Showing posts with label Linguistic News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Linguistic News. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

What is Orange Shirt Day?

Join Intercultural Specialist, Melissa Beard Jacob, for a presentation surrounding Orange Shirt Day and its history and significance to Native American and Indigenous communities and the impacts of boarding/residential school experiences. 

 
The Ohio State Community will be observing Orange Shirt Day on Thursday, September 30. Please remember to wear your orange! Participants who attend this information session will have an opportunity to stop by the Student Life Multicultural Center and receive an official Native OSU Orange Shirt Day t-shirt. 
 
If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Madison Eagle at eagle.41@osu.edu. Requests made two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.  

Thursday, September 16, 2021, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Zoom

Free

Event Recording

Registration is required. To register: https://go.osu.edu/orangeshirtday .

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Dakota and Ojibwe Skies Virtual Discussion | March 9th, 2021

You are invited to attend “Dakota and Ojibwe Skies” to learn how our American Indian ancestors used the moon, earthen architecture, and a turtle’s shell to predict astronomical events with remarkable precision. 

The virtual discussion will be led by Dr. Jim Rock, a citizen of the Dakota Nation, is a faculty member in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Director of Indigenous Programming for the Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium at the University of Minnesota Duluth. In 2014 he co-authored the book Makoċe Wiċaŋḣpi Wowapi | D(L)akota Star Map Constellation Guide and has co-published several journal articles on Dakota sacred mound and cave sites.

 He will discuss both topics from his published works in addition to local connections with the Newark Earthworks and the Serpent Mound in Peebles, Ohio.





Free and Open to the Public.
 
7 to 8 p.m. 

Online Registration for this virtual event is required 
through the  Granville Public Library.

If you require an accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, or other accommodations, please contact carpenter.554@osu.edu . 
Requests made by February 22 will help provide seamless access.
Blowing Off STEAM Logo.

This event is part of the Blowing off STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics) informal community-based discussion series. Blowing off STEAM is a collaboration between The Ohio State University at Newark, Denison University, and the Granville Public Library. Also sponsored by the Newark Earthworks Center, the Department of Astronomy, and the Global Arts + Humanities/Indigenous Arts and Humanities Initiative.



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Thursday, February 27, 2020

Cancelled | Behind the Science: The Dakota and Ojibwe Skies

March 11, 2020: Regretfully, the Newark Earthworks Center is cancelling  all sponsored events through April 20th, 2020 at this time.
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 February 24, 2020 
Just in time to observe the spring equinox, The Ohio State University at Newark and The Works: Ohio Center for History, Art & Technology invite the public to learn how our American Indian ancestors used the moon, earthen architecture, and a turtle’s shell to predict astronomical events with remarkable precision.

Jim Rock [Dakota] with Ojibwe Skies Map behind him. Image Courtesy of Jim Rock.In this Behind the Science lecture, James Rock presents
 “The Dakota and Ojibwe Skies” 
on Thursday, March 19,
 from 6 to 7 p.m. in the SciDome planetarium.

Rock, a citizen of the Dakota Nation, is a faculty member in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Director of Indigenous Programming for the Marshall W. AlworthPlanetarium at the University of Minnesota Duluth. In 2014 he co-authored the book D(L)akota Star Map Constellation Guide and has co-published several journal articles on Dakota sacred mound and cave sites. He will discuss both topics from his published works in addition to local connections with the Newark Earthworks and the Serpent Mound in Peebles.

This lecture is sponsored by the following units at The Ohio State University: Newark Earthworks Center (NEC), American Indian Studies program, Arne Slettebak Planetarium, and Global Arts and Humanities/Indigenous Arts andHumanities Initiative.

Behind the Science is a public lecture series presented by Ohio State Newark and The Works for adults who want an inside view of the science that makes our world.

All lectures are held in the SciDome at The Works located at 55 S. 1st Street in Newark.
Admission is free for The Works’ members and $10 for nonmembers. Reservations are recommended and can be made online at attheworks.org or by calling The Works at 740-349-9277.
For additional details, visit go.osu.edu/SciDome or see The Works’ online calendar of events.

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Thursday, October 19, 2017

Indigenous knowledge helps untangle the mystery of Mesa Verde

October 2, 2017.
Krista Langlois, of High Country News, has written a revealing article about the connections between the six contemporary nations which speak Tewa and Mesa Verde's cliff dwellings. Their unbroken oral traditions are being connected with computer modeling to the depopulation of the Central Mesa Verde Region in Colorado during the 1200s CE.

