Fw: Indigenous Languages Across the Community

[David Lewis]

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From: "Jon Reyhner" <Jon.Reyhner at NAU.EDU>
To: <endangered-languages-l at cleo.murdoch.edu.au>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 2:24 PM
Subject: ELL: Indigenous Languages Across the Community


> The 278 page monograph "Indigenous Languages Across the Community"
> edited by Barbara Burnaby and Jon Reyhner with papers from the Seventh
> Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Conference held in May 2000 in
> Toronto, Canada are now available on the web in pdf format at
> http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/ILAC/ and will be available in paperback in
> the next few weeks.
>
> Since 1994, the Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Conferences have
> provided an unparalleled opportunity for practitioners and scholars
> dedicated to supporting and developing the endangered indigenous
> languages of the world, particularly those of North America, to meet and
> share knowledge and experiences gained from research and community-based
> practice. They have created a forum in which Indigenous people involved
> with work on their own languages feel comfortable about coming together
> with academics from this field to discuss issues common to them both.
> The conferences were established through leadership at Northern Arizona
> University and carried on through the voluntary efforts of academics and
> universities that have hosted the meetings.
>
> The 27 papers in "Indigenous Languages Across the Community" describe
> efforts in Canada, the United States of America, New Zealand, Zimbabwe,
> Mexico, Russia, and the Caribbean. They are divided into six sections:
> Broad perspectives and policy, language and whole community development,
> educational advances, languages and literacy development, the media, and
> the meeting of Inuit and Yupik participants. The papers discuss issues
> such as bilingual education, adult education, literacy, teacher
> training, orthography and dictionary development, the role of religion
> and culture, and language planning and advocacy strategies. Paperback
> copies can be purchased for $15.00 each plus postage from Josie Allred,
> Box 5774, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 5774 USA.
> E-mail Jon.Reyhner at nau.edu for more information.
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