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ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ will host the "Symposium on Indigenous Languages: Retention and Revitalization" April 10-12 in the Rendezvous Complex Suites A-C.

"We're very excited about hosting this symposium, exploring various issues and strategies for supporting indigenous languages," said Beverly Klug, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ education professor and a symposium organizer. "We have experts from throughout the West coming to present at this event."

The symposium schedule includes the following presentations:

• Tuesday, April 10, 9 a.m. – noon and 1:30-4 p.m., speakers include Christine Sims, Pueblo of Acoma, "Importance of Indigenous Languages Revival and Retention"; 7 p.m., film on Wampanoag language efforts followed by discussion.

• Wednesday, April 11, 9 a.m. – noon, speaker Bryan Hudson, Ely Shoshoni, "Work with Shoshoni Youth at the University of Utah's Center for American Indian Languages"; noon luncheon (reservations needed by calling 282-3808 or e-mailing klugbeve@isu.edu), speaker, Funston Whiteman, "Cheyenne Arapaho: Language Loss and Effects on Culture"; 1:30 – 4 p.m., Funston Whiteman, "Use of Indigenous Languages in Native History Books"; 7 p.m., film on Hawaiian language revitalization efforts followed by discussion.

• Thursday, April 12, 9 a.m. – noon, Michael Fillerup, supervisor, English as a Second Language in Navajo Immersion Schools, Flagstaff, Ariz., will discuss successful bilingual projects in both the morning and afternoon sessions); 1:30 p.m., children from Lillian Valley Elementary School in Blackfoot/Fort Hall will share their Native culture with audiences followed by reading of a Shoshoni story by Drusilla Gould; 7 p.m., Panel discussion by members of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes concerning their language retention and revitalization efforts.

The symposium supported in part by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council, a State-based Program of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit for more information on the Idaho Humanities Council.

Other sponsors include the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ College of Education, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ College of Arts and Letters and the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Cultural Affairs Council.

Additional members of the symposium committee are Christopher Loether, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ anthropology professor; Drusilla Gould, Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Member and senior lecturer, ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Department of Anthropology; and Sherice Gould, Language and Cultural Preservation Department Manager, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.

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