Yakama Rising: Indigenous Cultural Revitalization, Activism, and Healing by Michelle M. Jacob

Author:Michelle M. Jacob [Jacob, Michelle M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, General, anthropology, Cultural & Social, Ethnic Studies, American, Native American Studies, sociology
ISBN: 9780816599219
Google: FUtYm8LEnmcC
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2013-09-26T00:10:29.884523+00:00

Greg's comments clarify the importance of having a critical mass of people who are dedicated to language revitalization. Within the summer institute, Greg saw that the focus was on developing and providing tools that tribal community members needed to do the language work themselves. Thus, at the heart of the partnership effort is the goal of tribal self-determination. This model of education inspired Greg to follow the lead of his elder, Virginia. Greg is now also enrolled in the doctoral program in linguistics at the University of Oregon. Like Virginia, Greg is focusing his dissertation on Ichishkíin. Their scholarship will add to our assets in the movement to revitalize our indigenous language.

The Yakama-NILI partnership was initially built around the NILI Summer Institute, a two-week intensive course hosted on the University of Oregon campus. In my interview with Dr. Janne Underriner, the director of NILI, I asked her how the Summer Institute got started. Her comments make clear that tribal people's vision of community empowerment is what guides all of the work. Janne shared that the formal beginning of NILI could be traced back to a meeting between tribal community members and University of Oregon linguistics graduate students and professors. She shared that at the meeting, tribal peoples expressed their needs:

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