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“2. Teaching of language and culture and livelihood
• teacher training in teaching indigenous languages: so elements of
language and culture can be passed along to younger generations
• development of teaching resources, including digital resources
• development of capacity within communities: teachers who are
prepared and can contribute to transmission of language and culture
• laws and policies on language learning and education (this varies from
jurisdiction to jurisdiction and involves varying levels of support
(including non-existent) for indigenous language education)
• local, regional, national and international components: all must work
together cohesively and towards the goal of language teaching
• role of local communities and parents: development of communitybased
approaches to indigenous language learning
• more demand for indigenous language learning than there are programs
for (Yakutia example)
• linguistics can assist: need to communicate the research in meaningful
ways to indigenous communities
3. Encouraging applied research on language and culture
• example: recording languages
• for some groups language and culture is on the brink of being lost; for
others the languages are still very alive
8. Technologies
• connect development of indigenous languages/cultures to the
development of digital technologies,
• access to new technologies: access to internet.”
In future UArctic developments, attention should be given to the interaction
between language, culture and livelihood. Many of the traditional indigenous
livelihood connected challenges are caused by no connection to modern virtual
technology: technology is not adjusted to their real needs (like language
compatibility), technology back up lacks, etc.
As we experience, there are a lot of challenges reported that need solutions
before cyberspace can in an advanced manner service the needs of small
languages. Another break-out session at the 2011 council meeting discussed
possible indigenous principles for the future development and will soon be
available on the UArctic web-site. The idea is to arrange at the annual council
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