"So when the Village Ecodynamics Project showed that the number of people who “disappeared” from Mesa Verde during the 1200s was roughly the same as the number of people who moved into the Tewa Basin shortly thereafter, Ortman began searching for other evidence linking the two regions. But rather than studying potsherds and midden heaps, he turned to the Tewa people themselves. He studied modern Tewa language and culture, and invited elders to join him at ancestral sites to compare traditional knowledge with archaeological evidence. Instead of viewing Tewa stories merely as metaphor or myth, he began combing through them for clues harking back to Mesa Verde."

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Thursday, April 27, 2017

American Indians in Children's Literature


American Indians in Children's Literature Blog by Dr. Debbie Reese (Nambe Owingeh).

"Established in 2006, American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) provides critical perspectives and analysis of indigenous peoples in children's and young adult books, the school curriculum, popular culture, and society" 
-Dr. Debbie Reese (Nambe Owingeh), 


About
"As a relatively new assistant professor [in 2006] at a "Research I" university (the height of the "publish or perish" institution), I knew it was important that I publish my research in academic journals and books, but as a Native parent and former schoolteacher, I knew that those academic journals are not easily accessible or available to people who work with children on a daily basis...
I was raised at Nambe Owingeh (a federally recognized tribe) and I am tribally enrolled there. At community gatherings, our elders never fail to tell us that what we do with our lives must be for the well-being of our community. In American Indian Studies, leading scholars tell us the same thing. How, they ask us, will the work we do in the academy help people? The guidance I received from tribal elders and Native scholars frames and supports my commitment to publishing American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL).

Through AICL, I share a lot of information that I think will help readers learn about and understand the 500+ federally recognized Native Nations in the United States. Most people know about the federal government and the state governments, but very few know about tribal governments. Very few people know that American Indians in the United States have a status that marks us as distinct from minority or underrepresented populations (such as African Americans)." 
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Thursday, March 23, 2017

Still Have Room in Your Summer or Autumn Schedule?

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, Chillicothe, 2014.
Image Courtesy of Tim Black.
Try checking out our OSU Classes Tab!

We have updated our lists of current and future classes
 by semester and campus.


The College of Arts & Sciences also has a list of Featured Classes
 which still have space, here!


See below for a sampling of what is currently available 
for Summer 2017 & Autumn 2017:

Summer Session 2017
Columbus

 Undergraduate Research
American Indian Studies 4998
1-4 credit hours.
Undergraduate research in variable topics related to American Indian Studies. Student-initiated projects.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 credit hours or 3 completions. This course is graded S/U.


Summer Field School in Archaeology- Fee ($500)
Anthropology 5684
Dr. Robert Cook & Dr. Aaron Comstock
3-15 credit hours.
Practical experience in archaeological fieldwork including site survey, excavation, surveying and mapping, preservation, and other related methods and techniques of data recovery.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor required. Repeatable.
Contact Dr. Robert Cook, cook.426@osu.edu, for more information.

Reel Injuns: Identity, Arts and Representation
Art Education 5367
Dr. Christine Ballengee-Morris
May 10 - June 19
Course Number 21182
Course Number 21183
3 credit hours.
This course introduces broad range of issues, theories, and practices of visual culture within the gaze of American Indians and how reaction to or rejection shapes Indigenous identities, as well as non-native understandings of American Indians. This course explores action research practices, historical research methodologies, and critical readings.
Contact Dr. Ballengee-Morris, morris.390@osu.edu, for more information.

Latin American Civilizations to 1825
History 1101
Online May 10 - June 30, 2017
Course Number 21585
3 credit hours
Latin American political, social, economic, and cultural history from Pre-Columbian times to independence (1825) focusing on imperialism, religion, minorities, war, and rebellion. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format. 
Prerequisites or concurrent: English 1110.xx. Not open to students with credit for 171. 
GEC: Historical study and diversity global studies course.

Newark
Intro to the Humanities: Cross-Cultural Perspective
Comparative Studies 1100
Dr. Cheryl Cash
M-Th 1- 3.30 PM
3 credit hours.
Explores the role of literature and the arts in constructing, maintaining, and questioning the values and beliefs of diverse cultures and historical periods; topics vary. 
Prerequisites: Not open to students with credit for 1100H (100H) or 100. 
GEC: Literature and Diversity Global Studies course.
Contact Dr. Cheryl Cash, cash.110@osu.edu, for more information.

