Hornberger, Nancy (Ed.).Indigenous Literacies in the Americas: Language Planning from the Bottom Up(1997). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. The volume documents goals, challenges, and prospects in contemporary efforts to develop alphabetic literacies in traditionally unwritten languages, using experiences in indigenous language development in the Americas as case study examples. The work collected here draws from and seeks to contribute primarily to three complementary areas of scholarship; language planning (and bilingual education), literacy studies, and native American studies (in particular the exploration of native American ways of knowing). (Article by H. Russell Bernard entitled "Language Preservation and Publishing" available at the following URL: http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~ufruss/commodit.html.)

Linden, E. (1991, September 23). "Lost Tribes, Lost Knowledge." Time Magazine. Linden stresses the importance of recognizing that because native people throughout the world are abandoning their cultures, the rest of the world suffers because and the wisdom of those cultures is being lost to all.

World Wide Web References

The World Bank Group: Mexico Country Brief: http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/offrep/lac/mx2.htm

CELIAC Information Page by Dr. H. Russell Bernard, University of Florida (February 7, 1997)
http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~ufruss/english.html (english version)
http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~ufruss/spanish.html (spanish version)

Books Available from CELIAC: http://www.tulane.edu/~ling/IndigLang/CELIAC.html

Selected Books Available from CELIAC and How to Order Them

X'Tachwin X'Tatlin Li Tutunaku by Tiburcio Perez Gonzalez, May 1994.
Dillzaan Nha' Kalhjagok'ks by Alfredo Rios Belem, June 1994.
N^a Kaa Iyo YoChi N^uu Chikua'a by Josefa Gonzalez Ventura, March 1993.
La Vida Cotidiana De Jicayan by Josefa Gonzalez Ventura, March 1994.

See a complete listing of books available: http://www.tulane.edu/~ling/IndigLang/CELIAC.html

Funding and Support for CELIAC

Apple Computer, Inc.
Center for Advanced Studies in Anthropology
CIESAS (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropolog a Social)
DGEI (Direcion General de Educacion Indigena)
III (Instituto Indigenista Interamericano)
InterAmerican Indian Institute
Jesse Ball Du Pont Fund for Education
National Bureau of Indian Education
The Monterrey Institute of Technology
University of Florida, Department of Anthropology

Video Credits

Individual Contributors: Dr. Salamon Nahmad, Dr. Oscar Arze Q., Dr. Fernando Camara B., Dr. Alberto Cheng, Sr. Candido Coheto, Dr. Leonel Duran, Dr. Michael Evans, Mr. Ronald Gallo, Dr. Diego Iturralde, Sr. Enrique Ku, Dr. Jose Matos Mar, Mr. Christopher McCarty, Dr. Scott Robinson, Dr. Teresa Rojas, Mr. Gery Ryan.

The video footage was shot by Brad Wasson, senior producer/videographer in the news and public affairs broadcast section of the University of Florida, who accompanied Professor H. Russell Bernard to Oaxaca. The trip was partially funded by CNN, which aired some of the footage on their "Future Watch" program in 1992.

Contact Information

For further information about the project, contact:
CELIAC
1107 Avenida Ejercito Mexicano, Oaxaca 68020, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Phone/Fax: 52-951-59725/59729.
Send an email: celiac@infosel.net.mx

Dr. Russell Bernard
Department of Anthropology
1350 Turlington Hall
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611.
Phone: 904-376-3139.
Fax: 904-376-8617.
Send an email: ufruss@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu

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