more flash fun

[Mia Kalish]

I wonder, did anyone look at this Flash movie Jordan sent us the link to? 

I did. I thought and thought about this, and I have to say something: Why,
with all the technology to avoid using a bridge language, did the developers
include English? 

Does anyone - besides me - think that including English when its
parenthetical demeans the Indigenous language? Mary Eunice Romero wrote at
great length about how Indigenous languages are lower in status because they
are not studied in school. She talked about how Indigenous youth  - and even
their parents - tend to migrate toward what she calls "the higher status
language". So I wonder why, since with Flash, the immersion style
environment people did a good job creating, motion, sound. . . why the
English?

-----Original Message-----
From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]
On Behalf Of Jordan Lachler
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 2:10 PM
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: [ILAT] more flash fun

More flash fun for a Friday:

http://www.sealaskaheritage.org/flash/my_house.swf

Jordan