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FIREBIRD FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - FELLOWSHIPS IN ORAL LITERATURE

Region Name Institution Project Group/Location Language

Group

Date

Granted

Research

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North AmericaConsiglio, Erin University of Aberdeen Recording Gwich'in Oral History in Old

Crow, YTOld Crow, Yukon Territory,

Canada Gwich'in 12/8/2015 1/1/2016

Cook, Suzanne University of Victoria, British Columbia Lacandon Oral Heritage Chiapas, Mexico Mayan 11/25/2013

Delgado, Amanda Leiden University The Oral Literature of the Endangered Cultural Practices of Yokot'an Pilgrimmages Tabasco, Mexico Mayan 12/9/2015 12/9/2015

Kammler, Henry University of Frankfurt Nuu-chah-nulth Oral Literature documentation

Huu-ay-aht Nananiiqsu, Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada

Wakashan 1/7/2010 Winter/Spring 2010

Leason, Jennifer University of British Columbia Saulteaux Language Documentation Canada Ojibwe 8/18/2011

Lira, Regina École des hautes etudes en sciences sociales

Ritual chants among the Huichol (Wixáritari) of Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlán, Tuapurie Huicol (Wixártitari)/Mexico Uto-Aztecan 10/30/2008 10/1/2008

Mortiz, Sarah McGill University St’át’imc Salish Oral Heritage Collection British Columbia, Canada Interior Salish 3/21/2016 3/21/2016

Salminen, Mikko James Cook University Huave Oral Literature Collection Oaxaca, Mexico language isolate 10/23/2012 1/12/2012

Sheedy, Crystal University at Albany, State University of New York

Documentation of Yucatec Maya Women’s Oral Literature Xocén, Yucatán, Mexico Mayan 9/24/2015 1/4/2016


Smith, Linda Tsilhqot'in Nation Tsilhqot'in Oral Language Collection Tsilhqot'in Nation, British Columbia, Canada

Northern Athabascan 12/13/2010 11/1/2010

Wholey, Margot Independent Photographer The Comcáac Project Coastal Sonora, Mexico 9/28/2016 9/28/2016

Central America

Ranero, Rodrigo, and Yolanda

Estrada

University of Maryland, Universidad San Carlos

de GuatemalaDocumenting Kaqchikel Ritual Language Sumpango, Guatemala Mayan 1/19/2017 3/1/2017

South America

Andronis, Mary Antonia University of Chicago Oral History and Literature in Salasaca

Quicha Salasaca Quichua/EcuadorNative South

American Lang. Family

11/14/2008 Pre-2008

Bolanos, Katherine Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Ecological Knowledge of Traditional Kakua Medicine Kakua, Colombia Nadahup or

isolate 5/7/2015 5/7/2015

Chinchay, Gerardo Garcia

Universidad Nacional Federico Villareal Oral Literature of Nomatsigenga (Arawak) Central Peruvian Amazon Arawakan 3/24/2014 4/1/2014

Hugh-Jones, Stephen Cambridge University Archival Recording of Ceremonial Chanting in Vaupés Region Vaupés Region/Colombia 5/20/2008 7/1/2008

Kondic, Ana James Cook UniversityVanishing Voices of Patagonia: Preserving

Oral Literature and Traditional Knowledge of Huilliche and Tsesungun (Mapudungan)

South of Chile Araucanian 6/5/2014 10/1/2014


Mihas, Elena University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Oral Literature of Ashéninka Perené (Arawak) from Eastern Peru

Perene and Chanchamayo Districts of Peru Arawakan 4/21/2011 6/1/2012

Overall, Simon James Cook University Documenting Aguaruna Botanical Tradition Aguaruna, Peru Jivaroan 12/29/2014 3/1/2015

Peña, Jaime University of Oregon Creation of an Archive of Wampis Oral Literature Ecuador/Peru Jivaroan 6/9/2016 8/1/2016

