Native American Languages Lab

11/25/2021

Today, the Wampanoag and other Native American tribes give thanks for those who fight to bring their languages home again.

11/24/2021

11/15/2021

Special issue of the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC) Journal focused on Indigenous Language Revitalization - now available. Guest edited by NETOLNEW: One Mind, One People Project Director Dr. Onowa McIvor and Project Collaborator Dr. Kari A. B. Chew.


Link here: http://ow.ly/LkhH50GNnKy

10/14/2021

Before her work, Marie Wilcox was the only speaker of Wukchumni. Today, there are at least three fluent speakers.

We celebrate the life of Che'ihmyat' (Marie Wilcox), who after 20 years of "hunting and pecking on her keyboard" to produce her language's first dictionary, walked on at 87 on Saturday, September 25th.

Read more of her story:
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article254851952.html

10/10/2021

Our friends at NETOLNEW: One Mind, One People are hiring!

📢 We’re hiring! 📢

The NETOLNEW: One Mind, One People Partnership and University of Victoria Faculty of Education President’s Chair are seeking a Projects Manager. This person will join an exciting vision, coordinating research activities and leading the administrative and financial aspects of the projects.


📧 Submit your cover letter & CV to be considered

⏰ Application review begins on Oct 12!

🌐 Check out the full ad & job description on our website: http://ow.ly/UROQ50GjVeq

09/27/2021

We hosted the Texas premiere of the Diné Bizaad (Navajo) “Star Wars” at CoLang in 2014.

A long time ago on Indigenous land far, far away...

09/22/2021

Herman Mongrain Lookout of Osage Nation has been recognized with a well-deserved honorary doctorate for his contributions to and for the Osage language. Congratulations!

An honorary K-State doctorate degree has been bestowed upon one of the last remaining full bloods of the Osage Nation. The Kansas Board of Regents last week approved the awarding of an honorary doctorate degree to Herman Mongrain Lookout, the master language teacher for the Osage Nation. K-State Pre...

08/14/2021

“Tribal Chief Ben Barnes declared a state of emergency in January 2020, saying that if the tribe didn’t preserve its language, it could mean “losing the voices of our grandparents forever … we cannot wait to act until there is a better time, more favorable conditions.”

Two Shawnee elders died of COVID-19 this past year, Joel Barnes said, and a third died of natural causes at age 99. The pandemic prompted a sense of urgency to teach younger generations the tribe’s language and culture before it’s too late…In-person classes used to have 10 to 12 students per class. But online, 15 to 20 students log in for each class, and more watch recordings on the Shawnee Language Program’s page, which has more than 700 followers.”

Only about 100 people speak the ancient language of the Shawnee people, which has motivated tribal officials to educate more young people. 2020 was supposed to be the Year of the Shawnee Language in Oklahoma, but COVID-19 forced educators online. There were some positives.

08/11/2021

Breath of Life 2021 Symposium starts August 12 at 12-1:15 p.m., join us for a special presentation by the Yurok Tribe Language Program on language teacher credentialing and training.

Register to attend: https://conta.cc/3CD7LmT

08/07/2021

“Today, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs passed a bill that will ensure our Native languages get the support and resources they need to ensure not only the Cherokee language, but all Native American languages are thriving now and into the next seven generations. This bill is named in honor of the largest contributor to the Cherokee language since Sequoyah, the late Durbin Feeling, who advocated tirelessly for Native language and revitalization efforts. No one is more worthy of this honor than Durbin. Now, with the approval of this bill by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, I now urge our elected leaders at the U.S. Capitol to not only consider this crucial law, but to vote for its passage in the Senate after its upcoming August recess.” —Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.

The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on Aug. 4 passed the Durbin Feeling Native American Language Act of 2021, a bipartisan bill named in honor of the late Cherokee linguist.

08/04/2021

Don't miss out on this week's speakers for Owén:na Tewahthá:rahkw. Alice Taff will be presenting "Documenting Conversation for Language Learning" today at 2pm.

On Thursday, Sandra-Lynn Leclaire will be presenting on "Reclaiming Haudenosaunee Archival Language Sources".

Click here to Register for Alice Taff's talk: https://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMufumoqjMpGtVQdtd9A24IP1ZfXv6cst0U

Click here to register for Sandra-Lynn Leclaire's talk: https://mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ufuypqT4tHdMT3jk8_QETeYb6EpRWnAeW

07/31/2021

Alaska Library Network, in partnership with the American Indian Library Association, the Alaska State Library, and San José State University, will provide financial and scaffolded student support to 15 American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian graduate students to earn master’s degrees ...