The History of Latin America Through Film
History 2125
M-Th 1 - 3.30 PM
Dr. Alcira Dueñas
Course Number 21351
3 credit hours.
Latin American history from the pre-colonial era to the present as depicted in film, including the analysis of colonialism, revolutions, society, women, and current events. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format,
Prerequisites or concur: English 1100.xx, or permission of instructor. 
GEC: Historical study and Diversity Global Studies credit.
Limit of 35 students.
Contact Dr. Dueñas, duenas.2@osu.edu, for more information.

Autumn Session 2017
Columbus

 Research in American Indian Studies Honors
American Indian Studies 4998H
1-4 credit hours.
Undergraduate honors student research or creative project in variable topics related to American Indian Studies.
Prerequisites: Honors standing, and permission of instructor. Repeatable to a maximum of 9 credit hours or 3 completions. This course is graded S/U.
History of Latin American Art: Prehispanic and Early Modern
History of Art 2005
3 credit hours.
History of Mexico during precolonial, colonial, and independence periods with emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. 
Prerequisites: English 1110.xx, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 534.03. 
GEC: Historical study and Diversity Global Studies course.
Introduction to American Indigenous Languages
Linguistics 3501
3 credit hours.
An introduction to indigenous languages of the Americas and their speakers: e.g. history of settlement, language families, linguistic properties, bilingual education, language policies and attitudes.
Prerequisites: English 1110.01 (110.01), 1110.02 (110.02), or 1110.03 (110.03) or equivalent. 
Not open to students with credit for Linguistics 303 or AfAmASt 303. 
GEC: Cultures and Ideas and Diversity, Social Diversity in the United States course.

Newark

Individual Studies: Theory
Anthropology 5193.01
1-80 credit hours.
Theory.
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor. Repeatable. This course is graded S/U.
Contact Dr. Robert Cook, cook.426@osu.edu, for more information.

Introduction to Native American Peoples from Mesoamerica
History 2110
Course Number 25375 
3 credit hours.
Introductory survey of the Native American peoples from Mesoamerica (contemporary Guatemala, Honduras, Southern Mexico) from pre-colonial times to the present. Sometimes this course is offered in a distance-only format.
Prerequisites or Concurrent: English 1100.xx, or permission of instructor.
GEC: Historical Study and Diversity Global Studies course.
Contact Dr. Dueñas, duenas.2@osu.edu, for more information.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Reviving An Indigenous Language for Everyday Use

Photo Courtesy of Aubs Momberg.
December 26, 2016.
Adrian Jawort of Indian Country Today raised attention on the efforts Robert Hall (Blackfeet) from Montana who has been fighting to spread the dwindling language of the Blackfoot Nation. He tells of the difference in how many people speak his native language Pikuni between his childhood and today, where he grew up. Expanding of how native American languages have suffered since the time of Columbus. "American Indian children in both Canada and the United States were forcibly taken from families and sent to boarding schools …They were beaten for speaking the languages first heard across these lands”.
Maatoomsstatoos’s (known as Robert Hall) life changed after his professor told him of the benefits in learning and speaking his native language. His professor Stephen Greymorning (Arapaho) taught him that to know your native language is to know you ancestors through how they spoke and thought. Maatoomsstatoos volunteers to teach classes throughout the reservation on a weekly basis, hosts a local radio broadcast that highlights Pikuni learning, and is in the publishing process for a book on schedule to be published in 2017.
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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Midwest American Indian & Earthworks Video

"Tribal Participation in the Preservation of the Newark Earthworks" 
-Interim Director Marti Chaatsmith February 18, 2015

When researching a new topic or trying to find more information, finding videos with reliable sources is difficult. Midwest American Indian & Earthworks Videos is our attempt at collating 
free, online, informational videos about American Indian cultures, particularly from the Great Lakes, and monumental earthworks histories worldwide. These videos represent a small sample of current or recent knowledge and we hope you find them useful to introduce topics and terms for research, general knowledge, and to use as classroom resources. This is by no means a comprehensive list and links may be subject to change. As time passes, information is updated and 
so described conclusions may no longer be valid.

The full Midwest American Indian & Earthworks Videos tab is
always available on the right-hand side of our blog,
under the heading Collected Resources.



We welcome your input and would like to hear from you; 
please contact us at earthworks@osu.edu .

The views, opinions, and beliefs expressed within all articles, videos, and links from this blog
do not necessarily represent The Ohio State University or the Newark Earthworks Center.
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Thursday, March 31, 2016

The Newark Earthworks: Enduring Monuments, Contested Meanings

Our book is available to order from
University of Virginia Press and Amazon  
as of March 2016!