Schwarz, Anne James Cook University Oral Literature of the Sieko p'ain Ecuador/Peru 7/27/2011 10/1/2011

Southwood, Michael University of St. AndrewsLiving with the past: Experiences and

Representations of Contact Amongst the Dâw of the Brazilian Northwest Amazon

Northwest Brazil Nadahup 7/13/2015 1/1/2016

Stansbury, Jill Botanical Medicine Dept. in Portland, OR

Ethnobotanical knowledge of Wayqecha to Manu region

Queros & Machiguenga/Manu, Peru Arawakan 12/15/2008 7/1/2009

Stansbury, Jill Battle Grounds Healing Arts Manu Region Ethnobotony Manu, Madre de Dios,

Kosnipata, Peru Arawakan 4/29/2012 1/1/2013

Stansbury, Jill National University of Natural Medicine

The Mystical and Medical Plants of the Andes and Amazon 9/13/2016

VanderMolen, Kristin University of Georgia Cosmology, Agriculture and Climate Change

in Cotacachi, EcuadorQuichua/Cotacachi,

Ecuador 4/22/2010 5/1/2010

Wojtylak, Katarzyna and Kritian Lupinski James Cook University The Murui Oral Literature Collection Project Amazonia, Colombia Witoto 6/4/2014 12/1/2014

Europe

Constantin, Marin Academy of Sciences, Buchrest

Narratives of Ethnomorphosis among the minority groups in Romania Varied/Buchrest, Romania 1/7/2010 4/1/2010


Constantin, Marin Academy of Sciences, Buchrest

Archive Files of Transylvanian Transhumance: Recording Pastoral Ethos in Romania since Before the European Market

Economy

Romania 8/4/2015 8/4/2015

Magnani, NataliaScott Polar Research

Institute, University of Cambridge, UK

Oral Narratives of Ecological Knowledge of Skolt Sami including plants and spiritual

practices

Northern Norway, Finland, and Russia - Reindeer

HerdersUralic 12/3/2013 9/1/2014

Africa

Abate, Daniel Addis Ababa University

Collection, Documentation and Transcription of Oral Literature, Folk Arts and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of the Agew

Awi People, North Western Ethiopia

Agew Awi, Northwest Ethiopia Afro-Asiatic 4/9/2015 5/1/2015

Aigbokhai, Ojo Joseph Nnamdi Azikiwe University Documentation of Uneme Oral Literature Edo State, Nigeria 1/9/2017 1/9/2017

Akumbu, Pius University of Buea Multimedia Documentation of Babanki Oral Literature

Babanki, Northwest Cameroon Niger-Congo 9/9/2014 11/15/2014

Arerierian, Julius Urhobo Literature Society Documentation of Eghwu Oral Literature Delta State, Nigeria Niger-Congo 3/16/2016 4/1/2016

Atieno, Dorfine Ogiek Rights Forum Ogieks in Kenya: A People Denied Ogiek, Kenya Rift Valley Nilo-Saharan 3/11/2015 5/1/2015


Bachiro, Abera

Collection, Documentation and Transcription of Oral Literature and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of the Shekacho, in Sheka

zone in South Western Ethiopia

Shekacho, Sheka Zone, Ethiopia Afro-Asiatic 1/14/2015 1/14/2015

Bakare, Ayo Yoruba Traditional Marriage Songs among the Oje-Ibadan people of Nigeria Southwestern Nigeria Niger-Congo 11/25/2013 11/25/2013

Bakare, Ayo Yoruba Folktales Among the Oyo Community Oyo State, Nigeria Niger-Congo 9/30/2015 9/30/2015

Bassene, Mamadou Post doc Fellow - Rutgers University

Preserving Joola Eegimaa folktales: A contribution to the documentation of both a

language and a cultureEegimaa - Senegal 12/9/2013 1/1/2014

Belay, Niguse Mizan-Tepi University

Collection, Documentation and Transcription of Oral Literature and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of the Majang, in zone in

