[Athapbasckan-L] 2025 Dene Languages Conference

[Jasmine Spencer]

Hi all,

Thank you for these emails! I spoke briefly with Garry Oker right before
Covid to brainstorm ideas for a conference, and then the pandemic shutdowns
came into effect. Pat, it sounds like you're in touch. If there's anything
I can do to support planning, I am here! Warmly,

Jasmine

On Tue, 7 May 2024 at 15:25, Josh Holden <holdejo17 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, great initiative. Please let’s bring it back. It’s been too long and
> it’s an important community for all of us. A number of elders have mentioned
> to me that they would like a forum to exchange ideas about Dene language
> work even beyond their immediate region. I would
> be happy to be a reviewer too or assist in whatever way I can. I hope it
> can happen.
>
> Josh
>
> On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 5:13 PM Alessandro Jaker <amjaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Mársı to everyone who replied so far.
>>
>> Patrick: Thank you, this is exactly the information I was looking for.
>> Please look into it and let us know.
>>
>> Gary: Yes, for sure we will need abstract reviewers, so I'll put you down
>> for that.
>>
>> Lynda: Mársı for your enthusiasm, we also look forward to seeing you
>> again as well.
>>
>> Have a great day,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 4:05 PM Moore, Patrick <Patrick.Moore at ubc.ca>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Garry Oker from Doig River First Nation must have offered to host the
>>> Dene Languages Conference at the last one in 2019. I'll check with them to
>>> see if they would want to host that next year in Fort St John.
>>>
>>>
>>> Pat Moore
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>>> on behalf of Gary Holton <holton at hawaii.edu>
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>>> related languages
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>>> iishuh Alex!
>>>
>>> Thanks so much for prompting this long overdue discussion. Happy to help
>>> in any way I can.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 9:42 AM Alessandro Jaker <amjaker at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Dene linguists and Dene friends,
>>>>
>>>> It has now been 5 years since we had a Dene languages conference.
>>>> Perhaps like many of you, I have been reluctant to ask about the next
>>>> conference, for fear that people would then ask me to organize it myself :)
>>>> But at this point I am willing to take that risk, since the Dene Languages
>>>> Conference is something which has always been very important to our
>>>> community.
>>>>
>>>> First let's review where we left off. At the 2019 conference, we agreed
>>>> that the next conference (in 2020) would be hosted by the Kenaitze Indian
>>>> Tribe of Kenai, Alaska, and the following year (2021) would be hosted by a
>>>> First Nation in Northern BC. I do not remember the name of the specific
>>>> First Nation. Obviously, that didn't happen because of Covid 19. However, I
>>>> think those two communities should have first dibs on whether or not they
>>>> want to host the next conference. I contacted the Kenaitze Indian Tribe and
>>>> they said they would not be ready to host a conference in 2025, but they
>>>> might still be interested for 2026. So the question is: does that First
>>>> Nation from Northern BC still want to host a 2025 conference? If there is
>>>> anyone from that First Nation on this email list, please let us know if you
>>>> are still interested.
>>>>
>>>> If I do not hear back from anyone within about a month, I will look
>>>> into organizing a conference in Yellowknife in June 2025. I can't promise
>>>> anything yet, since I have to get permission and apply for funding, but
>>>> I've made it happen before so I can probably do it again. So if we go down
>>>> that road we can tentatively plan on a Yellowknife conference in June 2025
>>>> and a Kenai, Alaska conference in 2026.
>>>>
>>>> Please feel free to share any thoughts to this list, and like I said,
>>>> if there is anyone from Northern BC on this list that is still interested
>>>> in hosting a conference please do let us know.
>>>>
>>>> Mársı cho,
>>>>
>>>> ɂAlesı́
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