<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Dear RNLDers</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>The following information about the </span><span>17th Stabilizing
Indigenous Languages Symposium</span><span> is forwarded on behalf of </span><span><span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Janne Underriner</span> <span><<a href="mailto:jlu@uoregon.edu" target="_blank">jlu@uoregon.edu</a>></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>17th Stabilizing
Indigenous Languages Symposium</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>June 25-27, 2010</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Hosted by the University
of Oregon ,Eugene, Oregon</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Submission date
extended to January 11, 2010</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The Northwest Indian
Language Institute of the University of Oregon will host the 17th Stabilizing
Indigenous Languages Symposium (SILS), the 45th International Conference on
Salish and Neighboring Languages, the Athabascan Languages Conference, and the Hokan-Penutian
Languages Conference.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The co-occurrence of
these conferences will allow community members/language activists and linguists
to come together to share ideas, learn from each other, and facilitate contacts
between academic linguists and communities that speak endangered languages.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>In addition, on June
21st, NILI’s Summer Institute and the UO’s Department of Linguistics Infield
will begin. This will consist of two weeks of classes and workshops offering
community members, language activists and linguists training on a wide range of
issues related to language preservation, maintenance and revitalization,
linguistic fieldwork and documentation, followed by InField’s four weeks of
intensive field methods courses.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Send SILS submissions
to <a href="mailto:sils2010@uoregon.edu" target="_blank">sils2010@uoregon.edu</a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Visit our website
at:<span> 
</span><a href="http://www.uoregon.edu/%7Enwili/Summer2010/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.uoregon.edu/~nwili/Summer2010/index.html</a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Northwest Indian
Language Institute</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span>1629 Moss Street,
Eugene Oregon 97403<span>  
</span><a href="mailto:nwili@uoregon.edu" target="_blank">nwili@uoregon.edu</a><span>  
</span>541-346-0730</span></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Margaret Florey<br>Director, Resource Network for Linguistic Diversity <<a href="http://www.rnld.org/">www.rnld.org/</a>><br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:Margaret.Florey@gmail.com">Margaret.Florey@gmail.com</a><br>
Ph: +61 (0)4 3186-3727 (mob.)<br>skype: margaret_florey<br>