Why save a language?

DVD

Why save a language? [videorecording] / producer/director, Sally Thompson ; Regional Learning Project, University of Montana.

Thompson, Sally (Sally N.) (Added Author). Kipp, Darrell. (Added Author). Blood, Narcisse. (Added Author). University of Montana--Missoula. Regional Learning Project. (Added Author).

Summary:

Representatives from tribes in North and South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, all of whom have indigenous language programs, discuss how the indigenous languages were broken by residential schools and why the indigenous languages should be saved as the language of religion, culture and cultural identity and as storehouses of environmental knowledge. The languages are large libraries containing knowledge of tribal history. They discuss the positive effects on children of learning the tribal language from an early age. Why save a language? is designed to engage people in thinking about indigenous languages and why their preservation and revitalization matter. In this film we explore: the history of American Indian language use since the boarding school era; the rationale underlying the premise that these languages matter; and some current efforts to revitalize surviving languages.

Record details

ISBN: 097734181X
ISBN: 9780977341818
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (27 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 facilitator's guide (2 p. ; 19 cm.)
Publisher: Missoula, Montana : The University of Montana, Center for Continuing Education, Regional Learning Project, c2006.

Content descriptions

Creation/Production Credits Note:: Director, Sally Thompson ; advisors, Darrell Kipp, Narcisse Blood ; videographers, Kenneth Murrow, Todd Pankoff ; editors, Danika Sandoz, Daniel Claussen ; image research/design, Kim Lugthart.
Participant or Performer Note:: Features tribal representatives Blaise Russell, Kathleen Gordon, Darrell Kipp, Jesse Taken Alive, Andy Blackwater, Narcisse Blood, Jerry Shaw, Shasta Mandan, Linda Juneau, Martha Franklin, Alex White Plume, Caroline Russell, Malcolm Wolf, Keith Mandan, Bobbie Conner, Felix Aripa, Jamie Valadez, Edwin Benson, Jeremiah Farrow, Valerie Switzler, Shirlee Crow Shoe, Cecelia Bearchum, and Loren Yellow Bird, music vocals.
System Details Note:: DVD, NTSC.