Native linguists

Fri Nov 7 23:33:34 UTC 2008

Also Beverly and Earl Crum in Nevada: Beverly has a BA from the  
University of Utah and has worked on her native Shoshoni language with  
her husband Earl Crum for many years. She has done a lot of training  
of community teachers and has continued to document and describe  
Shoshoni. She has worked on a published Shoshoni grammar and volume of  
poetry.

Newe Hupia: Shoshoni Poetry Songs by Beverly Crum, Earl Crum, and Jon  
P. Dayley

Western Shoshoni Grammar (Occasional Papers and Monographs in Cultural  
Anthropology an) by Beverly Crum and Jon P. Dayley

_________________________________
Naomi Fox
Center for American Indian Languages
Department of Linguistics
University of Utah

255 S. Central Campus Dr. Rm 2300
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
801.587.0720
naomi.fox at utah.edu

On Nov 2, 2008, at 10:08 PM, 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
>
>
>
> -- 
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>
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>
>                                                           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."
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