[Iswg3906.organizers] language and decolonization resources

[Jessica Foran]

thanks for passing on those essays peter. i enjoyed both of them. my
initial thoughts are the "The Words, The words..." maybe compliments the
CBU resource a bit better, if that's something we're going for. i also
really liked that they're both shorter but denser readings.

i heard back from an academic friend that does work on language
revitalization and so I've been looking through a few different pieces. i
haven't been able to read through these in enough detail yet, but they look
promising!

*Learning to be a Nehiyaw (Cree) through Language* by Belinda Daniels-Fiss
(attached)

*Negotiating Metis Culture in Michif: Disrupting Indigenous Language
Shift*by Judy Iseke
http://decolonization.org/index.php/des/article/view/19587/17017

Not from the Canadian context, which I would prefer, but it may help to
raise other related questions.* Towards the Universal Struggle of
Language*(it's the Introduction from Decolonizing the Mind: The
Politics of Language
in African Literature) by Nqugi wa Thiong' o http://www.swaraj.org/ngugi.htm

... and also, i came across a resource that's more related to our last
workshop. it's great and really works to deepen some of the ideas Thomas
King raised and that have been circulating in our discussions. perhaps we
could make it available as a follow up resource.

Indigenous Storytelling, Truth-telling, and Community Approaches to
Reconcilliation by Jeff Corntassel, Chaw-win-is and T'lakwadzi (attached)

all on this for now!
j.




On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Peter Hopperton
<peterhopperton at hotmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks Jess, that article looks great.
>
> I haven't had much luck finding online any of the texts I wanted... I'm
> going to keep looking and see if any surprises emerge though. Anyone have a
> copy of Wasase by taiake alfred? I remember there being some good stuff on
> language in there.
>
> -p
>
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> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 20:24:56 -0500
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> Subject: [Iswg3906.organizers] language and decolonization resources
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>
> hi all, i just came across this and figured I'd send it out to get the
> ball rolling.
>
> its focused on the canadian context and i like how it brings a few
> different issues together--namely language, education and knowledge. it's
> an older piece too, which could be helpful for understanding some of the
> more longstanding conversations that have been happening.
> http://www.cbu.ca/mrc/autumn-seed
>
> looking forward to reading what others come across :)
> j.
>
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