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FIREBIRD FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - FELLOWSHIPS IN ORAL LITERATURE
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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
FIREBIRD FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - FELLOWSHIPS IN ORAL LITERATURE
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
FIREBIRD FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - FELLOWSHIPS IN ORAL LITERATURE
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
FIREBIRD FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - FELLOWSHIPS IN ORAL LITERATURE
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
FIREBIRD FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - FELLOWSHIPS IN ORAL LITERATURE
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
Biesele, Megan Kalahari People's Fund Ju/'hoan San oral literature collection and Preservation II Ju/'hoan San, Namibia 3/8/2015 Cont. of project
Biesele, Megan Kalahari People's Fund Ju/'hoan San oral literature collection and Preservation II Ju/'hoan San, Namibia 3/9/2016 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
FIREBIRD FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - FELLOWSHIPS IN ORAL LITERATURE
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
FIREBIRD FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - FELLOWSHIPS IN ORAL LITERATURE
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
FIREBIRD FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - FELLOWSHIPS IN ORAL LITERATURE
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
FIREBIRD FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - FELLOWSHIPS IN ORAL LITERATURE
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
FIREBIRD FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - FELLOWSHIPS IN ORAL LITERATURE
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
FIREBIRD FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - FELLOWSHIPS IN ORAL LITERATURE
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
FIREBIRD FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - FELLOWSHIPS IN ORAL LITERATURE
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
FIREBIRD FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - FELLOWSHIPS IN ORAL LITERATURE
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
FIREBIRD FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - FELLOWSHIPS IN ORAL LITERATURE
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
FIREBIRD FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - FELLOWSHIPS IN ORAL LITERATURE
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
FIREBIRD FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - FELLOWSHIPS IN ORAL LITERATURE
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
FIREBIRD FOUNDATION FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH - FELLOWSHIPS IN ORAL LITERATURE
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
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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
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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
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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
Tsemdo Qinghai Nationalities University
Documentation of the Oral Traditions in Trika County
Trika County, Qinghai Province 3/1/2014 3/20/2014
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China 3/2/2012 2/1/2013
Zhang, Sihong James Cook University Collection of Ersu Shaba Oral Lit. and Trad. Ecological Knowledge
SW Sichuan Province, China 11/22/2011
Vietnam
Nguyen, Tam University of Oregon, Eugene Êđê Oral Literature Project DakLak province, Vietnam 1/3/2013 12/1/2013
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Klimenko, SergeiInstitute for Linguistic
Research, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Novellino, Dario University of Kent Recovering and Digitalizing Batak oral narratives and living traditions Batak/Palawan, Philippines 3/19/2010 6/1/2010
Parades, Oona National University of Singapore Baliguihan Panod Project northern Minandao,
Philippines 1/22/2014 3/1/2014
Sugguiyao, Natividad Kalinga Apayao State College
Kalinga Ullalim - The living voices of our ancestors Kalinga Tribe/Philippines 10/12/2010 Fall 2010
New Guinea Region
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Western Province/Southern Highlands, Papua New
Guinea
Trans-New Guinea 3/16/2015 5/1/2015
Ballard, Chris Australian National University The Chiefly oral traditions of central Vanuatu Republic of Vanuatu 10/19/2010 11/1/2010
Barlow, Russell University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Documenting the Oral Literature of the Ulwa People
