Daryl Baldwin

Daryl Baldwin
Nationality American
Alma mater Master's Degree in North American Linguistics, University of Montana.[1]
Occupation Language teacher and preservationist
Known for Reviving the Miami language

Daryl Baldwin is a revivalist of the Miami language from the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. He is currently the leader of the Myaamia Center at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.[2]

Baldwin taught himself Miami from historic documents and studies held by the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives, and has developed educational programs.[3] He has worked with Leanne Hinton's Breath of Life project for reviving endangered languages, and raised his four children as native speakers of Myaamia.[3][4][5]

Baldwin has also been a member of the cultural resource advisory committee of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Morgan Fellows Host Symposium: Native American Identity and Representation". Antioch College. 2010-01-23. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  2. ↑ "Miami's Myaamia Project becomes Myaamia Center". Miami University News: News Release. 2013-03-05. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  3. 1 2 Gugliotta, Guy (2014-01-20). "Smithsonian archives preserve lost and dying languages". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
  4. ↑ "Breath of Life conference to help California Indians save endangered languages". Imperial Valley News. 2014-05-26. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  5. ↑ "Shinnecock, Unkechaug Nations seek to revive their languages – 'the DNA of a culture' – lost for two centuries". The Buffalo Post. 2008-04-06. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  6. ↑ "Local group turns over 'forgotten' documents to Miami tribe". 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2014-06-01.

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