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Oneida Nation makes effort to save language
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Oneida Nation makes effort to save language
From Journal Sentinel staff and The Associated Press
Monday, April 12, 2004
Green Bay -- The Oneida Nation is planning to sign a charter this
week outlining a broad language immersion strategy in an attempt to
help preserve its dying language.
"Our language defines our culture, and it's important we remember
our language and our culture," said Brian A. Doxtator, a member of
the 13-member Oneida Language Charter Team that developed the plan to
help members become fluent in the language.
As called for by the charter, the Oneida Nation has hired a ...
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NBC on the hunt for Native talent. (Entertainment).
Newspaper article from: Wind Speaker
; ...YORK, N.Y. Media giant NBC and the Oneida Nation in the United States have joined forces...will proceed to semi-finals at the Oneida Nation's Turning Stone Casino Resort in Verona...director of media relations for the Oneida Nation. There's a real shortage of talent...
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Smoke signals big winner in Beverly Hills.
Newspaper article from: Wind Speaker
; ...Brandon Wero and Coral Taylor. Ernie Stevens Jr. from the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin asked everyone in the audience to renew their...was recently sold to Sandstone Media, an enterprise of the Oneida Nation. Oneida CEO Ray Halbritter accepted the award. Kateri Walker...
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$320 million for native early childhood. (Funding).
Magazine article from: Community Action
; Oneida Nation of the Thames. Ontario Minister of Human Resources Development Canada, Jane Stewart, announced a funding allocation of $320 million...
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Paving the way with gold.
Newspaper article from: Wind Speaker
; ...medal champion in pankration, the original gladiator sport of the Olympics. Doxtator, a member of the turtle clan of the Oneida Nation and from the Chippewas of Thames reserve near London, Ont., gets a lot of strength from his traditional beliefs. The turtle...
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On May 3, Dr. Mark S. Dockstator was appointed as the chairperson of the First Nations Statistical Institute and will lead one of the four First Nation institutions created through the First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act.(Appointments)(Brief article)
Newspaper article from: Windspeaker
; ...Nations and government to improve the accuracy, utility and relevance of data. Dockstator is a member of the Onyota'a:ka (Oneida) Nation of the Thames and is currently a professor of Indigenous Studies at Trent University, located in Peterborough, Ont. [ILLUSTRATION...
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Taking stock: rural food cooperative case studies reveal critical retail success factors.(Company Profile)
Magazine article from: Rural Cooperatives
; ...Cooperative, Viroqua, Wis., and Tower Foods Market Cooperative, Oneida Nation, Wis. This article begins with brief overviews of the four...running ahead of projections. Tower Foods Market Cooperative--Oneida Nation, Wis. This co-op had the misfortune of representing the only...
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The Oneida Indians in the age of allotment, 1860-1920.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News
; ...land loss and other hardships under allotment. Editor Hauptman teaches history at the State U. of New York at New Paltz, and McLester is Tribal Secretary of the Oneida Nation of Indians of Wisconsin. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)
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Racial hatred lies below the surface.
Newspaper article from: Wind Speaker
; ...The letter claims the group has 34 members (not identified) who are willing to give and shed blood for what we believe. The Oneida Nation has filed a land claim, backed up by the United States federal government, saying New York State illegally took 270,000 acres...
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Gathering strength not strong enough.
Newspaper article from: Wind Speaker
; ...report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples called the silent tortures that continue in our communities. And one Oneida Nation member with a doctorate in psychology says the whole commission report and government response process is a sham. Roland...
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(book reviews)
Magazine article from: The Historian
; ...from use of the WPA Indian-Pioneer History of Oklahoma, the Doris Duke Oral History Project, and, to a lesser degree, the Oneida Language and Folklore Project. Each of these autobiographical projects contains an incredible amount of information on Indian schooling...
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