Gambella Regional State, Ethiopia

Majang, Gambella Regional State, Ethiopia Nilo-Saharan 7/1/2015 7/15/2015

Biesele, Megan Kalahari People's Fund Ju/'hoan San oral literature collection and Preservation Ju/'hoan San, Namibia 12/20/2008 3/1/2009

Biesele, Megan Kalahari People's Fund Ju/'hoan San oral literature collection and Preservation II Ju/'hoan San, Namibia 3/31/2011 Cont. of project



Binzen-Lincoln, Hannah Harvard University Ngkositieng, "Our Beasts": A Natural History

of Nyangatom Country in SongTranslation of Nyangatom

SW Ethiopia 6/14/2013 9/1/2013


Cancel, Robert University of California - San Diego

Collection, analysis and archiving of Zambian oral traditions Zambia 8/7/2012 12/1/2012

Clouser, Melanie University of Texas Malhoun Poetry Andalusia, Morocco 2/9/2009 6/1/2009

Gebeyehu, Dessalegn Mizan-Teppi University

Collection, Documentation and Transcription of Oral Literature and Traditional Ecological

Knowledge of the Me'init, South Western Ethiopia

Bench-Maji Zone Ethiopia, Western Districts 6/5/2013 6/15/2013

Green, Datejie, Tsehaye, Solomon Eritrean Oral Poetry: A Portrayal of History Eritrea 6/29/2016 6/29/2016

Darah, Moses Delta State University Collecting the Oral Literature and Traditional Ecological Wisdom of Ogo Nigeria 6/7/2016 7/4/2016

Diffre-Odiete, Akpobome University of Uyo Documentation and Revitalization of Uvwie

Oral Literature and Culture Delta State, Nigeria 12/8/2015 1/4/2016

Fantaw, Amare Mizan-Tepi UniversityCollection, Documentation and Transcription

of Oral Literature and TEK of the Shabu People, South Western Ethiopia

Shabu/South Western Ethiopia 10/14/2013 10/14/2013

Isong, Moses University of Uyo The Collection of Oro Oral Literature Eastern Nigeria 9/13/2016 9/13/2016

Jackson, Kizza Mukasa Makerere University Documentation of Kooki Oral Traditions Bakooki, Uganda 6/5/2013 7/1/2013

Kassam, Anessa/Gemetchu,

Megerssa

University of Durham/ Addis Ababa University

Creating a digital archive of Oromo oral traditions Oromo, Ethiopia 9/2/2010 10/1/2010


Kaunga, Johnson OleIndigenous Movement for

Peace and Conflict Transformation

Project to Document Bio Diverse, Ecological & Oral - Cultural Knowledge of the Laikipia

Maasai Through Original Place NamesNorth Kenya 11/25/2013 11/25/2013

Kiriama, Herman Deakin University The Recording of Abagusii Material Culture Western Kenyan Highlands 3/21/2013 4/1/2013

Make, Meshesha Wolaita Sodo UniversityCollecting, Recording and Documenting Wolaita Oral Literature and Traditional

Ecological KnowledgeSouthern Ethiopia 3/24/2014 4/1/2014

Malanga, Donald Flywell University of Livingstonia Documenting Oral Traditions of Ndali Ethnic

Group in Northern Malawi Malawi 1/12/2017 1/12/2017

Menberu, Abeje Mizan-Tepi University

Collection, Documentation and Transcription of Oral Literature and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of the Bench, in Bench-

Maji zone in SNNPR, Ethiopia

Ethiopia 8/17/2015 8/17/2015

Muhter, Elias Addis Ababa University

Collection, Translation, Transcription and Documentation of Oral Literature, Folk Arts and Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the

