Phil,<br>this has happened here in Oklahoma, where our Iroquoian family languages aren't spoken daily.<br>But languages are surviving in speeches and our ceremonial songs . ceremonies persist even when the language begins to whither.<br>
(Though sometimes those who are learning will have their "cheat sheets" handy in case they lose their place.)<br>Many of the songs have passed orally, so they change and evolve naturally with each singer. <br>We have also been able to REintroduce forgotten songs that were recorded from old wax cylinder recordings. <br>
<br>there are also some problems that come with this. We have inadvertently created something akin to a "religious Latin"<br>by using the language only ceremonially. But then our whole ceremonial structure has become more symbolic (and religious)<br>
as well. We do the Maple, the Strawberry and Blackberry ceremonies, but because Walmart shelves are full of produce (all year)<br>we certainly do not have in our being the same connection and thankfulness at seeing first wild strawberries as our ancestors did.<br>
<br>theres a kind of separation drift happening between sacred and secular in our lives.....which i feel is unfortunate...even alarming.<br> we offer special thanks and tobacco when we cut cedar branches ...but what do we do when we are filling up at the gas station?<br>
BUT....Its a big topic and probably the majority of people here aren't interested in this stuff....<br><br>-Richard<br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><br>On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Phillip E 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="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Greetings, I also want to add here that there is a rich but poorly documented aspect of 2nd language acquisition, that of ritual induced 2nd language acquisition. Typically, in the ritual life, there is "music" present but not always. I imagine that that there may be similar situations as in my own indigenous community where there are a growing number of younger practitioners who are 2nd language learners. They acquire both the ritual practices and associated language simultaneously. I will be addressing this phenomenon in my AILDI course offering here in Tucson in 2013. :) Hopefully, we can find some supporting articles, etc. Let me know if you find/know of any. </font><div>
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