[Iswg3906.organizers] language and decolonization resources

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On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:35 PM, Jessica Foran <foran.jessica at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
>> From: foran.jessica at gmail.com
>> To: iswg3906.organizers at lists.resist.ca
>> Subject: [Iswg3906.organizers] language and decolonization resources
>>
>>
>> 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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