Language Department
Introduction to the Language Department
tsunme'n a nqwa'qwe'eln e snchitsu'umshtsn
The
Language Program is funded by the Tribal Council, through Coeur
d'Alene Tribal Gaming Revenues. We currently receive additional
funding through a grant from the Administration for Native Americans.
The ANA grant projects are listed below. In addition to working
on projects, we are often called upon to fulfill inquiries and
provide consultant work in matters concerning the language from
tribal departments, employees, families, and outside agencies.
We are the point of contact for all Coeur d' Alene language projects
that happen on and off the reservation.
Mission Statement
The Coeur d Alene
Tribal Language Program will promote family-based activities
for individuals who are committed to revitalizing the native
language. We seek guidance from our elders past and present,
in order to learn and teach Coeur d' Alene, to hear it spoken
once again throughout the reservation community.
Current Projects
Project Summary - By using the Tribe's
technological capacity, including an electronic mail system and web server
connected to individual computers, hnqwa'qwe'eln (Language
Program) staff will deliver text and audio lessons to Tribal employees
in their respective workplaces. We will create lessons that provide comprehensive
instruction in the language, but deliver them at flexible levels of skill
and commitment, allowing learners to self-pace their progress. By the
nature of their regular job interactions, and access to the resources
on the “internal” website, the employee group will make it
common to use the language in daily job tasks and activities.
Language Resources-hnqwa'qwe'eln
(Language Program) will plan, create, and revise existing language materials
to suite the workplace setting. For example, office templates for correspondence
within the Tribe will be provided with snchitsu'umshtsn (Coeur d'Alene
Language) use. These will be made available to employees via the Tribe's
“internal” website. Employees will be emailed with updates
to the site.
Employee Workshops and Discussion Groups
-hnqwa'qwe'eln will conduct workplace workshops upon
request from individual departments. These will be brief and fun sessions
designed for help with pronunciation, and to provide Coeur d'Alene
language interaction within the individual departments. Discussion Groups
on the "internal" site will be moderated by hnqwa'qwe'eln
Staff.
Promotional Activities and Events- hnqwa'qwe'eln
will facilitate activities to sustain routine workplace usage of the language
by conducting individual and inter-departmental contests, language fairs,
etc. throughout the year.
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2004-05 we will work with Employees of the Tribe (primarily
those who have access to the email network). In the second year of the
grant, 2005-06, we will add Coeur d'Alene Casino Employees. And the third
year, 2006-07, we will add the Benewah Medical Center, Wellness Center
and Early Childhood Learning Center Employees. By the end of the three
years, we will be potentially serving at least 700 Employees, the largest
pool of potential adult learners yet to be served by language projects
that began in 1994!
Multimedia Education Application - Fun interactive activities
on the computer with sound and animation. This will be used as a supplemental
teaching activity for young children and their families.
Resources for language teachers - Lessons
and activities for teachers and families to do with children. They will
be applicable to the delivery of instruction, discipline, and other everyday
life activities.
A Coeur d'Alene language database, searchable in
either Coeur d'Alene or English.
Visit the Language Center's active web site
Schinteple'et (Tribal Elder Consultants)
FelixAripa
Irene Lowley
Lawrence Nicodemus (1909 - 2004)
Lovinia "Beans" Alexander
Lavinia Felsman
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