28.1595, Confs: Lakota, Language Acquisition, General Linguistics/USA

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Subject: 28.1595, Confs: Lakota, Language Acquisition, General Linguistics/USA

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Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 18:27:11
From: Mitchell Teplitsky [mteplitsky at gmail.com]
Subject: Lakota Language Weekend

 
Lakota Language Weekend 
Short Title: LLW 

Date: 08-Apr-2017 - 09-Apr-2017 
Location: Skokie, IL, USA 
Contact: Zac . 
Contact Email: events at languageconservancy.org 
Meeting URL: https://www.facebook.com/events/191866424624385/ 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Language Acquisition 

Subject Language(s): Lakota (lkt)

Meeting Description: 

The Lakota Language Weekend, launched in Los Angeles in Nov. 2016, is an
ongoing traveling series designed to introduce the Lakota language and culture
to educators and students in various cities around the U.S. It also serves as
an excellent gateway to the the Lakota Summer Institute in June (at Sitting
Bull College in Ft. Yates, ND)

Instructors:

Nacole Walker (Húŋkpapȟa Lakȟóta and Iháŋktuŋwaŋna Dakȟóta) is a Lakota
speaker and instructor. She earned her BA in Linguistics from Dartmouth in
2011, specializing in the Lakota language. She's since returned home to
Standing Rock and currently completing her Master's degree in Curriculum,
Instruction and Assessment.

Elliot Bannister is a linguist with The Language Conservancy, which works on
Native American language revitalization across the USA. Elliot is originally
from Northampton, UK and has been learning the Lakota language since age 15.

Cost: $20 a day

To Register: www.regonline.com/LLWChicago17

The Lakota Language Weekend is a project of the Lakota Language Consortium, a
non-profit organization of linguists, Native American leaders and volunteers
working to revitalize the Lakota Language.

The Lakota Language Weekend launched in 2015 as an ongoing traveling series to
bring the Lakota language and culture to educators and students across the
U.S. It also serves as an excellent gateway to the the Lakota Summer Institute
in June (at Sitting Bull College in Ft. Yates, ND)
 
Weekend Instruction will include basic syntax, a wide range of vocabulary, and
introduction to conjugation paradigms.
 
This is an excellent opportunity to experience a language restoration program
in action.
 
Saturday night in the same location ($20 additional): Film and discussion
Special Event, open to the public: Screening of the award-winning documentary
''Rising Voices'', about the fight to preserve the Lakota Language
 
Instructors:
 
Nacole Walker (Húŋkpapȟa Lakȟóta and Iháŋktuŋwaŋna Dakȟóta) is a Lakota
speaker and instructor. She earned her BA in Linguistics from Dartmouth in
2011, specializing in the Lakota language. She's since returned home to
Standing Rock and currently completing her Master's degree in Curriculum,
Instruction and Assessment.
 
Elliot Bannister is a linguist with The Language Conservancy, which works on
Native American language revitalization across the USA. Elliot is originally
from Northampton, UK and has been learning the Lakota language since age 15.
 






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