#indigenouslanguage — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #indigenouslanguage, aggregated by home.social.
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Shout out for Yéil Kundayaayí (pub. SHI ) by @rebeccanagle.bsky.social
There’s a new book of Tlingit stories published in Tlingit! Things like books & movies in Indigenous languages r so necessary to keep our languages alive. The book uses transcribed recordings & performances from Tlingit storytellers born btwn 1870 & 1915. #LingítAaní #Bookstodon #IndigenousLanguage -
Shout out for Yéil Kundayaayí (pub. SHI ) by @rebeccanagle.bsky.social
There’s a new book of Tlingit stories published in Tlingit! Things like books & movies in Indigenous languages r so necessary to keep our languages alive. The book uses transcribed recordings & performances from Tlingit storytellers born btwn 1870 & 1915. #LingítAaní #Bookstodon #IndigenousLanguage -
Shout out for Yéil Kundayaayí (pub. SHI ) by @rebeccanagle.bsky.social
There’s a new book of Tlingit stories published in Tlingit! Things like books & movies in Indigenous languages r so necessary to keep our languages alive. The book uses transcribed recordings & performances from Tlingit storytellers born btwn 1870 & 1915. #LingítAaní #Bookstodon #IndigenousLanguage -
Shout out for Yéil Kundayaayí (pub. SHI ) by @rebeccanagle.bsky.social
There’s a new book of Tlingit stories published in Tlingit! Things like books & movies in Indigenous languages r so necessary to keep our languages alive. The book uses transcribed recordings & performances from Tlingit storytellers born btwn 1870 & 1915. #LingítAaní #Bookstodon #IndigenousLanguage -
Shout out for Yéil Kundayaayí (pub. SHI ) by @rebeccanagle.bsky.social
There’s a new book of Tlingit stories published in Tlingit! Things like books & movies in Indigenous languages r so necessary to keep our languages alive. The book uses transcribed recordings & performances from Tlingit storytellers born btwn 1870 & 1915. #LingítAaní #Bookstodon #IndigenousLanguage -
Peter and Rosie use power of song and an appearance on The Piano to save endangered language
Rosie Sitorus remembers the moment she finally got Peter Salmon on the phone. She had been looking for…
#NewsBeep #News #Entertainment #abcthepiano #AU #Australia #firstnationslanguage #guysebastian #indigenouslanguage #petersalmon #rosiesitorus #sydneyrecitalhall #thepiano #thiinma
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Peter and Rosie use power of song and an appearance on The Piano to save endangered language
Rosie Sitorus remembers the moment she finally got Peter Salmon on the phone. She had been looking for…
#NewsBeep #News #Entertainment #abcthepiano #AU #Australia #firstnationslanguage #guysebastian #indigenouslanguage #petersalmon #rosiesitorus #sydneyrecitalhall #thepiano #thiinma
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An interesting, relatively short discussion about using AI chatbots as tools for revitalizing endangered languages. The upshot is that, if it's going to be done at all, it needs to be done very, very carefully and only by or in close collaboration with the community that actually uses a given language. But there are an awful lot of details to work through, and this discussion is really tip-of-the-iceberg level. (Personally, I'm deeply skeptical of the value of "AI" tools for projects like these, and I'm not really convinced that the payoff is likely to be worth the effort. That's without even mentioning the ecological cost of "AI". Still, the discussion is interesting even if just in terms of the ethics involved and the particular complications of working with endangered languages.)
