ILAT Update

[Michael T Hammond]

All:

In response to Phil's invitation that we all introduce ourselves, here
goes.

Our project is devoted to developing web-based dictionaries for Native
American languages spoken in the southwest. There are two key components
to the project of interest. First, in all cases, the projects involve the
active participation of members of the relevant tribes. Second, in all
cases, we are striving to develop resources that are useful for multiple
user populations: native speakers, people learning the language,
researchers.

We have a website:

http://www.lexicon.arizona.edu/~sbird/dictionaries.html

Comments, suggestions, help, and even criticism are welcome.

Mike Hammond

On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU wrote:

> Dear ILAT Members,
>
> We are presently above the 100+ mark for subscribers!
 >
> ILAT (Indigenous Languages and Technology) is a newly created list and has
> been active for only 6 weeks now.  As many of you are well aware, the intense
> interest in the developing role of technology in language revitalization
> is increasing as opportunities emerge to apply new technologies, however,
> few venues are available for information sharing and open dialogue.  ILAT
> was created to fill this void.
>
> I want to encourage all of you who have joined the list to introduce your
> technology interests and projects in relation to ILAT.  I am sure that each
> one of you share a common interest no matter if you are a student, tribal
> language specialist, language teacher, linguist, computer scientist, language
> advocate, anthropologist, media specialist, information librarian, etc.
> It goes without saying that it would be perfectly fine if we had 100+ lurkers,
> but it would be even more exciting if we had 100+ contributing discussions
> (a big thanks to those who have already contributed).
>
> Join in and support ILAT discussions!
>
> Phil Cash Cash (cayuse/nez perce)
> Phd student in the Joint Prog in Anthro and Linguistics
> University of Arizona, Tucson
>