Digital Library Projects at the American Indian Studies Research Institute Raymond J. DeMallie, Director — Douglas R.Parks, Associate Director Wallace Hooper, Director of Software Development
Digital Library Collaborations at AISRI Plains Indian Languages Consortium — professional linguists with related research interests seeking to provide data and resources over the web Dakota Indian Foundation — Digital Archives Project. The Ella DeLoria Papers. Lakota Language Consortium — Development of curriculum and instructional materials for use in Lakota school districts under the sponsorship of the Oglala Nation Education Consortium.
Lakota Language Consortium Schools
Mission of AISRI Anthropology, linguistics and ethnohistory of the North American Plains Indians Language documentation — concentrations in Siouan and Caddoan languages Language stabilization and revitalization Development of useful computer applications and resources
Publication Programs Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians — 24 titles Sources of American Indian Oral Literature —7 titles Smithsonian Handbook of North American Indians, Plains Volume Anthropological Linguistics, quarterly journal
State of Native American Languages—Case of Lakota
Language Documentation Elicitation of lexical data for the construction of reference dictionaries Collection of texts, oral literature, and use of historical linguistic sources Establishment of sound archives — AISRI’s Center for the Documentation of Endangered Languages
Indiana Dictionary Database Processor
IDD Browse Screen
IDD Entry Screen
IDD Gloss Screen
Annotated Text Processor
Language Instruction Traditional pedagogical model: certified teacher team-teaching with a tribal elder Use of computer-based instructional aids Teacher training Immersion
Arikira Lessons—Sample Dictation Exercise Page
Arikara Lessons—Sample Sentence Patterns Exercise
Arikara Lesson—Cultural Lessons
Preparing Digital Library Materials: Data modeling in the Indiana Text Lab
TextLab Model for an IDD Dictionary
TextLab Model for a Grammar