{"id":42397,"date":"2016-01-29T13:51:25","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T23:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=42397"},"modified":"2020-01-07T14:04:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T00:04:56","slug":"indigenous-language-leaders-gather-for-inaugural-symposium-at-uh-hilo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/01\/29\/indigenous-language-leaders-gather-for-inaugural-symposium-at-uh-hilo\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous language leaders gather for inaugural symposium at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Hilo"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xh10JEVgO_g\" title=\"Youtube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Indigenous language leaders from across the world gathered at the Univeristy of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olelo.hawaii.edu\/\">Ka Haka <span aria-label=\"Ula o Keelikolani\">&#699;Ula o Ke&#699;elik&#333;lani<\/span> College of Hawaiian Language<\/a> for the <a href=\"http:\/\/mokuolahonua.com\/\">Mokuola Honua Global Center for Indigenous Language Excellence<\/a> (<abbr>GCILE<\/abbr>) inaugural symposium.<\/p>\n<p>The symposium was an opportunity for various indigenous groups to convene and discuss strategies for language revitalization and normalization as well as identify areas for collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The symposium was a rare opportunity for representatives of indigenous languages all over the world to share in strengthening the wellbeing of the native languages of our homelands,&rdquo; said <strong>Larry Kimura<\/strong>, associate professor at Ka Haka <span aria-label=\"Ula o Keelikolani\">&#699;Ula o Ke&#699;elik&#333;lani<\/span>. &ldquo;An indigenous self-determining educational approach was a pivotal component examined, where for some countries a thriving native language of the home has no place in their non-indigenous language education system.  While for other places, advancing the indigenous language and philosophy as the medium of formal education begins to increase the wellbeing of a people and their dying population of indigenous language speakers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Global collaboration, rooted in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Attendees included representatives from Aotearoa (New Zealand), S&aacute;mpi (Norway), Greenland, Scotland, First Nations (United States), Indonesia, Kenya, Nicaragua and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<abbr>GCILE<\/abbr> is bringing people together to collectively develop duplicable best practices that can be used throughout the world. So the inherent impact of what will take place in this center is literally going to have a global impact,&rdquo; said Amy Kalili, coordinator for the Mokuola Honua <abbr>GCILE<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n<p>The symposium began with a visit to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nawahi.org\/\"><span aria-label=\"Ke Kula o Nawahiokalaniopuu\">Ke Kula &#699;o N&#257;wah&#299;okalani&#699;&#333;pu&#699;u<\/span><\/a>, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>&#8217;s flagship preschool-12th grade Hawaiian-medium education campus, to learn about pedagogical approaches and curriculum development.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The innovations of <span aria-label=\"Ke Kula o Nawahiokalaniopuu\">Ke Kula &#699;o N&#257;wah&#299;okalani&#699;&#333;pu&#699;u<\/span> in terms of early literacy, third language teaching, oratory development and applied learning in a cultural context were specifically mentioned as impressive by a number of participants,&rdquo; said <strong>William &ldquo;Pila&rdquo; Wilson<\/strong>, chair of Ka Haka <span aria-label=\"Ula o Keelikolani\">&#699;Ula o Ke&#699;elik&#333;lani<\/span>&#8217;s academic programs division. Wilson added that many participants from various American tribes were interested in the school as they are working to develop their own schools using strategies and research developed at N&#257;wah&#299;.<\/p>\n<p>Following the visit to N&#257;wah&#299;, symopsium attendees returned to Ka Haka <span aria-label=\"Ula o Keelikolani\">&#699;Ula o Ke&#699;elik&#333;lani<\/span> for panel discussions about how policy, education and media relates to language revitalization and normalization.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The symposium provided an extended venue for furthering our global understanding of indigenous language issues, best practices and solutions through education, media and policy,&rdquo; said <strong>Keiki <span aria-label=\"Kawaiaea\">Kawai&#699;ae&#699;a<\/span><\/strong>, director for Ka Haka <span aria-label=\"Ula o Keelikolani\">&#699;Ula o Ke&#699;elik&#333;lani<\/span> College of Hawaiian Language. &ldquo;As a larger global community, we can garner those collective efforts as synergy towards strengthening the vibrancy of our indigenous languages.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Ching<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42404\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/hilo-language-mokuola-symposium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"334\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/hilo-language-mokuola-symposium.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/hilo-language-mokuola-symposium-260x140.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees share their language through chant. 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