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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>tižamęh Heather and Earl,<BR>
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thanks for sharing Carl Quinn...so great...gotta hear more!<BR>
as a young man I spent a couple weeks fighting fires out in the bush<BR>
in Northern Saskatchewan with a group of Cree from the Sturgeon Lake reserve...<BR>
hearing the language sung brings back memories...<BR>
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Does Laura Burnof have a cd of her kids songs available? <BR>
When you see her tell her a Wyandot from Oklahoma would love to exchange children <BR>
song cds! We ALL need to inspire each other <BR>
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Funny thing ,when Wyandot adults here hear the songs and ditties<BR>
they often say..."you should teach US that way!" <BR>
I usually shake my head and say..."what? with all the puppets too?" <BR>
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Richard (Sǫháhiyǫh)<BR>
Wyandotte, Oklahoma<BR>
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On 5/27/08 1:13 PM, "Heather Souter" <hsouter@GMAIL.COM> wrote:<BR>
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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>
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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 href="http://cdbaby.com/cd/carlquinn">http://cdbaby.com/cd/carlquinn</a><BR>
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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>
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Eekoshi pitamaa. That's all for now!<BR>
Heather<BR>
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2008/5/27 Earl Otchingwanigan <wiigwaas@msn.com>:<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>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 <BR>
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tižamęh Earl<BR>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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-Richard <BR>
Wyandotte, Oklahoma<BR>
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On 5/27/08 10:57 AM, "Earl Otchingwanigan" <wiigwaas@MSN.COM> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14.0px'>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>
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Mohawk language goes country<BR>
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Ontario, CA<BR>
Posted By Michael Peeling<BR>
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The Mohawk language is making its mark on country music.<BR>
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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>
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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>
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Access full article below:<BR>
<a href="http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1045097">http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1045097</a><BR>
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