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class=094280721-20112009>Dear Tribal Librarians-</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=094280721-20112009>Please make sure your language program people know
about this, thanks.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=094280721-20112009>MK</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>MaryKay Dahlgreen</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Library Development Program
Manager</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Oregon State Library</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial>503-378-5012</FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial>marykay.dahlgreen@state.or.us</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Jacques du Plessis
[mailto:jacques@uwm.edu] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, November 20, 2009 9:25
AM<BR><B>To:</B>
kray@fortmcdowell.org;drosenblum@umail.ucsb.edu;bobbie_smith@cherokee.org;bobbie-smith@cherokee.org;rjensen@tttribe.org;ncai@ncai.org;jeannette.garcia@tonation-nsn.gov;ahkoheka;diane
mattingly;roberta moede;nathalee
kristiansen;dahlgreen_marykay@oslmac.osl.state.or.us;Lynda
Shoshone;jorge.lopez@washoetribe.us;Susan Feller<BR><B>Cc:</B> Kate
Keener<BR><B>Subject:</B> Developing native American Languages on the Web (grant
opportunity)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Since
the Tribal Libraries and Museums Conference in Portland, I have worked hard to
gear up for an IMLS grant to develop language resources for Native American
languages on the Web. The idea is to submit an IMLS Leadership planning grant.
The planning grant will focuscto develop strategies and do training etc. so that
we can move into a grant for language development of native American languages
on the Web. Go take a look at www.openlanguages.net/afrikaans as an
example.<BR><BR>Issues: <BR>1. Submission date is February 1, 2010<BR>2. I am in
Africa Jan 4 - 21, so I want to wrap this up by the end of Dec. Thus, we have
only a month, including Christmas and Thanksgiving<BR><BR>I want to be as
inclusive as possible, so I am reaching out to all of you. <BR><BR>If your tribe
is interested to have open resources on the Web developed, please reply to this
email immediately.<BR><BR>Also, if you know of others that might be interested
to participate, please forward the email to them.<BR><BR>Deadline: I need you to
respond by Thanksgiving, so that we can move ahead to complete the grant
application before the year's end.<BR><BR>I am leaving the porch light on for
you, so please let me hear from you.<BR><BR>Kind regards,
JQ<BR><BR>======================<BR>Dr. Jacques du Plessis<BR>School of
Information Studies<BR>University of Wisconsin (UWM)<BR>Bolton 510 <BR>3210N
Maryland Ave<BR>Milwaukee, WI, 53211<BR><BR>Tel 414.229.2856<BR>www.afrikaans.us
and www.openlanguages.net<BR>www.sois.uwm.edu/jacques<BR><BR>"Fluidity is the
way to life. Fixation is the way to death. This is something that should be well
understood."<BR>-Miyamoto Musashi, the Book of Five
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