Heenetiineyoo3eihiiho' = Language healers / an EmpathyWorks Films production ; directed, produced by Brian McDermott.

"We learn about the importance of Native languages and cultures in Alaska from a Yup'ik dog musher and a Tlingit carver of wood and metal. The film then takes us to a school in Wisconsin where we hear the story of a seventh grade girl who was recently punished for speaking a few words of the Menomin...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: EmpathyWorks Films (Production company)
Other Authors: McDermott, Brian, 1970- (Film director, Film producer)
Language:English
Yupik languages
Language of the Original:
Yupik languages
Language and/or Writing System:
In English; portion in Yup'ik with English subtitles; a few words in other Native languages.
Published: [Swarthmore, Pa.] : EmpathyWorks Films, [2014], ©2014.
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Genre:
Physical Description:1 videodisc (40 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Language healers. [Parallel title]
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
"We learn about the importance of Native languages and cultures in Alaska from a Yup'ik dog musher and a Tlingit carver of wood and metal. The film then takes us to a school in Wisconsin where we hear the story of a seventh grade girl who was recently punished for speaking a few words of the Menominee language. We learn more about the fight against language loss through visiting a Euchee (Yuchi) immersion school in Oklahoma where only four fluent elder speakers remain. We also meet National Geographic Fellow and Swarthmore College linguistics professor K. David Harrison who introduces us to his innovative online talking dictionaries project for Indigenous languages. Finally, we travel to Montana where an inventive Arapaho professor has developed an effective method to quickly save these disappearing national treasures."
Note:Videorecording.
Call Number:PM206 .H44 2014 VideoDVD
Credits:Edited by Brian McDermott ; music, Chris Colletti, Jesse Kalu.
System Details:DVD, NTSC.