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University of Alberta: U of A linguist collaborates with community to preserve endangered language. “The structure of Sáliba, an Indigenous language spoken in Colombia, is still not well understood. But a number of audio recordings that include narratives, songs and procedural texts — along with handwritten annotations — made by Colombian linguist Jon Landaburu in the late 1960s could help […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/04/university-of-alberta-u-of-a-linguist-collaborates-with-community-to-preserve-endangered-language/ -
@ChrisBoese lovely photo, name in Lingít is sikʼsh and the name is also used for binoculars | the use of this term might be related to the use of sʼísksh to look at things (Twitchell Dictionary) #lLingítAaní #IndigenousLanguage #Alaska
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@ChrisBoese lovely photo, name in Lingít is sikʼsh and the name is also used for binoculars | the use of this term might be related to the use of sʼísksh to look at things (Twitchell Dictionary) #lLingítAaní #IndigenousLanguage #Alaska
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@ChrisBoese lovely photo, name in Lingít is sikʼsh and the name is also used for binoculars | the use of this term might be related to the use of sʼísksh to look at things (Twitchell Dictionary) #lLingítAaní #IndigenousLanguage #Alaska
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@ChrisBoese lovely photo, name in Lingít is sikʼsh and the name is also used for binoculars | the use of this term might be related to the use of sʼísksh to look at things (Twitchell Dictionary) #lLingítAaní #IndigenousLanguage #Alaska
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@ChrisBoese lovely photo, name in Lingít is sikʼsh and the name is also used for binoculars | the use of this term might be related to the use of sʼísksh to look at things (Twitchell Dictionary) #lLingítAaní #IndigenousLanguage #Alaska
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I've signed up for Anishinaabemowin classes next month. I look forward to brushing up on this language. It's been too long since I last studied it. https://outdoorlearning.com/event/anishinaabemowin-spring-2026/ #linguistics #Anishinaabemowin #Ojibwe #IndigenousLanguage
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Registration is open for 2026 Cherokee Language classes and I must make a decision on which level to start back at AHHHHHH 😅
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KJRH: An app for that: Cherokee Nation debuts official language-learning and dictionary app. “With help from another prominent indigenous entity, the Cherokee Nation debuted its own language learning app on Dec. 9. With a ceremony inside Durbin Feeling Language Center, tribal leaders lauded the release of the app as a means to fully resurrect a mother tongue that almost went extinct over […]
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KJRH: An app for that: Cherokee Nation debuts official language-learning and dictionary app. “With help from another prominent indigenous entity, the Cherokee Nation debuted its own language learning app on Dec. 9. With a ceremony inside Durbin Feeling Language Center, tribal leaders lauded the release of the app as a means to fully resurrect a mother tongue that almost went extinct over […]
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KJRH: An app for that: Cherokee Nation debuts official language-learning and dictionary app. “With help from another prominent indigenous entity, the Cherokee Nation debuted its own language learning app on Dec. 9. With a ceremony inside Durbin Feeling Language Center, tribal leaders lauded the release of the app as a means to fully resurrect a mother tongue that almost went extinct over […]
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KJRH: An app for that: Cherokee Nation debuts official language-learning and dictionary app. “With help from another prominent indigenous entity, the Cherokee Nation debuted its own language learning app on Dec. 9. With a ceremony inside Durbin Feeling Language Center, tribal leaders lauded the release of the app as a means to fully resurrect a mother tongue that almost went extinct over […]
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GroundUp (South Africa): Facebook promotes rubbish because it doesn’t understand indigenous languages. “Facebook is actively promoting clickbait and the spread of fake news – and rewarding the people who create it. This is especially true in regions like the Vhembe district, where the tech giant’s algorithms battle to understand local languages. The result is that a new generation of […]
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game for smart phone uisng #IndigenousLanguage from #Australia "Nyiyaparli Widi" https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-19/aboriginal-language-game-wins-global-award/105975448
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I found some free Mi'kmaq language lessons. Check them out! https://www.afnts.ca/mikmaw/lessons #SpeakMikmaq #Mikmaq #languages #IndigenousLanguage
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CBC: Yukon First Nation uses holograms to preserve the knowledge of elders. “In collaboration with Carleton University and the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages, the First Nation [of Na-Cho Nyӓk Dun] is using virtual reality games and a holographic display as teaching tools. They’re also building a digital archive of community objects and constructing a digital language model […]
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Another #Nihkaniyane Honoree, #EmmaSoctomah, is the daughter of Elizabeth Neptune and #DonaldSoctomah -- Donald being another person I learned a lot from when I was covering the #MaineRivers conference! Emma is also the grandchild of renowned #Passamaquoddy #Basketmaker #MollyNeptuneParker.