Sebat-bet Gurage People, of Central South West Ethiopia

Central South West Ethiopia 3/17/2013 4/20/2014

Nakalule, Grace Makerere UniversityDocumentation of Traditional Beliefs and

Traditional Ecological Knowledge Related to Selected Sacred Places in Buganda

Kampala, Uganda 9/1/2013 10/1/2013

Namuzinge, Janifer Sam Iga Memorial College Recording the Endangered Traditional Cultural Practices in Buganda

Baganda, Buganda Kingdom, Uganda Niger-Congo 3/16/2015 3/16/2015


Ngara, Carolyne Enduring Voices Foundation - Kenya

An Encounter with Extinction: The Exploration of Ngasa Land, Collection of

Kingasa Oral Literature and Ngasa

Traditional Ecological Knowledge on the Eastern Slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in

Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania

Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania 3/3/2014 5/1/2014

Nyarenchi, Humphrey The recording of Waata Oral Literature

northern Kenya coast at Tana River to Tanzania

coast3/3/2014 4/1/2014

Obunga, John The Ethnographic Foundation of Kenya

The Re-Peopling of the Gurapau: Saving the Oral Traditions of the El Molo People of

KenyaLake Turkana, Kenya Afro-Asiatic 9/10/2014 10/1/2014

Ojing, Pamela Anyuaa Women Self Help Group Anyuaa in Exile Ruiru, Kenya Nilo-Saharan 7/9/2015 7/9/2015

Okpokpa, Philemon University of Benin Documenting Ekphei Oral Literature Edo State, Nigeria 9/8/2016 9/8/2016

Paterson, Rebecca University of Oregon Documenting Oral Literature of the Ut-Ma'in Language Western Nigeria Niger-Congo 3/16/2016 11/1/2016

Stambach, Amy/Kwayu,

Aikande

Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison/ Univ. of

Nottingham

Lessons from Chagga Elders Living on Mt. Kilimanjaro: Stories about Landscape and

History

Chagga/Kilimanjaro, Tanzania 8/24/2009 5/1/2010

Titanji, Beatrice University of Buea Documentation of Bali Nyonga Proverbs and Riddles Northwest Cameroon Niger-Congo 7/13/2015 10/10/2015

Middle East


Çaçan, Serhat Columbia University, New York

The Stories of Folk Songs Among Kurdish-Kurmanj People Southeast Turkey 11/25/2013 1/1/2014

Hood, Kathleen University of California Bedoin Heritage Project: Phase 1 North Badia, Jordan 5/13/2010 7/1/2010

Hood, Kathleen University of California Bedoin Heritage Project: Phase 2 North Badia, Jordan

Shankland, David and Caroline Tee

Royal Anthropological Institute/University of

BristolOral History of the Alevis Turkey Turkic,

Kurdish 7/25/2013

Shankland, David and Caroline Tee

Royal Anthropological Institute/University of

BristolOral History of the Cepni Alevis Western Anatolia, Turkey Turkic 10/1/2014 10/1/2015

Central Asia

Ali, Didar MountainTV Documentation of Wakhi Folklores: An

initiative to preserve the endangered Wakhi Language

Pakistan 3/17/2014 4/1/2014

Cong, Shan Nankai University The Documentation of Oral Literature of the Oroqen Language

Oroqen Autonomous Banner, Mongolia;

Heilongjiang Province, China

1/2/2017 2/1/2017

Dawut, Rahile Xinjiang University Epic Oral Narratives (dastan) among the Uyghurs Uyghurs/NW China Turkik 8/23/2008 9/1/2008

Dawut, Rahile Xinjiang UniversityDocumentation and Digitization: Connecting

Community with Digital Uyghur Dastan Database

Uyghurs/NW China Turkik 6/22/2015 7/1/2015

Khan, Abdul Qadir University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Saving Endangered Pahari Oral Literature Kashmir, Pakistan Indo-European 3/3/2015 10/1/2015

Khan, Abdul Qadir, and Ayesha Sohail

University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Documentation of Severely Endangered Domaaki Oral Literature Gilgit Province, Pakistan 1/5/2017 6/1/2017


