Teaching Indigenous Languages
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Important Information Some Basics of Indigenous Language Revitalization Maintaining & Renewing Native Languages Rationale & Needs for Keeping Languages Alive |
This web site is an outgrowth of a series of annual conferences started in 1994
at Northern Arizona University to
help achieve the goals of the Native
American Languages Act of 1990, which makes it government policy
to promote, protect, and preserve the Indigenous languages of the
United States of America. The conferences focus on the linguistic,
educational, social, and political issues related
to the survival of the endangered Indigenous languages of the world.
The 15th
Annual Symposium was held on May 2 & 3,
2008 at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. The
16th Annual Symposium is scheduled for April 30
to May 2, 2009 at Arizona State University. For more information on the 2009 conference contact Teresa
McCarty, SILS 2009 Program Co-Chair (Teresa McCarty@asu.edu) or Mary
Eunice Romero-Little, SILS 2009 Program Co-Chair
(M.Eunice@asu.edu). The 17th
Symposium is scheduled to be at the University of Oregon on June
17-20,
2010.
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conference updates and related information join the Indigenous-L
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At the heart of this site are over a hundred full text papers from the 1994 through 2003 Stabilizing Indigenous Languages conferences as well as the 2000 Learn in Beauty conference and the 1989 Native American Language Issues Institute published in seven books. This site also has 54 columns from the newsletter of the National Association for Bilingual Education, articles, and other materials. There is a subject index, a language/tribe index, and links to related sites, including an American Indian Education site. Please direct comments or questions about this site to Jon Reyhner at Jon.Reyhner@nau.edu.
Why Languages Matter UNESCO 2008 International Mother Language Day February 21, 2008 Languages Matter! 2008, International Year of Languages UNESCO, United Nations Protecting Native American Languages and Culture Voice of America 12/25/07 Rescuing Critically Endangered Native American Languages Summer 2007, Cultural Survival Quarterly Discovering What To Do, and How to Save Our Languages News From Indian Country |
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