E-mail interviews for an Undergraduate Thesis on Technology Use

[Richard Zane Smith]

Kweh Monty,

I'm an enrolled member of the Wyandot Nation of Kansas,
not officially educated as a linguist,
but working at revitalization,language and culture,reintroduction in
classrooms here
with the Wyandotte Nation (Oklahoma) and in the Wyandotte Ok. public school,
and I'd be glad to share anything i feel is working here.

Since you're Tuscarora we consider yours a sister language and I'd like to
connect
with your efforts as well. we have the same language structure
(iroquoian),and
sometimes very similar root/stems .

My own use of technology is still pretty darn basic.
I'm also interested to hear *what's actually working* and what's just *
cyber-fluff*
that won't hold any lasting benefits towards a future goal of community
fluency.
So far i haven't been too impressed with actual language growth
using the many hi-tech tools.
There are all kinds of gadgets but nothing replaces actual class time,
and building long term relationships with kids of the community
where they see you at Longhouse and watch how you relate with elders.


I know we are entering a hi-tech-computer-generated-world
and sure ,there are cool tools...we use everyday...
but i often wonder just how sustainable it will be in the long run.

Sohahiyoh
(Richard Zane Smith)
Wyandotte, Oklahoma




On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 10:14 AM, monty hill <mhill06 at simons-rock.edu>wrote:

> Chwe:'n everyone,
>
> I'm Montgomery Hill, a member of the Tuscarora tribe of the Haudenosaunee
> confederacy, and a student writing my undergrad thesis on 'The Use of Modern
> Technology in Language Revitalization Projects: Applications, Benefits and
> Concerns'.
>
> It is a cross-disciplinary study in Computer Science and Linguistics,
> exploring (as the tentative title describes) use of technology, and any sort
> of thoughts a given community and project members have about the use of
> various technologies (for example, web based dictionaries, television shows,
> learning software, and so on).
>
> Basically, I'm looking for people from other Indigenous Language
> Communities to share a short email dialogue with about their Language
> Revitalization Projects use of technology, and what sort of benefits or
> issues they have seen arise from that use!
>
> Nya:weh for your time,
> Montgomery Hill
>
>
>
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