DAY 1: Thursday, May 16, 2024, University Center Ballroom

8:30 AM: Registration

9:00 AM: Opening remarks by Dr. Sean Chandler (Aaniiih)

9:30 AM: Keynote speech by Dr. Ofelia Zepeda (Tohono O’odham) "The American Indian Language Development Institute: Training in the Science of Language and The Language of Indigenous Science"

11:00 AM: Break

11:10 AM: "Kⱡu‘nisnam (Village Movement)," Francis Auld (Ksanka)

11:30 AM: “The Reunification of Language and Culture,” Jeannette Gardipe (Bitterroot Salish), Mali Matt (Salish), Alfred Woodcock (CSKT), Tim Ryan (Salish), Linda Ferris (Klamath)

11:50 AM: Catered Lunch

1:10 PM: “The Muysca people of Colombia and the need to speak again with the ancestors,” Brenn Romero Moreno (Muysca)

1:30 PM: “Co-creating Interactive Web-based Multimedia Atlases to Document Indigenous Place-names, History, and Indigenous Science,” Joshua Brown (Salish)

1:50 PM: “Free, approachable, low-tech processes for making spoken language materials more accessible,” Charlie McVicker (ᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏰᎵᎯ/Cherokee)

2:10 PM: “Exploring Phonetic Variations in Daily Turkish Use among Arab Students in Turkey,” Ahmed Metwally Abdalla

2:30 PM: Break

2:40 PM: Plenary by Iva Croff (Amsskaapipiikanii) “American Indian Sign Language: Reinforcing Language Instruction”

3:20 PM: Reflection time

3:30 PM: Song and closing remarks by 2024 Montana Teacher of the Year, Kevin KickingWoman (Amsskaapipiikanii)

4:00 PM: Announcements

DAY 2: Friday, May 17, 2024, Payne Family Native American Center, Rooms 103 & 105
(Day 2 consisted of parallel sessions.)

9:00 AM

NAC 103: Workshop: "Tools for understanding our language for teaching and learning," Melanie Sandoval

NAC 105: Workshop: Workshop: “Formative assessment: How to gauge student learning,” Dr. Tracy Hirata-Edds

10:00 AM

NAC 103: Workshop: "Tools for understanding our language for teaching and learning," Melanie Sandoval (a second time)

NAC 105: Workshop: “Formative assessment: How to gauge student learning,” Dr. Tracy Hirata-Edds (a second time)

11:00 AM

NAC 103: Workshop: “Grant writing: How to plan a project,” Dr. Mizuki Miyashita

NAC 105: Information session: “Training venues: CoLang 2024, AILDI, NAMA, NILI”