Events

Conversational Navajo is open to any individual who is interested in Navajo. Our Navajo language students are encouraged to attend. We also invite speakers of all levels to participate and exchange Navajo language knowledge with students. Conversational Navajo focuses on speaking the language.

This is an event where everyone is welcome to celebrate the past and present of Navajo language instruction at the University of New Mexico. Our instructors will share their personal experiences and stories, incorporating traditional cultural knowledge and protocol, and discussing the use of Navajo language in one's career. Our primary goal is to promote the continued use of the Navajo language and of all Indigenous languages of the Southwest.

Le festival éco-mobilisation revient en 2019 pour aborder la thématique : « L’Amazonie, ou le déracinement du monde ». Il se déroulera du 5 au 8 septembre 2019 à Bordeaux au sein de l'écosystème Darwin. Ce festival à la programmation hybride, qui combine arts, musiques et sciences, accueille chaque année des experts, des personnalités de renom au sein d’un cycle de conférences parrainé par des ONG phares et des grands témoins.

We invite you to join us in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 6th and 7th to explore Intersections of Language and Nature: Conservation, Documentation, and Access.   The two-day symposium brings together scholars from indigenous communities, conservation practice, the arts, and academia to address the parallel threats facing linguistic and biological diversity and explore opportunities for collaboration. IMPORTANT DATES: Symposium: September 6-7 Field Trip: September 8 Poster Abstract Submission: July 15 Early Bird Registration Closes: July 15 All Registration Closes: September 1

About Last Whispers: At an unprecedented speed, faster than the extinction of some species, our linguistic diversity—the very means by which we know ourselves—is eroding. Today, a majority of the world’s population speaks only 30 of the 7,000 languages remaining on earth. It is estimated that at least half of the currently spoken languages will have died by the end of this century. In fact, a language dies every two weeks. By definition, this loss occurs in silence, since silence is the very form of this extinction. Last Whispers is an invocation of that which has gone extinct and an incantation of those that are endangered. It is an immersive oratorio composed of their recordings: a video/audio installation and virtual reality experience.

The XI ELESI - Encontro sobre Leitura e Escrita em Sociedades Indígenas (Meeting on Reading and Writing in Indigenous Societies) is the leading open periodic event, nationwide, that discusses indigenous education and topics related to the use of writing and orality by indigenous peoples, including literacy issues, definition of spellings and indigenous language literatures. In this International Year of Indigenous Languages (UNESCO), XI ELESI will address the theme "Revitalization of Indigenous Languages: What We Know and What We Need to Know."

A visita ocorrerá no dia 09 de setembro, durante toda a manhã, pois é a data de comemoração da formação da comunidade indígena xokós. Neste dia eles apresentarão, ao público aberto, a cultura deles, como danças, rituais e alimentação. Nossos estudantes levarão a "Gelateca" com a doação de livros realizada por eles. Além disso iniciaremos o processo de apoio junto a escola indígena no povoado para candidatura à REDE PEA-UNESCO.