To keep its language alive the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians pledged $1 million to Fresno State‚s College of Arts and Humanities for the Department of Linguistics May 7.
College faculty and students have been working with native speakers of the language since 2009 to devise a writing system and produce a dictionary. These funds will further that effort. Before now the language hasn't existed on paper.FULL STORY AT:
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/05/10/tribe-donates-1-million-to-preserve-chukchansi-language-112217
College faculty and students have been working with native speakers of the language since 2009 to devise a writing system and produce a dictionary. These funds will further that effort. Before now the language hasn't existed on paper.FULL STORY AT:
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/05/10/tribe-donates-1-million-to-preserve-chukchansi-language-112217