Post on 24-Dec-2015
Digital Library Projects at theAmerican Indian Studies Research Institute
Raymond J. DeMallie, Director — Douglas R.Parks, Associate Director
Wallace Hooper, Director of Software Development
Digital Library Collaborations at AISRI
• Plains Indian Languages Consortium — professional linguists with related research interests seeking to provide data and resources over the web
• Dakota Indian Foundation — Digital Archives Project. The Ella DeLoria Papers.
• Lakota Language Consortium — Development of curriculum and instructional materials for use in Lakota school districts under the sponsorship of the Oglala Nation Education Consortium.
Lakota Language Consortium Schools
Mission of AISRI
• Anthropology, linguistics and ethnohistory of the North American Plains Indians
• Language documentation — concentrations in Siouan and Caddoan languages
• Language stabilization and revitalization
• Development of useful computer applications and resources
Publication Programs• Studies in the
Anthropology of North American Indians — 24 titles
• Sources of American Indian Oral Literature —7 titles
• Smithsonian Handbook of North American Indians, Plains Volume
• Anthropological Linguistics, quarterly journal
State of Native American Languages—Case of Lakota
Language Documentation
• Elicitation of lexical data for the construction of reference dictionaries
• Collection of texts, oral literature, and use of historical linguistic sources
• Establishment of sound archives — AISRI’s Center for the Documentation of Endangered Languages
Indiana Dictionary Database Processor
IDD Browse Screen
IDD Entry Screen
IDD Gloss Screen
Annotated Text Processor
Language Instruction
• Traditional pedagogical model: certified teacher team-teaching with a tribal elder
• Use of computer-based instructional aids
• Teacher training
• Immersion
Arikira Lessons—Sample Dictation Exercise Page
Arikara Lessons—Sample Sentence Patterns Exercise
Arikara Lesson—Cultural Lessons
Preparing Digital Library Materials: Data modeling in the Indiana Text Lab
TextLab Model for an IDD Dictionary
TextLab Model for a Grammar