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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MARCH 1ST, 2011<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The Endangered Language Fund is pleased to announce the application process for participants and mentors in the Breath of Life Archival Institute, to be held in Washington, DC, June 13-24, 2011. Participants will be Native American heritage language learners, teachers and activists; mentors will be experts in linguistics who help guide the participants' work.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The information for participants can be found here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/BOL_Participant">http://www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/BOL_Participant</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The information for mentors can be found here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/BOL_Mentor.html">http://www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/BOL_Mentor.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>General information can be found here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/BOL">http://www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/BOL</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>This summer's Breath of Life is supported by the Documenting Endangered Languages Program, National Science Foundation, sponsored by the Endangered Language Fund, and hosted by the Smithsonian Institution and the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Lisa Conathan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>___________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Lisa Conathan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Archivist <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>P.O. Box 208240<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>New Haven, CT 06520-8240<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>203.432.9039<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>