 | This is a user sandbox of Jfernan0130. You can use it for testing or practicing edits. This is not the sandbox where you should draft your assigned article for a dashboard.wikiedu.org course. To find the right sandbox for your assignment, visit your Dashboard course page and follow the Sandbox Draft link for your assigned article in the My Articles section. |
Tribal councils from the separate communities of the Ktunaxa nation have contributed a selection of audio recordings of Kutenai words and phrases to the FirstVoices website, an online catalogue of the indigenous languages of North America.[1] The Ktunaxa nation aims to target younger generations with the FirstVoices materials to reach fluency in the Kutenai language. [2] The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation have founded the Salish Kootenai College, a tribal college on the Flathead reservation in Pablo, Montana. The college offers a certificate program in Native American studies, which requires that students have knowledge of the history and culture of the Salish and Ktunaxa people. The curriculum also offers classes in basic Kutenai language pronunciation and grammar.[3] Some sources suggest that the knowledge and preservation of the native communities culture will contribute to the preservation of the communities language, but there is no evidence yet from the Salish Kootenai College to support this claim. [4]
- ^ "FirstVoices: Ktunaxa Community Portal". Retrieved 2012-07-08.
- ^ Pagliaro, J. 2010. "Technology gives dying languages voice." Geolinguistics 37: 114-116.
- ^ "Salish Kootenai College". Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ^ Richardson, Louise B. 1997. "Tribal College Curricula as Evidence for the Contemporary Use of Indigenous Languages in North America." Geolinguistics 23: 61-77.