Native languages live on in place names (fwd link)

[Sandra Gaskell]

The EPA has also funded many of the GIS mapping projects --like in Idaho--see the Conservation GIS group sponsored by ESRI.
  This has become a major element in the revitalization and reconstruction of Traditional Cultural Properties (TCP) in the federal recognition process in CA. Most of the language semantics in our region is based on functional descriptors and usufractory orientation. This orientation has been linked to specific lineages for management purposes and indigenous intellectual property rights of culture. Very interesting and a substantial support during environmental issues. Thanks for sharing this article. It will be passed along ...Sandy  

phil cash cash <cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU> wrote:
  Published - Sunday, June 01, 2008

Native languages live on in place names
By Lee Newspapers

If you want to see how the state’s native languages are part of its heritage,
look at a map.

A Wisconsin atlas is full of place names such as Wausau and Portage derived from
those languages. Hundreds more native place names still exist but have fallen
out of common use.

Many native place names also have value to scientists and conservationists who
want to document or restore lost habitats, said Jim St. Arnold, a specialist in
Ojibwe language names.

Access full article below:
http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2008/06/01/news/07places01.txt



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