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<DIV>Hi Bernadette...my sister's name also. My wife Carol did her MA at UofA in
89-90. I believe Vine DeLoria Jr. was the Director of AIS then and Dr. Robert K.
Thomas before him. I also remember Dr. Tom Holmes as a Prof there. However, that
is a long time ago and have since seen many retirements and loss of connections.
Also, Dr. Thomas and Dr. DeLoria have both passed on.</DIV>
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<DIV>At the time, a PhD program in AIS was being discussed and initiated shortly
there after. Language was always an item of discussion but has, to the best of
my knowing, never developed anywhere. My Undergraduate University has a BA
program in Anishnabemowin but I do not know of others.</DIV>
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<DIV>Perhaps some things are starting to change with non juridical recognition
of peoples as nation.<BR>-------<BR>wahjeh<BR>rolland nadjiwon</DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=bernisantamaria@GMAIL.COM
href="mailto:bernisantamaria@GMAIL.COM">Bernadette Santamaria</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
href="mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU">ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 18, 2008 5:27
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ILAT] UH Hilo to award
first Ph.D. at 2008 fall commencement (fwd link)</DIV>
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<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.
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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
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class=gmail_quote>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 target=_blank
href="mailto:mikinakn@shaw.ca">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 target=_blank
href="mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU">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 target=_blank
href="http://www.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/uhnews?20081216143052">http://www.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/uhnews?20081216143052</A><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>