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9. Publications of Interest Teaching Indigenous Languages, edited by Jon Reyhner This is a 323 page selection of 25 papers from the Fourth Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium "Sharing Effective Language Renewal Practices" held in May 1997 at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. The conference brought together nearly three hundred indigenous language experts, teachers, and community activists to share information on how indigenous languages can best be taught at home and at school. The papers listed below represent the experiences and thoughts of indigenous language activists who are working in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Mexico. Copies can be purchased from the Division of Educational Services, Center for Excellence in Education, P.O. Box 5774, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, 86011-5774. Phone 520 523 2127. Checks, money orders, and purchase orders should be made out to "Northern Arizona University." Credit card orders are also accepted. Individual copies cost $6.95 each plus postage and handling ($3.00 within U.S., $5.00 international surface mail, $10.00 overseas Air Mail). Bulk discounts are available. The proceedings of the 1st and 2nd Symposia titled "Stabilizing Indigenous Languages" and edited by Dr. Gina Cantoni is also available from the same source at the same price per copy. ISBN 0-9624990-3-X
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Summing Up Gwich'in Traditional Ecological Knowledge
From: Cheryl Chetkiewicz & Gleb Raygorodetsky cherylc(at)earthlink.net Gwich’in Renewable Resource Board has recently published a book entitled Gwich’in Words about the Land (212 pages, maps and illustrations). [Gwich’in, also known as Kutchin, is an Athapaskan language with about 1,500 speakers out of a total population 2,600, in arctic and sub-arctic Alaska and Canada. - ed.] The book documents Gwich’in traditional knowledge about several wildlife species important for the people’s subsistence. The main purpose of the book is to facilitate transmission of traditional knowledge to younger generations of Gwich’in in the settlement area. The Board, however, is willing to order additional copies for sale (CAN $29.95+ S&H) if there is a substantial interest in the book from the public. An introductory section: With the settlement of their Land Claim Agreement in 1992, the Gwich’in of the NWT, were guaranteed land access and special privileges to follow their traditional way of life. In the objectives of their Land Claim Agreement, the Gwich’in identified the need to preserve and use traditional knowledge. At the Gwich’in Renewable Resources Workshop, in February 1994, the participants stated that the spiritual values of the Land should be respected and the traditional knowledge must be passed on to future generations. The people emphasized that, in order not to lose this precious knowledge, it is important to find new ways of teaching younger generations about traditional knowledge. This book is one attempt to pass local Gwich’in knowledge to the future generations. It is the result of the Gwich’in Environmental Knowledge Project (GEKP), an initiative of the Gwich’in Renewable Resource Board (GRRB) to document local traditional ecological knowledge, that began in the summer of 1995.
To find out more about the book and to order a copy please contact the Gwich’in Renewable Resource Board directly at: Cultura Mapuche: Relatos, rituales y ceremonias Descripción: Contiene relatos bilingües, con notas etnográficas y artículos procedentes de literatura oral y pautas cognoscitivas entre la sociedad mapuche y la sociedad occidental chilena. Además distingue un acercamiento etnográfico con la ritualidad mapuche y otras tradiciones registradas en lengua vernácula
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