UCR's comprehensive approach to American Indian
language and cultural renewal comprises vigorous documentation
of languages and cultures themselves, innovative forms
of language instruction and learning by tribal members,
the systematic training of language teachers in effective
methods and pedagogies, the republication of key texts,
the recovery of knowledge regarding places and the
landscape, and the innovative use of technology to
support all of these efforts. This major initiative
was begun in 2002, and we are actively seeking support
for the following projects related to endangered American
Indian Languages and Cultures, with an initial focus
on the Takic Family of Languages and Cultures, those
dominant in the immediate area of UCR.
Documentation of Takic Languages
The Takic Language Instruction Project
Teaching and Learning Indigenous Languages
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