Books in Native Language

[Tatiana Degai]

Hello Tammy,
Will it be possible to send the programs to Russia? 
They might be useful to work on language revitalization in Kamchatka.  


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Татьяна Дегай
кандидат в докоторанты Университета Аризоны, кафедра американских индейцев

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Tatiana Degai
PhD Candidate, University of Arizona, American Indian Studies

On Jan 17, 2013, at 5:33 AM, Tammy DeCoteau wrote:

> Donna,
>  
> We will mail you three DVDs which include the books, worksheets, bingo games and other learning materials all of which were primarily created using Microsoft publisher so they can be easily converted into any language.  It's a matter of click on the text box, delete the Dakotah and insert another language.
>  
> Our AAIA official policy on sharing our materials is this:
>  
> "We ask only that if you can contribute, please do so.  If you cannot, that's okay too.  We also request that two copies of any materials created be provided to the language program office so that one may be included in our extensive archives at Princeton University Archives and will be available for generations to come."
>  
> These copies for our archives is vitally important to us because all native language can probably be considered endangered now and even though our focus is on revitalization we need to be thinking of preservation too. 
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> I will prepare a set of DVDs and send them out this week.  Thank you for working to save our languages.
> 
> Tammy DeCoteau
> AAIA Native Language Program
> 
> Jan 16, 2013 12:22:26 PM, ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU wrote:
> I am definitely interested in learning more about the availability of your books.  We have four languages here at SIR and this would definitely give us a leg up on providing language learning opportunities to our families. 
> 
>  
> Many thanks,
> 
> Donna
> 
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> D_clark at frontier.com
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> Donna Clark
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> Language Program Coordinator
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> Susanville Indian Rancheria
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> 745 Joaquin Street
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> Susanville, CA 96130
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> Ph.530-257-5449
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> Fax 530-251-5635
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> D_clark at frontier.com
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>  
> From: Indigenous Languages and Technology [mailto:ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tammy DeCoteau
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 6:33 AM
> To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
> Subject: [ILAT] Books in Native Language
> 
>  
> Mitakuyapi,
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>  
> Over the years we have offered several times for any tribe, school or language program to take the books we have made and translate them into any native language so they can be used for revitalizing our native languages.
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> I am attaching a page of one of the books showing it in Dakotah, Lakota, and as it was translated by the Nanticoke Lenni Lenape Language Revitalization Project.  We have over 120 children's books and I take this opportunity to restate our offer.
> 
>  
> 
> Tammy DeCoteau
> AAIA Native Language Program
> 

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