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Indigenous language institute looking at high-tech solutions to an age-old challenge
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<span class="author">By
Ileiren Poon
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July 22, 2010, Canada<br></span></p><p><span class="date"></span><img src="http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/%7E/media/University%20of%20Alberta/Administration/External%20Relations/ExpressNews/Images/2010/07/100722-largeformat-CILLDI.ashx" alt="" height="369" width="450"> <br>
</p><p>Phillip Cash Cash was in Edmonton to share his
research and insights into the use of multimedia in language learning
and preservation
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(Edmonton) The herculean task of preserving and teaching
endangered Aboriginal languages in Canada is getting a high-tech boost.
<p>Phillip Cash Cash, a PhD candidate in the Anthropology and
Linguistics program at the University of Arizona, was in Edmonton to
share his research and insights into the use of multimedia with students
in the University of Alberta’s Canadian Indigenous Languages and
Literacy Development Institute (CILLDI).</p><p>“Throughout the communities that I work with, people are using video
cameras, partially because of the reduction in price and the new
technologies. This widely available technology means there are going to
be new uses, new opportunities,” said Cash Cash, a Nez Percé from the
Cayuse Nation in Oregon. “Multimedia is really a tool that people can
use to enable their ability to capture language in its many facets. It’s
a fairly new tool in our kit to help preserve our languages.</p><p>Access full article below:</p><p><a href="http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/NewsArticles/2010/07/Indigenouslanguageinstitutelookingathightechsolutionstoanageoldchallenge.aspx">http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/NewsArticles/2010/07/Indigenouslanguageinstitutelookingathightechsolutionstoanageoldchallenge.aspx</a></p>
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