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color=#0000ff size=2>Beautifully stated, Ted.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=158050823-26022008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The Christianization of the British Isles incorporated into
the English language the "evilization" of the native religions. "Witch"
comes from "Wicca", the name for native healers, meaning to bend or shape or
weave. So prevalent has the use of these terms become, that now one is
truly unable to discuss the Celtic and pre-Celtic tribal religions without
conjuring "demonic" images, if the speaker is using English.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=158050823-26022008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>nwstulaxw</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=158050823-26022008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>("Highlander")</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Indigenous Languages and Technology
[mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Ted
Moomaw<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:21 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ILAT] traditions of
assimilation...<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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Is it true that Mormans believe we natives are the lost children of Israel
and if we are converted to mormanism, It elevates the converter to a more
special or higer
place
in heaven? Also will the converter be placed higher than the lost child.
If so I think it is a selfish practice that needs to be abandoned, to look
at someone elses beliefs as less than your own is selfish, especially if it is
thought to elevate oneself in Creator's eyes. Wow! This discussion is pertinent
to this site because I do believe if it were not for religion we would not be
scrambling to help our languages flourish. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"> When
an oppressive religion takes over, native languages become fragmented,
once converted to an oppressors language or religion, what once was a part
of the native language becomes set aside, thought of as evil, not passed on,
something to fear, what makes a language beautiful and special is its deep
conection to its own unique way of describing its beliefs about its own culture
its own world view its own spirituality. </SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"> Language
is the paint creator gave to our soul to depict the world around us, and if
another thinks I may need more colors on my pallet I would say he must be color
blind, creator gave me all the paint I need, we call it
nslxcin.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Indigenous
Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Susan Penfield<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, February 26, 2008 9:44
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [ILAT] traditions of
assimilation...</SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thank you for your well stated comments.
Hopefully, we all stand by those</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">who are abused. I have enjoyed much of this
thread and found the varying</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">opinions important to be aware of since
this is a sensitive issue.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I do want to add that, not unlike the
Mormons you mentioned,</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Dr. Dirk Elzinga has dedicated much of his
professional life to Indigenous </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">communities and has accomplished a
great deal for Indigenous languages. </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The community members I know who have
worked with him have the highest </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">regard for the care and professionalism he
consistently demonstrates and are </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">appreciative of the fact that he does not
push his religion at them.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I do not support the policies of many
Christian churches, and other religiions as</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">well, which condon and contribute to
the opression of Indigenous people and which, in
turn, </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">thus contribute heavily to language
decline. -- much of this is still going on worldwide and we should all
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">be open to discussions that raise awareness
about this issue.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">All of this points to the
complexities and hard work demanded of language revitalization -- all the
way from </SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">the real daily work of language teaching,
to the more complicated and deeply ingrained conflicting
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">ideologies which drive or detract from
these efforts.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Richard
Smith <<A href="mailto:rzs@wildblue.net">rzs@wildblue.net</A>>
wrote:</SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Hi Mia,<BR>thanks for the comments and for
your view on these things.<BR>Its not easy but i've been trying my hardest to
NOT see things as "good and<BR>bad" but trying to understand what happens when
different ideologies and<BR>different beliefs strike sparks against one
another.<BR><BR>I've seen "ugly" there on the Navajo Rez too, and in Bluff and
Blanding.<BR>But i've also known Mormons like Bruce McGee who<BR>grew up around
Pinion and Keams Canyon, his father fluent in Navajo<BR>as a trader. Bruce( a
bishop) has dedicated his life to helping Native<BR>Artists get recognition to
make a living as artists and he works now at the<BR>Heard Museum in Phoenix.
