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23.05.2019 - 26.05.2019

Garrmalang Festival

Asia and the Pacific / / Darwin
Darwin Entertainment Centre

Garrmalang is a dynamic festival of Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) arts and culture that brings together artists, dancers, musicians and performers to share stages, stories, forums and songs. As the only Indigenous festival to be held in Darwin, Garrmalang aims to reflect the unique experiences, cultures and stories of Australia’s northern capital city from the perspective of its Indigenous artists and communities.
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22.04.2019 - 22.04.2019

Side event on Indigenous Issues at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

Europe and North America / / New York
405 E 42nd Street New York, NY 10017

The 18th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is taking place from 22 April – 3 May 2019 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA. The theme is  “Traditional knowledge: Generation, transmission and protection”. The AFN will host a side event to celebrate and promote Indigenous Languages revitalization.  
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21.01.2019 - 24.01.2019

Language activism seminar SANA 2019

Europe and North America / / Inari
SAJOS - Sámi cultural and administrative centre

On January 21-24, partners of SANA 2019: “Civil Society Network for Preserving and Revitalizing Indigenous Languages” held a training seminar and study tour at Inari (Finland) for recipients of SANA mini-grants for community-based language initiatives. Representatives of 7 language initiatives (from Karelia, Leningrad Oblast, Estonia and Latvia) supported by the SANA 2019 project gathered in Inari to learn about good practices of preserving and revitalizing Sámi languges, to jointly plan the implementation of their initiatives and to become part of the SANA 2019 network. 
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13.02.2019 - 17.02.2019

Indigenous Focus And Artists In Residence At Folk Alliance International Conference

Europe and North America / / Montréal
Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel

FAI’s Artist in Residence project is a commissioned work to coincide with the UNs declaration of 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages. Indigenous artists Twin Flames will consider and converse with Indigenous artists globally to create an original piece that speaks to the importance of language, especially as it relates to identity, culture, and history. Twin Flames is an Indigenous husband and wife duo (Jaaji, an Inuk Mohawk from Nunavik, and Chelsey June, Algonquin Cree métis from Ottawa). Touring the Arctic and North America, together they echo the voices of their ancestors and depict life on the land as they sing songs in English, Inuttitut, and French.
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30.01.2019 - 31.01.2019

46th Annual Diné Song & Dance Festival

Europe and North America / / Rock Point, AZ
Rock Point Community School, Highway 191, Rock Point, AZ

Nihizaad dóó nihe’é’él’į’ sin bee hatáál dóó azhish bee náá yiilyéeł dooleeł hwiindzin. T’áá ałtso nooséłí da’ółta’ígíí bá bił náhoo’aahgo hoolzhish. Nihaadajiikah! To maintain our Diné language and Diné ways of knowing and doing, this event is held for students to express language and culture through singing and dancing. All schools are invited! All are welcome to watch!
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