This web site is dedicated to Dr. Lee Francis, Laguna Pueblo, who founded the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers. As a great mentor, author, and poet, Dr. Lee Francis inspired many students to achieve their educational goals.
Endangered languages of our ancestors can flourish again
Tue, 11/07/2006 - 4:43pm — Off the Rez
Endangered languages of our ancestors can flourish again By Richard B. Williams Indian Country faces a historically unparalleled affront to our cultural survival. Of the 300 Native languages spoken at the time of European contact, it is estimated only 20 of these languages will still be viable in 2050. The impact will not be limited to Indian Country alone. The loss of cultural, spiritual, medicinal and historical indigenous knowledge has ramifications for all.
Arizona WORKING PAPERS NOW ONLINE!
Tue, 11/07/2006 - 4:30pm — Off the Rez
To: SLATCOM@listserv.arizona.edu Dear SLAT: It is with great pleasure that I announce the launch of the Arizona Working Papers in Second Language Acquisition & Teaching Online Publication: I have personally spent more than two months and untold hours developing this website. Nonetheless, this project would most certainly NEVER have been a success without the significant and generous assistance of many SLAT colleagues, faculty and friends.
Communications Technologies and the Impacts on Indigenous Languages and Cultural Identity in the Americas
Tue, 11/07/2006 - 11:40am — depreeCommunications Technologies and the Impacts on Indigenous Languages and Cultural Identity in the Americas
February 14-16, 2007
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
http://www.latam.ufl.edu/news/Newsconf%2007.html
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Kalena Silva: listening Visions
Sun, 11/05/2006 - 2:05pm — depreeBorn: Honolulu, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i
Hawaiian Chant - Master
"My grandmother was the most important influence on me, kindling an interest in Hawaiian language and culture. We have such incredible diversity in Hawai‘i...we’re blessed. But not a lot of chanting...I just can’t turn on the radio and hear the kind of chanting you might have heard early in the century."
Ke A‘o Ho‘okeleka‘a‘ike: Hawaiian Language Instruction On The Internet
Sun, 11/05/2006 - 1:59pm — depree(This paper was initially presented at the DigitalStream 2003 Conference held at California State University at Monterey Bay, and is published in the conference proceedings) It is available in English only at this time.
Ke A‘o Ho‘okeleka‘a‘ike: Hawaiian Language Instruction On The Internet
By Dr. Kalena Silva and Keola Donaghy
Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke‘elikōlani College of Hawaiian Language
University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
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theory of multiple intelligences
Thu, 10/26/2006 - 10:21pm — depree
The theory of multiple intelligences was developed in 1983 by Dr. Howard Gardner, professor of education at Harvard University. It suggests that the traditional notion of intelligence, based on I.Q. testing, is far too limited. Instead, Dr. Gardner proposes eight different intelligences to account for a broader range of human potential in children and adults. These intelligences are:
Linguistic intelligence ("word smart"):
indigenously thinking about education
Sat, 10/14/2006 - 6:56pm — depreeHe is thinking indigenously about diversifying our educational system. You have to see the whole video and he's a western man.
Sir Ken Robinson
http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=ken_robinson
Sir Ken Robinson is author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, and a leading expert on innovation and human resources. In this talk, he makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. (Recorded February, 2006 in Monterey, CA.)
Indigenous Policy
Thu, 10/12/2006 - 11:15am — depree