"Emma Soctomah is a Passamaquoddy citizen of #Motahkomikuk and was the 2025 class valedictorian at University of Maine Machias,where she majored in psychology and community studies. She was an active participant in the college’s Kinap Mentorship Program, which creates both on- and off-campus programs aimed at bringing together #Wabanaki cultural values and Indigenous ways of knowing with Western education. She plans to continue working at the elementary school in Motahkomikuk and will pursue a master’s degree beginning in fall 2026. Soctomah is the daughter of Donald Soctomah and Elizabeth Neptune and the granddaughter of world renowned basketmaker Molly Neptune Parker. Soctomah is also a nationally recognized basketmaker and was among the first artists to receive an #AbbeMuseum Wabanaki #Artist Fellowship."
Learn more about Emma:
https://www.wabanakialliance.com/nihkaniyane2025-emmasoctomah/#CulturalPreservation #PreservingHistory #IndigenousLanguage #IndigenousHistory #TraditionalArts #NativeAmericanArtists #valedictorian
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Another #Nihkaniyane Honoree, #EmmaSoctomah, is the daughter of Elizabeth Neptune and #DonaldSoctomah -- Donald being another person I learned a lot from when I was covering the #MaineRivers conference! Emma is also the grandchild of renowned #Passamaquoddy #Basketmaker #MollyNeptuneParker.
"Emma Soctomah is a Passamaquoddy citizen of #Motahkomikuk and was the 2025 class valedictorian at University of Maine Machias,where she majored in psychology and community studies. She was an active participant in the college’s Kinap Mentorship Program, which creates both on- and off-campus programs aimed at bringing together #Wabanaki cultural values and Indigenous ways of knowing with Western education. She plans to continue working at the elementary school in Motahkomikuk and will pursue a master’s degree beginning in fall 2026. Soctomah is the daughter of Donald Soctomah and Elizabeth Neptune and the granddaughter of world renowned basketmaker Molly Neptune Parker. Soctomah is also a nationally recognized basketmaker and was among the first artists to receive an #AbbeMuseum Wabanaki #Artist Fellowship."
Learn more about Emma:
https://www.wabanakialliance.com/nihkaniyane2025-emmasoctomah/#CulturalPreservation #PreservingHistory #IndigenousLanguage #IndigenousHistory #TraditionalArts #NativeAmericanArtists #valedictorian
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Another #Nihkaniyane Honoree, #EmmaSoctomah, is the daughter of Elizabeth Neptune and #DonaldSoctomah -- Donald being another person I learned a lot from when I was covering the #MaineRivers conference! Emma is also the grandchild of renowned #Passamaquoddy #Basketmaker #MollyNeptuneParker.
"Emma Soctomah is a Passamaquoddy citizen of #Motahkomikuk and was the 2025 class valedictorian at University of Maine Machias,where she majored in psychology and community studies. She was an active participant in the college’s Kinap Mentorship Program, which creates both on- and off-campus programs aimed at bringing together #Wabanaki cultural values and Indigenous ways of knowing with Western education. She plans to continue working at the elementary school in Motahkomikuk and will pursue a master’s degree beginning in fall 2026. Soctomah is the daughter of Donald Soctomah and Elizabeth Neptune and the granddaughter of world renowned basketmaker Molly Neptune Parker. Soctomah is also a nationally recognized basketmaker and was among the first artists to receive an #AbbeMuseum Wabanaki #Artist Fellowship."
Learn more about Emma:
https://www.wabanakialliance.com/nihkaniyane2025-emmasoctomah/#CulturalPreservation #PreservingHistory #IndigenousLanguage #IndigenousHistory #TraditionalArts #NativeAmericanArtists #valedictorian
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Another #Nihkaniyane Honoree, #EmmaSoctomah, is the daughter of Elizabeth Neptune and #DonaldSoctomah -- Donald being another person I learned a lot from when I was covering the #MaineRivers conference! Emma is also the grandchild of renowned #Passamaquoddy #Basketmaker #MollyNeptuneParker.
