Language more important than land - academic (fwd link)

[Richard Zane Smith]

Thanks Rolland and thanks MJ!
look forward to reading it.
>From our Wyandot removal, actually ALL the small nations removed to this NE
corner of OKL.
we are very likely some of the most assimilated people groups. Also among
the most belittled,
and shamed, from all sides for not surviving as "real Indians"  ( another
big topic entirely)
There is VERY likely a corolation between land loss (legalized ethnic
cleansing),
and depression, alcoholism, poverty, the loss of identity,as well as the
obvious, language and ceremony.

Indigenous people groups, leaving homelands behind are in some way
"reconstructed" people groups.
In our past captives were expected to leave behind the identity they were
born into,
to merge into their adopted clan and phratry. In many regards we are
captives taken to
a foreign land -  trout raised in a pet store...

unę́h,
Richard



On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 2:07 AM, Rolland Nadjiwon <mikinakn at shaw.ca> wrote:

> **
> P.P.S. to my post:
>
> Hardman, M. J. (1994) “’And if we lose our names, then what about our
> land?’, or, what price development?” in L. H. Turner and H. M. Sterk (eds)
> *Differences that Make a Difference: Examining the Assumptions in Gender
> Research* (pp. 152-161). Westport & London: Bergin & Garvey.
>
> http://plaza.ufl.edu/hardman/DTPacket/linguisticpostulate.pdf    in the
> .pdf format it is pages 34-39(equals 151-161)
>
>
> wahjeh
> rolland nadjiwon
> ________________
> Harper is a joke and 'pansy' to anyone and any country that will act as
> his 'sin eater'...
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:
> ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Huang,Chun
> *Sent:* September-12-12 9:35 PM
> *To:* ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
> *Subject:* Re: [ILAT] Language more important than land - academic (fwd
> link)
>
>  Thank you, Bernadette Adley-SantaMaria
>
> I recommend Hardman's article below where, through studying Jaqaru, she
> explains how land is indeed, as you point out, intertwined with language
> (both  being parts of the whole): if you lose one, you lose the other.
> Hardman also demonstrates how English, especially the English cultural
> thinking as manifested its three major linguistic postulates, can often do
> damage to the indigenous/local. One of the English postulates Hardman
> identifies is "ranking through comparative/absolute," which the original
> article in question here exemplifies very well for us: "*Language (is)
> more important than land!*" Really, what's the point of ranking the
> importance of language against the importance of land anyway??? Many
> English users, unfortunately, seem unable to escape such ranking mentality.
>
> Hardman, M. J. (1994) “’And if we lose our names, then what about our
> land?’, or, what price development?” in L. H. Turner and H. M. Sterk (eds)
> *Differences that Make a Difference: Examining the Assumptions in Gender
> Research* (pp. 152-161). Westport & London: Bergin & Garvey.
>
> Let me or Dr. Hardman know if you can't find a copy. I believe she
> wouldn't mind sharing.
>
>
>
> Chun (Jimmy) Huang
>
> Siraya of Taiwan
>
> Assistant Professor, University of Guam
>



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