Indigenous Languages and the Promise of Archives

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

AvAdrianna Link,Abigail Shelton,Patrick Spero

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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 Together these essays reveal the power of collaboration for breathing new life into historical documents.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-05-01
Mått152 x 229 x 30 mm
Vikt785 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Visions in Native American and Indigenous Studies
Antal sidor538
FörlagUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN9781496224620

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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.

List of IllustrationsPreface by Brian CarpenterAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Collaborative Research and Language Revitalization: Toward a Relational Ontology across Time and SpaceRegna DarnellPart 1. Decolonizing ArchivesCommentary by Robert J. Miller1. Decolonial Futures of Sharing: “Protecting Our Voice,” Intellectual Property, and Penobscot Nation Language MaterialsJane 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 LanguageRichard A. Grounds3. Supporting Researchers of Indigenous Vernacular ArchivesLisa ConathanPart 2. Revitalization ToolsCommentary by Bethany Wiggin4. Locally Contingent and Community-Dependent: Tools and Technologies for Indigenous Language MobilizationJennifer Carpenter, Annie Guerin, Michelle Kaczmarek, Gerry Lawson, Kim Lawson, Lisa P. Nathan, Mark Turin5. Translating American Indian Sign Language from the 1800s to the Present DayJeffrey DavisPart 3. Power and LanguageCommentary by Diana E. Marsh6. “The Indian Republic of Letters”: Scholarly Networks and Indigenous Knowledge in PhilologySean P. Harvey7. Literacy, Cross-Cultural Interaction, and Colonialism: The Making of a Nineteenth-Century Nez Perce Mission PrimerAnne Keary8. Across Space and Time: Letters from the Dakota People, 1838–1878Gwen N. Westerman and Glenn M. WasicunaPart 4. Landscape and LanguageCommentary by Michael Silverstein9. CÚz̓lhkan Sqwe̓qwel̓ (‘I Am Going to Tell a Story’): Revitalizing Stories to Strengthen Fish, Water, and the Upper St’Át’imc Salish LanguageSarah Carmen Moritz10. No Time Like the Present: Living American Indian Languages, Landscapes, and HistoriesBernard C. Perley, Margaret Ann Noodin, and Cary MillerPart 5. Creative CollaborationsCommentary by Regna Darnell11. “Going Over” and Coming Back: Reclaiming the Cherokee Singing Book for Contemporary Language RevitalizationSara Snyder Hopkins12. Teaching Wailaki: Archives, Interpretation, and CollaborationKayla Begay, Justin Spence, and Cheryl TuttlePart 6. Transforming CollectingCommentary by Jennifer R. O’Neal13. Museums and the Revitalization of Endangered Languages and KnowledgeGwyneira Isaac14. Shriniinlii (‘Fix It’): The Grease Mechanics of Translating Gwich’inCraig Mishler and Kenneth FrankConclusion: The Power of Words, Relationships, and ArchivesMary S. LinnContributorsIndex

"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