ERIC ED462231: Indigenous Languages across the Community. Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Stabilizing Indigenous Languages (7th, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 11-14, 2000).

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Burnaby, Barbara Jane, Ed.; Reyhner, Jon Allan, Ed.
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Indigenous Languages across the Community. Proceedings of
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the Annual Conference on Stabilizing Indigenous Languages
(7th, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, May 11-14, 2000).
Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff. Center for Excellence in
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Education.
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274p.; For selected individual papers, see RC 023 386-401.
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*American Indian Education; *American Indian Languages;
DESCRIPTORS
Bilingual Education; *Community Action; Community Programs;
Cultural Maintenance; Elementary Secondary Education; Eskimo
Aleut Languages; Higher Education; Immersion Programs;
*Indigenous Populations; *Language Maintenance; Language
Planning; *Native Language Instruction
Endangered Languages
IDENTIFIERS
ABSTRACT
Conference papers examine efforts by Indigenous communities,
particularly Native American communities, to maintain and revitalize their
languages. The 27 papers are: "Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori: The
Language Is the Life Essence of Maori Existence" (Te Tuhi Robust); "The
Preservation and Use of Our Languages: Respecting the Natural Order of the
Creator" (Verna J. Kirkness); "Maori: New Zealand Latin?" (Timoti S. Karetu);
"Using Indigenous Languages for Teaching and Learning in Zimbabwe" (Juliet
Thondhlana); "Language Planning in a Trans-National Speech Community" (Geneva
Langworthy); "The Way of the Drum: When Earth Becomes Heart" (Grafton Antone,
Lois Provost Turchetti); "The Need for an Ecological Cultural Community"
(Robert N. St. Clair, John A. Busch); "Building a Community Language
Development Team with Quebec Naskapi" (Bill Jancewicz, Marguerite MacKenzie,
George Guanish, Silas Nabinicaboo); "Methods of Madness: The Tuscarora
Language Committee" (Francene Patterson); "Daghida: Cold Lake First Nation
Works towards Dene Language Revitalization" (Heather Blair, Sally Rice,
Valerie Wood, John Janvier); "The Jicarilla Apache Language Summer Day Camp"
(Maureen Olson); "Report on the Workshop 'World of Inuktitut'" (Janet
McGrath); "Awakening the Languages: Challenges of Enduring Language Programs;
Field Reports from 15 Programs from Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma" (Mary
S. Linn, Tessie Naranjo, Sheilah Nicholas, Inee Slaughter, Akira Yamamoto,
Ofelia Zepeda); "A Native Language Immersion Program for Adults: Reflections
on Year 1" (David Kanatawakhon Maracle, Merle Richards); "The Importance of
Women's Literacy in Language Stabilization Projects" (Jule Gomez de Garcia,
Maureen Olson, Melissa Axelrod); "Teaching Reading with Puppets" (Ruth
Bennett); "Assessing Lakota Language Teaching Issues on the Cheyenne River
Reservation" (Marion BlueArm); "Incorporating Traditional Nehiyaw/Plains Cree
Education in the University" (Myron Paskemin, Donna Paskemin); "Collecting
Texts in Craho and Portuguese_for Teaching" (Sueli Maria de Souza); "Early
Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made
from the original document.
Vocabularies and Dictionary Development: A Cautionary Note" (Blair A. Rudes);
"The Process of Spelling Standardization of Innu-Aimun (Montagnais)"
(Anne-Marie Baraby); "Maintaining Indigenous Languages in North America: What
Can We Learn from Studies of Pidgins and Creoles?" (Anne Goodfellow, Pauline
Alfred); "Ojibway Hockey CD ROM in the Making" (Shirley I. Williams); "The
Use of Multimedia and the Arts in Language Revitalization, Maintenance, and
Development: The Case of the Balsas Nahuas of Guerreo, Mexico" (Jose Antonio
Flores Farfan); "The Languages of Indigenous Peoples in Chukotka and the
Media" (Galina Diatchkova); "Language Revitalization Using Multimedia" (Peter
Brand, John Elliott, Ken Foster); and "Meeting of the Inuktitut and Yup'ik
Family of Languages, May 12, 2000" (Guy Delorme, Jacques Raymond).
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Indigenous Languages across the Community.
Proceedings of the Annual Conference on
Stabilizing Indigenous Languages (7th, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, May 11-14, 2000).
Barbara Jane Burnaby, Editor
Jon Allan Reyhner, Editor
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Indigenous
Languages
Across the
Communi
edited by
Barbara Jane Burnaby
Jon Allan Reyhner
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ARIZONA UNIVERSITY
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Flagstaff, Arizona
2002
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Northern Arizona University's Center for Excellence in Education has pub-
lished a series of monographs on indigenous issues. These include Stabilizing
Indigenous Languages edited by Gina Cantoni (1996), Teaching Indigenous
Languages edited by Jon Reyhner (1997), Revitalizing Indigenous Languages
edited by Jon Reyhner, Gina Cantoni, Robert St. Clair, and Evangeline Parsons
Yazzie (1999), and Learn in Beauty: Indigenous Education for a New Century
edited by Jon Reyhner, Joseph Martin, Louise Lockard, and W. Sakiestewa
Gilbert (2000). Indigenous Languages Across the Community, a fifth publica-
tion in this series, is a compilation of papers submitted for the Seventh Annual
Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Conference held in Toronto, Canada on May
11-14, 2000. The conference was chaired by Dr. Barbara Burnaby.
