New! Presentations and handouts from the 2006 conference in Yellowknife are available here!
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, 13-15 June, 2006
The Dene Languages Conference will be held at the Explorer Hotel in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, June 13-15, 2006. The co-sponsors are Yamózha Kúé Society (Dene Cultural Institute) and the Department of Linguistics, University of Victoria.
Theme: Land and Language
Invited speakers:
- S. Neyooxet Greymorning (Arapaho; University of Montana)
- Shirley Fontaine (Ojibway; Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs)
Program
The conference program will be available soon.
Request for Proposals/ Call for Papers
The original call for papers is available here.
Accommodation
The official conference hotel is the Explorer Hotel. Please ask for the conference rate.
Visitor Information
Regular scheduled air service to Yellowknife is provided by several major airlines, including:
There is no direct service between the US and Yellowknife, however, direct service is available to Edmonton, from where connecting flights to Yellowknife are available.
First Air is offering special conference discounts.
Here is a site with some links for tourist information:
June in Yellowknife isn't really predictable for weather but we might expect to find the wild roses out.
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Yellowknife Weather Forecast (Environment Canada)
Registration
Conference registration fees are as follows (in Canadian dollars). Fees may be paid on-site.
- General: $75
- Students: $50
- Elders: no charge
- Presenters: no charge
A pre-registration form is available at
Proceedings
As in previous years, the Alaska Native Language Center will publish selected papers from the conference in a proceedings volume. Relevant papers not presented at the conference will also be considered for inclusion in this volume. Papers will generally be no more than 15 pages. More information regarding the proceedings will be available prior to the conference.
E-mail listserv
If you would like to receive future announcements regarding the conference, you may subscribe to the ALC-L email list.
Previous Conferences
The Dene Languages Conference (also known as the Athabascan Languages 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.
- 2005: Victoria, British Columbia
- 2003: Arcata, California
- 2002: Fairbanks, Alaska
- 2001: Los Angeles, California
- 2000: Moricetown, British Columbia
See a complete list of conferences dating back to 1976.
The proceedings of the 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005 Dene/Athabaskan Languages Conferences are published in the ANLC Working Papers series. These may be ordered from ANLC by contacting (907) 474-7874 or fyanlp@uaf.edu.
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