2020 nnals Resources

2020 nnals Resources

Day 1 – Native Language Capacity Building Symposium: Innovative Tools and Strategies

This session will go over how to develop a language inventory through google spreadsheet that is able to integrate into an app development program that allows tribes/programs to house their own language materials. This inventory will also be helpful in material resource development overall. In this session, we will also cover how to develop a hyper-doc to create student paced learning cycles and utilizing add-ons and extensions to create interactive activities and materials.

Day 2 – Native Language Capacity Building Symposium: More Innovative Tools and Strategies

This session will go over how to develop a language inventory through google spreadsheet that is able to integrate into an app development program that allows tribes/programs to house their own language materials. This inventory will also be helpful in material resource development overall. In this session, we will also cover how to develop a hyper-doc to create student paced learning cycles and utilizing add-ons and extensions to create interactive activities and materials.

Day 3 – Native Language Capacity Building Symposium: Protecting Your Property

This topic will include a short presentation on awareness about intellectual property and what ANA has seen among its language grantees. It will also cover the importance of contract wording. A listening session where the attendees will discuss and share their own experiences, biggest concerns, and ask questions.

Monday, November 16

4:00 – 5:00 PM EST

Native Language Immersion Grants: What Have We Learned?
  • Panel, Inee Slaughter
  • Lead: Spike Bighorn
Sustaining and Maintaining Language Learning During the Pandemic
Holistic support for Native Language and EL Programs
  • Lead: Francis Vigil
Holistic Language Benefits
  • Lead: Lorena McElwain

5:30 – 6:30 PM EST

The Role of Tribal Colleges in Language Revitalization
  • Carrie L. Billy, Jurgita Antoine
  • Lead: Ron Lessard
Use It or Lose It!
  • Keres Cochiti Pueblo; Salish School; NLCC projects
  • Lead: Young Brinson
Importance of Cultural Competency Frameworks in Understanding and Engaging Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Education
  • Lead: Francis Vigil

Tuesday, November 17

4:00 – 5:00 PM EST

Native Language Immersion Grants: The Language Conservancy's Findings and Recommendations
  • Wilhelm Meya
  • Lead: Spike
Recently Released American Indian and Alaska Native Data
  • From the National Indian Education Study and the National Assessment of Educational Progress
  • Lead: Ron
Learning Language as a Community
  • Kealiʻi Reichel & Keoua Nelson
  • Lead: Paige

5:30 – 6:30 PM EST

Language Revitalization Begins at Birth: Supporting Intergenerational Language Development in Early Childhood
Teaching Indigenous Languages Using Online Resources
  • Susan “K’etsoo” Paskvan
  • Lead: Francis Vigil
Master/Mentor-Apprentice Language Learning Model for Native Language Teacher Training
  • Lead: Heather Sauyaq Jean Gordon, PhD a

Wednesday, November 18

4:00 – 5:00 PM EST

Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making
  • Lead: Celeste McLaughlin
How Online/Virtual Platforms Can Support Language Teaching/Learning
  • Lead: Max Yamane
Indigenous Language as a Protective Factor: Learning from Native Language Programs
  • Facilitated by: Dr. Heather Sauyaq Jean Gordon & Travis Roberts, MPH, MSW
  • Lead: Brent Huggins