<div>Phil:</div>
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<div>I was one of the first doctoral students for the UA AIS program when it began--Guy Lopez, myself & others attempted to bring this up with then Director & others. We wanted to see an Indigenous language studies component of the interdisciplinary doctorate degree in the program. But it went nowhere; perhaps we were considered too activist oriented. </div>
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<div>I would still like to see something like that & courses in the various Indigenous languages & cultures of AZ, etc. So this idea has been around, don't know if other universities, colleges have them at the doctorate level.</div>
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<div>Berni SantaMaria</div>
<div>WM Apache Cultural Advisory Board Member<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 9:16 AM, phil cash cash <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cashcash@email.arizona.edu" target="_blank">cashcash@email.arizona.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Wouldn't it be swell if we all could establish a doctoral program supporting our language(s)? A feel good thought for today...<br>
<br>Phil<br>UofA
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<div><br><br>Quoting Rolland Nadjiwon <<a href="mailto:mikinakn@shaw.ca" target="_blank">mikinakn@shaw.ca</a>>:<br><br>> Thanks Phil...that is really great news to receive. I have been <br>> watching what the Hawaiian and Maori peoples have been doing for some <br>
> time.<br>> -------<br>> wahjeh<br>> rolland nadjiwon<br>><br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: phil cash cash<br>> To: <a href="mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU" target="_blank">ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU</a><br>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:51 AM<br>> Subject: [ILAT] UH Hilo to award first Ph.D. at 2008 fall <br>> commencement (fwd link)<br>><br>><br>> UH Hilo to award first Ph.D. at 2008 fall commencement<br>
><br>> University of Hawaii at Hilo<br>> Contact: Alyson Kakugawa-Leong, (808) 974-7642<br>> Director Media Relations<br>> Posted: December 16, 2008<br>><br>> A Maori educator from New Zealand will become the first recipient <br>
> of a doctoral<br>> degree from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.<br>><br>> Katarina Edmonds will receive the Ph.D. in Hawaiian and Indigenous <br>> Language and<br>> Culture Revitalization awarded by Ka Haka `Ula O Ke`elikolani College of<br>
> Hawaiian Language. Edmonds will receive her degree in absentia during fall<br>> commencement, scheduled for Saturday, December 20, beginning at <br>> 9:00 a.m. in<br>> the UH Hilo New Gym.<br>><br>> A member of the Te Whanau a Apanui and Rutaia tribes, Edmonds has <br>
> an extensive<br>> background in language and cultural education dating back to 1980. <br>> She earned<br>> her undergraduate degrees in education and Maori and a master's in applied<br>> linguistics from the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand. After<br>
> eight years of teaching in mainstream, English medium schools, <br>> Edmonds became<br>> involved in Maori immersion education and discovered the value of teaching<br>> through the Maori language. Subsequently, Edmonds returned to <br>
> Waikato to earn a<br>> graduate degree in bilingual education and to train Maori immersion <br>> teachers in<br>> the University's teacher education program.<br>><br>> Access full article below:<br>
> <a href="http://www.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/uhnews?20081216143052" target="_blank">http://www.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/uhnews?20081216143052</a><br><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br>