Ian Larson
Ian Larson is a Senior New Media student at the University of Maine. His work in 2008 with Watching Place Productions on the Language Keepers Project inspired the development of The Passamaquoddy Living Language System. Ian resides in Orono, Maine. Ian.larson@umit.maine.edu.
Sam Hunting
Sam Hunting is an Orono-based programmer with expertise in XML, database management, and Drupal. He is the founder of The Universal Pantograph, an online social networking and web development company. He provided all the back-end work for the Living Language System.
Passamaquoddy Dictionary Authors
David Francis, a Passamaquoddy elder and first language Passamaquoddy speaker, and Robert M. Leavitt, professor emeritus of education at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick, where he was director of the Mi’kmaq-Maliseet Institute for 14 years, co-authored the 2008 release of the Passamaquoddy Dictionary,. This new dictionary has some 18,000 entries and has been in the works for the past 30 years.
Kelli Bailey
Kelli Bailey writes: I'm an 8th grader at Indian Township School. I've helped with the Living Language project by talking to our elders and asking them questions about how life was for a Passamaquoddy child. While I'm attending Indian Township School, I'm learning about the past and the history, about the legends and how to speak the language. I look forward to learning more and more as we progress in our project.
Nicole Berube
Nicole Berube writes: I'm an 8th grader at Indian Township School. I'm more white than I am Native, but I've been raised up all through my life, being a Native American. I've been taught a lot at Indian Township School about the history, language, and our elders. Growing up on this reservation has been amazing, and I'm proud to say that I AM Passamaquoddy. I have white in me, but I am still Native! (: if you want to know more about me : i_c_pfreak93@hotmail.com.
Phyllis Sabattis
Phyllis Sabattis writes: I'm an 8th grader at Indian Township school. I recently moved to Baileyville but I still go to Township school. I'm half native american, I come from a mixed background. We learn a lot about our culture in one of our classes in township. I'm privileged to be apart of the Passamaquoddy tribe and to be learning more and more about our culture throughout the years.
William Lola
William Lola writes: I'm a seventh grader at Indian Township School. I live in Peter Dana Point. I attend a lot of native ceremonies and cultural activities. I also am involved in the living language project.
Adrienne Tomah
Adrienne Tomah writes: I'm in the 7th grade and I attend Indian Township School. I've been a part of the Living Language Project working with our elders and learning about our past.To learn more about me you can add my e-mail address... ade_tomah_57@hotmail.com, thank you!!! =)
Charles Libby
Charles Libby
Im an 8th grader and I learn some of the language. I interview elders who have faced discrimination and Interview people who have a story to tell. slimjim682@hotmail.com
