Session Details

Tuesday, 28 December

306. Lamenting Tribal-Language Loss

7:15–8:30 p.m., 306, Philadelphia Marriott

Program arranged by the Division on American Indian Literatures

Presiding: Frederick H. White, Slippery Rock Univ.

1. “(A)Cross the Linguistic Divide from Ojibwe to English: Loss, Language, and Community in David Treuer’s Little,” Padraig Kirwan, Univ. of California, Los Angeles

2. “Alaskan Haida Language Restoration: Challenges and Opportunities,” Jeane Breinig, Univ. of Alaska Southeast, Juneau

3. “Lamenting Dakota Language Loss,” John Hunt Peacock, Jr., Maryland Inst. Coll. of Art

4. “Fire in Eden: Zitkala-Sa’s Bitter Apple,” Catherine Kunce, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder

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