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SRT Captions File Generated by MXFplus MAJOR FUNDING FOR inFOCUS IS
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, HEALTH, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT AFTER SURVIVING EUROPEAN FOR FIVE CENTURIES, MANY TONIGHT WE'LL FIND OUT HOW MEXICO ARE WORKING TO PRESERVE THEN WE'LL GET A SNEAK PREVIEW HELLO AND WELCOME TO inFOCUS. HELLO AND WELCOME TO inFOCUS.
AT A TIME WHEN CULTURAL ETHNIC REGIONS OF THE WORLD APART, A VARIETY OF CULTURES CAN LIVE THROUGH MIGRATIONS BECOME NOT A MELTING POT OF DIVERSITY CAN PEACEFULLY THE CHALLENGE OF SUCCESSFUL GREATEST FOR NATIVE AMERICANS OF EUROPEANS AND AMERICANS BUT THROUGH A STRATEGY OF THESE NEWER SETTLERS WHILE THEIR CULTURE AT HOME, NATIVE IN RECENT YEARS, HOWEVER, MORE AND MORE NATIVE CHILDREN IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SINCE 1992, THE INDIGENOUS
IN SANTA FE, HAS BEEN WORKING AND FOSTER COMMUNITY-BASED IN THE STUDIO THIS EVENING ARE OF THE LANGUAGE PRESERVATION ACTOR WES STUDI, SINGER/SONG MAURA DHU STUDI, BOARD LANGUAGE INSTITUTE AND TESSIE OF THE INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR BEING I AM GOING TO START >> Delphine: WELL, A LOT OF IT I AM A PRODUCT OF BILINGUAL MY PARENTS GO AGAINST AND THIS HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE RESERVATION, OTHERWISE KNOWN MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME HOW
AND A LITTLE ABOUT THE CULTURE I AM DOING MY GRADUATE WORK THERE IS A CLASH THERE. AND IT IS A SYMPTOM >> Arcie: HOW SERIOUS -- HOW >> Maura: WELL, ORIGINALLY CONTINENT THERE WERE UPWARD AND OF THOSE 175, ONLY 20 ARE MEANS THAT THEY ARE SPOKEN 70 LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN ONLY
LANGUAGES THAT ARE ONLY SPOKEN SO, THOSE LANGUAGES ARE WITHIN SO IT IS VERY CRITICAL. >> Arcie: TESSIE, WHAT IS INSTITUTE DOING TO PRESERVE THE FAIR THAT WE ARE GOING >> Tessie: ILI IS A NATIONAL FOCUS IS TO SUPPORT LANGUAGES AND ALONG WITH THAT OUR CONNECTIONS, MEANING, WHEN THE ORGANIZATION ILI WHAT WE DO IS WE COLLECT GIVE BACK THE INFORMATION, NETWORKING, SO THAT WE CAN
WE DO THIS SO THAT WE CAN GIVE I KNOW THAT I HAVE SOME TEACHING AND I HAVE MADE SOME HAD HELP, I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD IS WHAT ILI IS TRYING TO DO IS A HEAD START SO THAT IT CAN >> Arcie: WES, WHY HAVE >> Wes: JUST TO FOLLOW-UP THE ORGANIZATION ILI ALSO AND DISSEMINATES IT AMONG I BECAME INTERESTED IN IT
TO DO WITH HOW WE INTERACT SELF-IDENTITY LEADS TO POOR OF THING, AND WORKING TO SPEAK TO AND WITH CHILDREN OVER THE YEARS, THAT IS ONE AND THE CONCEPT, SELF-CONCEPT WAS A WAY TO BEGIN TO WORK TESSIE AND MY WIFE MAURA, IN THE FOUNDING OF SO, WE HAVE BEEN GOING FULL >> Arcie: DO YOU SPEAK >> Wes: I DO.
(SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE). >> Arcie: YOU JUST SAID? >> Wes: I SAID, YES, I DO >> Arcie: DO YOU TALK LANGUAGES AND I WAS TALKING WAYS OF TEACHING CHILDREN TO, IS COOL WHICH DELPHINE WAS THINK IT IS OLD FASHION THAT HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO DO HAVE YOU FOUND CREATIVE WAYS >> Wes: I AM HAPPY TO HAVE MET SHARE NOTES BUT ALL I DO IS AS POSSIBLE IN MY OWN THROW IT OUT THERE AND THROW I DON'T KNOW.
I AM TOO OLD TO KNOW WHAT COOL I THINK I PROBABLY ALREADY HIT I AM COLD BLOODED THESE DAYS. >> Maura: ONE OF THE THINGS OF PEOPLE HAVE -- OR THER IS A LANGUAGE IS STATIC, THAT IT YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THEY SHOULD ONLY BE USED TRADITIONAL VALUES AND WHICH BUT ARE TO BE USED ONLY >> Wes: THE CHEROKEE PEOPLE AND AN INFORMAL, OR EVERYDAY BROKEN DOWN BETWEEN CEREMONIAL MANY TIMES WHAT HAPPENS, IN SAYING, THAT IS INDIAN CHEROKEE AND THIS IS NOT, AND CHEROKEE CAN'T REMAIN
AND YOU KNOW A LANGUAGE, ONCE TO STAGNATE, SO, OUR TRIBE HAS YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF WORD DO ONE SUGGESTION WAS MAYBE OKAY, WE HAVE A WORD AND THIS LARGE BOX OVER HERE, SO WE COULD CALL IT MOUSE'S RIGHT? (SPEAKING NATIVE >> Maura: THESE ENCOURAGE YOUNGER PEOPLE TO FEEL ON THE LANGUAGE BY HELPING IT >> Arcie: HAVE YOU FOUND WITH THE INSTITUTE THAT THE LANGUAGE ALONG? IS THAT >> Tessie: THAT IS ONE
A NUMBER OF THINGS OTHER THAN AND ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT OF YEARS AGO WAS A FIELD WE VISITED NEARLY 40 PROGRAMS THERE TO DETERMINE WHAT AND IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT ONE OF THEM BEING THAT THE TIME TO TEACH >> Arcie: DELPHINE, HAVE >> Delphine: IN SOME CASES PUSH FROM THE YOUNGER AND BECAUSE I HAVE TAUGHT GETTING STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE, YET,
AND SO THIS IS A NEW CONCEPT AND SO I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING AND I AM FINDING THAT I HAVE FROM THE BABY ROCKING THE WAY UP TO GRANDMOTHER, AND THEY ALREADY SEE IT AND, IT IS THAT GENERATION TO ABOUT 60 YEAR OLDS, WHERE WITH THE HURT THAT THEY HAVE UNFORTUNATE AND I SEE THIS BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THE LANGUAGE FLUENTLY CRAVES THIS INFORMATION AND WE NEED TO GIVE IT TO THEM
>> Arcie: CAN YOU SHARE THAT YOU COME UP AND CREATIVE >> Delphine: I AM CREATING OF MY COURSE WORK TO TEACH BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SPEAK THE LANGUAGE, THERE WRITE IT WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE RELIGION THEY FOLLOW, THEY ARE MY WHOLE DEAL IS TO GET TO READ AND WRITE AND I AM TO ADULT SO THEY CAN TEACH >> Arcie: SO -- MAURA. >> Maura: ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR INSTANCE, SOME
