Takelma Books Submitted to Endangered Language Collection

The Cow Creek Umpqua Education Department has submitted three Takelma language primers (Animals, Colors, and Numbers) to the IBBY-UNESCO Collection of Remarkable Books in Indigenous and Endangered Languages. If accepted, the Takelma books will be presented as part of the collection at the IBBY 40th World Congress in Ottawa, Canada, in August.

The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) has partnered with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)  on this collection in an attempt to preserve languages that are in danger of becoming extinct by the turn of the century. The project hopes to “draw global  attention on the critical situation of many Indigenous languages and to mobilize stakeholders and resources for their preservation, revitalization and promotion.”

For more information on this initiative, please visit IBBY.org.