Abstract
Although Linguistics has long included Indigenous languages, the same is not true for members of Indigenous language communities or their ways of knowing. In response, the Natives4Linguistics project was created to theorize and promote the integration of Native American intellectual traditions, needs, and epistemologies to guide the research questions, methods, products, and protocols of the field.This panel will highlight the work that the Natives4Linguistics project has done and its impact within the linguistics community. Its focus will be on accountability to Indigenous communities in disciplinary practices, and what individual linguists can do toward this objective.
(Session 2: Wednesday, July 12th, 3:00-4:20pm)
Location: ILC S331
Presenters: Wesley Y. Leonard & Adrienne Tsikewa
Wesley Y. Leonard (he/him) is a citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and an associate professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Riverside. Drawing from his training in linguistics and experience in community language programs, he works to build capacity for Native American language reclamation. He co-founded the Natives4Linguistics project.
Adrienne Tsikewa (she/her) is a Zuni Pueblo enrolled tribal member and a linguistics graduate student at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She served as the convener for the newly formed Native4Linguistics LSA Special Interest Group from its inception in 2019 until January 2022. She is also a current co-convenor of the CoLang Advisory Circle.