AND THEN OTHERS LIKE A SYLABARY CREATED BY SEQUOIA SO THEY HAVE HAD A WRITTEN BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS OF REALLY EXCITING TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD BE DONE TO PROMOTE >> Tessie: ONE OF OUR NEWER A CENTER WHERE WE HAVE AND THERE ARE -- THERE IS SO THESE TEACHERS AND CREATE THEIR MATERIALS >> Arcie: WE HAVE A MINUTE >> Maura: THE YOUTH LANGUAGE APRIL 6, AND IT WAS CONCEIVED
THEIR OWN LANGUAGE, EVEN WE HAVE KIDS FROM OVER NINE THIS YEAR, AND, I THINK, NINE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, FROM PRESCHOOL TO AGE 19. EACH IN THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE. MANY >> Arcie: WHERE IS IT HELD? >> Maura: SANTA FE INDIAN IT IS FREE AND THERE WILL BE THERE WILL BE ACTIVITIES SHE WILL GIVE US A SMALL >> Arcie: IT SHOULD BE >> Maura: IT IS AN EXCITING
>> Arcie: IF PEOPLE WANT AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS >> Tessie: WELL, I CAN GIVE >> Maura: WE JUST LAUNCHED AN ENDOWMENT >> Arcie: ON THE WEBSITE? >> Maura: YES. >> Arcie: THANK YOU FOR BEING A SNEAK PREVIEW OF EACH YEAR IT'S NEW MEXICO'S FROM APRIL 11TH THROUGH
PICTURES FILM FESTIVAL WILL OF CINEMA AND ENGAGE VIEWERS ALONG WITH SCREENINGS AND DOCUMENTARIES, A MEDIA FORUM WHICH WILL LOOK WITH ME NOW, THE FESTIVAL'S HELLO, JASON. TELL ME >> Silverman: WE TRY TO EXPOSE THAT IS THEME THAT IT RUNS EACH YEAR THE PROGRAM IS WE HAVE A WHOLE BATCH OF NEW FILMS AND VIDEOS FROM AROUND AND A HOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT >> Arcie: HOW MANY FILMS DID >> Silverman: WE WATCHED 1400 AND ANOTHER 300 AT FESTIVALS. SEPTEMBER, SO, LAST SIX
>> Arcie: DOES THAT NUMBER >> Silverman: EVERY YEAR IT >> Arcie: ARE YOU SURPRISED >> Silerman: YES. IT WAS BECAUSE WE STARTED AND IT HAS TAKEN ON A LIFE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY >> Arcie: IS THE GOAL >> Silverman: ABSOLUTELY NOT. ONE THING THAT WE DECIDED THAT WE REALLY DID NOT WANT FESTIVAL LIKE SUNDANCE WE REALLY WANTED TO BE WE WANT A PROGRAM WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT, AND SO EACH YEAR WE HAVE MORE THE AREA WHICH MAKES >> Arcie: YOU HAVE A PORTION WITH DOCUMENTARIES AND I KNOW
DOCUMENTARIES. WE ARE GOING CAN YOU SET IT UP? >> Silverman: THIS IS ROCKS AND FOLLOWS THIS REMARKABLE AT SHIPROCK HIGH SCHOOL, WHO BASKETBALL PROGRAM OVERSHADOWED BY THE KIRTLAND TEAM, WHICH HAD WON, I THINK, CHAMPIONSHIPS IN A ROW, WHICH RUN IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY >> Arcie: OKAY. >> (Voice of the Coach) THIS THEY ARE OUTHUSTLING YOU. IF YOU WANT TO LAY DOWN YOU'RE NOT PLAYING BASKETBALL THEY ARE PLAYING. THEY WANT YOU'RE WALKING AROUND GETTING LET'S GO. >> MY PARENTS SPLIT UP IN '81.