Also Leroy Garcia (a bishop) of Santa Fe who<BR>own and operate Blue Rain
Gallery, who spends his life promoting<BR>us artists sparing no expense and
always celebrating native cultures.<BR><BR>So i'm choosing to view the "sparks"
that fly ...carefully<BR>But I WILL stand alongside people I see being
abused.<BR>I've had to do a little "calm mediation" between strangers when i
see<BR>women being mistreated by "boyfriends"....several times.<BR>My experience
is that a calm-strong stand by a womans side can unnerve<BR>a verbal
abuser , allowing him to hear how foolish he sounds<BR>when he is "the
sound of only one voice yelling"<BR><BR>Calm can do amazing things in volatile
situations<BR>(actually I was calmly prepared to kick out the guys knee)<BR>When
we look into paths of rebuilding,rekindling....and revitalization,<BR>we can
choose to look at a ruin as a sad wreck or a monument.<BR><BR>But whatever,
rebuilding is still hard work!<BR><BR>Richard Zane Smith<BR>Wyandotte,
Oklahoma<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>On 2/25/08 2:51 PM, "Mia Kalish" <<A
href="mailto:MiaKalish@LEARNINGFORPEOPLE.US">MiaKalish@LEARNINGFORPEOPLE.US</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR>> Wow. Have we posted a count lately on how many versions of
the bible we have<BR>> written in different languages?<BR>> Have we
counted how many Hawaiians and Polynesians - and American Indians<BR>> for
that matter - died because missionaries had entirely the wrong idea<BR>>
about clothing, associating it with some constructed view of morality
rather<BR>> than the need to maintain a comfortable and safe body
temperature?<BR>> Have we counted how many people, especially women, have
been made to feel<BR>> "less than" because they had a child out of wedlock,
or because they didn't<BR>> want to dominated by their husbands?<BR>>
Religion has always, always, always contributed to social and linguistic<BR>>
hegemony, whether people - Dr?/Mr? Elzinga included - want to admit it.<BR>>
And speaking specifically of Mormons? I am here on Navajo, and I can't
count<BR>> the number of people who don't know who they are socially,
culturally,<BR>> historically and linguistically because they were taken away
as children and<BR>> placed - Specifically - in Mormon homes.<BR>> And I
might add, from personal experience, these are some of the nastiest<BR>> and
cruelest people I have ever met. Is it a function of Mormon - where I<BR>>
have been told educated MEN have the most power, especially over women
(so<BR>> you can guess how I think and feel about that!) - I don't know. I
think it<BR>> is a matter of proselytizing justifying its behaviors to the
hurt of others.<BR>><BR>> So Dirk Mr/Dr Elzinga, I am sure there are a lot
of lists where people talk<BR>> about how great the idea of changing language
and culture by immersion of<BR>> white religious ideas into the bibles was
and still is. But they aren't this<BR>> one.<BR>> By the way, I'm Jewish,
and my idea of Christ doesn't even come close to<BR>> what the white mythics
constructed in the name of power, destruction and<BR>> often just pure
meanness.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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Mia<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>
-----Original Message-----<BR>> From: Indigenous Languages and Technology
[mailto:<A
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">> On Behalf Of Dirk Elzinga<BR>>
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 11:05 AM<BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU">ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU</A><BR>>
Subject: Re: [ILAT] traditions of
assimilation...<BR>></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">> Oh, for Pete's sake.<BR>><BR>> I
signed on to this list to listen to, and engage in discussion about<BR>>
indigenous languages and techonology (that is the list name, after<BR>> all).
A discussion of my religious beliefs (I am a member of the<BR>> Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the religion whose name<BR>> you seem to
be stepping around) isn't appropriate in this context,<BR>> nor does it
contribute to the list's purpose. There are any number of<BR>> Mormon-bashing
blogs and websites you can visit if that's your thing.<BR>><BR>> Dirk
Elzinga<BR>> --<BR>> Department of Linguistics and English
Language<BR>> Brigham Young University<BR>> 4043 JFSB<BR>> Provo, UT
84602<BR>> 801.422.2117<BR>> <A
href="mailto:Dirk_Elzinga@byu.edu">Dirk_Elzinga@byu.edu</A><BR>><BR>> On
Feb 16, 2008, at 10:29 AM, MJ Hardman wrote:<BR>><BR>>> "Assimilation"
is a mild way to say it. And as to Republican<BR>>> candidates
--<BR>>> the drop-out -- that religion does indeed hold as a dogma that
the<BR>>> US was<BR>>> founded in order for the true church to be
reestablished & thus,<BR>>> yes, the US<BR>>> belongs to white
people, who have come to bring the Native<BR>>> Americans back<BR>>>
into the fold, after they transgressed (explained in one of their<BR>>>
sacred<BR>>> books) and thus were made dark -- the fold of the white
folks, of<BR>>> course.<BR>>> The Native Americans aren't as dark as
blacks, whose transgression was<BR>>> worse, being descendants of Cain,
though they have now been<BR>>> forgiven and can<BR>>> be brought
into the fold. Since Native Americans are all from the<BR>>>
lost<BR>>> tribes of Israel, they have been rapidly welcomed into the
fold,<BR>>> including<BR>>> by adoptions whenever
possible.<BR>>><BR>>> And if what I wrote above sounds psychotic --
well, Mia, it's what<BR>>> they do<BR>>> indeed believe. They
soft-pedal a lot of it for outsiders, they<BR>>> are *very*<BR>>>
concerned about 'image' -- they are, after all, selling a<BR>>> religion.
