Cultural Revitalization

• Indian Removal
• Dawes Act, Curtis Act, Burke Act
• Boarding Schools
• Indian Citizenship Act of 1924
• Termination
• Indian Relocation Act of 1956
• American Indian Religious Freedom Act 1978
• Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978
• Native American Languages Act of 1990

Little Bit of (Creek) History

Case Study

Hawaiian Cultural Revitalization

Language Revitalization

• ʻAha Pūnana Leo was established in 1983 http://www.ahapunanaleo.org
• Teach young children to learn the language
  http://www.ahapunanaleo.org/images/files/Aha_Punana_Leo_Case_Study.pdf
• Literacy
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEYs9wOUxsE

Maritime Navigation

• Papa Mau
• Navigation using the Sun, stars, wind and clouds, seas and swells¹
• Helped to revive traditional navigation in the Polynesian islands starting in 1975¹

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mau_Piailug

Seminole Language Project

• Using techniques from the Hawaiian language program
• ~20 Seminole speakers
• ~200 Creek Speakers
• ~10 new language speakers