Community-based materials development: using digital storytelling for...
This study examined the potential of using digital storytelling as a mechanism for materials development and Indigenous language learning. Study participants (N = 4) were interviewed after a series of...
View ArticleWampum, Sequoyan, and Story: Decolonizing the Digital Archive
For some years, the Cherokee Nation has hosted a digital archive that includes stories in the Cherokee language, available to anyone who registers for the Nation’s free online language classes or...
View ArticleDigitizing Indigenous History: Trends and Challenges
This is an exciting time for digitizing indigenous history. Leading digital humanists are engaging tribal communities in the creation of powerful online archives. The groundbreaking Mukurtu content...
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Documenting Endangered Languages – NSF Grants
Funding Opportunity Expected Number of Awards: 30 Posted Date: Jun 28, 2016 Closing Date for Applications: Sep 15, 2016 Estimated Total Program Funding: $4,000,000 Description This funding partnership...
View ArticleUNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
This Atlas is the result of an international collaboration of more than thirty linguists from around the world, some of whom had already been involved in the previous two editions. The editor-in-chief...
View ArticleA Crowd-Sourced Knowledge Management Approach to Language Preservation and...
Many linguists claim as many as half of the world’s nearly 7,105 languages spoken today could disappear by the end of this century. When a language becomes extinct, communities lose their cultural...
View ArticleIndigitization: Toolkit for the Digitization of First Nations Knowledge
The Indigitization Grant Program is a grant funding opportunity sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at the University of British Columbia1, Museum of Anthropology at the University of...
View ArticlePassamaquoddy-Maliseet Language Portal
The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Language Portal hosts 3 interoperable databases (videos of natural group conversation, dictionary entries, and audio files), allowing the user to click on a word in a video...
View ArticleMyaamia Dictionary: “myaamiaatawaakani”
myaamiaatawaakani (Myaamia Dictionary) is the dictionary app of the Myaamia language, also known as the Miami-Illinois language, with English translations. Search for words in English or Myaamia....
View ArticleThe Language Sustainability Toolkit
From the Wikitongues.org website: “If you’re worried about the future of your language, this toolkit is a great place to start. In partnership with the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered...
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