SSILA Learning Materials List (SSILA Bulletin #221) (fwd)

[Koontz John E]

The following is extracted from the current SSILA newsletter.  Though a
number of members of the Siouan List are also SSILA members, it seems to
me that the SSILA non-members on the list might be interested in this.

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* Learning Aids update
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As many of you will know, the SSILA website has a "Learning Aids" page,
with listings of pedagogical materials--primers, dictionaries, tapes,
lessons, etc.--for various American Indian languages.  As many of you
may also know, these listings are terribly out of date.  A great many
of the books and tapes announced there are no long available, or the
prices have changed, or the ordering addresses have long since been
changed.

We are now in the process of reviewing and updating the entire Learning
Aids page.  To help us in this daunting task, could we ask the following
of you?

(1) If you know for certain that a listing on the Learning Aids page
is incorrect in some way, please let us know the specifics.

(2) If you are the publisher or distributor of learning materials on
some specific language or languages:  please send us a description of
the materials (books, tapes, CDs, videos, etc.), the prices you are
asking, and ordering instructions.  If you have a website from which
these materials can be ordered, please let us know the address.  If
you accept payments only by mail, let us know the forms of payment
you accept (check, credit card, etc.)

(3) If you have purchased or otherwise know about some learning
materials that you would recommend for a particular language:  please
send us the details, if possible including where the materials can
be obtained.

(4) If you are reasonably familiar with materials in a certain area
(e.g., Oklahoma languages) or on a particular group of languages
(e.g., Athabaskan languages), and have the time to spare, we would
be *most* grateful if you could serve as a contributing editor for
the Learning Aids page.

Spearheading this project will be the SSILA website manager, Ardis
Eschenberg, whom you can contact at <ardisrachel at gmail.com>.  You can
also contact the Bulletin editor, Victor Golla, at <golla at ssila.org>.

We look forward to hearing from you!