Considered a wonder of the ancient world, the Newark Earthworks—the gigantic geometrical mounds of earth built nearly two thousand years ago in the Ohio valley--have been a focal point for archaeologists and surveyors, researchers and scholars for almost two centuries. In their prime one of the premier pilgrimage destinations in North America, these monuments are believed to have been ceremonial centers used by ancestors of Native Americans, called the "Hopewell culture," as social gathering places, religious shrines, pilgrimage sites, and astronomical observatories. Yet much of this territory has been destroyed by the city of Newark, and the site currently "hosts" a private golf course, making it largely inaccessible to the public.

The first book-length volume devoted to the site, The Newark Earthworks reveals the magnitude and the geometric precision of what remains of the earthworks and the site’s undeniable importance to our history. Including contributions from archaeologists, historians, cultural geographers, and cartographers, as well as scholars in religious studies, legal studies, indigenous studies, and preservation studies, the book follows an interdisciplinary approach to shine light on the Newark Earthworks and argues compellingly for its designation as a World Heritage Site.

We have been so excited to share the results 
of our collaboration!

Newark Earthworks, Great Circle.

"I had spent at least thirty years researching cultures and histories of civilizations throughout the world. I had read everything I could about my Shawnee tribe: all the places they lived, wars they fought, how they dressed, how they worked, how they are, what they built, how they believed, what they valued, and how they worshiped. I knew about Serpent Mound, but I had never heard of the Newark Earthworks. I had never even heard of Newark, Ohio. I was stunned at what I saw. I was in a state of disbelief....
I could not believe it. My people, my ancestors treasured these mounds. Perhaps they did not build them, but they loved them, protected them, revered them. They knew their importance, and these earthworks were sacred to them....
That day I met a group of people who live in Ohio and feel much as I do. These are people who also find the current situation unacceptable, even as they appreciate the fact that the Newark Earthworks have been preserved when so many other earthworks have been destroyed. These people are associated with Ohio State's Newark Earthworks Center. These are the people who hosted a scholarly symposium that produced the essays in this book.
That day I made a commitment- to learn all I could about the Newark Earthworks, to teach others about them, and to preserve them. I have returned repeatedly to visit these people and to visit the site, and several of these people have visited me in Oklahoma. I have joined them in the effort to preserve the site and win the recognition that it deserves by winning inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
I continue to be amazed, awe stricken, disappointed, and angry. But now I also feel hopeful."
-Chief Glenna Wallace, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.

2011 Symposium Program. Newark Earthworks Center.
The Ohio State University.

We have been privileged to feature the following
 scholars in our book:
  • Glenna Wallace, Chief, Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
    • "Foreword"
  • Lindsay Jones, Professor, Department of Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University.
    • "Introduction: I Had No Idea! Competing Claims to Distinction at the Newark Earthworks"
  • Richard D. Shiels, Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of History, and former Director, Newark Earthworks Center, The Ohio State University.
    • "The Newark Earthworks Past and Present"
  • Bradley T. Lepper, Curator of Archaeology, Ohio History Connection.
    • The Newark Earthworks: A Monumental Engine of World Renewal
  • Ray Hively, Professor Emeritus, Department of Astronomy and Physics, Earlham College and Robert Horn, Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Earlham College
    • "The Newark Earthworks: A Grand Unification of Earth, Sky, and Mind"
  • Helaine Silverman, Professor, Department of Anthropology, and Director, Collaborative for Cultural Heritage Management and Policy, University of Illinois
    • "An Andeanist's Perspective on the Newark Earthworks"
  • Stephen H. Lekson, Curator of Archaeology, Museum of Natural History, and Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder
    • "Hopewell and Chaco: The Consequences of Rituality"
  • Timothy Darvill, Professor of Archaeology, and Director, Center for Archaeology and Anthropology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Dorset, United Kingdom
    • "Beyond Newark: Prehistoric Ceremonial Centers and Their Cosmologies"
  • John E. Hancock, Professor Emeritus, School of Architecture and Interior Design, and Director, Center for the Electronic Reconstruction of Historical and Archaeological Sites (CERHAS), University of Cincinnati
    • "The Newark Earthworks as "Works" of Architecture"
  • Thomas Barrie, Professor, School of Architecture, North Carolina State University
    • "The Newark Earthworks as a Liminal Place: A Comparative Analysis of Hopewell-Period Burial Rituals and Mounds with a Particular Emphasis on House Symbolism"
  • Margaret Wickens Pearce, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Kansas; Citizen Potawatomi
    • "The Cartographic Legacy of the Newark Earthworks"
  • Thomas S. Bremer, Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Rhodes College
    • "The Modern Religiosity of the Newark Earthworks
  • Marti L. Chaatsmith, Interim Director of the Newark Earthworks Center, The Ohio State University; Comanche Nation.
    • "Native (Re)Investments in Ohio: Evictions, Earthworks Preservation, and Tribal Stewardship"
  • Mary N. MacDonald, Professor Emerita, Department of Religious Studies, Le Moyne College
    • "Whose Earthworks? Newark and Indigenous People"
  • Duane Champagne, Professor, Department of Sociology, American Indian Studies Program, and School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and Carole Goldberg, Jonathan D. Varat Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles.
    • "The Peoples Belong to the Land: Contemporary Stewards for the Newark Earthworks
  • Greg Johnson, Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Colorado, Boulder
    • "Caring for Depressed Cultural Sites, Hawaiian Style"
  • Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University
    • "Imagining "Law-Stuff" at the Newark Earthworks"
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Indigenous Cosmology Wins: Kaibab Paiute Tribe Nets Dark Skies Award

