Program

Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers

Period of Performance

1/1/2007 - 1/31/2008

Funding Totals

$40,000.00 (approved)
$40,000.00 (awarded)


Easter Island Linguistic Heritage Project: Creating a Digital Archive for Rapa Nui Oral and Video Histories

FAIN: FA-52155-05

Miki Makihara
CUNY Research Foundation, Queens College (Flushing, NY 11367-1575)

This project will establish a digital archive of oral and video histories of the Rapa Nui, the indigenous community of Easter Island, so as to document its endangered language and linguistic practices and contribute and promote community efforts to preserve and maintain its language.