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

这个项目是Yakama Nation和俄勒冈大学西北印第安人语言研究所的项目之间的合作。Yakama Nation的每一位长老都拥有独特的、不可替代的语言知识，以及关于特定地方和那里的自然和文化资源的知识。将录制长老们就地方、文化和自然资源管理和保护等广泛主题发表讲话的录音。对于Yakama部落成员来说，土地不仅仅是地面、泥土或土壤，它是Tiichám。水不是H2O，或者仅仅是需要裁决的东西，它是辣椒。鲑鱼不仅仅是一种鱼，chinook或Oncorhynchus tshawytscha，它是núsux。长老们通过回忆、故事、歌曲和仪式，在雅卡马语言中扩展和加强了这些资源的更重要的意义，以及它们所代表的雅卡玛名字所代表的一切。Ichishkíin语言，也被称为Sahaptin(Sahaptian，高原Penutian)，是高度濒危的，因此这种记录工作将不可能再有很长时间了。该项目的产品和成果包括：(1)与转录、翻译和存档的资源和场所主题有关的叙述、程序性文本、访谈和对话的录音和录像的集合；以及带注释的子集；(2)上述录音和相关分析的数据库；(3)雅卡马民族自然资源目录--具有重要文化意义的植物、动物、鱼、鸟和昆虫的目录，以及相关的录音和照片；(4)所有记录和产品的档案；(5)对语言社区成员进行录音和录像、文字转录和数据管理方面的培训。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、利用和保护领域。培训将提高社区继续记录其语言和文化活动的能力。

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.