2009 Stablizing Indigenous Languages Symposium Scheduled for April 30-May 2 2009

No sooner has the 2008 15th Annual Stablizing Indigenous Languages Symposium completed its meeting at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff then the 2009 Symposium is being planned for Arizona State University by Planning Committee co-Chairs Dr. Theresa McCarty and Dr. Eunice Romero-Little on the faculty of the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education. The first meeting of the committee was held today May 14 2008 and includes outside of the co-chairs Professors Timothy Begay, David Beaulieu, Elizabeth Swadener, Caroline Turner, Timothy Begaye and Michael Begaye Director of American Indian Studnet Service and graduate student Jarod Pidgeon. Others will be joining the effort to make the 2009 symposium a great meeting on this important cause. So please hold the dates of April 30-May 2, 2009 and plan to come to Tempe Arizona for what will prove to be a very interesting and thought provoking meeting of people focused on the revitalization of Indigenous languages. Information regarding the 15th Annual Symposium recently completed at NAU and the history of these meetings since the first such meeting November 16-18 1994 can be found at http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/TIL.html Look to Big River Man News for Updates on symposium.