Interesting study Haley, thanks! I will read it with interest. <br /><br
/>Phil Cash Cash<br />UofA<br /><br />Quoting Haley De Korne
<hal1403@yahoo.com>:<br />
<br />
> In the spirit of collaboration across borders & celebrating progress
<br />
> in indigenous language education policies, here's a link that might <br />
> be of interest:<br />
> Indigenous language education policy: Supporting community-controlled <br
/>
> immersion<br />
> <a" target="_blank"
href="https://www.email.arizona.edu/horde/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhdl.handle.net%2F1828%2F1721">http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1721<br
/>
> It's a study I recently completed looking at policies in Canada & the
<br />
> US, and how they can support (or prevent) indigenous language <br />
> education. It's great to see more and more states passing supportive <br
/>
> policies, as in California. Hopefully the momentum will continue!<br />
><br />
> Haley<br />
><br />
> "Language is not merely a body of vocabulary or a set of grammatical
<br />
> rules. It is a flash of the human spirit, the means by which the <br />
> soul of each particular culture reaches into the material world. <br />
> Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind, a watershed of <br />
> thought, an entire ecosystem of spiritual possibilities."<br />
><br />
> Wade Davis<br />
><br />
> --- On Tue, 10/13/09, phil cash cash <cashcash@EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU>
wrote:<br />
><br />
> From: phil cash cash <cashcash@EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU><br />
> Subject: Re: [ILAT] ILAT Update<br />
> To: ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU<br />
> Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 5:59 PM<br />
><br />
> Thanks Rolland. I imagine the grassroots in CA are strong & active
but<br />
> need<br />
> the same visibility as many are in need of here in the US. Besides some
very<br />
> important early language revitalization studies have emerged<br />
> out of First Nations community-based efforts, most of which goes<br />
> uncited/unrecognized in the US literature on endangered language<br />
> advocacy. Our networks need strengthening and some form of greater<br />
> collaboration would be a key important step! Phil<br />
><br />
><br />
> Quoting<br />
> Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn@shaw.ca>:<br />
><br />
><br />
><br />
>> Congratulations Phil...that is great but I find Canadian involvement
a<br />
><br />
>> bit embarrassing since we have such a great need for collaboration.<br
/>
><br />
>><br />
><br />
>> Maybe Canadians need to review their parochial views of cultural and<br
/>
><br />
>> linguistic developments. We need a lot of work toward the kind of<br />
><br />
>> legislation just passed in California to allow Tribes to determine
their<br />
><br />
>> own experts by their own set of credentials...something I have been<br
/>
><br />
>> proclaiming for the past 38 years. Our most successful language<br />
><br />
>> retention program when I was teaching elementary school was to have
the<br />
><br />
>> language speakers come into the classroom and converse with the
students<br />
><br />
>> in their own language. Many of the older and even some of the
younger<br />
><br />
>> people spoke very little or no English. It was great. We even wrote
our<br />
><br />
>> own reading materials in the local phonetic system as well as
English.<br />
><br />
>><br />
><br />
>> -------<br />
><br />
>> wahjeh<br />
><br />
>> rolland nadjiwon<br />
><br />
>><br />
><br />
>><br />
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>><br />
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>> phil cash cash wrote:<br />
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