"Emma Soctomah is a Passamaquoddy citizen of #Motahkomikuk and was the 2025 class valedictorian at University of Maine Machias,where she majored in psychology and community studies. She was an active participant in the college’s Kinap Mentorship Program, which creates both on- and off-campus programs aimed at bringing together #Wabanaki cultural values and Indigenous ways of knowing with Western education. She plans to continue working at the elementary school in Motahkomikuk and will pursue a master’s degree beginning in fall 2026. Soctomah is the daughter of Donald Soctomah and Elizabeth Neptune and the granddaughter of world renowned basketmaker Molly Neptune Parker. Soctomah is also a nationally recognized basketmaker and was among the first artists to receive an #AbbeMuseum Wabanaki #Artist Fellowship."
Learn more about Emma:
https://www.wabanakialliance.com/nihkaniyane2025-emmasoctomah/#CulturalPreservation #PreservingHistory #IndigenousLanguage #IndigenousHistory #TraditionalArts #NativeAmericanArtists #valedictorian
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Another #Nihkaniyane Honoree, #EmmaSoctomah, is the daughter of Elizabeth Neptune and #DonaldSoctomah -- Donald being another person I learned a lot from when I was covering the #MaineRivers conference! Emma is also the grandchild of renowned #Passamaquoddy #Basketmaker #MollyNeptuneParker.
"Emma Soctomah is a Passamaquoddy citizen of #Motahkomikuk and was the 2025 class valedictorian at University of Maine Machias,where she majored in psychology and community studies. She was an active participant in the college’s Kinap Mentorship Program, which creates both on- and off-campus programs aimed at bringing together #Wabanaki cultural values and Indigenous ways of knowing with Western education. She plans to continue working at the elementary school in Motahkomikuk and will pursue a master’s degree beginning in fall 2026. Soctomah is the daughter of Donald Soctomah and Elizabeth Neptune and the granddaughter of world renowned basketmaker Molly Neptune Parker. Soctomah is also a nationally recognized basketmaker and was among the first artists to receive an #AbbeMuseum Wabanaki #Artist Fellowship."
Learn more about Emma:
https://www.wabanakialliance.com/nihkaniyane2025-emmasoctomah/#CulturalPreservation #PreservingHistory #IndigenousLanguage #IndigenousHistory #TraditionalArts #NativeAmericanArtists #valedictorian
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Another 2025 #Nihkaniyane honoree -#BrianneLolar!
"Brianne Lolar is one of three individuals honored by the #WabanakiAlliance at the 2025 Nihkaniyane event. A citizen of the #PenobscotNation, Lolar is a beloved elementary school teacher who left the classroom four years ago to begin doing equally important work as the first #WabanakiStudies Specialist for the Maine Department of Education. In that work she is bringing voice and representation to the Wabanaki people through partnerships with Indigenous and non-Indigenous educators and organizations who’ve been working together to achieve unmet goals and objectives of the 2001 requiring that #WabanakiHistory and culture be taught and integrated into the K-12 curriculum.
"A 2022 report from the Wabanaki Alliance, #AbbeMuseum, #ACLU of Maine, and Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission noted the law has not been implemented meaningfully across the state. Those findings and the work of a task force leading up to the report are what led Lolar to leave her 'happy place' of teaching in the classroom and enter the challenging give-and-take realm of state government where she’s been working on year-to-year contracts to help teachers and school districts fulfill the goals of the 2001 law.
" 'I knew I can’t complain about nothing being done if I’m not going to step up and sacrifice,' she says. 'My thinking was ‘It’s just a year and I’ll go back to teaching. It could go away again at any time. So I need to make the most of this opportunity.'
"Her sense of urgency motivated a 'can-do' approach that made sure yearly progress was being made to create a solid foundation for Wabanaki studies being taught across the entire state."
Read more:
https://www.wabanakialliance.com/nihkaniyane2025-briannelolar/#WabanakiAlliance #Wabanaki #LanguagePreservation #WabanakiLanguage #CulturalPreservation #PreservingHistory #IndigenousLanguage #IndigenousHistory #Teachers
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Another 2025 #Nihkaniyane honoree -#BrianneLolar!
