#language conservation

[victusinveritas]

Lakota elders helped a white man preserve their language. Then he tried to sell it back to them.

“No matter how it was collected, where it was collected, when it was collected, our language belongs to us," said Ray Taken Alive, a Lakota

Really glad I didn't take a job with The Language Conservancy (this would have been before all this shit came out about them too) when there was a spot open. I know a few folks who worked with them a bit in the past, and they all agreed that they were better when they started, and then got greedy--their White Man's Burden of Oh We'll Catalog It All For You and then Charge You for Access model is vile.

[earsperkedup]

whereee is that language conservation related post that says something about stories being untranslatable i NEED it

[deadcatwithaflamethrower]

This Heavy Metal Band Is Hell-Bent on Saving an Endangered Language

As the Brazilian tribal language Tupi Guarani nears extinction, this hyper-aggressive group is raising awareness about the urgent need to save it – one power chord at a time.

[bobholman-blog-blog]

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