Facebook and social media

Tue Jan 26 22:22:08 UTC 2010

And 2 more FB groups:

Noongwa e-Anishinaabemjig: People Who Speak Anishinaabemowin Today
Anishnaabemowin SAVE THE LANGUAGE!!

Both host interesting discussions & announcements from time to time.
Best, Haley

"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

--- On Tue, 1/26/10, Mona Smith <mona at ALLIESMEDIAART.COM> wrote:

From: Mona Smith <mona at ALLIESMEDIAART.COM>
Subject: Re: [ILAT] Facebook and social media
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 11:44 AM

Found some more NA indigenous language groups on Facebook:Dakota Student Language Society
Tusweca Tiospaye Lakota Dakota Nakota Language Summit
Lakota Language Consortium
Inuktitut Language
Menominee Language
Cherokee Language
Inuit Language
Athapaskan Language Group for N, America
There could easily be more.
And many of my FB friends use the Dakota language on FB...sometimes translating, and sometimes not.  

On Jan 26, 2010, at 9:25 AM, Mona Smith wrote:
ANd the Dakota Language Program at the University of Minnesota has a facebook page for communication...

On Jan 26, 2010, at 8:02 AM, Tammy DeCoteau wrote:
Mitakuyapi,

I have a twitter account for my organization and I set it up to tweet "something the elders say in Dakotah that you wouldn't learn in a college class."  I try to send something out every Monday.  Phrases such as "my condolences."  Unfortunately, without the audio you wouldn't learn the pronunciation unless you have someone to ask.

We also have an account on youtube and have posted two "movies" which are narrated books.  We are trying to get all 80 plus of our books narrated.

Our organization also has a facebook page and we put links to those youtube videos on our facebook page also.

Getting all of our language learning materials on the internet and creating computer related materials  is actually the focus of our organization this year.

Tammy DeCoteau
AAIA Native Language Program

On Jan 26, 2010, Dave Pearson <dave_pearson at SIL.ORG> wrote: Don Obsborn has launched a Facebook page calling for a UN Decade for
Language.

http://apps.facebook.com/causes/183862?m=fa5edc14&recruiter_id=37952820

Dave Pearson

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From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU]
On Behalf Of Paul M Rickard
Sent: 25 January 2010 18:07
To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject: [ILAT] Facebook and social media

Is there anyone out there using the whole social media network such 
as Facebook, Twitter, etc. in promoting language initiatives or 
announcements on these sites. One of the great things about this 
list service is receiving information about what's happening from 
various users, but I also think the whole social media network is 
another great opportunity to share this information and create a 
community.

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