"Brianne Lolar is one of three individuals honored by the #WabanakiAlliance at the 2025 Nihkaniyane event. A citizen of the #PenobscotNation, Lolar is a beloved elementary school teacher who left the classroom four years ago to begin doing equally important work as the first #WabanakiStudies Specialist for the Maine Department of Education. In that work she is bringing voice and representation to the Wabanaki people through partnerships with Indigenous and non-Indigenous educators and organizations who’ve been working together to achieve unmet goals and objectives of the 2001 requiring that #WabanakiHistory and culture be taught and integrated into the K-12 curriculum.
"A 2022 report from the Wabanaki Alliance, #AbbeMuseum, #ACLU of Maine, and Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission noted the law has not been implemented meaningfully across the state. Those findings and the work of a task force leading up to the report are what led Lolar to leave her 'happy place' of teaching in the classroom and enter the challenging give-and-take realm of state government where she’s been working on year-to-year contracts to help teachers and school districts fulfill the goals of the 2001 law.
" 'I knew I can’t complain about nothing being done if I’m not going to step up and sacrifice,' she says. 'My thinking was ‘It’s just a year and I’ll go back to teaching. It could go away again at any time. So I need to make the most of this opportunity.'
"Her sense of urgency motivated a 'can-do' approach that made sure yearly progress was being made to create a solid foundation for Wabanaki studies being taught across the entire state."
Read more:
https://www.wabanakialliance.com/nihkaniyane2025-briannelolar/#WabanakiAlliance #Wabanaki #LanguagePreservation #WabanakiLanguage #CulturalPreservation #PreservingHistory #IndigenousLanguage #IndigenousHistory #Teachers
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Another 2025 #Nihkaniyane honoree -#BrianneLolar!
"Brianne Lolar is one of three individuals honored by the #WabanakiAlliance at the 2025 Nihkaniyane event. A citizen of the #PenobscotNation, Lolar is a beloved elementary school teacher who left the classroom four years ago to begin doing equally important work as the first #WabanakiStudies Specialist for the Maine Department of Education. In that work she is bringing voice and representation to the Wabanaki people through partnerships with Indigenous and non-Indigenous educators and organizations who’ve been working together to achieve unmet goals and objectives of the 2001 requiring that #WabanakiHistory and culture be taught and integrated into the K-12 curriculum.
"A 2022 report from the Wabanaki Alliance, #AbbeMuseum, #ACLU of Maine, and Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission noted the law has not been implemented meaningfully across the state. Those findings and the work of a task force leading up to the report are what led Lolar to leave her 'happy place' of teaching in the classroom and enter the challenging give-and-take realm of state government where she’s been working on year-to-year contracts to help teachers and school districts fulfill the goals of the 2001 law.
" 'I knew I can’t complain about nothing being done if I’m not going to step up and sacrifice,' she says. 'My thinking was ‘It’s just a year and I’ll go back to teaching. It could go away again at any time. So I need to make the most of this opportunity.'
"Her sense of urgency motivated a 'can-do' approach that made sure yearly progress was being made to create a solid foundation for Wabanaki studies being taught across the entire state."
Read more:
https://www.wabanakialliance.com/nihkaniyane2025-briannelolar/#WabanakiAlliance #Wabanaki #LanguagePreservation #WabanakiLanguage #CulturalPreservation #PreservingHistory #IndigenousLanguage #IndigenousHistory #Teachers
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Another 2025 #Nihkaniyane honoree -#BrianneLolar!
"Brianne Lolar is one of three individuals honored by the #WabanakiAlliance at the 2025 Nihkaniyane event. A citizen of the #PenobscotNation, Lolar is a beloved elementary school teacher who left the classroom four years ago to begin doing equally important work as the first #WabanakiStudies Specialist for the Maine Department of Education. In that work she is bringing voice and representation to the Wabanaki people through partnerships with Indigenous and non-Indigenous educators and organizations who’ve been working together to achieve unmet goals and objectives of the 2001 requiring that #WabanakiHistory and culture be taught and integrated into the K-12 curriculum.
