Hello all,<br><br>There will be a week long Myaami day camp in Fort Wayne in mid-July. The website will be up-dated when an exact date is set. You can read about last years event here<br><br><a href="http://www.ipfw.edu/trlc/Myaamia_Day_Camp.html"> http://www.ipfw.edu/trlc/Myaamia_Day_Camp.html</a><br>
<br>Cheers,<br>Shannon<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Richard Zane Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rzs@wildblue.net">rzs@wildblue.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div>Concerning Language revitalization efforts with the Wyandot(te) language in NE Oklahoma,</div><div><br></div><div>My wife and I will be on our 7th year introducing the language in the Wyandotte public schools,using simple sentences through the use of special songs</div>
<div>and imperatives using TPR techniques. Also volunteering to teach a day a week Pre-school Turtle Tots (over 60 children)</div><div>Still unfunded but doing what we can, the Wyandotte Nation here still has no language committee, but did buy a projector for our use in the school.</div>
<div>The Wyandotte Nation is beginning to show an interest in working with a professional Iroquoian Linguist, specializing in "wandat".</div><div>We are also revitalizing traditional songs using old recordings preserved on wax cylinder, and reviving piece by piece our ceremonies. </div>
<div><br></div><div>tizhameh (thanks!)</div><div><br></div><div>Richard Zane Smith (Wyandot)</div><div>Wyandotte Oklahoma</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
<div><div class="h5">On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 1:24 AM, Patricia A.Shaw <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:patricia.a.shaw@ubc.ca" target="_blank">patricia.a.shaw@ubc.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>In response to the request for information about up-coming events related to language revitalization, please note:</div>
<div><br></div>There is to be a special joint session entitled "F<span style="font-family:'First Nations Unicode'">rom
Language Documentation to Language Revitalization"</span>, co-sponsored by the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA) and the Committee on Endangered Languages and their Preservation (CELP), at the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) meetings to be held in Portland on January 5-6. [<a href="http://www.lsadc.org/info/meet-annual.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.lsadc.org/info/meet-annual.cfm</a>]<div>
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<span style="font-family:'First Nations Unicode'">The
theme of this special session is on the role of Linguistics in endangered language
revitalization. While there has been a growing focus within the field of
Linguistics on “best practice” methodologies for </span><span style="font-family:'First Nations Unicode'">endangered </span><span style="font-family:'First Nations Unicode'">language documentation, there
are many challenges - for linguists, for educators, for indigenous community
members - in how to move from </span><span style="font-family:'First Nations Unicode'">the "documentation" (past or present) of a
language which is no longer actively spoken within families and communities to
its effective "revitalization". Our goal is to illustrate through six
case studies - representing diverse languages, contexts,</span><span style="font-family:'First Nations Unicode'"><span> </span>and approaches - </span><span style="font-family:'First Nations Unicode'">how linguists can contribute
to language reclamation initiatives, and of how these efforts can, in turn,
contribute to documentary linguistic practice so that it can better serve </span><span style="font-family:'First Nations Unicode'">endangered language </span><span style="font-family:'First Nations Unicode'">revitalization. </span>
</div><div><br></div><div>A fuller description of the session is attached (file = "JointSession_SSILA&LSA.pdf"), which includes abstracts for each of presentations. Opening this session at 7:30 pm on Thursday evening (January 5) is a screening of the award-winning documentary "We Still Live Here - <span style="font-style:italic">Âs Nutayuneân</span>" which features the cultural and linguistic revival among the Wampanoag of Southeastern Massachusetts. This is open to the public, so please spread the word!</div>
<div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Patricia</div><div><br></div><div>
Patricia A. Shaw, President<br>Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA)<br>Chair, First Nations Languages Program, UBC: <a href="http://fnlg.arts.ubc.ca" target="_blank">http://fnlg.arts.ubc.ca</a>
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<div><br></div><div></div></div></div><br></div></div><div><div class="h5"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div> </div><br><div><div>On 2011-12-30, at 11:40 AM, Basla Andolsun wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">
<div><br>Hi all,<br><br>I'd like to do a blog post on Spoken First<br>
<a href="http://falmouthinstitute.com/language/" target="_blank">http://falmouthinstitute.com/language/</a> about some of what the new year<br>stands to offer in terms of language revitalization. Does anyone know of<br>anything interesting planned for 2012? I have the Sauk immersion school,<br>
Oklahoma Breath of Life workshop and Lushootseed Immersion Week on my<br>list so far. Anything else you would recommend?<br><br>Thanks!<br><br>Basla <br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div><br></div></div></blockquote>
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