25th Annual AILDI & Mini-Conference, Tucson AZ (fwd)

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Announcing:

The 25th Annual
American Indian Language Development Institute
http://www.ed.arizona.edu/AILDI/

June 7, 2004 - July 2, 2004
The University of Arizona ~ Tucson, Arizona

The University of Arizona, Department of Language, Reading and Culture,
and the American Indian Studies Programs, will host the 25th Annual
American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI). Celebrating 25
years as a unique Institute for Native language education and a
champion of Indigenous language rights is central to this year's theme:
Indigenous Language and Education Rights: Past, Present and Future. A
mini-conference and 4-week courses will focus on the accomplishments of
AILDI and its participants, current issues in Native American education
and language rights, and action plans.

MINI-CONFERENCE
JUNE 24, 25, 26 2004

Indigenous Language and Education Rights:
Past, Present, and Future
http://www.ed.arizona.edu/AILDI/Miniconference.htm

The American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI) invites
Native American language teachers, practitioners, elders, students,
administrators, tribal leaders and educators working with Native
American and other indigenous populations to a mini-conference to be
held in conjunction with the 25th  annual AILDI at the University of
Arizona  in Tucson, Arizona. The mini-conference theme, Indigenous
Language and Education Rights: Past, Present and Future, celebrates
AILDI’s 25 years as a unique institute for Native American language
educators and champion of indigenous language rights.

CALL FOR PRESENTATION PROPOSALS

The 2004 AILDI Mini-conference, Indigenous Language and Education
Rights: Past, Present and Future, invites you to submit proposals for
presentations, panels, demonstrations and poster  presentations.
Proposal topics should focus on Native American community-based
experience and knowledge, and be in the spirit of the work
representative of AILDI in all areas of Native American language
teaching, research and advocacy.

PROPOSED TOPIC AREAS

-Creating a Place for Our Languages: best practices, successful
community-based Native language pedagogy and  programs; teaching
demonstrations

-Language Planning & Policy: tribal, state and national policy efforts
that affect Indigenous people and their education and language rights

-Native American Language Advocacy & Activism: strategies, networking, 
and resources

-Efforts in Language Revitalization: research case studies, reports,
descriptions, updates, and issues

-Documentation as Part of Language Recovery & Revitalization: examples, 
demonstrations of community based efforts

-Native American Literature and Language: readings, films, performances,
sharing creative work in the Native language

-Native American Language and Technology: demonstrations and information
sharing

SPECIAL INVITED PANELS AND WORKSHOPS   

·Funders Panel
·Technology and Indigenous  Community Language Revitalization
·Language Immersion Methods for  Native American Languages
·The Ford Foundation Language  Immersion Teacher Training Project
·National Study: The Impact of  Native Language Shift and Retention on
American Indian Students’ English  Language Learning and School
Achievement          
·Tribal Leaders Panel
·Elders Panel