My five minutes of fame!  Thanks to the entire team at Ignite Tulsa, as well as all the sponsors, the fellow speakers, and everyone who came out and supported us!  It was a great night.  I was QUITE nervous (and sick!), but I made it through thanks to my wife and daughter who were there to cheer me on.

Huge shout-out once again to Andrew Bryant who was also there to support us, and of course his wife who also gave a GREAT presentation, and to the Arts & Humanities Council for all of their support and help through this entire process.  We’ve come pretty close to getting our final presentation and budget done, and ready to show to a few tribes and other groups.  We’re getting closer to start working on our pilot project!  I’m excited.

the first few updates on this site will basically be notes I’ve collected about getting this project started.  here’s some information that i received from the office of the president of the navajo tribe:

I believe Diné College, the Navajo college, has a program to preserve Navajo language. That would be easy enough to check out.

Also, Congress passed the Esther Martinez Act last year that is designed to preserve native languages.