Talk with Dr. Ray Huaute – Weaving in Community Voices: An Indigenous Approach to Community-Based Language Research

Several “collaborative” or “community-based” language research models have been proposed (Cameron et. al 1992, Czaykowska-Higgins 2009) in which “research on a language… is conducted for, with, and by the language-speaking community,” but where “by” usually refers to Indigenous community members who are working “in collaboration” with a non-lndigenous researcher rather than leading the research themselves. … Read more

USAToday: Alcoholism joke on CBS sitcom angers Arizona tribes

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP)  Arizona tribal members say they’re shocked by a television sitcom that made fun of one of the most pervasive social ills on American Indian reservations and alcoholism. One of the characters on the CBS show Mike & Molly joked about drunken Indians in Arizona, a state that is home to 21 federally … Read more