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[Phil Cash Cash]

*Indigenous Languages Conference, “Coming of Age” at the Marin Headlands,
Sept 13-15*
by AICLS
*Tuesday Sep 10th, 2013 4:23 PM*

The 11th Annual Language is Life Conference, “Coming of Age” will be held
at the Headlands, September 13-15, 2013. Conference is full but for more
information: contact Marina Drummer, AICLS Administrator, 221 Idora Avenue,
Vallejo, CA 94591, (707) 486-6806, marina [at]
communityfuturescollective.org <marina at communityfuturescollective.org>.

The 11th Annual Language is Life Conference, “Coming of Age”

at the Headlands, September 13-15, 2013

Vallejo, CA. Imagine a world where there are more California native
languages spoken than anywhere else in the country, where families can
converse in their native tongues, where native language is spoken by young
and old, where familiar and revered sacred sites bear the names given them
by their traditional native caretakers. This truly was a world that existed
long before California did, before the onslaught of genocide and cultural
repression that devastated native nations throughout the state.

Today many native tongues have no living speakers, and those that do are
often seriously at risk of falling into disuse. But it is also a world that
is being reimagined more and more by native peoples, and it is taking form
in a growing movement to restore and rebuild the native languages and
cultures that have been lost to native communities.

One organization intensely focused on that vision is the Advocates for
California Indian Languages, and they have been working to realize that
world since their inception 21 years ago. Every other year AICLS has held
“Language is Life”, a practical hands on language conference for California
native peoples.
Access full article below:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/09/10/18743053.php
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