[Athapbasckan-L] Checking in on conference plans

[Alessandro Jaker]

Hi Patrick,

That’s unfortunate about the funding. Right now Yellowknives Dene had to
temporarily shut down their language program, pending a review of the
program, so now is not a good time for them to be presenting (we hope this
issue will be fixed in the near future). I suggest you get in touch with
someone in the Tłı̨chǫ Nation, or Mandy Beyha up in Délı̨nę, I think
they are doing good things. I can tell you that in Łútsëlk'é, the contact
person is Doris Catholique. I don't have her email but if you want I could
help you get in touch with her.

In any case, I hope a conference announcement will come out fairly soon?

Alex

On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 5:18 PM Moore, Patrick <Patrick.Moore at ubc.ca> wrote:

> Alex,
>
>
> Doig River is planning to host the Dene Languages Conference together with
> their Beaver and Cree language gathering April 24th and 25th, 2025.
>
>
> I checked on SSHRC funding for the conference and found out that SSHRC no
> longer funds conferences, so there will be no funding apart from what Doig
> River First Nation is able to find. Their strong priority is to identify
> people who are forging ahead with language teaching and learning at the
> community level. Are there exemplary programs in the NWT for which I should
> contact key people to see if they can get funding to attend the conference?
> I know many of the linguists from their work, but I am not as up to date
> about the community work in the NWT.
>
>
> Pat
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> related languages
> *Subject:* [Athapbasckan-L] Checking in on conference plans
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> ɂedláanet'e-á sélat'ıné,
>
> I just had a community member ask me about whether there is still going to
> be a Dene languages conference in 2025. First just to review what we had
> tentatively agreed to before:
>
> 2025: Doig River First Nation, BC
> 2026: Kenaitze Indian Tribe, Kenai, Alaska
> 2027: Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Yellowknife, NT
>
> That may be one thing I hadn't communicated to the list before, that the
> Yellowknives Dene have agreed to a 2027 conference. Anyways, the reason I
> am writing is to ask: is this still the plan? It's no problem if we have to
> change plans,but in that case we should make a decision sooner rather than
> later. For example, if Doig River no longer wants to host in 2025, maybe
> one of the other host communities' dates could be moved up.
>
> So for those of you who are in touch with Doig River First Nation, please
> let me know if you have heard anything.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alex
>
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