International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation

Former boarding school now offers Native-focused curriculum:

Once designed to strip Native students of culture, this school now safeguards it For more than a century, federal boarding schools worked to forcibly assimilate Native American children into white culture. Here's how one Santa Fe school has worked to change that legacy.

Salish School of Spokane prepares to break ground on new building for Native American language immersion:

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Trilingual children's book highlights Wolastoqey language:

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TWO MONTHS LEFT: ICLDC WORKSHOP & TALK STORY PROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE AUGUST 31

The Department of Linguistics and the College of Arts, Languages & Letters at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa are pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for the...

10th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation:
Arts Sustaining Language
March 4-7, 2027
Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA
http://www.icldc-hawaii.org

The conference program will feature Keynote talks, Talk Story and Workshop sessions, papers, performances, and posters. An optional Hilo Field Study (on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi) to visit Hawaiian language revitalization programs in action will take place immediately after the conference (March 8-9).

We have two separate Calls for Proposals:

• Workshops and Talk Story sessions - deadline August 31, 2026
• General sessions (Papers, Performances, & Posters) - deadline September 30, 2026

For details about the conference theme, each Call for Proposals type, and their requirements and timelines, please visit our conference website:
http://www.icldc-hawaii.org

We look forward to your submissions and participation at the conference!