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<DIV>Hear, Hear!, well said....</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:anguksuar@YAHOO.COM
href="mailto:anguksuar@YAHOO.COM">Richard LaFortune</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
href="mailto:ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU">ILAT@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 03, 2008 8:10
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [ILAT] from SIL 15,
Flagstaff AZ</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I wish they'd stick with the acronym SILC
(Stabilizing<BR>Indigenous Languages Conference) rather than
risking<BR>shortening SIL, which tends to conflate it with an<BR>organization
with a notorious history.<BR>Richard LaFortune<BR><BR>--- phil cash cash
<<A title=mailto:cashcash@EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU
href="mailto:cashcash@EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU">cashcash@EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR>> Greetings,<BR>> <BR>> I just finished the first day
of the Stabilizing<BR>> Indigenous Languages (SIL) 15. <BR>> A very
inspiring and heart felt conference attended<BR>> by mostly
indigenous<BR>> community language practitioners, teachers, and<BR>>
advocates who are engaged in<BR>> language revitalization work.<BR>>
<BR>> SIL<BR>> <A title=http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/SIL9brochure.html
href="http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/SIL9brochure.html">http://jan.ucc.nauedu/~jar/SIL9brochure.html</A><BR>>
<BR>> A number of sessions today (and perhaps tomorrow as<BR>> well)
showed how digital<BR>> video/film is being used both as a documentation
and<BR>> revitalization tool in the<BR>> indigenous communities.
Technology is also playing<BR>> key role for a number of<BR>>
communities. But I must add that language immersion<BR>> is still
widely considered<BR>> as THE primary method(s) for creating and
sustaining<BR>> new speakers of a heritage<BR>> language.<BR>>
<BR>> Anyway, this quick note is not really meant as a<BR>> review but
just a reminder of<BR>> all the great and impressive revitalization
work<BR>> that is happening today...in<BR>> spite of all the tremendous
odds many communities<BR>> are facing.<BR>> <BR>> Phil Cash
Cash<BR>> UofA<BR>> <BR><BR><BR><BR>
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