Cultural Survival and the National Alliance to Save Native Languages are facilitating the National Native Language Revitalization Summit in Washington D.C. this May 11th-13th.
Cultural Survival and the National Alliance to Save Native Languages are facilitating the National Native Language Revitalization Summit in Washington D.C. this May 11th-13th.
Working with top officials at the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), members of Congress, and leading Washington DC-based tribal advocacy groups, Cultural Survival's endangered language campaign director Ryan Wilson has been pushing for $5 million in federal funds for "shovel-ready" projects to support repairs and renovations at American Indian language immersion schools throughout the U.S. Watch for more news next week as the economic stimulus package moves through Congress to President Obama.
A recently released atlas displays the geographical regions of endangered languages, including the 2,500 languages (out of 6,000 languages worldwide) that UNESCO says are in danger of becoming extinct or have recently disappeared.
Read more about it here:
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Witness and share our partner community's work to revitalize their endangered language by founding an immersion school: A short film made by Jacob Manatowa-Bailey (Sauk) and independent filmmaker Jenni Monet (Laguna Pueblo) to mobilize support in the Sac and Fox Nation to establish a tribal language department and Sauk language immersion preschool program in Stroud, Oklahoma.
guCultural Survival Guatemala Radio Project Content Director Jorge Molina is training 60 volunteers in monthly workshops in four locations around Guatemala. Over the course of nine months (July 2007-March 2008) the workshop participants will write, act, record, and produce a total of eight episodes of radio dramas focused on health and the environment. All eight of the episodes will be aired on 168 community radio stations reaching an audience of approximately 3 million listeners.
A pilot survey of 11 stations was performed in August 2007. Survey teams consisting of one volunteer from a community radio station, one Guatemalan communications student/professional, and one international observer, collected information about each station's broadcast schedule, income, expenses, skill level of volunteers, and equipment. We are planning a complete survey of all 168 stations in January 2008.
Looking for a hands-on way to help the Guatemala Radio Project? Have you already donated? See where your money is going - be a driver! The Guatemala Radio Project's next step is to assess radio stations across the country. You can participate first-hand in this important assignment by traveling to Guatemala and helping drive our survey assessment teams to their stations. We ask that you bear the cost of the vehicle rental (approximately $800) plus your own travel expenses.
If you attended our Bazaar in Amherst, MA on June 2-3, your attention might have been caught by the marimba music, live translated broadcasts from Guatemala, or kids making colorful kites. It was all part of our "Simul-Fiesta," an effort to raise funds for a new transmitter at a radio station in Sumpango, Guatemala, that had been raided several weeks earlier. When Sumpango residents decided to hold a festive fundraiser to replace their transmitter, we decided to mirror it.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are headquartered on Massachusett land, in Cambridge, MA, and we thank the past, current, and future Indigenous stewards of this territory.