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34 Colo. Nat. Resources Energy & Env't L. Rev. 1 (2023)
Visions for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032

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      Visions for the International

 Decade of Indigenous Languages

                        2022-2032




   By   Kristen Carpenter*, Andrew Cowell**,
                     Alexis Palmer***




     The United  Nations  General Assembly  recently proclaimed  the
International Decade of Indigenous Languages ( IDIL) from 2022-2032
to to draw attention to the critical loss of indigenous languages and the
urgent need to preserve, revitalize and promote indigenous languages and
to take urgent steps at the national and international levels. The Decade
is an opportunity to expose and address the severe loss of Indigenous
Peoples' languages locally, regionally, and globally. It is a chance for the
entire world community   to gather together and commit   to bringing
Indigenous languages back from the brink of dormancy or extinction.1

     The situation is severe. A policy report of the United Nations
Department  of Economic and Social Affairs recently stated:





    * Kristen Carpenter is Council Tree Professor and Director of the American Indian
Law Program at the University of Colorado.
    **Andrew Cowell is Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Center for Native
American and Indigenous Studies at the University of Colorado.
    ***Alexis Palmer is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Colorado.
Research in the University of Colorado's Department of Linguistics and Law School is
supported by a RIO Innovative Seed Grant.
    i UN DESA, UN DESA Policy Brief No. 151: Why Indigenous Languages Matter:
The International Decade On Indigenous Languages 2022-2032, (Feb. 10, 2023),
https://fr.idil2022-2032.org/resources/un-desa-policy-brief-no-151-why-indigenous-
languages-matter-the-international-decade-on-indigenous-languages-2022-
2032/?fbclid=IwAR3smoKdEuHT6mp-
HASVHo7MtzUHioGGT5OrAe2lwAvypFXw3Y8pxiCMhWE.

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