Are you part of an Indigenous community using archival materials to revitalize your language and culture? National Breath of Life is offering paid apprenticeship opportunities to build and manage digital archives that support your community’s revitalization efforts. Selected apprentices receive hands-on training and financial support to learn the Indigenous Languages Digital Archive (ILDA)—a tribally owned…
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National Breath of Life Expands with New $2.1 Million Grant
The Myaamia Center has been awarded a $2,100,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to expand the work of its National Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages. The grant, announced Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, will enable the expansion of National Breath of Life (BoL) programming in three significant ways: Click here to read more about the…
Reflections from the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums Conference
This November, National Breath of Life, Myaamia Center, and Miami Tribe of Oklahoma staff attended the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM) conference on the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation in Palm Springs, CA, where National Breath of Life was awarded the Language Program Institutional Excellence Award. ATALM is a non-profit organization that maintains…
Two Years Later: Outcomes of the National BoL Apprenticeship Program
The National Breath of Life Apprenticeship Program was launched in 2022 to empower Indigenous communities to preserve and strengthen their unique language efforts. Through mentorship from their community language leaders and National Breath of Life (BoL) staff, apprentices began the process of building a digital language archive, creating usable language data, and learning about the…
Apprentices Gather at Miami University to Learn and Share Experiences
National Breath of Life apprentices traveled to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio on May 2-4, 2024 to participate in the first-ever apprenticeship gathering. The gathering, supported in part by the Myaamia Center, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Mellon Foundation, allowed participants to meet face-to-face to learn from one another, share experiences, and…
National Breath of Life Contributes to International Language Revitalization Discussions at PULiiMA Conference
Members of the National Breath of Life team recently traveled to Larrakia Country in the Northern Territory of Australia for the PULiiMA Indigenous Language and Technology conference, to contribute to a global conversation about the tools and policies necessary to document, protect, and teach languages. akooka weenswiaani ‘my name is Stella Beerman’ and I’m the…
Myaamia Center and Miami University’s IT Services Receive 2023 CIO 100 Award for Contributions to National Breath of Life Technology
Myaamia Center and Miami University’s IT Services Receive 2023 CIO 100 Award for Contributions to National Breath of Life Technology We’re pleased to share that the Myaamia Center, the institutional home of National Breath of Life, with support from Miami University’s IT Services, has received a national CIO 100 Award for its innovative use of…
Introducing the National Breath of Life Apprenticeship Program
Introducing the National Breath of Life Apprenticeship Program In March 2022, National Breath of Life was pleased to launch the National Breath of Life Apprenticeship program with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. As community-directed language revitalization activities continue to grow and expand, it’s clear more resources,…
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