Feb 17th, 2014 We ask for ABSTRACTS OF 400 WORDS and a 50 WORD SUMMARY for inclusion in the conference program. All abstracts will be submitted to blind peer review. SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL BY EMAIL: tunicalanguageproject at gmail.com PAPERS will be allowed 15 minutes plus 5 minutes of question time. FOR MORE INFORMATION EMAIL: tunicalanguageproject at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Call for papers.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 37295 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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His ancestors were traditional folk artists and dancers, but not Musale. He works like any other professional in Pune city, 150km from the provincial capital, Mumbai. "When you don't hear a language you forget," he says. The mobile phone is a blessing as that enables him to communicate with his parents who still live in his ancestral village. This has helped him keep in touch with his mother tongue. Not just that, Musale is consciously relearning his language which is on the endangered list. Whenever he goes home on vacation, he makes it a point to record songs and voices of elders on his smart phone. Access full article below: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/11/social-media-rescues-dying-indian-languages-201311277047252312.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Maria TeresaMaya youth in Chiapas But for these young people, the spoken word in the ceremony is particularly resonant. It is being conducted in Tzotzil, the main Mayan language in this part of Mexico. Access full article below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-25445819 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From weyiiletpu at gmail.com Sun Dec 29 17:44:06 2013 From: weyiiletpu at gmail.com (Phil Cash Cash) Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 10:44:06 -0700 Subject: Spokane Indians Take Historic Step with Logo in Salish Language (fwd link) Message-ID: *Spokane Indians Take Historic Step with Logo in Salish Language* Rodney Harwood 12/27/13 Native Americans have been struggling for a voice in the decision-making process since the United States government started making treaties with the tribes. Their voice has been falling on deaf ears for centuries. Concerns over derogatory Native American imagery and athletic team logos and the defiant disregard of Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to change his team name has been the norm for centuries. But one American sports franchise has not only heard the voice of Native Americans in the Inland Empire, but welcomed their perspective. The Spokane Indians baseball team, a Class A Northwest League team that?s affiliated with the Texas Rangers, collaborated with the Spokane Tribe of Indians in a partnership built on respect. ?Access full article below: ? http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/12/27/spokane-indians-take-historic-step-logo-salish-language-152874 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Emily Nanaeto, Christian Wright and 14 of their Stroud High School classmates begin their school day talking about everyday things -? not in English, but in Sauk, the language once native to the Sac and Fox tribe.The introductory Sauk class is being taught this semester at Stroud and Shawnee high schools in cooperation with the Sac and Fox Nation's Sauk Language Department.* *The class is offered at Stroud High School for the first time this year and will continue in the spring semester, said Terrie Kinsey, Sauk Language Department coordinator for the Sac and Fox Nation. The class was launched last year at Shawnee High School.*Access full article below: http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/education/oklahoma-students-earn-credit-for-american-indian-language-classes/article_e82f4668-1a28-5d18-b9de-bf1742b94638.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: