Language reconstruction and strengthening community: the role of archival resources

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by UBC's Breath of Life Archival Institute of First Nations Languages. Daryl Baldwin is a citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Director of the Myaamia Center at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The Myaamia Center is a unique collaborative effort supported by the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Miami University in Oxford, Ohio for the purpose of advancing the language and cultural needs of the Myaamia people. Daryl received an MA in linguistics from the University of Montana. He has worked with the Myaamia people developing language and cultural materials since 1995. For an update on the projects currently under development through the Myaamia Center please visit the web site at http://www.myaamiacenter.org. Daryl is also a MacArthur Foundation Fellow.