<div>I am not sure how many more have been added, but I would like to mention one who should be included on any such list and someone whose recent passing has been mourned by many people in and out of the community. This language teacher worked in the community and at Tohono O'odham Community College -- and was a remarkable man who touched many lives not only with his passon for teaching and transmitting his Indigenous language, but for his extraordinary kindness and wonderful sense of humor. He will be so missed. Attached is an article from the Tucson paper: <a href="http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/mailstory-clickthru/263589.php" target="_blank"><font color="#0000cc">http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/mailstory-clickthru/263589.php</font></a> --the tribal governments also closed down for a day of recognition in his honor. </div>
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<div>Let's all try to keep this list growing and give at least some recognition to the many community-based scholars, in particular, who work so hard for the languages and their communities. </div>
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<div>Thanks for bringing it up again, Heather...</div>
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<div>Susan<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 12:08 AM, Heather Souter <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hsouter@gmail.com" target="_blank">hsouter@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Taanshi, hello,<br><br>Are there any more indigenous scholars/community intellectuals that should be added to the list since the last contribution?<br>
<br>Eekoshi. That's it.<br>Heather Souter<br>Camperville, MB<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 1, 2007 at 7:34 PM, Haley De Korne <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hal1403@yahoo.com" target="_blank">hal1403@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Hello,</div>
<div>From Michigan:</div>
<div>Kenny Neganigwanwe Pheasant (originally from Wikwemikong First Nation) is an amazing resource for Northern Michigan Anishinaabe language learners. He's created a website <a href="http://www.anishinaabemdaa.com/" target="_blank">www.anishinaabemdaa.com</a>, several cdroms, runs a summer language camp, and drives great distances teaching in his own interactive style.</div>
<div>Helen Roy, also originally from Wikwemikong, teaches 'Ojibwe'/ Anishinaabemowin at Michigan State University, participates in countless other language events, and has created several music CDs of popular songs sung in Anishinaabemowin with her group 'Diiva miinwa Davis'.</div>
<div>To name a few... This could be a long list!!!</div>
<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Haley De Korne
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<div><br><br><b><i>Susan Penfield <<a href="mailto:susan.penfield@GMAIL.COM" target="_blank">susan.penfield@GMAIL.COM</a>></i></b> wrote:</div></div></div>
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<div>Thanks for this, David..</div>
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<div>Phil and I have had this discussion often and the term "community intellectuals' sometimes surfaces --</div>
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<div>While I realize your list will focus on currently practicing folks, I would like to acknowledge someone who passed away a few years ago but whose knowledge and contribution still are valuable to the Mohave language community: Leona Little. </div>
<div>Leona was an elder I worked with for some time and was the first - perhaps only- person to develop full literacy in Mohave and began, of her own intiative, to do full translations and transcriptions of traditional stories. There are others currently working in this direction and following her example (including two of her daughters who are just recently getting really interested in working with their heritage language). </div>
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<div>Please add Amelia Flores (Mohave, enrolled at Colorado River Indian Tribes where she is the tribal librarian and archivist)to your list. Amelia is finishing her MA in Native American languages at the U of Arizona and is developing a community-friendly grammar of Mohave as part of her work. As well, she is teaching classes in Mohave and developing a carefully staged curriculum for the language. Seems like she might bridge the criteria for both lists! </div>
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<div>Best,</div>
<div>Susan<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/30/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Lewis</b> <<a href="mailto:David.Lewis@grandronde.org" target="_blank">David.Lewis@grandronde.org</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">I feel that the current structure of the native linguist lists ignores<br>the incredible contribution of natives without advanced degrees. In <br>
native society, within the Native worldview these are for many the true<br>linguists and those who carry power within their society. I understand<br>the concept of the list but if this is about native people how is it <br>
possible to ignore the native worldview. If this list will not create<br>that parallel with the higher degree holders, then I will create that<br>list.<br><br>Please send me your lists of native people who are linguists within <br>
their communities, they do not have to hold a degree from a university<br>but must be working with the linguistic field, and considered a leader.<br>Please also send me more information about them, what languages the work <br>
on and where they work, what tribe they are a member of, etc.<br>Thank you,<br><br>David G. Lewis<br>Manager, Cultural Resources Department<br>Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde<br><br>Office 503.879.1634<br><a href="mailto:David.Lewis@grandronde.org" target="_blank">David.Lewis@grandronde.org</a><br>
-----Original Message-----<br>From: Indigenous Languages and Technology<br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU" target="_blank">ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU</a>] On Behalf Of William J Poser<br>Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 12:10 PM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU" target="_blank">ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU</a><br>Subject: Re: [ILAT] Native linguists<br><br>>I just came across another native linguist!<br>> <br>>Dale Old Horn (Crow)<br>
>1974. Some Complement Constructions of the Crow Indian Language<br>>M.S. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br><br>Got him. My current list is at: <a href="http://ydli.org/NativeLinguists.html" target="_blank">http://ydli.org/NativeLinguists.html</a><br>
Anyone with additional information (including gaps in the info on<br>people already on the list) please let me know.<br><br>Bill<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>____________________________________________________________<br>
Susan D. Penfield, Ph.D.<br><br>Associate Director, Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL)<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." <br> <br> Wade Davis...(on a Starbucks cup...) </blockquote>
<br><br><br></div></div>"Language is not merely a body of vocabulary or a set of grammatical rules. It is a flash of the human spirit, the means by which the soul of each particular culture reaches into the material world. Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind, a watershed of thought, an entire ecosystem of spiritual possibilities."<br>
Wade Davis
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