Native linguists

[Scott DeLancey]

Forgot one of ours in the last round:  Lindsay Marean, Potawatomi, MA in
Linguistics, University of Oregon.  After she finished her MA Lindsay
worked for the Nüümü Yadoha language program in California; currently
back at Oregon pursuing her PhD in Education.

Scott DeLancey
Department of Linguistics 
1290 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1290, USA

delancey at uoregon.edu
http://www.uoregon.edu/~delancey/prohp.html


On Sun, 2 Nov 2008, Heather Souter wrote:

> Taanshi, hello,
>
> Are there any more indigenous scholars/community intellectuals that should
> be added to the list since the last contribution?
>
> Eekoshi.  That's it.
> Heather Souter
> Camperville, MB
>
> On Thu, Nov 1, 2007 at 7:34 PM, Haley De Korne <hal1403 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> From Michigan:
>> Kenny Neganigwanwe Pheasant (originally from Wikwemikong First Nation) is
>> an amazing resource for Northern Michigan Anishinaabe language learners.
>> He's created a website www.anishinaabemdaa.com, several cdroms, runs a
>> summer language camp, and drives great distances teaching in his own
>> interactive style.
>> Helen Roy, also originally from Wikwemikong, teaches 'Ojibwe'/
>> Anishinaabemowin at Michigan State University, participates in countless
>> other language events, and has created several music CDs of popular songs
>> sung in Anishinaabemowin with her group 'Diiva miinwa Davis'.
>> To name a few... This could be a long list!!!
>> Regards,
>> Haley De Korne
>>
>>
>> *Susan Penfield <susan.penfield at GMAIL.COM>* wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for this, David..
>>
>> Phil and I have had this discussion often and the term "community
>> intellectuals' sometimes surfaces --
>>
>> While I realize your list will focus on currently practicing folks, I would
>> like to acknowledge someone who passed away a few years ago but whose
>> knowledge and contribution still are valuable to the Mohave language
>> community: Leona Little.
>> Leona was an elder I worked with for some time and was the first - perhaps
>> only- person to develop full literacy in Mohave and began, of her own
>> intiative, to do full translations and transcriptions of traditional
>> stories. There are others currently working in this direction and following
>> her example (including two of her daughters who are just recently getting
>> really interested in working with their heritage language).
>>
>> Please add Amelia Flores  (Mohave, enrolled at Colorado River Indian Tribes
>> where she is the tribal librarian and archivist)to your list. Amelia is
>> finishing her MA in Native American languages at the U of Arizona and is
>> developing a community-friendly grammar of Mohave as part of her work. As
>> well, she is teaching classes in Mohave and developing a carefully staged
>> curriculum for the language. Seems like she might bridge the criteria for
>> both lists!
>>
>> Best,
>> Susan
>>
>>
>> On 10/30/07, David Lewis <David.Lewis at grandronde.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> I feel that the current structure of the native linguist lists ignores
>>> the incredible contribution of natives without advanced degrees. In
>>> native society, within the Native worldview these are for many the true
>>> linguists and those who carry power within their society. I understand
>>> the concept of the list but if this is about native people how is it
>>> possible to ignore the native worldview. If this list will not create
>>> that parallel with the higher degree holders, then I will create that
>>> list.
>>>
>>> Please send me your lists of native people who are linguists within
>>> their communities, they do not have to hold a degree from a university
>>> but must be working with the linguistic field, and considered a leader.
>>> Please also send me more information about them, what languages the work
>>> on and where they work, what tribe they are a member of, etc.
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> David G. Lewis
>>> Manager, Cultural Resources Department
>>> Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
>>>
>>> Office 503.879.1634
>>> David.Lewis at grandronde.org
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Indigenous Languages and Technology
>>> [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of William J Poser
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 12:10 PM
>>> To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
>>> Subject: Re: [ILAT] Native linguists
>>>
>>>> I just came across another native linguist!
>>>>
>>>> Dale Old Horn (Crow)
>>>> 1974. Some Complement Constructions of the Crow Indian Language
>>>> M.S. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>>>
>>> Got him. My current list is at: http://ydli.org/NativeLinguists.html
>>> Anyone with additional information (including gaps in the info on
>>> people already on the list) please let me know.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> ____________________________________________________________
>> Susan D. Penfield, Ph.D.
>>
>> Associate Director, Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language
>> and Literacy (CERCLL)
>> Department of English (Primary)
>> American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI)
>> Second Language Acquisition & Teaching Ph.D. Program (SLAT)
>> Department of Language,Reading and Culture
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>>
>>
>> "Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind, a watershed of
>> thought, an ecosystem of spiritual possibilities."
>>
>>                                                           Wade Davis...(on
>> a Starbucks cup...)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Language is not merely a body of vocabulary or a set of grammatical rules.
>> It is a flash of the human spirit, the means by which the soul of each
>> particular culture reaches into the material world. Every language is an
>> old-growth forest of the mind, a watershed of thought, an entire ecosystem
>> of spiritual possibilities."
>> Wade Davis
>>
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