UH Hilo to award first Ph.D. at 2008 fall commencement (fwd link)

[Rolland Nadjiwon]

Hi Bernadette...my sister's name also. My wife Carol did her MA at UofA in 89-90. I believe Vine DeLoria Jr. was the Director of AIS then and Dr. Robert K. Thomas before him. I also remember Dr. Tom Holmes as a Prof there. However, that is a long time ago and have since seen many retirements and loss of connections. Also, Dr. Thomas and Dr. DeLoria have both passed on.

At the time, a PhD program in AIS was being discussed and initiated shortly there after. Language was always an item of discussion but has, to the best of my knowing, never developed anywhere. My Undergraduate University has a BA program in Anishnabemowin but I do not know of others.

Perhaps some things are starting to change with non juridical recognition of peoples as nation.
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wahjeh
rolland nadjiwon


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bernadette Santamaria 
  To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU 
  Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 5:27 PM
  Subject: Re: [ILAT] UH Hilo to award first Ph.D. at 2008 fall commencement (fwd link)


  Phil:

  I was one of the first doctoral students for the UA AIS program when it began--Guy Lopez, myself & others attempted to bring this up with then Director & others.  We wanted to see an Indigenous language studies component of the interdisciplinary doctorate degree in the program.  But it went nowhere; perhaps we were considered too activist oriented.  

  I would still like to see something like that & courses in the various Indigenous languages & cultures of AZ, etc.  So this idea has been around, don't know if other universities, colleges have them at the doctorate level.

  Berni SantaMaria
  WM Apache Cultural Advisory Board Member


  On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 9:16 AM, phil cash cash <cashcash at email.arizona.edu> wrote:

    Wouldn't it be swell if we all could establish a doctoral program supporting our language(s)?  A feel good thought for today...

    Phil
    UofA 


    Quoting Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca>:

    > Thanks Phil...that is really great news to receive. I have been 
    > watching what the Hawaiian and Maori peoples have been doing for some 
    > time.
    > -------
    > wahjeh
    > rolland nadjiwon
    >
    >
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: phil cash cash
    > To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
    > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:51 AM
    > Subject: [ILAT] UH Hilo to award first Ph.D. at 2008 fall 
    > commencement (fwd link)
    >
    >
    > UH Hilo to award first Ph.D. at 2008 fall commencement
    >
    > University of Hawaii at Hilo
    > Contact: Alyson Kakugawa-Leong, (808) 974-7642
    > Director Media Relations
    > Posted: December 16, 2008
    >
    > A Maori educator from New Zealand will become the first recipient 
    > of a doctoral
    > degree from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo.
    >
    > Katarina Edmonds will receive the Ph.D. in Hawaiian and Indigenous 
    > Language and
    > Culture Revitalization awarded by Ka Haka `Ula O Ke`elikolani College of
    > Hawaiian Language. Edmonds will receive her degree in absentia during fall
    > commencement, scheduled for Saturday, December 20, beginning at 
    > 9:00 a.m. in
    > the UH Hilo New Gym.
    >
    > A member of the Te Whanau a Apanui and Rutaia tribes, Edmonds has 
    > an extensive
    > background in language and cultural education dating back to 1980. 
    > She earned
    > her undergraduate degrees in education and Maori and a master's in applied
    > linguistics from the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand. After
    > eight years of teaching in mainstream, English medium schools, 
    > Edmonds became
    > involved in Maori immersion education and discovered the value of teaching
    > through the Maori language. Subsequently, Edmonds returned to 
    > Waikato to earn a
    > graduate degree in bilingual education and to train Maori immersion 
    > teachers in
    > the University's teacher education program.
    >
    > Access full article below:
    > http://www.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/uhnews?20081216143052



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