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<DIV>Greetings Heather: Thank you. Earl Otchingwanigan</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:hsouter@GMAIL.COM
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 27, 2008 3:13 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ILAT] Mohawk language goes
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<DIV><BR></DIV>Taanshi, Earl and Richard,<BR><BR>I am excited to hear how you
are using music to express and teach your languages! I have a friend
speaks Cree and teaches the language--Laura Burnof. She sings and has
made a recording of songs for children in Cree. <BR><BR>Also, since you
have heard of Kashtin, I wonder if you have heard of Carl Quinn? He is a
Cree man from the Saddle Lake Reserve in Alberta Canada. Quite an
artist and visionary! Not everyone may like his music, but he sings in
Cree and is a talented musician. Take a listen and read more about him
at<BR><A title=http://cdbaby.com/cd/carlquinn
href="http://cdbaby.com/cd/carlquinn">http://cdbaby.com/cd/carlquinn</A><BR><BR>By
the way, I am teaching myself how to play guitar (country?!) and am starting
to sing in Michif, my langauge. You guys are an inspiration to
me!<BR><BR>Eekoshi pitamaa. That's all for now!<BR>Heather<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>2008/5/27 Earl Otchingwanigan <<A
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<DIV>Greetings Richard: Appreciate your confirming comments
and extending the point as to what others have contributed to the
music side of learning and revitalizing/retaining language ---- I'm sure
there are many other unsung [pardon the pun], native peoples out there
contributing to this almost under-rated way of learning; kudos to them
all. Cheers, Earl Otchingwanigan </DIV>
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[ILAT] Mohawk language goes country (fwd link)</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">tižamęh Earl<BR><BR>i agree totally <BR>"Kashtin"
is one of my favorite groups,(not sure they are still
together,though.)<BR> blending contemporary instruments/universal
themes yet expressed in indigenous language.<BR><BR>Using music to teach
kids language just can't be underemphasized either.<BR>I have a bag full
of fun and silly songs I've composed in the Wyandot language<BR>that i use
for teaching pronunciation, grammar, numbers, animals, etc...<BR>all
original tunes but sung with traditional waterdrum and
handshakers.<BR><BR>Songs enter and somehow bi-pass alot of "dangerous
intersections" of the mind<BR>Wish more teachers understood this...it
would have helped me alot as a youth<BR><BR>-Richard <BR>Wyandotte,
Oklahoma<BR><BR><BR><BR>On 5/27/08 10:57 AM, "Earl Otchingwanigan" <<A
title=mailto:wiigwaas@MSN.COM href="mailto:wiigwaas@MSN.COM"
target=_blank>wiigwaas@MSN.COM</A>> wrote:<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Appreciate the good post ----a great and
exciting idea as it may help inspire young people to further invest
interest in their language using music whether traditional or via
<I>loan music </I>and <I>non-traditional instruments, </I>besides it's
just plain fun stuff to do ---- but it should be noted though, various
native people have been doing this very same thing for sometime,
including myself ---- I have for some 25 or 30 years now, been using my
native language in jazz and pop genre performing with a non-traditional
musical instrument. Cheers, Earl Otchingwanigan<BR></SPAN></FONT>
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:50 AM<BR> <BR><B>Subject:</B> [ILAT]
Mohawk language goes country (fwd link)<BR> <BR><BR>Mohawk
language goes country<BR><BR>Ontario, CA<BR>Posted By Michael
Peeling<BR><BR>The Mohawk language is making its mark on country
music.<BR><BR>Margaret Peters, a language curriculum specialist
with the Ahkwesahsne Mohawk<BR>Board of Education, has taken her
efforts to keep the Mohawk language alive to<BR>another level by
directing her students through the process of creating a
music<BR>video.<BR><BR>The choice of song, "Jackson" by Johnny
and June Carter-Cash, was inspired by<BR>Teddy Peters', Margaret's
husband, and his hobby of translating country songs<BR>into
Mohawk.<BR><BR>Access full article below:<BR><A
title=http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1045097
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