LINGUIST List 16.422
Fri Feb 11 2005
Media: Preserving Tribal Heritage with Online Games
Editor for this issue: Megan Zdrojkowski
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1. Ella
Earp-Lynch,
Preserving Tribal Heritage with Online Games
Message 1: Preserving Tribal Heritage with Online Games
Date: 09-Feb-2005
From: Ella Earp-Lynch <ella
alumni.concordia.ca>
Subject: Preserving Tribal Heritage with Online Games
A member of the Deeni (Tolowa Deeni) tribe, and one of the last surviving
fluent speakers of the Deeni language, is using an online role playing game
(MMOG) to try and preserve his tribal heritage and language.
Link to article on game site:
http://www.dragonscoveherald.com/blog/index.php?p=663 source: boingboing.net
Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
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