Unless otherwise indicated, all events will take place in the Center for Basque Studies/Basque Library (3rd floor, north entrance) in the Knowledge Center at UNR. All panels will take place in the Basque Conference Room. MAP
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| 4:15-4:30pm |
Heather K. Hardy, Dean,College of Liberal Arts. Welcoming Remarks |
| 4:30-5:10pm |
Denny Moore (Paraense Museum Emilio Goeldi): Opening Lecture |
| 5:10-5:50pm |
Eleanor Nevins (University of Nevada, Reno): Rethinking Indigenous Language Programs: From Maintenance to Empowerment. |
| 5:50-6:30pm |
Iñigo Urrutia (University of the Basque Country) and Xabier Irujo (University of Nevada, Reno): The Legal History of a Standard Minority Language |
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| 10:45-11:00am |
Charlotte Harry (Kooyooe Dukaddo elder): Opening Prayer |
11:00-11:30am |
Debra Harry (Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism): Contextualizing Language Revitalization Within an Indigenous Rights Framework |
11:30–12:00pm |
Leonie Pihama (Maori And Indigenous Analysis Ltd.):ToitūTe Reo:Raising Maori Speaking Children In a Colonised Context |
| 12:00–12:30pm |
Brook Lillehaugan (University of Nevada, Reno): Reconciling Linguistic and Community Concerns in Developing Practical Orthographies for Endangered Languages |
| 12:30 – 1:00pm |
Michelle McCauley (University of Nevada, Reno): Maintaining American Indian Great Basin Languages in the 21st Century |
| 4:00-5:00pm |
Denny Moore (Paraense Museum Emilio Goeldi): Aspects of Practical Language Work in Brazilian Amazonia: Literacy, Documentation, and Surveys of the Situation of Languages (at the Joe Crowley Student Union Room 422) |
| 6:30-8:00pm |
Cultural Event:
Folk music festival. Free entrance.
Folk music festival. The Eagle Wings Pageant Dancers and Noka Basque SingingTrio.
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center Theatre |
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| 9:30 – 10:00am |
Fernand De Varennes (Murdoch University, Australia): The Language Rights of Minorities in Europe: A Critical Look at the Law and Practice |
10:00 – 10:30am |
André Braën (Université d’Ottawa, Canada): Language Rights in Canada: A Political or Judicial Leadership? |
10:30 – 10:45am |
Break |
10:45 – 11:15am |
Lindsay Robertson J.D., (University of Oklahoma, College of Law Center for the Study of American Indian Law and Policies): The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
11:15 – 11:45am |
Pierre Foucher (Université d’Ottawa, Canada): Language Rights and Culture in the Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Canada |
11:45-12:00pm |
Break |
12:00 – 12:30pm |
Iñigo Urrutia (University of the Basque Country): Freedom of Language and Language Rights: Promoting Languages as an Overriding Reason in the Public Interest |
12:30-1:00pm |
Xabier Irujo (University of Nevada, Reno): The Ideological Background of Monolingualism |
1:00-2:30 |
Lunch |
2:30-4:30pm |
Open Debate. Fredina Romero (Department of Education, Nevada): Implementing the Great Basin Native American Languages in Education in Nevada |
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| 9 :30-10:00am |
Denis Viri (Arizona State University, Center for Indian Education): Nation-States and Native Tribal Language Vitality: The Challenge of Post-Colonialism in North America and East Africa |
10:00-10:30am |
Jon Allan Reyhner (Northern Arizona University): Revitalizing Basque and Other Indigenous Languages and Cultures |
| 10:30-11:00am |
Peter Gerrand (Monash University, Australia): Challenges in Gaining Visibility for Minority Languages on the Internet |
| 11:00-11:15am |
Break |
11:15-11:45am |
Xosé Manoel Núñez Seixas (University of Santiago de Compostela):
The Völkisch Appeal Spanish Nationalism(s) and Minority Languages in Spain |
11:45-12:15pm |
Oscar Álvarez (University of the Basque Country): Diaspora and Language. Basque Immigrants in the Americas |
12:15-12:45pm |
Viola Miglio (University of California, Santa Barbara): Endangered Languages and the Right of Self-Determination |
12:45-1:00pm |
Break |
| 1:00-1:30pm |
Closing Session. Lois Kane (Reno-Sparks Indian Colony Language/Culture Coordinator) |
1:30-3:00pm |
Lunch |
3:00-4:30pm |
Open Debate |
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| 9:00am |
Departure from Reno |
| 10:00-12:30pm |
Visit to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Museum & Visitors Center in Nixon. Lecture by Ralph Burns |
| 12:30pm |
Lunch at Ida N Willies Roadhouse (Wadsworth) |
| 3:00pm |
Pow Wow at Wooster High School (Reno) |
| 7:00pm |
Dinner at El Dorado Buffet |
