This story comes from the University of Hawaii: Hilo linguist challenges conventional beliefs about Hawaiian origins Professor William “Pila” Wilson proposes that Hawai‘i was first settled from the Northern Line Islands. His recently published paper provides evidence that East Polynesia was settled not from Sāmoa as is conventionally believed, but rather from the Central Northern […]
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The Oklahoma Foreign Language Teachers Association (OFLTA) Fall conference is September 18th at Oklahoma State University. The Osage Nation will begin offering community Osage language classes beginning September 13th. Classes are both in-person and virtual. Registration is free and begins September 1st. See details here. Return to Language Leadership Council page.
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After 19 long months of being stuck in domestic travel, I was finally able to make it abroad last week. While I will not share my mother’s maiden name here, I can assure you the “ski” at the end of her name makes it abundantly clear that on my mother’s side I am nearly entirely
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One of the big debates over the past few weeks is how to make up for “lost learning” from last year. I know few teachers who think their classes, pacing, and curriculum meet their normal high standards during virtual learning. This does not say anything about our abilities as teachers, it is simply a fact
Washington Calligraphers Guild Master’s Lecture Series (free) With Donald Jackson. As a service to the calligraphic community, the Society for Calligraphy is hosting a series of four free lectures with Donald Jackson. The series runs from August 21, 2021 – September 25, 2021 Donald Jackson is a British calligrapher, official scribe and calligrapher to the
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Alaska Native History Curriculum Anchorage School District Announces New Curriculum The Anchorage School District announced a new curriculum honoring Alaskan Native history and culture, “The Nest Egg.” The Nest Egg Doyon Languages Online (DLO) Learn Languages of Alaska Doyon Foundation’s DLO launched in 2019 and is free and open to all people interested in learning
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If you are following us on social media, you have seen that during my travels I do as much as possible to document indigenous languages throughout the world. While in some places information is scarce, I have noticed that a large number of history, cultural, and even science museums in the US are making an effort
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Interview conducted by Greg Nedved Please provide some background about Balodyan I grew up in Mumbai, India, speaking 5 languages fluently (Marwadi – my mother tongue, Marathi, Hindi, English, Gujarat, and 4 languages at functional proficiency – Kutchi, Konkani, Sanskrit, Urdu), just by interacting with neighbors, watching movies, reading newspapers, and of course by learning
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Norah Jones hosts this podcast of weekly conversations with leaders in the humanities and sciences, business, and social outreach. You can hear her interview with us in Episode 38.
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Rockville Science Center Reminder: Coming up! Science Café, July 20 – What is Klingon ————————————————————————- Rockville Science CaféWhat is KlingonWith Marc Orkrand, Ph.D. Tuesday, July 20, 20217 to 8 PM (EDT) Register in Zoom Here! Welcome Marc Okrand back to the Rockville Science Café. Last month Marc joined us to talk about the creation of Closed Captioning.
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