"A 2022 report from the Wabanaki Alliance, #AbbeMuseum, #ACLU of Maine, and Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission noted the law has not been implemented meaningfully across the state. Those findings and the work of a task force leading up to the report are what led Lolar to leave her 'happy place' of teaching in the classroom and enter the challenging give-and-take realm of state government where she’s been working on year-to-year contracts to help teachers and school districts fulfill the goals of the 2001 law.
" 'I knew I can’t complain about nothing being done if I’m not going to step up and sacrifice,' she says. 'My thinking was ‘It’s just a year and I’ll go back to teaching. It could go away again at any time. So I need to make the most of this opportunity.'
"Her sense of urgency motivated a 'can-do' approach that made sure yearly progress was being made to create a solid foundation for Wabanaki studies being taught across the entire state."
Read more:
https://www.wabanakialliance.com/nihkaniyane2025-briannelolar/#WabanakiAlliance #Wabanaki #LanguagePreservation #WabanakiLanguage #CulturalPreservation #PreservingHistory #IndigenousLanguage #IndigenousHistory #Teachers
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Another 2025 #Nihkaniyane honoree -#BrianneLolar!
"Brianne Lolar is one of three individuals honored by the #WabanakiAlliance at the 2025 Nihkaniyane event. A citizen of the #PenobscotNation, Lolar is a beloved elementary school teacher who left the classroom four years ago to begin doing equally important work as the first #WabanakiStudies Specialist for the Maine Department of Education. In that work she is bringing voice and representation to the Wabanaki people through partnerships with Indigenous and non-Indigenous educators and organizations who’ve been working together to achieve unmet goals and objectives of the 2001 requiring that #WabanakiHistory and culture be taught and integrated into the K-12 curriculum.
"A 2022 report from the Wabanaki Alliance, #AbbeMuseum, #ACLU of Maine, and Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission noted the law has not been implemented meaningfully across the state. Those findings and the work of a task force leading up to the report are what led Lolar to leave her 'happy place' of teaching in the classroom and enter the challenging give-and-take realm of state government where she’s been working on year-to-year contracts to help teachers and school districts fulfill the goals of the 2001 law.
" 'I knew I can’t complain about nothing being done if I’m not going to step up and sacrifice,' she says. 'My thinking was ‘It’s just a year and I’ll go back to teaching. It could go away again at any time. So I need to make the most of this opportunity.'
"Her sense of urgency motivated a 'can-do' approach that made sure yearly progress was being made to create a solid foundation for Wabanaki studies being taught across the entire state."
Read more:
https://www.wabanakialliance.com/nihkaniyane2025-briannelolar/#WabanakiAlliance #Wabanaki #LanguagePreservation #WabanakiLanguage #CulturalPreservation #PreservingHistory #IndigenousLanguage #IndigenousHistory #Teachers
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ᎢᏤ ᏣᎳᎩ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎠᏙᏪᎵᏍᎩ 🧡
New Cherokee Fonts! These are part of the Indigenous North American Type Collection. The link is an article by the designer on his research process.
https://www.typotheque.com/articles/towards-a-cohesive-cherokee-typography
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An #art #festival in #Calgary is #showcasing how #animation can #introduce an #Indigenous #language to new #audiences — and perhaps future #speakers.
Currently #OnDisplay at the #FestivalOfAnimatedObjects is an #exhibit featuring 29 #animated #cartoons that #illustrate #words in the #Blackfoot language.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6782021
#NativeLanguage #FirstNations #linguistics #IndigenousLanguage #Alberta #Canada #learning #CreativeLearning #ArtEducation #LearnWithArt #NativeEducation #GoodNews
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I love looking through https://native-land.ca. I learn something new every time I go, usually by just clicking on one of the random articles on the side. It's pretty clear that it's a small team behind it, and I wish they had more resources to be able to put more indigenous languages on the map (literally!).
If you have some time on your hands and a passion for language, I'd highly suggest checking out their Volunteer page: https://native-land.ca/how-to-contribute/volunteer It's a lovely way to contribute to/learn about global Indigenous sovereignty and lift up marginalized voices. Each language is a worldview; we can learn so much if only we look for it!
