fyi: The Endangered Native American Languages Campaign

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Fyi

The Endangered Native American Languages Campaign
http://www.cs.org/programs/euchee.cfm

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This group organized the following session today at the UN (see below).  Info is
from the link above.

Language revitalization event 1:15-2:45pm April 24th at the 7th Session of the
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues! American Indian/Native Hawaiian
language revitalization

BRINGING OUR LANGUAGES HOME AGAIN THROUGH COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS: Indigenous
language practitioners are ever-attuned to the consensus-building aspects of
language program development, the highly specialized guidance and leadership
offered by community elders, and the power to effect generations of change by
inspiring the youth of today to become tomorrow's local and international
leaders.  Join dedicated indigenous language practitioners in sharing
local-level curricular, research and community engagement strategies for
bringing ancestral languages home to indigenous families in the year of
International Languages.

Dr. Lilikala K. Kame'eleihiwa of the Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawai’ian
Studies, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; Dr. Richard A. Grounds of the
Euchee/Yuchi Language Program; Marcus Briggs-Cloud of the University of
Oklahoma and the Norman Office of Indian Education; and Ryan Wilson of the
National Alliance to Save Native Languages and the Northern Arapaho Council of
Elders will present their community’s work, discuss ongoing coalition-building
across tribal and nation state boundaries, and highlight sources of inspiration
which have served to strengthen revitalization efforts and build critical
momentum across indigenous communities.