Diné Language Revitalization and Preservation is the focus of a guest presentation with Council Delegate Leonard Anthony of Shiprock, New Mexico. The event is set for Thursday, Nov. 19 from 12 -2 p.m. in UNM Student Union Building, Fiesta rooms A&B. This event is free and open to the public.
The presentation is sponsored by the Navajo/Diné Language program and Diné of UNM in conjunction with the campus wide celebration of Native American Heritage Month.
Preserving language, a fundamental component of Diné life and thought, is important to the Diné people, as it is with other indigenous groups.
This presentation is interwoven with Diné cultural foundational principles. From the point of view of the Diné people, language and culture are inseparable so this presentation will look language preservation and revitalization as well as cultural preservation among younger Diné generations. The presentation re-enforces cultural relationship regardless of religious affiliation. The principal focus is preservation with appropriate approaches.
Media Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920; e-mail: cgonzal@unm.edu