The Kaibab Paiute's dark skies logo, emblazoned with ppotseev, the word for star. Image Courtesy of the Kaibab Paiute Tribe and Indian Country Today.
The Kaibab Paiute's dark skies logo, emblazoned with ppotseev, the word for star.
Image Courtesy of the Kaibab Paiute Tribe and Indian Country Today.
July, 10, 2015.
Anne Minard, of Indian Country Today, has written a brief article about the Kaibab Paiute Tribe.

"A small tribe in northern Arizona has become the first “dark sky nation” in honor of its efforts to protect unspoiled nighttime views and a culture that is tied to the stars."

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Trading Ideas Online Exhibit


"Come and discover the First Nations of northeastern North America through their great trade gatherings. You will discover the way of life and material culture of the Iroquoians and Algonquians, and in particular their trading activities. Trade was very important for the First Nations. It made it possible for them to exchange their surplus items for resources and items that they lacked, and also to form political and military alliances."

Home

Screenshot of the Trade Activity Introduction and procedures.

"Your mission is to find the item that you need and trade your item for it.

Along the way you will have to answer questions about various items of that era. You must correctly answer a minimum of 5 questions in order to finish the game.

During the game, you will have to make friends. Since you belong to a nation or a confederation, you must make at least one friend in each of the five nations and confederations represented in the game.

After you have made 5 friends, answered 5 questions, and traded your item for the one you are looking for, you must wait to see if everyone else finishes within the allotted time [30 minutes] for you all to win as a group."

"This game is played as a team in the classroom. A minimum of 6 players (including the creator of the session) is required to start a session, with a maximum of 30 players. Each player must have access to a computer."

"When we use the names Iroquoian and Algonquian we are referring to linguistic families. Simply put, a linguistic family is made up of groups of people who speak languages that are similar."
  • The Algonquians
  • The Iroquoians
The Trade Network
  • Strength Through Trade
  • Worth the Detour!
  • Sought After Items
  • Toll Routes
  • The Trade Gathering
  • Items of Interest
  • Trading Things
  • The New Neighbors
  • Trading Posts


Musée Huron-Wendat, Trading Ideas Virtual Collections
  • The characteristics of the occupied territory
  • The political structure
  • The Housing, Food, and Lifestyle
  • Clothes
  • The role of women and men's economic activities
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Friday, December 12, 2014

UMass Amherst Anthropologist Receives Mellon Fellowship Award to Study Endangered Language and Native American Traditions

November 6, 2014.
Jared Sharpe, of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has written a brief article about Sonya Atalay's new "major fellowship award to master the endangered Anishinaabemowin language of Native American Ojibwe tribal communities, in order to expand research and understanding of ancient tribal knowledge and practices that are under an increasing threat of becoming lost forever".

"Anishinaabe language and traditional knowledge contain complex and nuanced ways of understanding the natural world all around us with this grant I’m attempting to gather and braid together strands of knowledge that are often separated and studied independently in universities. I’m drawing connections between earthworks, archaeological mounds and ancient rock art to reclaim teachings that our ancestors left written on the land, saw in waterways and recognized through traditional star knowledge. The Mellon Foundation’s New Directions Fellowship will allow me to use digital technologies to connect traditional tribal knowledge with sophisticated geographic information system (GIS) mapping to learn how people of the Great Lakes engaged with the landscape and natural environment thousands of years ago. This can help us understand our contemporary world, even provide solutions for navigating some of our most pressing global concerns.”

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