[Athapbasckan-L] 2025 Dene Languages Conference

Mon May 13 21:51:10 UTC 2024

Here is a link where people can subscribe. However, it still needs the
moderator's approval, so we need to get in touch with James Crippen.

https://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/athapbasckan-l

Alex

On Mon, May 13, 2024 at 4:41 PM Alessandro Jaker <amjaker at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------- Department of
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>>>>> manoa.hawaii.edu/linguistics
>>>>> Schedule advising appointments on Google Calendar
>>>>> <https://calendar.app.google/h2KM8jgdph7hQbVF6>.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> — Land Acknowledgement
>>>>>
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>>>>> ma Mānoa (the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa) strives to be a Native
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>>>>> <http://manoa.hawaii.edu/nhpol/language-option/pathways/auamo/aloha-aina/>
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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