Abstract
We learn about the importance of Native languages and cultures in Alaska from a Yup'ik dog musher and a Tlingit carver of wood and metal. The film then takes us to a school in Wisconsin where we hear the story of a seventh grade girl who was recently punished for speaking a few words of the Menominee language.
We learn more about the fight against language loss through visiting a Euchee (Yuchi) immersion school in Oklahoma where only four fluent elder speakers remain. We also meet National Geographic Fellow and Swarthmore College linguistics professor K. David Harrison who introduces us to his innovative online talking dictionaries project for Indigenous languages. Finally, we travel to Montana where Neyooxet Greymorning, an inventive Arapaho professor of Anthropology and Native American Studies, has been perfecting a method to quickly save these disappearing national treasures.
We learn more about the fight against language loss through visiting a Euchee (Yuchi) immersion school in Oklahoma where only four fluent elder speakers remain. We also meet National Geographic Fellow and Swarthmore College linguistics professor K. David Harrison who introduces us to his innovative online talking dictionaries project for Indigenous languages. Finally, we travel to Montana where Neyooxet Greymorning, an inventive Arapaho professor of Anthropology and Native American Studies, has been perfecting a method to quickly save these disappearing national treasures.
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Subject
Contributors
McDermott, Brian (director), Greymorning, Stephen (executive producer), McDermott, Brian (producer), Tippeconnie, Sunrise (videographer), McDermott, Brian (videographer), Ilutsik, George (videographer), McDermott, Brian (editor), Colletti, Chris (composer), Kalu, Jesse (composer), EmpathyWorks Films (producer)
Duration
00:40:36 (HH:MM:SS)
Language:
English
Target or Intended Audience
adult/continuing education, higher education, high school (grades 10-12), college
Copyright Holder
| Name | EmpathyWorks Films |
| Role | producer |
| Telephone | 610-574-8147 |
| Address | 542 Marietta Ave Swarthmore, PA 19081 |
| [email protected] |
Copyright Date
2014-01-01
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