BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3297-a6211325ef968c00db1ab64587f57cda@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260415T030227Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T160000 SUMMARY:“May History Show Us the Way: Roots of Cherokee Language Endangerment an d Paths for Reclamation” with Ben Frey DESCRIPTION:\nJoin Ben Frey for his talk &ldquo\;May History Show Us the Way: Roots of Cherokee Language Endangerment and Paths for Reclamation. &rdquo\; \;\n\nThe Cherokee language represents the heart and soul o f Cherokee culture. Today\, with fewer than 200 first-language speakers remaining among the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians&rsquo\; population of 18\,000 citizens\, the language is severely endangered. In this talk\ , Frey discusses the many driving factors of the language&rsquo\;s endan germent and how to address those factors for an effective program of lan guage revitalization.\n\nBen Frey is an assistant professor at the \ ;University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an enrolled member of t he Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. His research focuses on language re vitalization and the link between social networks\, institutional struct ures\, and language behavior over time. &ldquo\;May History Show Us the Way&rdquo\; is a preview of his book\, which will appear in the Universi ty of Nebraska&rsquo\;s Many Wests series. \;\n\n------------------- --------------------\n\nMANY WESTS BOOK SERIES\n\nMany Wests Editors: Th omas G. Andrews\, Ari Kelman\, Amy Lonetree\, Mary E. Mendoza\, Christin a Snyder\; Acquiring Editor: Bridget Barry\n\nThis talk is part of the M any Wests book series and will generate a book tentatively titled\, Risi ng Above: Language Revitalization in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian s\, published by the University of Nebraska Press. Sponsored by the McCa be-Greer Professorship\, the Department of History\, and the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center.\n\nFor more details: https://events.l a.psu.edu/event/ben-frey_042123/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join Ben Frey f or his talk “May History Show Us the Way: Roots of Cherokee Langua ge Endangerment and Paths for Reclamation.” 

The Cherok ee language represents the heart and soul of Cherokee culture. Today, wi th fewer than 200 first-language speakers remaining among the Eastern Ba nd of Cherokee Indians’ population of 18,000 citizens, the languag e is severely endangered. In this talk, Frey discusses the many driving factors of the language’s endangerment and how to address those fa ctors for an effective program of language revitalization.

Ben Fre y is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee India ns. His research focuses on language revitalization and the link between social networks, institutional structures, and language behavior over t ime. “May History Show Us the Way” is a preview of his book, which will appear in the University of Nebraska’s Many Wests series. 

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MANY WESTS BOOK SERIES

Many Wests Editors: Thomas G. An drews, Ari Kelman, Amy Lonetree, Mary E. Mendoza, Christina Snyder; Acqu iring Editor: Bridget Barry

This talk is part of the Many Wests book series and will generate a book tentatively titled, Rising Above: Language Revitalization in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, published by the University of Nebraska Press. Sponsored by the McCa be-Greer Professorship, the Department of History, and the George and An n Richards Civil War Era Center.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/ev ent/ben-frey_042123/

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