TRaiLS Talks
TRaiLS 2026
June 22 - 26
Indigenous Language Revitalization & Technology
For 2026, we will have 5 talks starting at 12:30 pm PDT, Monday to Friday, during the week of June 22 that will be open for anyone to join online.
About TRaiLS Online Discussion Series
The Tuxámshish Revitalization Learning Series (TRaiLS) began in 2020 as a pandemic response. When our traditional face-to-face SI was cancelled, we developed a series of one-hour, online talks profiling different language practitioners engaged in community language projects. Our goal was to continue to offer access to professional development and community building opportunities in spite of restrictions. Today TRaiLS is a one-week online discussion series that parallels SI each summer. It includes daily presentations and conversations led by experts from Native communities. Our purpose in offering TRaiLS is:
To reach a wide audience of revitalization practitioners;
To highlight Indigenous Language Revitalization experts from diverse communities; and
To build relationships between online and in-person audiences.
If you have any questions about TRaiLS 2026, please email nalrc@uoregon.edu.
TRaiLS 2026 Speaker Schedule
All TRaiLS talks are 12:30 - 1:45 pm PDT
June 22, 2026
Keeping Indigenous Language Futures in Motion: Embodied Practice, Technology, and Revitalization
Dr. Candace Galla (University of British Columbia)
June 23, 2026
A Quick and Dirty Guide to Language Documentation Using Technology
Dr. Amy Fountain (University of Arizona)
June 24, 2026
Computer Assisted Transcription
Dr. Rolando Coto-Solano (Dartmouth University)
June 25, 2026
Online Indigenous Language Learning: Lessons from Rosetta Stone Chickasaw
Dr. Lokosh & Dr. Juliet Morgan (Chickasaw Nation)
June 26, 2026
Relational Technologies: Storytelling, Sensory Learning, and Indigenous Language Futures
Angela Noah (Founder of Young Elders; White Mountain Apache & Choctaw) & Anthony Michael Ryder (Ojibwe, Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians, St. Marie descendant)