Module #2, Post #5
This site is about the Sto:lo Nation Shxweli Language Program. It has information about the Halkomelem language, their vision to ensure the future of the language, learning materials for the language, and a history of the program itself.
Module #2, Post #4
http://www.native-languages.org/halkomelem.htm
This site is specifically about the Halkomelem Language as well. It is a site that leads to many other links and resources about the language and people. It contains a sections on the language, Stolo tribe culture and history, cowichan tribe culture and history, and Halkomelem Legends. Under the language section there are numerous outside links about learning the language from pronunciation and spelling, to dialect differences and orthography.
Some of the outside resources that the site provides are to encyclopedia articles about the language, news articles about the Sto:lo language in the classroom, and many others.
This site is valuable for those interested in learning the language and about the culture of the people who speak it.
Module #2, Post #3
http://www.firstvoices.com/en/Halqemeylem/words
I found this site when looking for examples of the Halkomelem language. The main site is hosted by First Voices which is a language archive celebrating world Indigenous cultures. The neat part about this site is that you can click on the word and hear it as well as see the English translation. I think that this site could be a nice starting point for people interested in learning the language. Learning the language is part of learning and preserving the culture.
This site provides links to traditional songs, stories, phrases, and games.
Module #2, Post #2
http://bwyse.ca/www.bwyse.ca/HOME.html
This site is hosted by Canadian Salish Aboriginal Language Artist: B. Wyse. Although the site seems non-educational at first, her navigation bar leads to an education link that features videos of the Halkomelem language of the Coast Salish people which has been on the brink of extinction.
Her site also includes links to other sites such as:
I found B. Wyse’s site useful because of the education section about the Halkomelem language. I found the videos quite interesting. It was inspiring to hear the Halkomelem language from fluent speakers and hear what they had to say about how if there is no interest in learning the language than their life would have no meaning. Through art, B. Wyse is trying to share and inspire people to learn the language. At the beginning of the first video, there was a quote saying “the language encapsulates the knowledge of culture… the spirit… the environment.” I think that this statement is very true and gives reason to why dying languages of Canada’s indigenous cultures need to be revitalized – to preserve the culture!