The Fort Mojave Language Recovery Program is documenting and rebuilding the Mojave bird song cycle in a partnership between the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe along the Colorado River and Arizona State University’s Center for Indian Education.
Part of the program is dedicated to retaining the Mojave bird songs, which are traditionally songs of celebration. The songs are also part of a larger oral tradition that communicates values and carry lessons of cultural importance to Mojave people, says Teresa McCarty, co-director of the CIE and professor in the School of Social Transformation. One aim of the grant is to document and rebuild the song cycle, which has become less defined with the erosion of the Mojave language. Along with the cultural significance the songs hold, they also contain unique aspects of the Mojave language.
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