Ichishkiin/Sahaptin (yak): Language Documentation of Natural and Cultural Resources

Ichishkiin/Sahaptin（牦牛）：自然和文化资源的语言文献

• 批准号: 1064459
• 负责人: Janne Underriner
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: University of Oregon Eugene
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-15 至 2017-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1064459&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Ichishkiin; Sahaptin; yak; Language; Documentation

This project is a collaboration between programs of the Yakama Nation and the Northwest Indian Language Institute at the University of Oregon. Each elder of the Yakama Nation holds unique and irreplaceable knowledge of the language, and about specific places and the natural and cultural resources found there. Elders will be recorded speaking to the broad themes of places and cultural and natural resource management and preservation. To Yakama tribal members, land is not just ground, dirt or soil, it is tiichám. Water is not H2O, or merely something to be adjudicated, it is chiish. Salmon is not just a fish, chinook or Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, it is núsux. The greater importance of these resources, and all that their Yakama names represent, is expanded upon and reinforced in the Yakama language by elders through recollections, stories, songs and ceremonies. The Ichishkíin language, also called Sahaptin (Sahaptian, Plateau Penutian) is highly endangered, thus this documentation work will not be possible much longer. Products and results of the project include (i) a collection of audio and video recordings of narratives, procedural texts, interviews and conversations related to themes of resources and places that are transcribed, translated and archived; and an annotated subset; (ii) a database of the above recordings and associated analysis; (iii) a catalog of the natural resources of the Yakama Nation -- culturally significant plants, animals, fish, birds, and insects, with text in Ichiskíin and English, and associated recordings and photos; (iv) an archive of all recordings and products; (v) training of speech community members in audio and video recording, text transcription, and data management. The data collected will enrich not only the field of linguistics, but also that of natural and cultural resource identification, use and protection. Training will enhance the community's ability to continue documenting their language and cultural activities.

这个项目是雅卡马民族和俄勒冈州大学西北印第安语言学院项目之间的合作。雅卡玛族的每一位长者都拥有独特和不可替代的语言知识，以及关于特定地点和那里的自然和文化资源的知识。将记录长老们对地方和文化及自然资源管理和保护等广泛主题的发言。对Yakama部落成员来说，土地不仅仅是地面、泥土或土壤，而是tiichám。水不是H2O，或者仅仅是被裁定的东西，它是chiish。鲑鱼不仅仅是一种鱼，奇努克或Oncorhynchus tshawytscha，它是núsux。长老们通过回忆、故事、歌曲和仪式，在雅卡马语言中扩大和加强了这些资源的更大重要性，以及他们的雅卡马名字所代表的一切。伊奇什金语，也被称为Sahaptin（Sahaptian，高原Penutian）是高度濒危的，因此这项文件工作将不会持续很长时间。该项目的产品和成果包括：（一）与资源和地点主题有关的叙述、程序性文本、访谈和对话的录音和录像资料汇编，经转录、翻译和存档;以及一个附加说明的子集;（二）上述录音资料和相关分析的数据库;（三）Yakama民族自然资源目录-具有文化意义的植物、动物、鱼类、鸟类和昆虫，附有Ichiskíin语和英语文本，以及相关录音和照片;（iv）所有录音和产品的档案;（v）对演讲界成员进行录音和录像、文本转录和数据管理方面的培训。所收集的数据不仅将丰富语言学领域，而且将丰富自然和文化资源的识别、使用和保护领域。培训将提高社区继续记录其语言和文化活动的能力。