The Native American Language
Center at the University of California, Davis is sponsored by
Department of Native American Studies and the
Division of Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies, College of Letters and
Science
Martha J.
Macri, Director; Zoila Mendoza, Associate Director
The Center has a dual function: to encourage
linguistic research on American Indian languages, and to foster the
intergenerational transfer of language knowledge in Native American
communities. The overall aim of the Center is to develop a sustained and
productive relationship between American Indian linguistic scholarship and the
needs and aspirations of Native American people. The Center encourages the
active participation of scholars and students, both native and non-native, in
the task of language preservation and revitalization, while also providing the
resources and support for the training of a new and engaged generation of
linguists.
Projects sponsored by the NALC
J. P. Harrington Database Project
Quechua Language and Society See website with photographs, music and links related to the recent book by Professor Mendoza, Creating our Own: Folklore, Performance, and Identity in Cuzco, Peru.
Glyph Dwellers An electronic journal of reports from the Maya Hieroglyphic Database Project
Maya Hieroglyphic Database Project, sponsored by NEH and NSF
Cherokee Dictionary Project (proposals in preparation)
Links to related websites:
Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival
Society for the Study of American Indian Linguistics (SSILA)
Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Terralingua Partnerships for Linguistic and Biological Diversity
Last updated December 26, 2008.