Who We Are
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our language’s house
Nuu-da’ Mv-ne’
Nuu-da’ Mv-ne’ exists to support our community as they learn and speak Nuu-wee-ya'
Nuu-da’ Mv-ne’, which means our language's house or home, started as a digital archive designed to assemble all publicly available primary Nuu-wee-ya’ language sources into one location to facilitate further research and support ongoing language revitalization efforts. This archive serves as a place for language materials to live safely and as an easy access point for community members involved in language revitalization.
Since then, we have grown into a full-fledged 501(c)3 dedicated to Nuu-wee-ya' language revitalization. We aim to serve all Nuu-wee-ya' speaking people across many contemporary tribal nations. We act as an organizing hub for revitalization research, materials development and to support people in speaking Nuu-wee-ya' in their daily lives.
BOARD AND STAFF
Pyuwa Bommelyn, Board Chair
Bio coming soon!
Jaeci Hall, Board Treasurer
Bio coming soon!
Jerome Viles, Board Secretary
Bio coming soon!
Justin Spence, At-large Board Member
A linguist who has a long history of supporting community-led revitalization of California Indigenous languages, including Hupa and Nuu-wee-ya'. Justin brings with him expertise in Dene languages and a commitment to supporting language revitalization and community cultural revival.
Carson Viles, Coordinator
A Siletz tribal member of Che’-mee-dv-ne (Joshua band) and Sv-k’wee-che’ (Sixes band) descent. He has been learning and speaking Nuu-wee-ya’ since 2007, and has worked as a community language teacher and researcher since 2010. He is passionate about community-led archiving, home-based language revitalization, and cultural revival. Carson takes his inspiration from his family, including his late Sru’ Mary Service-Viles, his father, his many aunts and uncles, and the stories he has heard about his ancestors. Contact: nuuda.mvne@gmail.com
Lha' ghast-'a
TO REACH CONSENSUS, TO BE OF ONE MIND
