2003 ATHABASCAN LANGUAGES CONFERENCE
With A Special Session:
Morphological Change and Comparative Work

June 5-7, 2003         Arcata, California

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Location

The 2003 Athabascan Languages Conference is hosted by the Center for Indian Community Development, with sponsorship of the Humboldt State University , and the Humboldt State University Foundation. This conference brings together linguists, speakers, educators and policy makers from across the Athabascan region. Over the past two decades this conference has become the principal forum in which members of geographically distant, but culturally and intellectually related, Athabascan communities can compare notes and learn from each other.

 

The conference will take place in the Kate Buchanan Room on the Humboldt State University campus. Humboldt State University is the northernmost campus of the California State University system and is located in the heart of California Indian Country.

The Univeristy service area includes the counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, and Mendocino. Humboldt and Del Norte Counties are the homes of the Athabascan peoples, the Tolowa and the Hupa. Mendocino County is the home to the Athabascan peoples, the Wailaki and the Cahto. Oregon, home of the Athabascan peoples, the Tututni, is an hour's drive to the north. The region is also the home of the Algonquian peoples, the Yurok and Wiyot, and several Hokan Tribes as well. The rural, mountainous area is defined by its Indigenous communities, ocean beaches, rivers, giant redwoods, white egrets, azalea and rhododendron reserves, and beckons visitors from around the globe.