Kumari, Shaheen Independent ResearcherDocumentation of Oral Literature of the

Western Pahari Kinnauri Speaking Community

Himachal Pradesh, India 9/8/2016 10/1/2016

Negi, Harvinder University of Delhi Documentation of Kannauri Oral Literature for Preservation of Language and Culture Himachal Pradesh, India Tibeto-Burman 6/15/2015 8/1/2015

Rehman, Khawaja University of Management Sciencies and IT, Kotli

Documentation of the Oral Traditions of the Kashmiri Community of Neelam District in

Azad Kashmir, PakistanAzad Kashmir, Pakistan Indo-European 1/5/2016 1/5/2016

Sana, Abdul Ghani Freelance Journalist Yaghnobi Oral Literature Tajikistan 3/4/2014 7/1/2014

Sana, Abdul Ghani Freelance Journalist Yaghnobi Children's Literature Tajikistan 7/17/2014 7/17/2014

Sana, Abdul Ghani Freelance Journalist Yaghnobi Speaker Statistics Tajikistan 9/29/2014 9/29/2014

Sana, Abdul Ghani Freelance Journalist Yaghnobi Documentary Film Tajikistan 10/15/2014 10/15/2014

Peninsular India and BangladeshAkter, Zahid East West University Audio-visual Documentation of Pangkhua

Oral Literature and HistoryChittagong Hill-Tracts,

Bangladesh 9/7/2016 11/1/2016

Alex, Rayson Mudugar-Kurumbur Research Centre

Cultural Dictionary of Mudugar in Attapaddy, Kerala State, South India Mudugar, South India 10/14/2010 3/1/2011

Meena, Madan Kota Heritage Society Secret Language of the Kanjjar Tribe Rajasthan 2/1/2011 July 2011

Pradhan, Anuga Collection of Kui oral literature Kandhmal District, Orissa 5/2/2011

Rich, Matthew University of Chicago Khasi Verbal Culture Khasi/Northeastern Bangledesh 11/14/2008 January 2009

Wickett, Elizabeth SynAquaNon The Pabuji ki par Video and Recording Project Pabuji ki par epic/Rajasthan 2/9/2009 May 2008


Wickett, Elizabeth SynAquaNonPart 1: Narrative and textiles: Picassos of the Thar Desert; Part II: Kalbelia Songs Project,

Phase IIJaislamer, Rajasthan 9/28/2010 Late 2010/Early

2011

Bhutan Bhutan Oral

Literature and Language

Documentation Project

The Firebird Foundation of Bhutan CSO

Ole, Kheng, Lhop, Dzhonka (Sha), Gongduk and Monpa (Dakpa) Bhutan

Dargye, Yonten & Gengop Karchung

Misistry of Home & Cultural Affairs, Bhutan

Oral literature pertaining to "The Tale of Nomadic Life of Thoepa Gali"

Merak, Trashigang District Eastern Bhutan 7/1/2012 12/1/2012

Donohue, Mark The Australian National University Oral Literature and verbal art from Bumthang central Bhutan 3/1/2014 7/1/2013

Oko, Christina Willis, and Daniela

Tijerina BennerRice University Khengkha Documentation and Description

Project: Phase 2

Dangkar Community in Zhemgang District of

central Bhutan Sino-Tibetan 6/5/2013 5/1/2014

Oko, Christina Willis, and Daniela

Tijerina BennerRice University Khengkha Documentation and Description

Project: Phase 3

Dangkar Community in Zhemgang District of

central Bhutan Sino-Tibetan 9/24/2014 Early 2015

Si, Aung Australian National University

Documenting traditional ecological knowledge in the Lhokpu language of Bhutan Samtse District, SW Bhutan 6/6/2012 9/1/2012