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Barth, Danielle University of Oregon, Eugene Matukar Panau Oral Literature Collection Madang Province, Papua
New Guinea 1/3/2012 1/1/2013
Bird, Steven University of Melbourne Basic oral language documentation, Papua New Guinea
Varied/Usarufa, Papua New Guinea 1/7/2010 2/1/2010
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Bird, Steven University of Melbourne Oral Literature Collection of Siane Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea 6/29/2016 1/1/2017
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Gillespie, Kirsty Australian National University
The sun stories of the Lihir, Papua New Guinea Lihir/ Papua New Guinea 8/25/2009 9/1/2009
Lindsey, Kate Lynn Stanford University Documenting the Oral Literature of Ende Pahoturi River, Papua New Guinea
South-Central Papuan 6/15/2015 8/24/2015
Lindsey, Kate Lynn Stanford University Documenting the Oral Literature of Ende Pahoturi River, Papua New Guinea
South-Central Papuan 3/9/2016 Cont. of Project
Lipset, David University of MinnesotaA sinking canoe: Collecting the oral literature of the Murik lakes in the midst of rising sea-
levelsMurik/Papua New Guinea 1/26/2010 7/1/2010
Lipset, David University of MinnesotaA sinking canoe: Collecting the oral literature of the Murik lakes in the midst of rising sea-
levelsMurik/Papua New Guinea 4/24/2012 7/1/2012
Sarvasy, Hannah James Cook University Nungon oral literature collection Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea 1/23/2012
Schokkin, Dineke James Cook University Collection of traditional song genres on Baluan Island
Baluan Island, Papua New Guinea 10/19/2011 10/1/2011
Schreyer, Christine/Wagner,
John
University of British Columbia
Vernacular Education and Ecological Knowledge in Papua New Guinea
Kala/Morobe, Papua New Guinea 4/13/2010 5/1/2010
Sullivan, Nancy (deceased) Kittredge Foundation Karawari Cave Arts Project Karawari Region Papua
New Guinea 7/21/2009 8/1/2009
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Daniela
Slovene Academy of Sciences & Art/James Cook
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van Tongeren, Charlotte
Australian National University Filming Suki Oral Literature Western Province, Papua
New Guinea 9/24/2015 11/1/2015
Wolffram, Paul Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
A collection of song, dance, magical ritual practices, and the local mythology of the Lak
people of Southern Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Lak People of Southern Ireland, Papua New Guinea 7/13/2009 12/1/2009
BorneoChua, Liana Cambridge University Photographic Repatriation Project Baram District/Sarawak,
Malaysia 4/1/2009 6/1/2009
Franco, Merlin Curtin Sarawak Research Institute
Developing a unified ethnobotanical index to assess language and traditional knowledge
vitalitySarawak, Borneo 9/10/2012 3/13/2012
Janowski, Monica University of Sussex Kelabit oral literature collection and publishing
Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak, Malaysia 5/18/2009 7/1/2009
Marshell, Sanen University of Nottingham Dusunic and Murut Oral Tradition Dusun/Murut/Sabah, Malaysia 9/1/2008 6/1/2008
Regnier, Denis Université Libre de Bruxelles Oral Accounts of Samihim History Indonesian Borneo South East
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Rothstein Mikael/Sercombe,
PeterUniversity of Copenhagen Orature of the Eastern Penan Sarawak, Borneo 2/7/2011 2/1/2011
Sutlive, Vinson College of William and Mary A Comprehensive Iban-English Dictionary Sarawak, Borneo 9/1/2013 Ongoing
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PacificCollins, Megan Radio New Zealand Minangkabau West Sumatra, Indonesia 1/17/2011 4/1/2013
Hardin, Jessica Brandeis University Samoan Medicine: Healing and treatment choices through narrative Samoans/American Samoa 2/9/2009 6/1/2009
Kerby, John University of Oxford An Illustrated Cultural Dictionary of Toda Sedeq Toda Sedeq, Taiwan Austronesian 9/9/2014 11/1/2014
Kratochvil, Frantisek Nanyang Technological University
Abui Tales of Origin - Weaving the Narrative Fabric of Origin, Peace, Land-Tenure and
Identity in a Papuan Community of Eastern Indonesia
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Naitoro, Kateřina Australian National University
Documentation of the oral literature of the 'Are'are people Malaita, Soloman Islands 6/5/2014 10/1/2014
Palmer, Lisa University of MelbourneRecording Waima’a and Midiki Oral Histories and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in an
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Windschuttel, Glenn University of Newcastle Documentation of Kui Alor Island, Eastern Indonesia
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