Category: Language
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How An Octogenarian Preserved An Endangered Native American Language
From Native News Network, here. An excerpt: It’s easy to take translations for granted when Google can swap between Albanian and Zulu with the click of a button, but even that tech has real world limitations. Marie Wilcox is the last fluent speaker of Wukchumni, one of 130 different endangered Native American languages in the United States…
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Throwback – Power and Place: Indian Education in America
Power and Place: Indian Education in America by Vine Deloria Jr. and Daniel Wildcat is today’s Throwback Thursday. Deloria and Wildcat offer this as a “declaration of American Indian intellectual sovereignty and self-determination.” An excerpt from a review by Jason Schreiner: With such a revolutionary agenda at stake, they dispense with reformist proposals aimed at “sensitizing” educators and administrators…
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Navajo Nation court to hear language issue affecting candidate
Here, from Indianz.com. The Navajo Nation Supreme Court will hear arguments on Friday in a case that could end the campaign of presidential candidate Chris Deschene. Deschene, 38, is popular on the reservation — he came in second in the tribe’s primary last month. But some tribal members question whether he is fluent in the…
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NIEA Webinar Series: Tribally Controlled Schools – Sept. 30
Webinar Series – Tribally Controlled Schools Best Practices and Tools for Success With the signing of the Tribally Controlled Schools Act in 1988, tribes, directly or via tribal organizations, gained the authority to administer educational systems through contracting with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). Under the recently announced BIE reform, the Bureau is requesting…
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Saving Native Languages and Culture in Mexico With Computer Games
Here is yet another opportunity to enhance culture through modern technology. We posted about a similar example with Alaska Native culture, here. An excerpt from Indian Country Today: Indigenous children in Mexico can now learn their mother tongues with specialized computer games, helping to prevent the further loss of those languages across the country. “Three years…