Recovering Voices Indigenous Digital Archive Pilot:
Nuu-da’ Mv-ne’
National Breath of Life - Smithsonian - 2017
Introductions
Language Background -
Where we are from
Language Background - Language Growth
Nuu-da’ Language Project: Background
Nuu-da’ Language Project:
Breath of Life 2015
Nuu-da’ Language Project: SWOAL NSF DEL Grant
Purpose is to support:
Using materials in public archives (including NAA)
Nuu-da’ Project Needs for a Database
Databases Tried Main Issues
Examples of Database Issues - Token variation
Dorsey (1884) collected 11 different tokens of ‘man’ including:
Reliability of Dataǃ
Examples of Database issues - Paradigms
Return to Breath of Life 2017!
Benefits of RVIDA to Nuu-da’ Project
RVIDA Process - Front end
RVIDA - Pilot: Extra demands
What RVIDA isn’t
Suggestions for you - no matter the software you use!
Shu’ shaa-nii-la!