<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 26.6667px;">Language Is Life<FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 22.2222px;">©</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="7"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 26.6667px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">André P. Cramblit Karuk Tribe</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></P><P class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center;"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><I><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;"><IMG src="cid:F62CFBE7-DDF1-46C5-A409-5148B44249C9@local"></SPAN></FONT></I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><I><IMG width="53" height="19" src="file://localhost/Users/andre/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image007.png" v:shapes="_x0000_i1027"></I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><I><IMG width="53" height="19" src="file://localhost/Users/andre/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image009.png" v:shapes="_x0000_i1028"></I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><I><IMG width="53" height="19" src="file://localhost/Users/andre/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image011.png" v:shapes="_x0000_i1029"></I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><I><IMG width="53" height="19" src="file://localhost/Users/andre/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image013.png" v:shapes="_x0000_i1030"></I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><I><IMG width="53" height="19" src="file://localhost/Users/andre/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image015.png" v:shapes="_x0000_i1031"></I></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><I><IMG width="53" height="19" src="file://localhost/Users/andre/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image017.png" v:shapes="_x0000_i1032"></I></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="dh"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="dh"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">I recently attended the Language Is Life Conference LILC) at the Marin Headlands Institute.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">This was the 7<FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">th</SPAN></FONT> biannual symposium sponsored by the Advocates for Indigenous Language Survival (</FONT></SPAN><A href="http://www.aicls.org"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">www.aicls.org</FONT></SPAN></A><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">). </FONT><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">The Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival is an organization devoted to implementing and supporting the revitalization of indigenous California languages. Its mission is to assist California Indians in language maintenance and renewal.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">Members of Native Language Programs from throughout California (and one group from Vancouver BC) came to the LILC to learn about innovative renewal projects, share strategies for success, difficulties encountered, and gather with other American Indians who feel that language revitalization is the foundation of our cultural survival.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">Representatives from about 30 Tribal and community groups gathered to learn from one another.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">Many sessions were held to help explain what different people are doing in their own areas.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">One session I attended that particularly intrigued me was on a new gizmo called the Phrasealator® (</FONT><A href="http://www.ndnlanguage.com"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">www.ndnlanguage.com</FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">).</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">These devices show a lot or promise for helping Tribes document and learn languages.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">It was initially developed for field use in enemy territory for the military.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">It has been adapted to record Elders saying phrases in their Tribal languages to be used on a portable device for individuals to access as needed.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">Some Tribes showed videos they have developed where youngsters have merged their skill with technology and traditional story telling techniques.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">Others acted out plays of situational conversations they have learned.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">Many talked about the importance of the Master-Apprentice program and how it has positively impacted the growth of language learning through one on one exposure.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">Sometimes the old technology is still the best. </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">I did a presentation with the Karuk Language Programs that discussed our latest efforts at bringing language to the people.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">After recently completing a major revision of our Dictionary (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://corpus.linguistics.berkeley.edu/~karuk/karuk-lexicon.html"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">http://corpus.linguistics.berkeley.edu/~karuk/karuk-lexicon.html</FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">) the members of the Karuk language Restoration Committee (KLRC) searched for a way to make our curriculum and teaching approaches available to more Karuk people.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">At nearly 4000 members the Karuk Tribe is the second largest tribe in California, but many of our people live far away from our aboriginal territory.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">With a recently funded three year grant from the Administration for Native Americans the KLRC is embarking on a novel Distance Learning program.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">We are looking to combine Internet, video, and other hi-tech tools to assist us in teaching the language to more members.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">The LILC was great weekend full of laughter, learning and positive energy.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">The comments I heard mainly were that it was a rejuvenating shot in the arm to reenergize people as they went home to work on the daunting task of bringing back the language.</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">I heard a quote once and cannot recall the author but the gist of it was: “if you no longer speak your language you are not a member of your tribe but rather a descendent of the people.”</FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York">The LILC is one of the valuable tools in helping us maintain that link to our past and keep us all members.</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"> </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York"><O:P></O:P></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">André Cramblit (</SPAN></FONT><A href="mailto:andrekar@ncidc.org"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">andrekar@ncidc.org</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">) is an enrolled member of the Karuk Tribe of California and is also of Tohono O'odham blood. His family are traditional dance owners and come from the center of the Karuk World at Katimíin.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">He is at present the Operations Director of the Northern California Indian Development Council (</SPAN></FONT><A href="http://www.ncidc.org)"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">www.ncidc.org)</SPAN></FONT></A><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">, a non-profit that meets the community development needs of American Indians throughout California.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">He is a founding member of the Karuk Language Restoration Committee and currently serves as Chairman.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">He lives with his wife Wendy and children Kyle and Leah in Northern California and dreams of winning the lottery so he can work on language restoration full time. </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style=""><A href="http://www.ncidc.org/karuk/index.html"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">http://www.ncidc.org/karuk/index.html</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV><DIV class="MsoNormal"><SPAN style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="New York" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;"> </SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>