Saving Endangered Languages in Latin America

[Susan Penfield]

Dear Bernadette,

Thanks for getting in touch with me.  i am no longer at NSF but now working
at the U of A as a specialist in grant writing.  I have heard of you so I'm
glad to meet  you!  As to DEL:

- This project would be of potential interest but would need some more
expansion in areas that would give it more 'intellectual merit' (one of the
NSF criteria) -- the other criteria is 'Broader Impacts' -- which are rarely
a problem for revitalization projects.
- Simply documenting place names for revitalization won't fly I don't
think.  BUT is you partner with a geographer -- or do something pretty
creative (use GIS etc -- and you would wan to consult with Andrea Berez at
the University of Hawaii about this since she has done interesting similar
work with Ahtna in Alaska) ...then you can possibly spin something to DEL.
--DEL likes to fund tribes whenever possible and directly to communities if
they can show the ability to manage large federal grants (not easy) .
Another option is for the tribe to host the grant but to partner with some
university folks who could weigh in on the intellectual value ( I know --
seems like the project in itself has plenty of that as it will also entail a
lot of 'Traditional Ecological Knowledge' -- but remember, NSF, like all
federal agencies is under fire these days so you do need to have a pretty
strong academic side to this.
--Remember that for DEL, documentation is foremost -- Revitalization should
be talked about and planned for only in the context of 'Broader Impacts' --
sigh...
--There have been some interesting studies linking changes in place names
with climate change (in Peru ) ...something like those connections would get
NSF's attention.

I will be gone all next week but back after that -- I would be happy to sit
down with you any time to think this through -- I don't want to discourage
you at all because there is real potential in this idea -- but making it fit
with the overall NSF mission is sometime tricky.

Say hello to Keith Basso for me --

Best,
Susan

On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 11:54 AM, BSantaMaria <bernisantamaria at gmail.com>wrote:

> Ms. Penfield:
>
> Have a question for possible grant applic to DEL next year--we've been
> working on Apache place-names for the Western Apache reservations in AZ for
> a couple of years without any grant funding but now find a need since the
> areas we are going to focus on are very large reservation areas & will need
> additional resources, etc.
>
> My question is if you think it would be feasible for us to submit a grant
> application to conduct fieldwork on gathering place-names utilizing elder
> consultants (will need stipends), some current staff (can we use part of
> salaries as In-Kind contribution?), & additional staff as needed?  The main
> goal is to revitalize & maintain the Apache place names for use by future
> generations, for teaching tools in local classrooms, develop maps, etc. (in
> a nutshell) although proposal not yet developed, just ideas for now.
>
> I would deem this to be a project that would assist our tribes in
> revitalizing our Apache languages, along with teaching the oral histories of
> how place-names came to be, what some represent symbolically, etc. for our
> young people to learn along with the names.
>
> One of the consultants/advisors for several years is Dr. Keith Basso,
> retired Anthropology professor, & the whole group would be an adivsory
> committee that consists of the Western Apache groups:  White Mountain
> Apache, San Carlos Apache, Yavapai-Apache Nation, Tonto Apache Nation.
>
> We've already been in discussions on this for several meetings & would like
> an idea if the DEL grant funding or other you might suggest that might be
> more apt?, we'd like some feedback on whether we can plan on a submission
> for next year's grant cycle.
>
> Thanks for any info & I think I mentioned before that I'm a UA graduate &
> working on language & cultural knowledge issues.
>
> Bernadette Adley-SantaMaria, Cultural Advisory Board Member/Grant Writer
> White Mountain Apache Tribe & Western Apache NAGPRA Working Group Member
>
> PH:  (928) 594-6826
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Susan Penfield <susan.penfield at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Apologies for cross-posts --
>>
>> http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/health/2011/08/25/effort-to-save-endangered-languages/
>>
>> Good projects with support of the DEL program at NSF!
>>
>> --
>>
>> **********************************************************************************************
>> *Susan D. Penfield, Ph.D.
>> *
>> Research Coordinator,
>> CERCLL, The Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and
>> Literacy
>> University of Arizona
>> Phone: (520) 626-8071
>> Fax: (520) 626-3313
>> Website: cercll.arizona.edu
>>
>>
>>
>>
>


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*Susan D. Penfield, Ph.D.
*
Research Coordinator,
CERCLL,  Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy
CONFLUENCE, Center for Creative Inquiry
University of Arizona
Phone: (520) 626-8071
Fax: (520) 626-3313
Website: cercll.arizona.edu
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