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National Museum of the American Indian Library Monthly Announcements MARCH 2010 1. Speaking Our Language: Preserving the Saginaw Chippewa Dialect 2. The Alaska Native Knowledge Network 3. Native American Cordage 4. Trail Tribes 5. Native American Documents Project 6. Pueblo of Sandia 7. Early Images of Virginia Indians 8. Hoopa Valley Stories? 9. New Online Journals Added to Horizon by SIL. 10. Werowocomoco Research Project 11. Montana Tribes 12. American Indian Elder Health: Critical Information for Researchers and Policymakers 13. Native Hawaiian Government May Become Reality 14. Striving to Achieve: Helping Native American Students Succeed15. Massachusetts Historical Society: Photographs of Native Americans 16. Lesser-Known Features of Google 1. Speaking Our Language: Preserving the Saginaw Chippewa DialectOnly a handful of people speak the Ojibway dialect of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan. To preserve the language, the tribal museum embarked on a project to digitally record fluent speakers, teach children to speak the language, and produce quarterly communityimmersion events. The efforts are bearing fruit, as the tribal government is now taking aggressive steps to promote and preserve its native tongue. /profiles/Apr10.shtm 2. The Alaska Native Knowledge Network This website is designed to serve as a resource for compiling and exchanging information related to Alaska Native knowledge systems and ways of knowing. It has been established to assist Native people, government agencies, educators and the general public in gaining access to the knowledge base that Alaska Natives have acquired through cumulative experience over millennia. / 3. Native American Cordage Contains general information on methods used by American Indians to locate, harvest, and prepare various plant and animal fibers for making ropes and cords. An animated demonstration of thigh-spinning is included. From NativeTech: /cordage/ 4. Trail Tribes This website int