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<p style="MARGIN: 0px" align="left"><br>We are happy to launch our first Native Language Network e-newsletter. There is much to share, and share we will in increments! <br><br>We first want to thank those who continue to support ILI’s work. In these challenging times, we have made every effort to cut back spending, pare down to bare necessities for operation and accepted with deep appreciation the sacrifices and volunteerism of our staff, Board and Advisors. We thank <strong>you</strong> who have given generously to keep ILI going. <br>
<br> In each issue, we will feature a community language initiative. If you want to share your story about the successes and challenges in your language work, please send us your story to <a href="mailto:ili@ilinative.org" target="_blank">ili@ilinative.org</a>. We will also update you on ILI’s activities.<br>
<br>We ask you to share this e-Newsletter with your friends and colleagues. We will use the e-Newsletter to share much-needed information that can be useful for your language revitalization work!<br><br>감사합니다! (Kamsa hapnida)<br>
<br>Inée Y. Slaughter<br>Executive Director<br></p>
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<div align="left"><font size="1">Jerry Hill (ILI President) receiving Verizon Tech Savvy Award, March 2009. Left to Right: Al Browne, Verizon Foundation; Sharon Darling, President of the National Center for Family Literacy; Jerry Hill; Christie Vilsack, Former First Lady of Iowa and Founder of the Tech Savvy Award</font><br>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0px" align="left"><strong><font size="4">Message from the President</font></strong></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0px" align="left"><em>Seguli Swakwek<u>u</u>,</em><br><br>The urgency of our mission to help the survival of our heritage languages is as strong as ever, yet ILI must now face an urgency of its own. As you may know by now, ILI has, along with many other worthy non-profits, fallen on dire times. Due to the world economic crisis, the difficult financial picture we’ve been looking at for the past several years has reached a critical point. We are now faced with many hard decisions concerning how to continue our mission without adequate resources. </p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0px" align="left"><br>ILI has evolved over the years to provide immediate tangible skills and direct assistance to Native language teachers, activists, speakers and learners through our storytelling and media workshops. Our goal of providing direct assistance to Native communities has been mostly realized, though not on the scale we have envisioned. Now we must consider how to pay our dedicated and competent staff (small as it is with 4 people) and pay rent on our unique training facilities. <br>
<br>There are more than 500 Native communities in the United States and probably several hundred more in Canada, and hundreds of others in Mexico, Central and South America. There are an estimated 175 separate languages still remaining in the United States in various stages of endangerment of which linguists predict only 20 will remain in less than a generation. ILI has focused on the Native people in the United States, for obvious reasons, not the least of which are the limited financial resources we’ve managed to secure. Still, we have been able to establish a network of more than 200 Native communities and more than 2,000 Native language teachers, activists and leaders. We’ve also established partnerships with the national Indian organizations in advancing our work. ILI it proud of its history in Native language work BUT this has not been enough; the window of time to fend off language extinction is rapidly closing. <br>
<br>It takes resources to keep the doors open to Indian Country’s language speakers, workers, teachers, activists and learners, and without your support, ILI may not be able to provide the encouragement and tools much longer to the Native communities in need of them.<br>
The future isn’t gone, nor have we given up hope. We continue to urge and encourage Indian Country to stubbornly hang on to our languages and culture by supporting its speakers, activists and learners in every way they can. </p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0px" align="left"><br><em>Tanethoniyole wakalihwatkweni tsi’ nahte ʌkaliwayʌtakwʌ</em><br>(That’s as far as I can go today)<br><br>Jerry L. Hill (Oneida)<br>President, ILI Board of Directors<br></p>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0px" align="left"><strong><font size="4">Community Focus:</font></strong></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0px" align="left"><strong><font size="4">News from Sealaska Heritage Institute</font></strong><font size="4"><br></font><font size="0"><br></font>Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI), based in Juneau, Alaska, is a Native-run non-profit organization whose goal is to enhance and perpetuate the cultures of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian people, the three nations indigenous to Southeast Alaska. Since its founding in 1981, SHI has been actively involved in language documentation and revitalization across the region, and this work remains one of the main priorities for the organization.<br>
<br>All three of our indigenous languages in Southeast Alaska are “critically endangered”, as noted by UNESCO in their most recent report on the World’s Languages in Danger. Including communities in both Canada and the US, today there are fewer than 200 native speakers of Tlingit and Tsimshian remaining, and fewer than 50 native speakers of Haida. The youngest fluent speakers are in their 60's, while the most knowledgeable speakers are typically in their 80's and 90's.<br>
<br>Despite these grim numbers, dedicated language activists are striving to learn Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian from their elders, and re-introduce the languages into their home communities. SHI continues to focus on the development of heritage language curriculum at all levels, from pre-school to university, as well as developing assessment tools that can help to track students’ progress.<br>
<br>Through it all, the most pressing need is to develop a cohort of younger, conversationally proficient speakers who will be able to carry the languages forward for future generations. To this end, SHI is currently working towards developing intensive language training opportunities for the most advanced and committed language students in our region. By creating a setting where students can focus full-time on their language learning, we believe it will be possible to bring forth that new generation of speakers while our fluent native speakers are still with us.<br>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0px" align="left"><strong><font size="4">NIEA Language Summit</font></strong></p>
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<div align="left">The Indigenous Language Institute is an official partner of National Indian Education Association (NIEA). At the NIEA National Convention in Milwaukee (Oct 22-25, 2009) ILI will present a panel during the NIEA Language Summit on Saturday, October 24, 1:30 – 4:30 PM. The Language Summit is a three-day special session that takes place in the afternoons of October 22 hosted by National Alliance for Saving Native Languages, October 23 hosted by Cultural Survival, and October 24 hosted by ILI. <br>
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<p align="left">ILI will demonstrate the technology tools that we teach people to create their own materials in their languages, including the Languagegeek keyboard enablement for all indigenous languages. ILI’s session will feature the various language-related services that are available to teachers, learners and activists in language revitalization through the consortium of national and regional language organizations that include: American Indian Language Development Institute (Arizona), Advocates for Indigenous California Languages Survival (California), The Piegan Institute (Montana), Oklahoma Native Languages Association (Oklahoma), and Indigenous Language Institute (ILI). These organizations are forging a consortium that brings cohesive services, experiences and consultations to tribes nationwide.<br>
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<div align="left"> If you are attending NIEA this year, be sure to stop by the Language Summit! </div>
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<p style="MARGIN: 0px" align="left"><font size="4"><strong>Donate to ILI</strong></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0px" align="left">The Indigenous Language Institute is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization governed by a majority Native American Board of Directors. Our work is funded by federal and private grants and by contributions from all of you. Your contributions to ILI directly helps Native language become vibrant once again <strong>Everywhere, Everyday for Everyone</strong>. <br>
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