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<div class="" style="font-size:14px"><strong class="">Indigenous Languages Conference, “Coming of Age” at the Marin Headlands, Sept 13-15</strong></div><div class="">by AICLS <br><em>Tuesday Sep 10th, 2013 4:23 PM</em></div>
</div><blockquote class="" style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif">The 11th Annual Language is Life Conference, “Coming of Age” will be held at the Headlands, September 13-15, 2013. Conference is full but for more information: contact Marina Drummer, AICLS Administrator, 221 Idora Avenue, Vallejo, CA 94591, (707) 486-6806, <a href="mailto:marina@communityfuturescollective.org" style="border:none;color:rgb(22,52,92)">marina [at] communityfuturescollective.org</a>.</blockquote>
<div class="" style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px;margin-top:12px;color:rgb(17,17,17)">The 11th Annual Language is Life Conference, “Coming of Age” <br><br>at the Headlands, September 13-15, 2013 <br>
<br>Vallejo, CA. Imagine a world where there are more California native languages spoken than anywhere else in the country, where families can converse in their native tongues, where native language is spoken by young and old, where familiar and revered sacred sites bear the names given them by their traditional native caretakers. This truly was a world that existed long before California did, before the onslaught of genocide and cultural repression that devastated native nations throughout the state. <br>
<br>Today many native tongues have no living speakers, and those that do are often seriously at risk of falling into disuse. But it is also a world that is being reimagined more and more by native peoples, and it is taking form in a growing movement to restore and rebuild the native languages and cultures that have been lost to native communities. <br>
<br>One organization intensely focused on that vision is the Advocates for California Indian Languages, and they have been working to realize that world since their inception 21 years ago. Every other year AICLS has held “Language is Life”, a practical hands on language conference for California native peoples. </div>
<div class="" style="font-family:verdana,arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px;margin-top:12px;color:rgb(17,17,17)"><div class="" style="margin-top:12px">Access full article below: </div><div><a href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/09/10/18743053.php">http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/09/10/18743053.php</a><br>
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