Huge News! the Native Language Project was selected to speak at Ignite Tulsa this year! I’m very excited about this. The event in tulsa is part of Global Ignite Week, and is produced by local event organizers and sponsored by O’Reilly Media, so this is our 5 minutes of fame on a national and global [...]
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Ignite Tulsa
Feb 15
more than i can chew
Jan 15
it occurs to me that i’ve bitten off more than i can chew. obviously, you say? …well not so obvious to me i guess. in any case, i now see a little more clearly how to approach and develop this project a little better, thanks IN GREAT PART to feed back from andrew, rebecca, ken, [...]
life is too short
Dec 15
part of the motivation for this project of course, is that our lives on this planet are too short. there’s not enough time to write down / record all of our thoughts, not enough time to sit and listen to our elders for months or years, as much as we would want to completely just [...]
powerpoint presentation
Nov 1
i spent today putting together a nice little powerpoint file that i hope takes all the notes, ideas, etc. that i’ve cobbled together, in to one cohesive presentation. ideally i’ll be able to take this around and show the scope of the project as well as talk about what is the next step we need [...]
progress as promised.
Oct 31
Certainly a lot has happened in the last 4 months. We’ve gotten a lot of great support, ideas, conversation and brainstorming help, and just a lot of love in general from the Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa, as well as Tulsans Andrew & Rebecca, Frank & Heather, and Anthony in Michigan. In a way, [...]
starting to build
Jun 13
this weekend i am working on a twitter account: http://twitter.com/nativelanguage and a website:v http://www.nativelanguageproject.com/ …not much up there now obviously but it’s a start and it will grow with time!
progress
Jun 12
last week i spoke with the arts and humanities council of tulsa who are VERY supportive and think this is a great idea. their president has agreed to help me put together a formal proposal, budget, etc. and possibly seek some grant money. i’m not too worried about that since the cost is not going [...]
more notes
May 6
something that i have been wanting to implement for almost a decade is an oral history project that records the stories, legends, and culture of native american elders. these are cultures that for the most part have little or no recorded history and as the elders of these tribes pass away, there’s often no-one to [...]
notes
Apr 5
When I was doing some freelance work for the Native American Times about 9 years ago, we had an idea to preserve native american culture via online video, thereby passing down oral tradition down from older generations to the newer generations and record it using newer technology. the first few updates on this site will [...]
brainstorming
Mar 4
i am in the brainstorming process of putting together a website called the, “native language project” (http://www.nativelanguageproject.com/) which would be an oral history project that records the stories, legends, and culture of native american elders. these are cultures that for the most part have little or no recorded history and as the elders of these [...]