Eastern Himalaya AreaAimol, Chongom

DamrengthangManipur University,

Imphal, Manipur, India Study of Tarao Oral Literature Manipur, India 4/19/2012


Aiyadurai, Ambika National University of Singapore

Oral Literature and Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the Mishmi in Arunachal

Pradesh, Northeast IndiaArunachal Pradesh, India 1/11/2013

Bapui, Vanlal Preservation of Faihriem Northeast India 5/23/2011 10/1/2011

Bhattacharya, Bikash Kumar Freelance Writer

Rivers, Springs, Swamps and Water-Spirits: Documentation of Mishing Water Lore and (Re-)Construction of an Indigenous Mishing

Epistemology of Water and Water-body Ecologies from Mishing Oral Literature in

Assam, Northeast India

Assam, India 1/5/2016 1/5/2016

Bhote, Shangbu Documentation of Lhomi Oral Literature Nepal Sino-Tibetan 1/15/2015 1/15/2016

Bora, Ankita Independent Researcher

Turung Ethnohistory: Documentation of Oral Narratives, Literature and Traditional

Ecological Knowledge of the Turungs in Assam, Northeast India

12/19/2016 1/1/2017

Chistotin, MaksimRussian Academy of

Agricultural Sciences, Moscow

Documentation of Mey Oral Literature Northeast India, Arunachal Pradesh 5/7/2013 11/13/2013

Cho, Kwang-Ju The Australian National University Oral Literature Documentation of Bantawa Eastern Nepal 3/3/2014 4/11/2014

Daimai, Kailadbou University of Delhi Documenting the Unexplored Oral Literature of Liangmai

Tamenglong District, Manipur; Peren District,

NagalandSino-Tibetan 3/31/2016 5/1/2015


Deori, Bina Gandhi Visva-Bharati UniversityDocumentation of the Lesser Known Galo

Indigenous Deities of Arunachal Pradesh and Rituals Associated With Them

Arunachal Pradesh, India Sino-Tibetan 10/13/2015 10/13/2015

Devi, Heisnam Kenny

Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur, India

Oral Literature in Nambashi: A Documentary Study

Ukhrul Districts, Manipur, India Sino-Tibetan 9/10/2014 9/10/2014

Donohue, Mark The Australian National University Kusunda Folk Literature Western Nepal 12/4/2013 1/1/2014

Doye, Eli Dera Natung Government College

Geneaological Counting as a Unique Identity Among the Galo Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh, India Sino-Tibetan 10/2/2014 10/2/2014

Gawne, Lauren University of Melbourne Documenting the Traditional Songs and Stories in Kagate, a language of Nepal Ramechhap District, Nepal 4/23/2012

Gawne, Lauren University of LondonThe Langtang Memory Project: Post-

Earthquake Documentation in the Langtang Valley

Rasuwa District, Nepal 6/7/2016 6/7/2016

Gneutchel, Rebecca Humboldt University Ethnographic Fieldwork in the East Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh

Bangni-Nyishi, East Kameng District, Arunachal

Pradesh6/6/2012 8/1/2012

Hall, Amelia Naropa University Recalling the Soul of the Memba of Mechuka Arunachal Pradesh, India 4/20/2016 7/1/2016

Haokip, Pauthang Assam University Collection of Thadou Oral Literature Manipur, India 4/13/2012 4/1/2012

Khular, Sumshot Manipur University Documentation of Lamkang Language Manipur, India 4/20/2016 4/20/2016

Lama, Chhing Chippa Bhote Independent Researcher Documentation of Lhowa Oral Literature Nepal 8/30/2016 8/30/2016


Mao, K. Nipuni North-Eastern Hill University

Audio-Visual Documentation of Mao Oral Literature Manipur, India Sino-Tibetan 12/15/2014 12/15/2014

Mara, Kepor Jawaharal Nehru University Capturing the Unexplored Traditions of Folklore and Oral Literature of Tagin Arunachal Pradesh, India 6/13/2011

