mathias | October 14, 2011

The Indigenous Language Institute is holding a symposium at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from Monday, October 24th – Tuesday, October 25th, 2011, organized into 45 minute sessions with 15 minute question/answer periods. Registration (through the ILI website) is $225, or $150 for students and elders. This year’s symposium is focused on immersion. [...]

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Tags: 2011 Indigenous Language Institute Symposium, Akwesasne Mohawk School, Hyatt Regency Hotel, immersion, Indigenous Langauge Institute Symposium, Indigenous Language Institute, Leslie Harper, Margaret Cook-Peters, Mark Macarro, Mohawk, Niigaane Immersion School, Ojibwe, Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, Speaking in Tongues

mathias | June 13, 2011

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and Siletz Tribe of Oregon are being hosted this summer by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. in a series of festivals that celebrate American Indian music, culture, food and art. This year, their annual Living Earth Festival coincides with their Conversations with the Earth: [...]

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Tags: Arkansas Education Television Network, Auto Immune Response, Becky Hobbs, Cherokee, Choctaw, Choctaw Days, Conversations with the Earth, Conway Kootenay, Gregg Analla, Gwen Coleman-Lester, Indigenous Voices on Climate Change, Isleta, Kissed by Lightning, Laguna Pueblo, Living Earth Festival, Marcus Amerman, Mitsitam Cafe, Mohawk, National Museum of the American Indian, Navajo, Pappy Johns Band, Plateros, Ramuson Theatre, Rebecca Miller, Red Power Squad, RedHorse Productions, Shelley Niro, Six Nations, Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, The Long Walk, Trail of Tears, Victoria Blackie, Welcome Plaza, Will Wilson

mathias | March 1, 2011

Be sure to register for Oneida language and culture classes for $160 at St. Norbert College (SNC) in De Pere, Wisconsin, from 6 to 7 PM on Monday evenings from March 21 – May 26. It is a non-credit class, however no tests nor homework will be assigned and there are no pre-requisites. There are [...]

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Tags: Iroquoian, Mohawk, Oneida, SNC, St. Norbert Collge

mathias | January 25, 2011

According to Screen Junkies.com, The 10 Best American Indian Movies of All Time are “Dances with Wolves” (1990), “Last of the Mohicans” (1992), “Little Big Man” (1970), “Fort Apache” (1948), “Nanook of the North” (1922), “The New World” (2005), “The Fast Runner” a.k.a. “Atanarjuat” (2001), “Smoke Signals” (1998), “Apache” (1954), an “Apocalypto” (2006). Half of [...]

Category: Algonquin, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Crow, Inuktitut, Inupiaq, Lakota (Teton Sioux), Mayan, Mohawk, Navajo (Diné), Pawnee, Plains Indian Sign Language | No Comments »
Tags: Algonquin, Algonquin language, Apache (1954), Apocalypto (2006), Atanarjuat (2001), Cherokee, Cherokee language, Cheyenne, Cheyenne language, Dances with Wolves (1990), Fort Apache (1948), Into the West (2005), Inuktitut, Inuktitut language, Inupiaq, Inupiaq language, Lakota, Lakota language, Last of the Mohicans (1992), Little Big Man (1970), Mayan, Mayan language, Mohawk, Mohawk language, movies, Nanook of the North (1922), Navajo, Navajo language, Pawnee, Pawnee language, PISL, Plains Indian Sign Language, Rapa Nui (1994), Sikumi (2008), Skins (2002), Smoke Signals (1998), The Fast Runner (2001), The New World (2005), Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy (2006), Windtalkers (2002), Windwalker (1981)

mathias | January 20, 2011

Shortly after finishing their Navajo Rosetta Stone software (and numerous software for Native languages in the past: Mohawk, Inuktitut, Chitimacha), Anchorage News reported the Rosetta Stone (Endangered Language Program) founded in 2004 is currently working on Inupiaq language learning software. Their strategy is to send people to record sound files, then a team of three [...]

Category: Chitimacha, Inuktitut, Inupiaq, Lakota (Teton Sioux), Mohawk, Navajo (Diné) | 1 Comment »
Tags: Alaska, Chitimacha, Endangered Language Program, immersion, Inuktitut, Inupiac, Jan Ullrich, Lakota, Lakota Language Consortium, Mohawk, Navajo, pedagogy, Pine Ridge, Rosetta Stone, software, Southwest