MY DAD HE IS SOMEWHERE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE, AND HE HELPS US SOMETIMES. BUT, WHENEVER -- WHENEVER US HE HAS TO PAY FOR BILLS, (Sound of Applause). >> Arcie: SO, THIS IS ONE THAT >> Silverman: A TOTAL OF 12 DOCUMENTARY WORLD HAS REALLY OVER THE LAST DECADE, I THINK ANYONE CAN PICK UP ON DESK TOP COMPUTER NOW OF RADICALIZED WHAT IS GOING KINDS OF STORIES ARE TOLD
>> Arcie: WHAT IS THE MAIN >> Silverman: WE LIKE WE SEE THE MOVING IMAGE POWERFUL FORM OF COMMUNICATION FEEL PEOPLE PAY ENOUGH IT IS TO HELP PEOPLE THINK THEY WATCH AND WE DO THAT >> Arcie: THIS YEAR YOU'RE >> Silverman: ALL KINDS MEDIA FORUM IS A SERIES PEOPLE; GIVE THEM TOOLS THEY ARE WATCHING; TO HELP AND ALSO MAGAZINES, RADIO, STORIES USED TO BE TOLD NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE THEY READ IN THE NEWSPAPERS FORUM HELPS TO GIVE PEOPLE
>> Arcie: THIS YEAR YOU'RE AMERICANS HAVE BEEN PORTRAYED >> Siverman: ONE IS THE TALKING COUCH WHICH WAS CHRIS EYRE, THE DIRECTOR AND HE AND THE ACTOR GARY LACAPA, ARE GOING TO KIND WE WENT THROUGH AND WE HAD FROM 1920 ALL THE WAY UP AND MOVIES AND THEY ARE GOING >> Arcie: WE COULD TALK >> (Indian Chief): How. >> WHAT IS HE DOING, JOHN? >> HE IS DELIVERING AN ORATION
>> WHAT IS HE SAYING? >> HE SAYS, "PETER PAN MIGHTY >> PETER PAN HEAP BIG CHIEF, >> Hurrah. (Drums Beating.) >> PALE FACE ALL ABOUT RED >> THIS SHOULD BE MOST >> WHY DOES HE ASK YOU HOW?
(SINGING.) (SINGING.) >> WHAT IS THE INJUN KNOW HOW? >> Arcie: YOUR THOUGHTS >> Silerman: WELL, MY THOUGHTS THIS TAPE PROBABLY IS THE COUNTRY, PARENTS ARE IS NOT MANY PEOPLE TALKING THIS IS WHAT THEY LEARN IN AMERICA AND IT IS
FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT GARY >> Arcie: I WANT TO TALK >> Silverman: TICKETS ARE OFFICE NUMBER IS >> Arcie: WISH YOU LUCK >> Silverman: THANK YOU. >> Arcie: THAT CONCLUDES I'M ARCIE CHAPA, FOR EVERYONE MAJOR FUNDING FOR inFOCUS IS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, HEALTH, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT >> Narrator: ADDITIONAL
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Series
New Mexico in Focus
Episode Number
525
Episode
Talking Words and Talking Pictures
Producing Organization
KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.)
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Episode Description
Indigenous languages of the world are dying. In the ten years between 1980 and 1990 the number of Native American children speaking only English more the doubled leaving traditional cultures in danger of disappearing. Many native communities in New Mexico are now trying to reverse that trend to ensure their cultural survival. Arcie Chapa talks with members of the Indigenous Language Institute about new approaches to teaching millennia old languages to today's children. Then in FOCUS gets a sneak peek at the many films and forums featured at this year's Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival. Host: Arcie Chapa Guests: Maura Dhu Studi, Tessie Naranjo, Wes Studi, Delphine Tsinajinnie, Jason Silverman.
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Episode #525; Talking Words and Talking Pictures
Created Date
2002-04-05
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Talk Show
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:28:44.523
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Guest: Tsinajinnie, Delphine
Guest: Dhu Studi, Maura
Guest: Silverman, Jason
Guest: Naranjo, Tessie
Guest: Studi, Wes
Host: Chapa, Arcie
Producer: Lawrence, John D.
Producing Organization: KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.)
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Chicago: “New Mexico in Focus; 525; Talking Words and Talking Pictures,” 2002-04-05, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 2, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-191-36tx99jk.
MLA: “New Mexico in Focus; 525; Talking Words and Talking Pictures.” 2002-04-05. American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 2, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-191-36tx99jk>.
APA: New Mexico in Focus; 525; Talking Words and Talking Pictures. Boston, MA: American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-191-36tx99jk