American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart is a compilation of texts, essays, personal reflections, scholarly and creative writings. The publication celebrates the founders, instructors and students who have participated in AILDI and who are commited to keeping their Indigenous languages alive. Contributors include Ofelia Zepeda, University of Arizona; Akira Yamamoto, Kansas University; Teresa McCarty, Arizona State University; Lucille Watahomigie, AILDI founder; Larry L.Kimura, University of Hawaii-Hilo; and others. A hard copy of the publication can be purchased using this form. The book can also be ordered through the UA Bookstore. This publication chronicles the history and development of AILDI and is an essential tool for anyone interested in language revitalization.
School-Community-University Collaborations: The American Indian Language Development Institute
by Teresa L. McCarty, Lucille J. Watahomigie, Akira Y. Yamamoto, and Ofelia Zepeda.
Revitalizing and Documenting Denaakk’e (Koyukon Athabascan)
by Susan Paskvan
Innovative Training Opportunities: The NSF/AILDI Collaboration for Indigenous Language Documentation
by Susan D. Penfield
Kowassaaton Ilhaalos: Let Us Hear Koasati. Developing and Implementing the Koasati Language Project
by Bertney Langley, Linda Langley
Nosi: A Chickasaw Lullaby
by Freyda Craw
Bahidaj (Sahuaro Cactus Fruit) Harvest
Saved by AILDI
by Stacey I. Oberly
Using a Native Language Reference Grammar as a Language Learning Tool
by Stacey I. Oberly
AILDI: My Family, My Friends
by Sandra Warlie
Aia Iā Kākou Nā Hā‘ina - The Answers Are Within Us: Language Rights in Tandem with Language Survival
by Larry L. Kimura
Hiaki Nooka
by Joe Sanchez
My Story
by Danny Lopez
My Grandma
by Valerie Switzler
"Keep the Languages Alive" with Elders, Teachers, Advocates, and Linguists: AILDI’s Balancing Act in Efforts to Maintain and Revitalize Endangered Languages
by Akira Y. Yamamoto and Kimiko Y. Yamamoto
Generational Transitions
by Maxine Sam
Indigenous Youth and Language Revitalization
by Teresa L. McCarty, Mary Eunice Romero-Little, Larisa Warhol and Ofelia Zepeda
Gifts of Master-Apprenticeship: Development of the Revitalizing Endangered Indigenous Languages (REIL) Certificates
by Nariyo Kono
Microteaching
Lessons in Immersion Instruction from the American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI)
by Ivan Ozbolt
My AILDI Experience
by Marian L. Escalanti
T-Ni'ok c T-himdag 'o wud T-Gewkdag - "Our language and Our Way of Life is Our Strength"
by Ofelia Zepeda