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LINGAD 2007 Indigenous Languages Conference 25 – 28 September 2007 University of Adelaide

LINGAD 2007 Indigenous Languages Conference 25 – 28 September 2007 University of Adelaide. Some of the highlights from the LINGAD 2007 Conference. Tuesday 25 September Opening Session. Kauwanu (Uncle) Lewis Yerloburka O’Brien’s welcome speech

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LINGAD 2007 Indigenous Languages Conference 25 – 28 September 2007 University of Adelaide

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  1. LINGAD 2007Indigenous Languages Conference25 – 28 September 2007University of Adelaide

  2. Some of the highlights from the LINGAD 2007 Conference.

  3. Tuesday 25 September Opening Session Kauwanu (Uncle) Lewis Yerloburka O’Brien’s welcome speech Prof. Roger Thomas: “Welcome our brothers and sisters.” Prof. Roger Thomas: “Indigenous Languages are endangered.” Prof. Peter Buckskin: “The diversity and richness of our languages is a force to be reckoned with.” Dr. Alitya Wallara Rigney: “We have a long history of fighting and surviving and that’s what our children intend to do.”

  4. Tuesday 25 September Panel Discussion Leonora Adidi: “This is food for thought.” Jeanie Bell: “Who controls your language? A serious issue we all need to address.”

  5. Tuesday 25 SeptemberPlenary - Maori TV Te Haumihiata Mason: “To capture the essence of Maori story, scripts need to be written in Maori.”

  6. Tuesday 25 SeptemberSahaptin-Nez Perce Placenames Phil Cash Cash: “This is when I first became aware, and they name the place.” Phil Cash Cash: “How knowledge became formed through language and landscape.” Phil Cash Cash: “I would rather have people argue about language than the opposite.”

  7. Wednesday 26 SeptemberMaori Monolingual Dictionary Jaky Troy: “As an Aboriginal person I like to have our language maintained.” Te Haumihiata Mason: “My language is my identity. Without my language I am lost.” Te Haumihiata Mason: “In haka, the frog is referred to as ika ‘fish’.” Te Haumihiata Mason: “Still don’t know what a penguin is!”

  8. Wednesday 26 SeptemberDocumenting Language, Visualizing Culture Phil Cash Cash: “The fluent speaker’s perspective on language opens up another world of treasures.”

  9. Wednesday 26 SeptemberIs Saving Languages a Good Investment? Michael Walsh : “Most of our languages will be endangered.” Michael Walsh:“Even in a ‘strong’ language, there are domains of that language, such as ‘song language’, which are endangered.”

  10. Wednesday 26 September Discussion on ‘Who Controls Your Language?’ Prof. McWha -Vice Chancellor of the University of Adelaide: “It is our aim to become the university of first choice for Indigenous research.”

  11. Wednesday 26th Discussion on ‘Who Controls Your Language?’ Karl Telfer: “Who controls Kaurna Language?” Rob Amery: “Control is achieved through knowledge and use.” Roger Thomas: “I control my language, myself and my family.” David Nash: “I think everyone feels that their language is very important.” David Nash: “What does it feel like to think that your language needs you?”

  12. Wednesday 26 September Discussion on ‘Who Controls Your Language?’ Georgina Yambo Williams - Kaurna senior Woman: “I have to say this is the best Conference I have been to.”

  13. Thursday 27 SeptemberPlenaryLanguage Landscapes of Children in Remote Australia Jane Simpson: “Language shift can take place remarkably fast.”

  14. Snaps from the conference -Enjoy!

  15. Dr. Alitya Wallara Rigney

  16. Te Haumihiata Mason

  17. Kauwanu Lewis Yerloburka O’Brien

  18. Lizzie Ellis

  19. David Prosser

  20. Tracy Bunda introduces Te Haumihiata Mason

  21. Phil Cash Cash

  22. Tanya Wanganeen presents Narungga resources

  23. Vincent (Jack) Kanya Buckskin presents Kaurna placenames website

  24. Rob Amery (Conference Convenor)

  25. Professor Roger Thomas and Kauwanu Lewis O'Brien

  26. Alitya Wallara Rigney and Cherie Warrara Watkins

  27. Denise Karpany and Pilawuk White

  28. Pat Waria-Read and Betty Branson

  29. Tracey Bunda and Des Crump

  30. Bobby Brown and Petter Naessan

  31. Ralph Doole and John Atkinson

  32. Jane and Greg Wilson

  33. Christine Brown interviews Uncle Herb Patten - invited gum-leaf player

  34. Ngarrindjeri Contingent: Dorothy French, Louisa Schapel, Vicky Cooper and Rebecca Carter

  35. David Prosser, Michael Jarrett and Steve Morelli

  36. Ngarrindjeri Contingent: Lena Rigney, Vicki Hartman, Addie Smith, Lynne Graham and Eileen McHughes

  37. West Coast Contingent: Reva Miller, Aunty Gladys Miller, Wanda Miller, Estelle Miller.

  38. Some of the Australian Plenary Panelists: Lorraine Injie, Dr. Marika and Leonora Adidi

  39. Prof. Peter Buckskin introduces the Australian Plenary Panel Discussion

  40. The Australian Plenary Panel: Lorraine Injie, Leonora Adidi, Alitya Wallara Rigney, Jeanie Bell, Ralph Doole, John Atkinson

  41. The Australian Plenary Panel: Lorraine Injie, Dr Marika, Leonora Adidi, Alitya Wallara Rigney (speaking), Jeanie Bell, Ralph Doole, John Atkinson

  42. Dorothy French and Mary-Anne Gale displaying Ngarrindjeri language materials

  43. Taikurtinna Dance Group: Jamie Ngungana Goldsmith, Vincent (Jack) Kanya Buckskin, Steve Gadlabarti Goldsmith

  44. Taikurtinna Dance Group

  45. Steve Goldsmith, Christine Brown, and David Prosser

  46. Steve Gadlabarti Goldsmith and Christine Brown

  47. Te Haumihiata Mason, our visitor from Aotearoa (New Zealand)

  48. A question from the audience

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