Fw: [NativeNews] Norman students hope film helps rescuenative tongues

[Jimm GoodTracks]

Good Question, Catherine.

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From: "Catherine Rudin" <carudin1 at wsc.edu>
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tongues


> Is it possible to get a copy of this film?
> Catherine
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>>>> "Jimm GoodTracks" <jgoodtracks at gmail.com> 01/14/09 8:33 PM >>>
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> http://www.newsok.com/norman-students-hope-film-helps-rescue-native-tongues
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> Norman students hope film helps rescue native tongues
> Norman club interviewed tribal elders for award-winning language
> documentary
>
> BY JENNIFER GRISWOLD
> Published: January 12, 2009
>
> NORMAN - A documentary about the dying languages of American Indian tribes
> has received state honors for a group of Norman students, and is being 
> used
> in classrooms as a teaching tool.
>
> Students in Norman High School's Native American Club were recognized
> recently by state Education Department officials for their documentary,
> titled "When It's Gone, It's Gone."
>
> The students interviewed tribal elders representing American Indian tribes
> in Oklahoma and asked them about their native languages and the struggle 
> to
> keep their languages and cultures alive.
>
> Most of the elders on the video are in their 80s and have witnessed the
> languages of their tribes dying out as the younger generations were raised
> in an English-speaking society.
>
> Oklahoma has 39 federally recognized tribes, and many are losing their
> languages with few fluent speakers left, said Desa Dawson, director of
> world languages for the state Education Department.
>
> Mosiah Bluecloud, a former Norman High School student, said working on the
> documentary changed his life.
>
> "I felt sad as I listened to them talk about their children. It kind of
> made me feel helpless," he said.
>
> Bluecloud, a Kickapoo, decided to change his major at the University of
> Oklahoma to linguistics, and he wants to become fluent in his native
> language.
>
> Dawson said she's received comments from high school and college language
> teachers across the state who've shown the video in their classes and used
> it to start discussions about the cultural importance of language.
>
> The video has struck a chord with people, Dawson said.
>
> "You express your culture through your language, and without that 
> language,
> it makes it that much more difficult to maintain your culture," Dawson
> said.
>
> The 13 students who worked on the documentary and spoke to the elders
> learned a lot through the project, said Judith Blake, club sponsor.
>
> Bluecloud said he's surprised word about the film spread like it did.
>
> "I hope it does something," Bluecloud said. "I hope kids go to their
> grandparents and start learning words."
>
>
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