Mawon, Somingam North-Eastern Hill University

Audio-Visual Documentation of Tangkhul (Hao) Oral Literature Manipur, India 4/4/2016 4/4/2016

Mene, Tarun Apex Professional University

Documentation of the Idu Mishmis of Arunachal Pradesh: A Study of Oral

LiteratureArunachal Pradesh, India 6/5/2014 7/1/2014

Nongthombam, Russell Manipur University Oral Literature and Traditional Ecological

Knowledge of the MaringMaring, Chandel District,

Manipur, India Sino-Tibetan 3/11/2015 3/11/2015

Pons, Marie-Caroline University of Oregon Khamci Oral Literature Nepal 8/23/2016 1/5/2017

Post, Mark La Trobe University Galo Poetic Language and Oral Literature Galo/Arunachal Pradesh, India 8/25/2009 8/1/2009

Post, Mark La Trobe UniversityTraining and Resources for Indigenous

Community Linguists" in Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh, India 1/25/2016

Rai, Vishnu Ethnolinguistic Study of the Chamling Mundhum

Udaypur and Khotang Districts, Nepal 6/6/2012

Sarangthem, Bobita Manipur University Documentation on Oral Literature of Chothe in Manipur Manipur, India 3/31/2016 3/31/2016

Shneiderman, Sara St. Catharine's College Thangmi Ritual Texts Thangmi/Nepal 7/13/2009 7/1/2009

Shougrakpam, Dhanapati Manipur University Documentation of the Aesthetic value and

significance of Meitei Lai Haraoba Manipur, India 6/7/2016 6/7/2016


Singh, Laishram Bijenkumar Nagaland University Documentation of Khoibu Oral Literature Manipur, India 9/12/2016 9/12/2016

Singh, L. Sarbajit Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur, India

Documentation of Kharam of Manipur: A Study of Oral Literature Kharam, Manipur, India 10/23/2012 12/1/2012

Singh, L. Surjit University of Delhi Documentation of Inpui Manipur, India 9/5/2013 10/1/2013

Singh, Wahengbam Robert

A Study on the Aesthetic Value and Importance of Khongjam Parba, a Folk Ballad

of ManipurManipur, India 1/9/2017 1/9/2017

Singh, Yumnam Aboy Manipur University Documentation of Kaprang of Manipur Manipur, India Sino-Tibetan 12/15/2014 12/15/2014

Sumi, Abokali/Teo, Amos

Documenting the Traditional Agricultural Songs and Stories of the Sumi Nagas

Sumi Nagas, Nagaland, Northeast India 6/9/2011 6/1/2011

Tamut, Oyi North-Eastern Hill University Documentation of Bangru Oral Literature Arunachal Pradesh, India 2/14/2016 2/14/2016

Tisso, Sikari, and Linda Konnerth

The Karbi Song Language: Words of Traditional Knowledge and Evidence of

Historical Language ContactAssam, India 12/19/2016 2/1/2017

van Breugel, Seino The Lyngam Language of Meghalaya Khasi Hills of Meghalaya State in NE India 10/15/2013 1/15/2014

Vokendro, HaobijamArunachal Institute of Tribal Studies, Rajiv Gandhi University

Documentation of Bugun of Arunachal Pradesh, A Study of Oral Literature

Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India 6/10/2013 7/1/2013

Wanglar, Koninglee Linguistics Department Manipur University, India Documentation of Monsang Oral Literature Monsang/Manipur, India 3/26/2013 4/1/2013


Weedall, Chris Australian National University

Grammar of Nafra Variety in Sajolong in West Kameng District

West Kameng District Arunachal Pradesh, India 9/1/2013

3/1/2014 *Elections Delayed

Wolring, L., Wng. Kohring Victor, and

Pavel Ozerov

Anal Naga Tangpi, Anal Literature Society, Hebrew

UniversityManipur Oral Literature Project Anal, Manipur 9/16/2015 9/16/2015

Yamphu, Hom Prasad Tribhuwan University

Record, Translate, and Preserve the Ritual Text Mindum from the Yamphu Kirati People

of Nepal Nepal 1/17/2012 4/1/2012

Mongolia Carey, Sas Nomadicare Nomadicare Documentation Project Research Northern Mongolia 4/8/2014 5/21/2014

