50th Anniversary Celebration and Conference

The Survey of California and Other Indian Languages was founded in 1952, a few months prior to the official establishment of the Department of Linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley. Over the years, the Survey has supported the work of scores of students and researchers, hosted numerous Native Americans coming to research their languages, and developed valuable archives of fieldnotes and sound recordings. We are having a celebratory conference this year, and would like to invite all people working on California Indian languages or their nearby relatives, and also people who have been connected with the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages in any way, to come and celebrate with us. The celebration conference of the 50th year anniversary of the Survey of California and Other Languages will take place June 8-9 at U.C. Berkeley. The conference will begin at 7:30 a.m. (contintental breakfast) June 8 and will last all day June 8 and 9.
CALL FOR PAPERS
If you work on California Indian languages or their nearby relatives, or if you have been connected with the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages in some way while working on any Native American language, please come and give a paper, or just come and celebrate. Any topic on American Indian languages, theoretical, descriptive or applied, is welcome, as are papers about the fieldwork experience, and commentaries on the history of the Survey or experiences related to it. Please send your paper title and brief abstract to Leanne Hinton at hinton@berkeley.edu. Any topic on American Indian languages, theoretical, descriptive or applied, is welcome, as are papers about the fieldwork experience, and commentaries on the history of the Survey or experiences related to it. Since this is the usual time we have the workshop on Hokan and Penutian languages, we especially invite people giving papers on those languages, though in fact papers on any American Indian language are fine. Please send your paper title and brief abstract to Leanne Hinton at hinton@berkeley.edu, or mail it to her at the Department of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2650, preferably by May 15. Fax number is (510) 643-5688.
FURTHER INFORMATION
The first session of the 50th Anniversary Conference will overlap with the 5th biennial Breath of Life Workshop for California Indians whose languages have no speakers, which will be taking place the week preceding the conference. The first session of the Conference will be presentations of the projects developed by participants in the Breath of Life Workshop. Those who have worked on languages that might be represented at the Breath of Life Workshop are welcome to come earlier than Saturday and meet with the participants.
TRAVEL/HOUSING INFORMATION

For accomodations, we recommend Stern Hall, a residence hall on campus which is open to guests in the summer and cheaper than most of the hotels. Its website is www.housing.berkeley.edu, and you can reserve a room right on the web. Or to reserve by phone, call 510-642-4444 before June 1, or 510-642-5925 on or after June 1. For more information, please visit our Linguistics Department Web site page on Hotels in the Bay Area.