[Foundation-l] Cherokee Nation Chief endorses WMG Wikipedia Efforts to preserve Cherokee Language

Jeff V. Merkey jmerkey at wolfmountaingroup.com
Fri Dec 8 20:49:46 UTC 2006


Jeff V. Merkey wrote:

I scanned the letter from Chief Smith into a PDF and emailed it to the 
Foundation, since I cannot get the fax to go through. May be a problem
on our end. Email works though.

:-)

Jeff

> Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
>
>> I am faxing a copy of a letter received from the Principal Chief of 
>> the Cherokee Nation directed to the Wolf Mountain
>> Group which fully endorses the Wikipedia effort and its positive 
>> impact on Cherokee Language preservation efforts
>> of the Wikimedia Foundation and Wolf Mountain Group.
>> Although the letter is more focused on Cherokee Language matters, it 
>> characterizes the Wikipedia project
>> and content as "invaluable to the efforts of the Cherokee People to 
>> preserve its language".
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
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> Someone at wikimedia may want to add some paper to the fax machine 
> since it has timed out twice. :-)
>
> Jeff
>




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