<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><a href="http://www.indigenous-language.org/Marketplace/index.html">http://www.indigenous-language.org/Marketplace/index.html</a>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Verdana">The Indigenous Language Institute (ILI) is a publicly supported, 501(C)3 non-profit organization based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A consortium of diverse individuals and professionals with grass roots input and support, ILI is funded by grants and contributions from foundations, corporations and individuals.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 19.0px 0.0px"><font face="Gill Sans" size="6" style="font: 24.0px Gill Sans"><b>Mission</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Verdana">The Indigenous Language Institute (ILI) facilitates innovative, successful community-based initiatives for language revitalization through collaboration with other appropriate groups, organizations and individuals and promotes public awareness of the importance of Indigenous language preservation.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 19.0px 0.0px"><font face="Gill Sans" size="6" style="font: 24.0px Gill Sans"><b>Philosophies, Goals, and Objectives</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Verdana">The guiding philosophy behind the Indigenous Language Institute is to “help create speakers” of endangered Indigenous languages while we still have speakers left.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Verdana">ILI is driven by the urgency of the work to revitalize indigenous languages. There is a ten-year window of opportunity to make a difference, to turn the tide of language decline so that indigenous languages become a vibrant component of everyday life in Indian communities. The ILI:</font></p> <ul> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Verdana">Encourages and empowers Native communities to create their own solutions drawing upon their unique culture and resources</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Verdana">Facilitates access to critical information for sustaining successful community language work</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Verdana">Researches unique approaches to language revitalization</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Verdana">Bridges gaps that exist between isolated communities, academia and grassroots needs</font></li> <li style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 8.0px 0.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Verdana">Conducts symposia to create opportunities for interdisciplinary, intercultural discussions and sharing</font></li> </ul><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 19.0px 0.0px"><font face="Gill Sans" size="6" style="font: 24.0px Gill Sans"><b>Program Areas</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Verdana">ILI is national center for research, technical assistance and public education regarding indigenous language revitalization. ILI unifies and builds a network of language efforts among all 558+ indigenous communities of North America. ILI's long-term goal is to connect with North, Central and South America, and eventually the world, to enlarge this web.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Verdana">Research & Development studies, tests and produces innovative products and methods that support best practices in language acquisition and retention. ILI utilizes an interdisciplinary approach that can bridge proven research information with grassroots needs for effective language revitalization work.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Verdana">Language Materials Development Center that provides multimedia technology training to place skills into the hands of community language practitioners to develop materials in the Native languages. Native font and keyboard enablement, storybook creation, digital storytelling are some of the workshop topics. The audio services digitize older formats into current, stable media and the audio lab can be used for recording languages.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Verdana">Community Outreach Program disseminates the findings and results of the Research Program through its publications, seminars (both regional and national), workshops, consulting services to tribes, the web site and newsletters. The Language Materials Repository is a reference library of language materials developed by various tribes and institutions that is available for research by community practitioners.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 16.0px 0.0px; line-height: 24.0px"><font face="Verdana" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Verdana">Public Awareness & Education promotes to the community at large the importance of preserving, protecting and perpetuating indigenous languages. ILI engages in PR and public education through partnerships with national and international partners such as the National Congress of American Indians and Te Wananga o Aotearoa, among others.</font></p></div></body></html>