Preserving Languages

Lars Anders Baer speaks at the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium in Tromso, Norway on October 21tst 2008. Lars Anders Baer is a reindeer herder and President of the Swedish Saami Parliament. He is also the Arctic representative at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.… Leer más

Victoria Spadina, specialist in ethnobiology, speaks at the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium in Tromso, Norway on October 20th, 2008.

Year of Production: 2008

Country: Canada

Gunn-Britt Retter speaks at the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium in Tromso, Norway on October 20th, 2008. Gunn-Britt Retter is a Saami from the Varanger area on the coast of Northeast Norway. She is a teacher by training and holds a Master of Arts in Bilingual Studies from the University of Wales.… Leer más

Hishinlai’ Kathy R Sikorski speaks at the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium in Tromso, Norway on October 20th, 2008. Hishinlai’ Kathy R Sikorski studied linguistics and education at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), receiving a Masters in Education in Curriculum and Instruction earlier this year. She is currently pursuing a PhD.… Leer más

An open discussion on the topic of "Indigenous Languages: an Important Key to Protecting the Arctic Environment" following the presenters on the topic at the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium in Tromso, Norway on October 20th, 2008.

Year of Production: 2008

Country: Canada

An open discussion about technology and media as tools to promote and strengthen indigenous languages following the presenters on the topic at the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium in Tromso, Norway on October 20, 2008.

Year of Production: 2008

Country: Canada

Inger Marie Eira, reindeer herder, speaks at the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium in Tromso, Norway on October 20th, 2008.

Year of Production: 2008

Country: Canada

Hugues Sicard speaks at the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symopsium in Tromso Norway on October 20th, 2008.

Year of Production: 2008

Country: Canada

This is an open discussion following the speakers of the second session of the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium on the topic of Protecting Culture and Transferring Knowledge followed by a talk by Carl Christian Olsen. Carl Christian Olsen, born in Sisimiut, Greenland, Puju, completed his doctoral studies in linguistics in 1975 and has devoted much of his life to language issues.… Leer más

Russian journalist, Tatiana Archirgina speaks at the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium on October 20th, 2008 in Tromso Norway.

Year of Production: 2009

Country: Canada

Region: Arctic

Ronald Brower speaks at the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium in Tromso Norway on October 20th, 2008. Ronald H Brower Sr. was born in 1949 in Barrow and was raised in a traditional sod home at Eviksook about 30 miles south of Barrow until the Family moved to Barrow.… Leer más

Jose Amaujaq Kusugak speaks at the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium in Tromso, Norway on October 20th, 2008. Jose Amaujaq Kusugak was born in Naujaat, Nunavut in 1950. He is the second born of 8 brothers and 4 sisters. His passion for language started when he was taking Latin in high school and he realized that unlike Latin, Inuktitut was a working and living language.… Leer más

Footage from the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium in Tromso, Norway October 19-21st, 2008. Inuit Circumpolar Conference.

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Year of Production: 2008

Country: Canada

Region: Arctic

Zacharias Kunuk and Peter Irniq speak about Technology and Media as Tools for Change at the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium in Tromso, Norway on October 20th, 2008. Zacharias was born in 1957in Kapuivik near Igloolik. He is president and co-founder in 1990 of Igloolik Isuma Productions, Canada's first Inuit-owned independent production company.… Leer más