Also this is Ariel; I'd post this on my profile but wandering.shop has a very small character allowance and I am way too long-winded for it, I have found :P
#IndigenousLanguage #IndigenousSovereignty #LandBack #NativeLand #LanguageRevitalization #Languages #Maps #Mapping @arielkroon
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As fall approaches, my reading list grows. Today I discovered Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo I will sit with this message for a while: Education policies should be devised on the basis that all languages are treasuries of history, beauty and possibility. #IndigenousLanguage #Schooling #Decolonization
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UPI: Paraguay’s bilingual archive to safeguard Indigenous language heritage. “Paraguay unveiled one of the region’s most ambitious cultural preservation projects with the launch of Proyecto Guaraní-Revista Ysyry, a digital archive and bilingual anthology that safeguards more than 14,000 poems, songs and writings in Guaraní, Spanish and Jopará.”
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“If we can get the common Cherokee to know 750 to 1,000 terms or phrases, it’ll change the face of our Nation,”
#tsalagi #cherokeelanguage #indigenous #indigenouslanguage #cherokee
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Al-Monitor: Copts, Nubians, and Berbers fight to keep Egypt’s endangered languages alive. “With a population of over 118 million, Egypt is home to distinct minorities with their own traditions, beliefs and languages that have enriched Egypt’s cultural identity for millennia. Some of these languages are on the brink of extinction, however, and some of their speakers are refusing to let […]
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Today’s joy was learning Praying Mantis in Cherokee. 💚
ᏧᏓᎧᏂᏍᏗ (tsudakanisdi)
“the one who stares at you” -
BBC: Can AI speak the language Japan tried to kill?. “In 2019, Japan legally recognised the Ainu as Indigenous people of the country through a bill that included measures to foster their inclusion and visibility. And now various projects aim to preserve and revitalise the language – including with the help of artificial intelligence.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/27/bbc-can-ai-speak-the-language-japan-tried-to-kill/
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University of British Columbia: How language revitalization boosts Indigenous health. “In British Columbia, First Nations youth who speak their ancestral language are less likely to die by suicide. In Australia’s Northern Territory, community-led language initiatives are linked to better mental health outcomes. A growing body of research is reinforcing what many Indigenous communities have […]
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I haven't been able to find Inuktitut classes, but I did find a course on the Mi'kmaq language. I signed up and will begin in September. There are also introductory classes here for Kanyen'keha (Mohawk) and Skarù•rę? (Tuscarora) languages. https://outdoorlearning.com/events/category/indigenous-language-learning/ #Linguistics #Language #IndigenousLanguage #ReIndigenize #DeColonize #Indigedon
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Whoa! Found this while organizing my closet. I bought this in the late 1990’s. Cherokee Nation still sells this too.
I learned some basic vocabulary that I never forgot but the missing component was taking a class with a fluent speaker. #cherokee #indigenouslanguage
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Diné-led nonprofit immerses children in their native language - “Some think learning your own Indigenous language can hold you back in society,” Lee said. “We were kind of forced to believe that through the boarding school and assimilationist educational practices. So we’re trying to counter that now and show how learning your own Indigenous language is not going to hold you back. Actually, it’s the complete opposite.”
https://nmindepth.com/2025/dine-led-nonprofit-immerses-children-in-their-native-language/ #Diné #IndigenousLanguage #Indigenous #Language
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Question for anyone who is fluent in the #Cherokee (aka #TsaLaGi) language:
I'm looking for the words for Jew, Jewish, and Judaism. I've struck out with all of the standard dictionaries and lexicons, so instead I turned to the Cherokee New Testament (translated more than 100 years ago, so it has many words that aren't listed in dictionaries, and looked at some of the verses that use the word "Jew," in the hopes of figuring out which word is the right word.
I think I may have found it, but would appreciate if any Cherokee fluent folks could confirm this for me.
So anyway I think the word in Cherokee syllabary is: "ᎠᏧᏏ" but in phoenetics, it would be: "A-tsu-si"
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I've seen two 7pm bulletins now with Greg Jennett, and something is obviously missing.
Yuma and yarra.
Is this just a thing Greg is not doing, or is ABC Canberra not doing it at all anymore? Why has it stopped?
