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Indigenous languages and the promise of archives

"Explores new applications of the American Philosophical Society's Library materials as twenty-first century scholars seek to partner on collaborative projects, often through the application of digital technologies, that assist ongoing efforts at cultural and linguistic revitalization move...

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Corporate Authors: Translating across Time and Space: Endangered Languages, Cultural Revitalization, and the Work of History (Symposium), Philadelphia, Pa.), Center for Native American and Indigenous Research, (sponsoring bo), American Philosophical Society, (sponsoring bo)
Contributors: Link, Adrianna, (edito), Shelton, Abigail, (edito), Spero, Patrick, (edito)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Lincoln, Nebraska] : [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : The University of Nebraska Press ; The American Philosophical Society, [2021]
Series:New visions in Native American and indigenous studie
Subjects and Genres:
Indians of North America > Languages > Congresse
Language revival > United States > Congresse
Language revival > Canada > Congresse
Indians of North America > Archives > Congresse
Indians of North America > Library resources > Congresse
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Collaborative Research and Language Revitalization: Toward a Relational Ontology across Time and Space / Regna Darnell
  • Decolonizing Archives. Commentary / by Robert J. Miller. Decolonial Futures of Sharing: "Protecting Our Voice," Intellectual Property, and Penobscot Nation Language Materials / Jane Anderson and James E. Francis Sr.
  • The Legacy of Hunter-Gatherers at the American Philosophical Society: Frank G. Speck, James M. Crawford, and Revitalizing the Yuchi Language / Richard A. Grounds
  • Supporting Researchers of Indigenous Vernacular Archives / Lisa Conathan
  • Revitalization Tools. Commentary / by Bethany Wiggin. Locally Contingent and Community-Dependent: Tools and Technologies for Indigenous Language Mobilization / Jennifer Carpenter, Annie Guerin, Michelle Kaczmarek, Gerry Lawson, Kim Lawson, Lisa P. Nathan, and Mark Turin
  • Translating American Indian Sign Language from the 1800s to the Present Day / Jeffrey Davis
  • Power and Language. Commentary / by Diana E. Marsh. "The Indian Republic of Letters": Scholarly Networks and Indigenous Knowledge in Philology / Sean P. Harvey
  • Literacy, Cross-Cultural Interaction, and Colonialism: The Making of a Nineteenth-Century Nez Perce Mission Primer / Anne Keary
  • Across Space and Time: Letters from the Dakota People, 1838-1878 / Gwen N. Westerman and Glenn M. Wasicuna
  • Landscape and Language. Commentary / by Michael Silverstein. Cúz̕lhkan Sqwe̓qwel ('I Am Going to Tell a Story'): Revitalizing Stories to Strengthen Fish, Water, and the Upper St'át'imc Salish Language / Sarah Carmen Mortiz
  • No Time Like the Present: Living American Indian Languages, Landscapes, and Histories / Bernard C. Perley, Margaret Ann Noodin, and Cary Miller
  • Creative Collaborations. Commentary / by Regna Darnell. "Going Over" and Coming Back: Reclaiming the Cherokee Singing Book for Contemporary Language Revitalization / Sara Snyder Hopkins
  • Teaching Wailaki: Archives, Interpretation, and Collaboration / Kayla Begay, Justin Spence, and Cheryl Tuttle
  • Transforming Collecting. Commentary / by Jennifer R. O'Neal. Museums and the Revitalization of Endangered Languages and Knowledge / Gwyneira Isaac
  • Shriniinlii ('Fix It') The Grease Mechanics of Translating Gwich'in / Craig Mishler and Kenneth Frank
  • Conclusion: The Power of Words, Relationships, and Archives / Mary S. Lin

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