Mohawk language goes country (fwd link)

Wed May 28 14:27:30 UTC 2008

Taanshi, Richard (eekwa kiishtawaaw! and all of you, too!)

I will ask Laura for you about the CD.  BTW, she is actually from Northern
Saskatchewan!  Small world, eh!

Also, I am pleased to tell you that I got SO inspired yesterday that I
actually wrote a children's song in Michif (My Auntie's Bannock) for my
auntie who does language work with me.  She was thrilled!  (So, was I
because I got all the grammar, etc, correct!)  Anyhow,  it was great fun and
I think I will continue on with it.  It helped cement my learning....

Kichi-maarsii kihtwaam!  Thanks very much again!

Heather

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Richard Smith <rzs at wildblue.net> wrote:

>  tižamęh Heather and Earl,
>
> thanks for sharing Carl Quinn...so great...gotta hear more!
> as a young man I spent a couple weeks fighting fires out in the bush
> in Northern Saskatchewan with a group of Cree from the Sturgeon Lake
> reserve...
> hearing the language sung brings back memories...
>
> Does Laura Burnof have a cd of her kids songs available?
> When you see her tell her a Wyandot from Oklahoma would love to exchange
> children
> song cds!      We ALL need to inspire each other
>
>   >>>-------> <(*returning forward*)> <--------<<<
>
> Funny thing ,when Wyandot adults here hear the songs and ditties
> they often say..."you should teach US that way!"
> I usually shake my head and say..."what? with all the puppets too?"
>
>    --+--=<<(+)>>=--+--
>
>    Richard (Sǫháhiyǫh)
>    Wyandotte, Oklahoma
>
>
>
>
>
> On 5/27/08 1:13 PM, "Heather Souter" <hsouter at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> Taanshi, Earl and Richard,
>
> I am excited to hear how you are using music to express and teach your
> languages!  I have a friend speaks Cree and teaches the language--Laura
> Burnof.  She sings and has made a recording of songs for children in Cree.
>
> Also, since you have heard of Kashtin, I wonder if you have heard of Carl
> Quinn?  He is a Cree man from the Saddle Lake Reserve in Alberta Canada.
>   Quite an artist and visionary!  Not everyone may like his music, but he
> sings in Cree and is a talented musician.  Take a listen and read more about
> him at
> http://cdbaby.com/cd/carlquinn
>
> By the way, I am teaching myself how to play guitar (country?!) and am
> starting to sing in Michif, my langauge.  You guys are an inspiration to me!
>
> Eekoshi pitamaa. That's all for now!
> Heather
>
> 2008/5/27 Earl Otchingwanigan <wiigwaas at msn.com>:
>
> Greetings Richard:  Appreciate your confirming comments and extending the
> point as to what others have contributed to the music side of learning and
> revitalizing/retaining language ---- I'm sure there are many other unsung
> [pardon the pun], native peoples out there contributing to this almost
> under-rated way of learning; kudos to them all.  Cheers, Earl Otchingwanigan
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> *From:* Richard Smith <mailto:rzs at WILDBLUE.NET> <rzs at WILDBLUE.NET>
>
> *To:* ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 27, 2008 3:24 PM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [ILAT] Mohawk language goes  country (fwd link)
>
>
> tižamęh Earl
>
> i agree totally
> "Kashtin" is  one of my favorite groups,(not sure they are still
>  together,though.)
>  blending contemporary instruments/universal themes  yet expressed in
> indigenous language.
>
> Using music to teach kids  language just can't be underemphasized either.
> I have a bag full of fun and  silly songs I've composed in the Wyandot
> language
> that i use for teaching  pronunciation, grammar, numbers, animals, etc...
> all original tunes but  sung with traditional waterdrum and handshakers.
>
> Songs enter and  somehow bi-pass alot of "dangerous intersections" of the
> mind
> Wish more  teachers understood this...it would have helped me alot as a
>  youth
>
> -Richard
> Wyandotte, Oklahoma
>
>
>
> On 5/27/08 10:57  AM, "Earl Otchingwanigan" <wiigwaas at MSN.COM> wrote:
>
>
>
> Appreciate the good post ----a great and exciting  idea as it may help
> inspire young people to further invest interest in their  language using
> music whether traditional or via *loan music *and  *non-traditional
> instruments, *besides it's just plain fun stuff to do  ---- but it should
> be noted though, various native people have been doing  this very same thing
> for sometime, including myself ---- I have for some 25  or 30 years now,
> been using my native language in jazz and pop genre  performing with a
> non-traditional musical instrument.  Cheers, Earl  Otchingwanigan
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> *From:* phil cash cash <mailto:cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU><cashcash at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU>
>
> *To:* ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:50  AM
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> *Subject:* [ILAT] Mohawk language goes  country  (fwd link)
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>
> Mohawk language goes country
>
> Ontario,  CA
> Posted By  Michael Peeling
>
> The Mohawk language is making  its mark on country  music.
>
> Margaret Peters, a language  curriculum specialist with the  Ahkwesahsne
> Mohawk
> Board of  Education, has taken her efforts to keep the  Mohawk language
> alive  to
> another level by directing her students through  the process of  creating a
> music
> video.
>
> The choice of song, "Jackson"  by  Johnny and June Carter-Cash, was
> inspired by
> Teddy Peters', Margaret's   husband, and his hobby of translating country
> songs
> into   Mohawk.
>
> Access full article below:
> http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1045097
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