Category Archives: Indigenous Language Activists

Digital Resources, Endangered Language Activism, Indigenous Language Activists, Launches and Public Events, Media and Publicity, Support Endangered Languages, Workshops

38 hours left!

Dear Living Tongues supporters,

Hello, this is David Harrison reminding you that we are currently raising funds to support language revitalization projects around the world.

Your gift will allow Living Tongues to support language warriors in Chile, Papua New Guinea, India, and Peru, with technology and training they need.

There are 38 hours left days left on our fundraising campaign
for Language Technology Kits on Indiegogo.

To those who have already contributed, I want to extend a sincere thank you for your help in safeguarding cultural and linguistic diversity.

Please consider making a gift today.
http://www.indiegogo.com/livingtongues_kits

Thank you!
K. David Harrison

ps: Stay tuned for upcoming news about our upcoming fieldwork to Siberia, events at the United Nations and other new projects!

Digital Resources, Endangered Language Activism, Enduring Voices Project, Gregory D. S. Anderson, Indigenous Language Activists, K. David Harrison, Media and Publicity, Support Endangered Languages, Talking Dictionaries, Workshops

Mark Franco on language revitalization among the Winnimem Wintu

Today we bring you the message of Mark Franco, language activist from the Winnimem Wintu Nation of northern California. He tells his story about how receiving equipment, training and support from the Living Tongues Institute has helped him create new, vital educational materials in his language.

Digital Resources, Endangered Language Activism, Gregory D. S. Anderson, Indigenous Language Activists, Language Hotspots, Launches and Public Events, Media and Publicity, Support Endangered Languages, Workshops

UPDATE! Campaign for Language Technology Kits

Our Indiegogo campaign was featured on Rising Voices as well as Polyglossic.

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19 days left! we can do it! Our sincere thanks to our supporters who have contributed to the cause through our Indiegogo page.

As we count down to the last day of our campaign, we will be posting messages about language activism, bringing you inspirational stories of people using technology to document and revitalize their languages. Thank you all for following our campaign for language technology kits.

Endangered Language Activism, Indigenous Language Activists, Media and Publicity, Support Endangered Languages

Hishuk Ish Tsawalk: Everything is One

Living Tongues project coordinator Anna Luisa Daigneault recently wrote an article about Nuu-chah-nulth language revitalization efforts on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. View the full article here. Kathy Robinson, First Nations language activistImage above: Kathy Robinson is a language warrior. At the age of 81, she is one of the last two fluent native speakers of Tseshaht (pronounced “tsi-sha-aht”), a language once popularly spoken on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The Tseshaht people are one of 14 Nations that make up the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council.