Indigenous Language Revitalization: Encouragement, Guidance & Lessons Learned (review)

The authors provide background information about the formation of their respective lexicon committees (the Hawaiian Lexicon Committee in the early 1980s and the Alutiiq New Words Council in 2007) in order to meet the expanding functions of Indigenous language use beyond traditional cultural contexts. Candace Galla, a second-language learner of Hawaiian and now a graduate student at the University of Arizona, provides a general overview of technology applications among various Indigenous language communities, categorizing the different types of language materials production according to the level of technology used in their creation.