Allan Hayton to TEDTalk on Athabascan Language, Land, Culture

Intimate Space: Athabascan Language, Land, Culture.

Allan Hayton at TEDxFairbanks 1016
       Allan Hayton haytona@doyon.com

The TEDTalk will tell the story of how the Athabascan languages of Alaska have developed over centuries in intimate conversation with the natural world. Alaska Athabascan languages and cultures are intimately connected to the land, embodying ancestral knowledge of living successfully on the land. We must heal broken ties with the land and culture for language revitalization to begin.

Each Athabascan language is a linguistic landscape: the sounds tł’, ts’, shr, a rustle of leaves; ghw, k’, t’, the feel of the earth beneath the feet; aii, oo, uu, branches growing towards the sun.

Allan Hayton studied theatre and film at Haskell Indian Nations University and the University of Kansas, finishing his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1992. He continued studies at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, graduating spring 2013 with a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics.

Hayton is the son of Lena Pauline Hayton from Fort Yukon, Alaska, and James T. Hayton from Natick, Massachusetts. He was raised in Arctic Village, Alaska, and his grandparents are Robert and Lena Albert from Tanana and Fort Yukon, Alaska. Allan works closely with nine Athabascan languages of Interior Alaska as the Language Program Director for the Doyon Foundation.

The event will be held at the Morris Thompson Cultural & Visitor Center at 101 Dunkel St, Fairbanks on February 21, 2016 from 11 AM to 4 PM.

The few remaining seats to the live performance can be had via a corporate donation. The event will be LIVEstreamed at the NSCF Website.

 
 
 
 
 
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