ILAT Update

[Myra Shawaway]

I am the Director of the Culture & Heritage Program on the Warm Springs
Indian Reservation of Oregon.  We currently are teaching our three languages
in the public school system grades K-5.  It's been the inspiration of all
the other language programs that has moved our program to where it is today.
The language teachers are currently in process of applying for the Oregon
Native Language Teacher's Certification that was approved in the 2001 Oregon
Legislative Assembly.
We have great interest in technology and what is being developed.  We have
been using Mac's that has fonts for our three languages, developed by our
linguist several years ago.  Our program is looking for good ideas on
archiving/access in a database relevant to our culture and languages.
I look forward to this new conversation site.

Myra S Johnson
Culture and Heritage Department
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
PO Box 775
Warm Springs, OR 97761
(541) 553-3290    (541) 553-1899 fax
  mshawaway at wstribes.org

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From: <cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU>
To: <ILAT at listserv.arizona.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 12:36 AM
Subject: ILAT Update


> 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