[Athapbasckan-L] 2025 Dene Languages Conference

Mon May 13 21:41:25 UTC 2024

The moderator is James Crippen, however I suspect he no longer uses his old
email address. His new contact info is here:

https://www.mcgill.ca/linguistics/james-crippen

Alex

On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 4:06 PM James Kari <jmkari at alaska.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
> I'm happy to hear about the 2025 conf being in B.C. Re 2026, please add
> Jennifer Wiliiams to the Listserve.  We have discussed having a Dene conf
> in the Kenai/Soldotna area (perhaps at Kenai Peninsula College). Jennifer
> is the head of Dena'ina Lang. Institute.
> aLSO Who manages the Listserve? How many persons are on the Listserve?
> j. Kari
>
>
> On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 11:01 AM Moore, Patrick <Patrick.Moore at ubc.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>>
>> I was able to confirm this morning that Doig River First Nation is
>> interested in hosting the Dene Languages Conference next year. They will
>> need to work out some of the details about what will be involved with doing
>> that, but I was able to confirm their interest.
>>
>>
>> A forest fire was burning right across the river from town as we
>> talked so they were assessing whether they needed to evacuate. It seemed
>> like the interest is there though and this year they hosted a large Beaver
>> language gathering (200 people) and a trauma gathering (300 people) so they
>> are able to plan and host similar events.
>>
>>
>> Patrick Moore
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Athapbasckan-L <athapbasckan-l-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org>
>> on behalf of Moore, Patrick <Patrick.Moore at ubc.ca>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 8, 2024 3:54:02 PM
>> *To:* Martina Volfova; Alessandro Jaker
>> *Cc:* List for the discussion of the Athabaskan language family and
>> related languages
>> *Subject:* Re: [Athapbasckan-L] 2025 Dene Languages Conference
>>
>> [*CAUTION:* Non-UBC Email]
>>
>> All,
>>
>>
>> I am checking with Doig River administration, but I know there was a
>> death at Halfway River this week with the funeral tomorrow. Unfortunately
>> it was a young man, who I also knew because his mom was the language
>> teacher there and he was also an advanced language learner. People at Doig
>> River will be attending the funeral so realistically I donʼt expect to get
>> any response about the Dene Languages conference until next week. I will
>> note that they hosted a large three-day Beaver language gathering this
>> spring in Fort St John that had over 200 people in attendance. I know that
>> they were planning to build on that momentum next year, so they may well be
>> interested in hosting the Dene languages gathering there. Iʼll see if I can
>> confirm their interest next week.
>>
>>
>> Pat
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Athapbasckan-L <athapbasckan-l-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org>
>> on behalf of Martina Volfova <mvolfova at alumni.ubc.ca>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 7, 2024 4:42:06 PM
>> *To:* Alessandro Jaker
>> *Cc:* List for the discussion of the Athabaskan language family and
>> related languages
>> *Subject:* Re: [Athapbasckan-L] 2025 Dene Languages Conference
>>
>> [*CAUTION:* Non-UBC Email]
>> Hello everyone!
>> This is great! Pat Moore and I just recently spoke about how we would
>> love to see another Dene conference soon!
>> I am happy to help with things as well.
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>> Nṓghā́mā* / Martina Volfová*
>>
>> * Jānī Kaska Dene Kēyeh nahtsʼį̄́ʼ gūdesdéh. Síkʼādé gekēyeh négetón
>> lā.  Didī nī́ʼ síkʼādé geʼī́leh lā, wḗdé kḗgūhtʼḗī. *
>>
>> On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 2:13 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
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> *From:* Athapbasckan-L <
>>>> athapbasckan-l-bounces at listserv.linguistlist.org> on behalf of Gary
>>>> Holton <holton at hawaii.edu>
>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 7, 2024 1:37:28 PM
>>>> *To:* List for the discussion of the Athabaskan language family and
>>>> related languages
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [Athapbasckan-L] 2025 Dene Languages Conference
>>>>
>>>> [*CAUTION:* Non-UBC Email]
>>>> 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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