Organization for the Study of Diaspora

Mongols (TASAM)

Organization for the Study of Diaspora Mongols

(TASAM)

Recording of Oral Traditions, Sounds and Rituals Employed by the Mongolian Pastoral

Herders

Terelj National Park, Mongolia 1/2/2017 1/2/2017

Sanjaa, Miyajav Center for Oirat Studies Documentation of Durvud Oral Literature Western Mongolia Mongolic 7/30/2015 9/1/2015

Yoon, Sunmin Kent State University Mongolian Long-Song Outer Mongolia 12/9/2013 1/1/2014

Himalayan Plateau

Bkra shis bzang po (zha xi rong bu) Qinghai Normal University Nyagrong Minyag: Collection and Annotation

of Oral Traditions

Nyagrong County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan

Province China

8/9/2012 May 2012


Bum, Tsering Shanshui Conservation Center

Preservation of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge in Two Villages of Western China

Ske ba and Mtha' ba villages, Mangra County, Qinghai Province, China

5/8/2014

Dorji, Caihua Qinghai Nationalities University

Oral Literature in the rural communities of Hulong and Guide Counties Rebgong/Jianzha Counties 6/1/2012 6/1/2012

Dondrup, Pohua Black Tent Films Preservation of the Tibetan oral literature Mountainour Galeng Tibetan Township 3/29/2012 4/1/2012

Duo, Dala Bojong Cultural Communications Center

Digital Collections of Oral Literature from Ten Communities in the Himalayan Plateau Himalayan Plateau 9/17/2014 11/1/2014

Duojie, Cairang Duke UniversityDigital Collections of Oral Literature in the

Communities of Rebkong and Jianzha Counties

Rebkong/Jianzha Counties 5/16/2012 6/1/2012

Ha, Mingzong Charles University The Mongghul oral literature project Tu people of Qinghai and Gansu Provinces 6/15/2011 6/1/2011

Jody, Yina Asian University of Women, Bangladesh Revitalization Lavrung Community Siyuewu Village, Puxi

Township, China 5/21/2012 Summer 2012

Niang Jijia (Nangchukja)

Friendship Charity Association

Oral literature preservation project in Amdo Communities, Qinghai Province, PR, China Mangra (Guinan) County 4/19/2012 5/1/2012

Perlin, Ross Himalayan Languages Project, University of Bern Place-Based Knowledge of the Gongshan Nu Yunnan Province, China 6/5/2013 Summer 2013

Plane, Sarah University of Sydney A Survey of the Oral Literature of Undocumented Yi Cultures Yunnan Province, China 6/23/2015 6/23/2015


Rinchenkhar Yarab AssociationOral Literature Preservation Project in

Rebkong and Zekog Communities, Quinghai Province, PR China

Rebkong and Zekog Counties in Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous

Prefecture

11/22/2013 1/1/2014

Roche, Gerald Qinghai Normal University Narrated Knowledge on the Himalayan Plateau Qinghai Province, China 3/23/2011 4/1/2011

Roche, Gerald Qinghai Normal University Cultural Documentation in Henan Mongol Autonomous County Qinghai Province, China 8/8/2012 1/1/2013

Tribur, Zoe University of OregonOral Traditions of Minyong Glacier and Meili

Snow Mountain in a Farming Tibetan Community in Dechen County

Yunnan Province, China 9/13/2016 9/13/2017

Tribur, Zoe University of Oregon Place-based Oral Traditions of sGrog chen gsum mdo Qinghai Province, China 9/13/2016 9/13/2017

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