ILAT Update
Rolland Nadjiwon
mikinakn at SHAW.CA
Tue Oct 13 19:26:08 UTC 2009
Congratulations Phil...that is great but I find Canadian involvement a
bit embarrassing since we have such a great need for collaboration.
Maybe Canadians need to review their parochial views of cultural and
linguistic developments. We need a lot of work toward the kind of
legislation just passed in California to allow Tribes to determine their
own experts by their own set of credentials...something I have been
proclaiming for the past 38 years. Our most successful language
retention program when I was teaching elementary school was to have the
language speakers come into the classroom and converse with the students
in their own language. Many of the older and even some of the younger
people spoke very little or no English. It was great. We even wrote our
own reading materials in the local phonetic system as well as English.
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wahjeh
rolland nadjiwon
phil cash cash wrote:
> tác haláXp,
> (greetings!)
>
> Welcome to all the new subscribers of ILAT!
>
> It hard to believe that ILAT has been in existence since Oct 2002! We have
> reached 308 subscribers overall. In past year subscriptions have slowed but
> our international subscribers have increased nicely, thank you.
>
> I hope that ILAT has been a meaningful addition to your part of the world
> wherever you may be. Remember to always speak your language, support your
> heritage language speakers, and foster opportunities for learning an endangered
> language! Continue, as many of you have, to promote awareness of language
> endangerment and it impact on indigenous cultures worldwide. Feel free to send
> us your success (or failure) stories on using technology in your advocacy
> efforts or simply share your advocacy stories & experience.
>
> Life and language always,
>
> Phil Cash Cash (Cayuse/Nez Perce)
> ILAT mg
> UofA
>
> ~~~
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