Overview
Indigenous Languages and the Promise of Archives captures the energy and optimism that many feel about the future of community-based scholarship, which involves the collaboration of archives, scholars, and Native American communities. The American Philosophical Society is exploring new applications of materials in its library to partner on collaborative projects that assist the cultural and linguistic revitalization movements within Native communities. A paradigm shift is driving researchers to reckon with questionable practices used by scholars and libraries in the past to pursue documents relating to Native Americans, practices that are often embedded in the content of the collections themselves. The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research at the American Philosophical Society brought together this volume of historical and contemporary case studies highlighting the importance of archival materials for the revitalization of Indigenous languages. Essays written by archivists, historians, anthropologists, knowledge-keepers, and museum professionals, cover topics critical to language revitalization work; they tackle long-standing debates about ownership, access, and control of Indigenous materials stored in repositories; and they suggest strategies for how to decolonize collections in the service of community-based priorities. Together these essays reveal the power of collaboration for breathing new life into historical documents.
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Author: Adrianna Link , Abigail Shelton , Patrick Spero , Patrick Spero
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 3.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.957kg
ISBN: 9781496224330
ISBN 10: 1496224337
Pages: 538
Publication Date: 01 May 2021
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Preface by Brian Carpenter Acknowledgments Introduction: Collaborative Research and Language Revitalization: Toward a Relational Ontology across Time and Space Regna Darnell Part 1. Decolonizing Archives Commentary by Robert J. Miller 1. Decolonial Futures of Sharing: “Protecting Our Voice,” Intellectual Property, and Penobscot Nation Language Materials Jane Anderson and James E. Francis Sr. 2. The Legacy of Hunter-Gatherers at the American Philosophical Society: Frank G. Speck, James M. Crawford, and Revitalizing the Yuchi Language Richard A. Grounds 3. Supporting Researchers of Indigenous Vernacular Archives Lisa Conathan Part 2. Revitalization Tools Commentary by Bethany Wiggin 4. Locally Contingent and Community-Dependent: Tools and Technologies for Indigenous Language Mobilization Jennifer Carpenter, Annie Guerin, Michelle Kaczmarek, Gerry Lawson, Kim Lawson, Lisa P. Nathan, Mark Turin 5. Translating American Indian Sign Language from the 1800s to the Present Day Jeffrey Davis Part 3. Power and Language Commentary by Diana E. Marsh 6. “The Indian Republic of Letters”: Scholarly Networks and Indigenous Knowledge in Philology Sean P. Harvey 7. Literacy, Cross-Cultural Interaction, and Colonialism: The Making of a Nineteenth-Century Nez Perce Mission Primer Anne Keary 8. Across Space and Time: Letters from the Dakota People, 1838–1878 Gwen N. Westerman and Glenn M. Wasicuna Part 4. Landscape and Language Commentary by Michael Silverstein 9. Cúz̓lhkan Sqwe̓qwel̓ (‘I Am Going to Tell a Story’): Revitalizing Stories to Strengthen Fish, Water, and the Upper St’át’imc Salish Language Sarah Carmen Moritz 10. No Time Like the Present: Living American Indian Languages, Landscapes, and Histories Bernard C. Perley, Margaret Ann Noodin, and Cary Miller Part 5. Creative Collaborations Commentary by Regna Darnell 11. “Going Over” and Coming Back: Reclaiming the Cherokee Singing Book for Contemporary Language Revitalization Sara Snyder Hopkins 12. Teaching Wailaki: Archives, Interpretation, and Collaboration Kayla Begay, Justin Spence, and Cheryl Tuttle Part 6. Transforming Collecting Commentary by Jennifer R. O’Neal 13. Museums and the Revitalization of Endangered Languages and Knowledge Gwyneira Isaac 14. Shriniinlii (‘Fix It’): The Grease Mechanics of Translating Gwich’in Craig Mishler and Kenneth Frank Conclusion: The Power of Words, Relationships, and Archives Mary S. Linn Contributors Index
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In addition to findings from scholarly research, this book offers much practical advice. -E. J. Vajda, Choice This collection is an important contribution to the area of decolonial thinking as it relates to archives, writing studies, power, and language. Its audiences include scholars across a range of disciplines and education leaders in tribal communities. -Ellen Cushman, author of The Cherokee Syllabary: Writing the People's Perseverance
This collection is an important contribution to the area of decolonial thinking as it relates to archives, writing studies, power, and language. Its audiences include scholars across a range of disciplines and education leaders in tribal communities. --Ellen Cushman, author of The Cherokee Syllabary: Writing the People's Perseverance --Ellen Cushman
Author Information
Adrianna Link is the head of scholarly programs at the American Philosophical Society. She also serves as a managing editor of The History of Anthropology Review. Abigail Shelton is the outreach specialist on a collaborative cultural heritage project at the University of Notre Dame and previously served as the assistant to the librarian at the American Philosophical Society. Patrick Spero is the librarian and director of the American Philosophical Society’s library and museum in Philadelphia. He is the author or editor of several books, including Frontier Rebels: The Fight for Independence in the American West, 1765–1776 and Frontier Country: The Politics of War in Early Pennsylvania.
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