OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE LAKOTA LANGUAGE INTERVIEW CATALOGING AND DIGITIZATION [CATALOG AND DIGITIZE RECORDINGS OF LAKOTA E...

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OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE LAKOTA LANGUAGE INTERVIEW CATALOGING AND DIGITIZATION [CATALOG AND DIGITIZE RECORDINGS OF LAKOTA ELDERS FROM THE PINE RIDGE AND CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX RESERVATIONS] [PURPOSE:'THIS GRANT WILL RETAIN ONE'STAFF MEMBER AND'HIRE THREE CONSULTANTS TO CATALOG'AND DIGITIZE'421 RECORDINGS OF INTERVIEWS WITH LAKOTA ELDERS FROM FOUR RESERVATIONS.'  ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE APPLICANT'WOULD RETAIN'ITS'DIGITIZATION SPECIALIST AND WOULD'HIRE TWO CATALOGING'ASSISTANTS AND A LAKOTA LANGUAGE LINGUIST'WHO HAS WORKED WITH LAKOTA COMMUNITIES IN NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA FOR OVER 28 YEARS. THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL'PROCESS OVER 200 HOURS OF RECORDINGS OF INDIGENOUS, LAKOTA LANGUAGE SPEECH'THAT THE LINGUIST'HAS DONATED TO THE LIBRARY.   EXPECTED OUTCOMES:'THE'RECORDINGS AND THEIR CATALOG'WOULD'PROVIDE'A VALUABLE'CORPUS OF SPOKEN'NATIVE'LANGUAGE AND'WOULD'BE PRESERVED ON'THE'MUKURTU'CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM,'DESIGNED FOR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TO MANAGE, SHARE, AND EXCHANGE THEIR DIGITAL HERITAGE IN CULTURALLY-RELEVANT'AND ETHICAL WAYS. THEY'WILL'BE HELD AT THE'WOKSAPE'TIPI LIBRARY, A FEDERAL DEPOSITORY LIBRARY, WHICH HAS EXTENSIVE ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS.'  INTENDED BENEFICIARIES:'A DIVERSE ARRAY OF HUMANITIES SCHOLARS, INCLUDING LINGUISTS, HISTORIANS, FOLKLORISTS, RELIGIOUS STUDIES SCHOLARS, ANTHROPOLOGISTS, AND SOCIOLOGISTS, WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS COLLECTION OF RECORDINGS BEING ACCESSIBLE AND NAVIGABLE. STUDENTS IN THE LAKOTA STUDIES DEPARTMENT AT OGLALA DAKOTA COLLEGE AND STUDENTS OF THE LAKOTA LANGUAGE, HISTORY, AND CULTURE AT THE COLLEGE OR ELSEWHERE WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS ARCHIVED COLLECTION OF INTERVIEWS WITH LAKOTA ELDERS.   SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES:'THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS. ]