Stoney Creek Reserve is located about 12 km (7 miles) outside of
Vanderhoof, which in turn is about 100 km (60 miles) West of
Prince George, on Highway 16. Registration begins at 10:00 a.m.
on Thursday the 16th at the Elders' Potlatch House.
Masters of Ceremonies will be two elders from the Central Interior
region. Elders will also participate throughout the conference
in a variety of ways, including story-telling between talks.
On Thursday June 16th there will be a traditional feast provided by
the Stoney Creek Elders Society followed by a performance by the
Stoney Creek Dancers.
On Friday June 17th there will be a feast provided by the Nak'azdli
Elders Society, followed by a tour of the Fort Saint James
National Historic Park.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Mary Ann Willie (University of New Mexico) and Eloise Jelinek (University
of Arizona)
"Subjects in Navajo `Psych' Verbs"
Ferdinand de Haan (University of Southern California)
"Negation and Scope in OV Languages: Evidence from Navajo"
Alice Taff (University of Washington)
"Deg Xinag Verbs: Hypercard Language Learning Project"
Leslie Saxon and Jacqueline deBruin (University of Victoria)
"Dogrib First Person Dual Subject Inflection"
James Kari (Alaska Native Language Centre)
"Local vs. Regional Place Naming - Conventions in Athabaskan
Languages"
Sharon Hargus (University of Washington)
"D-Classifiers in Wits'uwit'en"
Bill Poser (Stanford University)
"The Latin Hymns in the Carrier Prayer Book"
Eung-Do Cook (University of Calgary)
"Functional Flip-Flop of y-/b- Pronouns"
Dagmar Jung (University of New Mexico)
"Functions of the Nominalizer -i in Jicarilla Apache"
The conference fee is C$150.00 (US$108.00 at the current rate of
exchange). This includes lunches and dinners both days and
transportation between Stoney Creek, Vanderhoof, and Fort Saint James.
Rooms have been set aside at the Hillview Motel in Vanderhoof at the
following rates:
new part old part
C$60.95 C$44.85 1 person
C$65.55 C$50.60 2 people/1 bed
C$72.45 C$52.90 2 people/2 beds
Participants are responsible for making their own reservations.
The address of the motel is:
Box 279
Hwy 16W
Vanderhoof, BC V0J 3A0
Canada
Telephone: 604-567-4468
FAX: 604-567-9515
It will also be possible to camp at the conference site in Stoney Creek.
For further information, contact Alison McDonald (604-960-5517)
or Marlene Erickson (604-562-2131, extension 460).
Email: alison@unbc.edu
Post: University of Northern British Columbia
Athabaskan Language Conference
P.O. Bag 1950, Station A
Prince George, B.C.
V2L 5P2
Canada