Topic Compendium

 What a lovely week with lots of tsalagi sprinkles! 

On Saturday, our Willamette TsaLaGi and the Mount Hood groups hosted folks from the Cherokee Nation for a feast and gathering in Salem, Oregon! 

Principal Chief Chuck Hoskins Jr 
Guests included Principal Chief Hoskins, Storyteller Robert Lewis, at large council members, and several others - plus 2 ASL interpreters! My friend ᎵᏒ (Li-sv) helped send food and volunteered at the Willamette TsaLaGi booth. When I met Chief Hoskins, I mentioned taking Cherokee online with Ed Fields, and he, in turn, mentioned that during his 'state of the nation' talk!

I'm in Ed's first Cherokee ᏅᎩ (nv-gi /Four) class, and we're learning verb tenses. It's fun for all of us (Ed included!) to work with new sentences and 'Word pictures.'

This week I also joined the hybrid language study group which meets at the Longhouse at Lane CC. This is where our language classes have been held - and is open for use by indigenous groups. They set up a zoom call, and two of us joined remotely!
'S' row practice
The group has been studying Syllabary, row by row, and this week focused on S: 
Ꮜ  Ꮝ  Ꮞ  Ꮟ  Ꮠ  Ꮡ  Ꮢ 
sa ss se si so su sv

Folks took turns drawing the symbol for a syllable on a 'whiteboard' and words using the syllables. This is one of my 'easy' rows - & as Ed would say, it was 'neato!'

I've been keeping journals and notebooks since I was a kid - and have my Cherokee class and study notes in several formats:
  • Notebook paper in a 3 ring binder
  • Composition books
  • ~ 9x6" journals
  • Syllabary cards with words using the syllable
  • Fridge magnets 
Today I found a delightful video from Parker 'Park Notes,' on creating various kinds of Compendium - a 'collection of information about a body of knowledge & pertinent information.' 
A Compendium can be general or topic specific, helping one learn and access information. 
When it comes to memory and retrieval of info, 'The pen is mightier than the keyboard,'  
Ga-tli-so-di go-we-li  i-yus-di-ka-no-he-di
Gather-book topic
In this video, Parker speaks of the value of keeping (various) Topic Compendium for the self-learner. Like me, he has stacks of journals to support his love of philosophy, religion,... and sci-fi!
Also on point, he suggests creating a personal dictionary - great for anyone journeying toward language aquisition! I've been jotting lists of words and phrases as I encounter them - in journals, on our church bulletins ....

Do you keep journals? 
Have you created your own dictionary?

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