Dear Pomo Language Speakers,

Thank you for your recent participation in our Pomo language assessment survey.  The information is currently being distributed to the community.  Please let us know if you have not received a copy of the status report.  The information collected in the survey has been invaluable and is helpful to our efforts to create Pomo language learning tools.  Our next step in this process is to create hands on resources that can be shared with tribal youth and adult community members.

We held a Pomo Language youth summer camp last July.  We hosted twenty tribal youth from various Pomo tribes.  The youth were so excited to learn and picked up phrases and vocabulary very quickly.  They spent a week interviewing elders and creating learning tools.  They are eager to learn more!  We are working to continue the camps and hope to generate pride and confidence in every Pomo child that comes through our doors.

We are contacting you with the hope that you will assist us in continuing these efforts.  Our records indicate that in the CIMCC Pomo language survey, you identified yourself as a Pomo speaker.  Like you, many of us feel that traditional language learning is a life time process.   Regardless of whether you feel you know a few words or can carry on an extensive conversation, each contribution counts at this point in history because so much has been lost.

As a speaker, you could help us save the Pomo language for our children by participating in a few interview/recording sessions.  We pay speakers up to $100 per hour to participate in documentation/recording sessions.  We are also happy to cover any mileage or travel expenses roundtrip from your home to our facility in Santa Rosa or we can make arrangements to travel to you if preferred.  You will be provided with copies of each of the recording sessions, and will have full access to the language-learning site and other resources generated from your contribution.

Please contact us if you are willing to participate.  We will set up an orientation session and address any issues or concerns you have about the documentation process.  Please contact me or my assistant, Scott Anderton at 707 579-3004 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

I wish you and your family the best for 2012!

Sincerely,

Nicole Lim

Nicole Lim

The California Indian Museum and Cultural Center

THE CALIFORNIA INDIAN MUSEUM

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CULTURAL CENTER

PRESENTS:

Football Indian Style:  The Carlisle Story

February Lecture PDF Here

Saturday, February 9, 2012

Time:  6:00 PM  - 7:30 PM

5250 Aero Drive, Santa Rosa, CA 95403

By 1907, the Carlisle Indian School football team was the most dynamic team in college football, games between the boarding school and the nation’s top collegiate teams usually ended in a victory for Carlisle.  Coach Glenn Scobey "pop" Warner, Olympic Champion Jim Thorpe and other team champions invented modern football as we know it today.  They pioneered the forward pass, the overhand spiral and other tactics that transformed the way in which the sport is played.

Come join us for an afternoon of exploring this little known era of sports history.  Learn more about Jim Thorpe and the other Carlisle athletes, share in their triumphs and tragedies.  Presenters will discuss the important contributions these legendary players made in changing both the game of football and federal Indian policy.

California Indian Museum & Cultural Center at:  (707) 579-3004,

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or visit our Website at www.cimcc.org

YOUR DONATIONS ARE SINCERELY APPRECIATED

Football Indian Style:  The Carlisle Story

March 15, 2012 Indians in the History of the “Golden State”   An Examination of Historical Bias

May 10th, 2012 Sanctity, Servitude and Survival:  California Mission History

Lectures are held on Thursday evenings from 6:00 to 7:30 pm

The California Indian Museum and Cultural Center

5250 Aero Drive, Santa Rosa, California

Call CIMCC for more information, lecture times and directions

(707) 579-3004 or visit www.cimcc.org

All lectures are open to the public

Lecture dates and times are subject to

change based on availability

Visit WWW.CIMCC.ORG

The California Indian Museum Lecture Series

Announcing the 2012 Tillie Hardwick Lecture Series

During the whirlwind era of termination many California Indian Rancherias became things of the past. In a landmark case, Tillie Hardwick v. United States, one Pomo woman restored the sovereign status of 17 tribes.

CIM honors  Ms. Hardwick’s dedication and contributions to all California Indians.

From the north on Highway 101S: Airport Blvd. exit. Turn left onto Airport Blvd. Turn right onto Aero Drive.

From the south on Highway 101N: Fulton Rd. exit.  Turn right onto Airport Blvd. Turn right onto Aero Drive.