My research focuses on Indigenous language documentation, analysis, and revitalization. Since 2003, I have been working with members of the Siksiká and Kainai communities on documenting and analysing the Blackfoot language, with a focus on morphosyntax, articulatory phonetics, and oral stories. I am the Editor and Curator of the Blackfoot Online Stories Archive (http://stories.blackfoot.atlas-ling.ca/#/stories). Beyond Blackfoot, I have done comparative research looking at a range of Algonquian languages, including Cree and Nishnaabemowin. I also investigate the role of ultrasound imaging technology in phonetic documentation and its application in pronunciation instruction.
Along with co-authors Ikino'motstaan Noreen Breaker, Naato'pi Lee Breaker, and LeeAnne Ireland, I am excited to report that our abstract Itohtsissitapitsi’pi Ihpapiiyistsiyo’pi: Sharing our Knowledge to Create a Blackfoot Learning Resource has been accepted to ICLDC 7 and has received a Most Impactful Paper award.
Stsíkiistsi ki stsíkiistsi: The ubiquity of Blackfoot demonstratives in discourse (co-authored with Martina Wiltschko) has been published in Demonstratives in Discourse, available in Open Access through Language Sciences Press.