It was<BR>>> scary. And what scares me now is the
vice-presidency.<BR>>><BR>>> MJ<BR>>><BR>>> On 2/14/08
3:08 PM, "Mia Kalish" <<A
href="mailto:MiaKalish@LEARNINGFORPEOPLE.US">MiaKalish@LEARNINGFORPEOPLE.US</A>><BR>>>
wrote:<BR>>><BR>>>> There IS a tradition of "assimilation,"
usually no matter what it<BR>>>> takes to<BR>>>> get there.
There was a story . . . Carolyn, Harrington's ex-wife,<BR>>>>
found<BR>>>> papers in California that demonstrated the Indians were
being<BR>>>> "baptized" by<BR>>>> 1st, clubbing them over the
head until they were senseless and<BR>>>> couldn't<BR>>>>
protest, and 2nd, being carried to the baptismal ceremony by
their<BR>>>> guards,<BR>>>> who also functioned as the
witnesses or whatever they call them.<BR>>>> The whole purpose of the
boarding schools was to take children<BR>>>> away from
the<BR>>>> influence of their families and cultures so they would grow
up<BR>>>> "white."<BR>>>> I think the fact that they wrote
this is very Freudian: People are<BR>>>> admitting, albeit
subconsciously, that they are deliberately<BR>>>>
interfering<BR>>>> with the lives of
others.<BR>>>><BR>>>> I heard a speech the other day by one of
those Republicans who<BR>>>> dropped out<BR>>>> of the
presidential race, and he actually seemed to believe that this<BR>>>>
country "belongs" to white people. He had no understanding or<BR>>>>
recognition of<BR>>>> the fact that colonizers engaged in active and
sustained genocide<BR>>>> to kill<BR>>>> the people who were
living here originally. And by the way, he had<BR>>>> all
these<BR>>>> statistics of the number of "out of wedlock" births by
people of<BR>>>> color.<BR>>>> Implicit in this is the
cultural moré that womens' only function<BR>>>> in life
is<BR>>>> to take care of men. (NOT.)</SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">>>><BR>>>>
Mia<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>>
-----Original Message-----<BR>>>> From: Indigenous Languages and
Technology<BR>>>> [mailto:<A
href="mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU">ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU</A>]</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">>>> On Behalf Of Richard
Smith<BR>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:40 PM<BR>>>>
To: <A
href="mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU">ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU</A><BR>>>>
Subject: Re: [ILAT] traditions of
assimilation...<BR>>>></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">>>> yeah,<BR>>>> did you
catch that....? "a Tradition of Assimilation"<BR>>>>
wow...amazing... we have traditionalists in office!<BR>>>> By the
way...who's "tradition of assimilation?"<BR>>>><BR>>>> richard
zane smith<BR>>>> Wyandotte,
Oklahoma<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>> On 2/11/08 8:55 AM,
"phil cash cash" <<A
href="mailto:cashcash@EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU">cashcash@EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU</A>><BR>>>>
wrote:<BR>>>><BR>>>>> Momentum Building for Oklahoma
Official English Bill<BR>>>>><BR>>>> <A
href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/"
target=_blank>http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/</A><BR>>>>
story/02-11<BR>>>> -2<BR>>>>>
008/0004753576&EDATE=<BR>>>>><BR>>>>>
~~~<BR>>>>><BR>>>>> While there seems to be
respect for Native American languages,<BR>>>>> these
are<BR>>>> the<BR>>>>> words of legislators behind the
English-only bill in the Oklahoma<BR>>>>> state<BR>>>>>
legislature:<BR>>>>><BR>>>>> "...maintain a tradition of
assimilation through our<BR>>>>> common language of
English."<BR>>>>><BR>>>>> It seems hard to reconcile
this position with Native American<BR>>>>>
language<BR>>>>> preservation. Though I imagine the architects
of such<BR>>>>> legislation view NA<BR>>>>> languages as
"preservation at a distance".<BR>>>>><BR>>>>>
l8ter,<BR>>>>><BR>>>>> Phil<BR>>>>>
UofA<BR>>>><BR>>></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<BR>____________________________________________________________<BR>Susan D.
Penfield, Ph.D.<BR><BR>Department of English (Primary) <BR>American
Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI)<BR>Second Language Acquisition
& Teaching Ph.D. Program (SLAT)<BR>Department of Language,Reading and
Culture<BR>Department of Linguistics<BR>The Southwest Center (Research)<BR>Phone
for messages: (520) 621-1836<BR><BR><BR>"Every language is an old-growth forest
of the mind, a watershed of thought, an ecosystem of spiritual possibilities."
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Wade Davis...(on a Starbucks cup...)
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