Copies of the above publications can be obtained from Center for Excel-
lence in Education, Northern Arizona University, Box 5774, Flagstaff, Ari-
zona, 86011-5774. Reprinting and copying on a nonprofit basis is hereby al-
lowed with proper identification of the source. These publications are also avail-
able on the world wide web at <http://jan.ucc.nau.eduk-jar/TIL.html>. For more
information contact Jon Reyhner at 928 523 0580 or <[email protected]>.
The layout of this book was done using Adobe Pagemaker 6.5. Since the
7th conference was held in Toronto, Canadian spellings are used in this book.
The editors would like to thank Doug Vincent for his help with copyediting,
O'Mushkego artist Dwayne Linklater for the cover design, and Navajo graphic
designer Vernon L. Davis for the cover layout.
Copyright © 2002 by Northern Arizona University
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Conference (7th : 2000 : Toronto, Ont.)
Indigenous languages across the community / edited by Barbara Jane
Burnaby, Jon Allan Reyhner
p. cm.
Conference held May 11-14, 2000, Toronto.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-9670554-2-3
1. Indigenous peoplesLanguageCongresses. 2. Language policy
Congresses. 3. Language planningCongresses. 4. Language revivalCon-
gresses. 5. Language and educationCongresses. 6. LiteracyCongresses.
I. Burnaby, Barbara. II. Reyhner, Jon Allen. III. Title.
P120.156 S73 2002
306.44'9dc21
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Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
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Introduction
Section I: Broad Perspectives and Policy
Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori:
1.
The language is the life essence of Maori existence
1
Te Tuhi Robust
The preservation and use of our languages:
2.
17
Respecting the natural order of the Creator
Verna Kirkness
25
Maori: New Zealand Latin?
3.
Timoti Karetu
Using Indigenous languages for teaching and learning in Zimbabwe
31
4.
Juliet Thondhlana
41
Language planning in a trans-national speech community
5.
Geneva Langworthy
Section II: Language and Whole Community Development
49
The way of the drumWhen earth becomes heart
6.
Grafton Antone, Lois Provost Turchetti
63
The need for an ecological cultural community
7.
Robert St. Clair, John A. Busch
Building a community language development team
8.
77
with Québec Naskapi
Bill Jancewicz, Marguerite MacKenzie, George Guanish,
Silas Nabinicaboo
85
Methods of madness: The Tuscarora Language Committee
9.
Francene Patterson
10. Daghida: Cold Lake First Nation works towards
89
Dene language revitalization
Heather Blair, Sally Rice, Valerie Wood, John Janvier
Section III: Educational Advances
11. The Jicarilla Apache language summer day camp
99
Maureen Olson
12. Report on the workshop "World of Inuktitut"
103
Janet McGrath
13. Awakening the languages: Challenges of enduring language
programs; field reports from fifteen programs from Arizona,
New Mexico and Oklahoma
105
Mary S. Linn, Tessie Naranjo, Sheilah Nicholas, Inge Slaughter, Akira
Yamamoto, Ofelia Zepeda
14. A Native language immersion program for adults:
Reflections on Year I
127
David Kanatawakhon Maracle and Merle Richards
15. The importance of women's literacy in
language stabilization projects
137
Jule Gomez de Garcia, Maureen Olson, Melissa Axelrod
16. Teaching reading with puppets
151
Ruth Bennett
17. Assessing Lakota language teaching issues on the
Cheyenne River Reservation
161
Marion BlueArm
18. Incorporating traditional Nehiyaw/Plains Cree education
in the university
175
Myron Paskemin, Donna Paskemin
Section IV: Language and Literacy Development
19. Collecting texts in Craei and Portuguese for teaching
183
Sueli Maria de Souza
20. Early vocabularies and dictionary development: A cautionary note
189
Blair Rudes
21. The process of spelling standardization of Innu-Aimun (Montagnais) 197
Anne-Marie Baraby
22. Maintaining Indigenous languages in North America:
What can we learn from studies of pidgins and creoles?
213
Anne Goodfellow, Pauline Alfred
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Section V: The Media
219
23. Ojibway hockey CD-ROM in the making
Shirley Williams
24. The use of multimedia and the arts in language revitalization,
maintenance and development: The case of the Balsas Nahuas
225
of Guerreo, Mexico
José Antonio Flores Farfin
237
25. The languages of Indigenous Peoples in Chukotka and the media
Galina Diatchkova
245
26. Language revitalization using multimedia
Peter Brand, John Elliott, Ken Foster
Section VI: Meeting of Inuit and Yupik Participants
27. Meeting of the Inuktitut and Yupik
249
family of languages on May 12, 2000
Guy Delorme, Jacques Raymond
Biographical Information on the Authors
257
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This volume is dedicated to the memory of
Joan Speares
whose life was a model of principled,
passionate dedication to indigenous
children and enhancing the possibilities
of their self-expression.
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