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UBC Linguistics Year in Fieldwork

A Snapshot of the Languages and Communities
where UBC Linguists have been working this year

St. Eugene Church in ʔaq̓am, Ktunaxa Nation	Ktunaxa November 2023 trip to ?aq'am Consultants Dorothy Alpine and Laura Birdstone PI Ryan Bochnak	?aq'am lands
	2023/2024 remote fieldwork Consultant Violet Birdstone Researchers: Anne Bertrand (lead, UBC) and Camila Saland (undergraduate mentee, McGill University)	Top: Violet Birdstone Bottom: UBC Researcher Anne Bertrand
Middle: Dr. Larry Kimura; grandfather of the Ōlelo Hawaiʻi revitalization movement and co-founder of the ʻAha Pūnana Leo immersion schools, with (L-R) students and colleagues Bruce Torres Fischer, Leo Evans, Kahiau Snyder, and Michelle Kamigaki-Baron.	'Ōlelo Hawaiʻi February 2024 trip to Manoa and Hilo schools Meetings with the community to discuss advocacy for Pidgin and ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi UBC researcher Michelle Kamigaki-Baron
Middle: Kʷəɬtèzetkʷuʔ , with (L-R) Lisa Matthewson, Brent Hall, Reed Steiner, Anna Stacey, Noah Luntzlara, Danica Reid, Katie Givens	Nɬeʔkepmxcín October 2023 lab field trip to Merritt and Lytton Consultants Kʷəɬtèzetkʷuʔ (Bernice Garcia), C̓úʔsinek (Marty Aspinall), and Bev Phillips Lab PI Lisa Matthewson	Middle: Bev Phillips, with (L-R) Noah Luntzlara, Anna Stacey, Danica Reid, Brent Hall
Hammerly toasting wild rice while doing fieldwork.	Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) August 2023 consultation trip Consultant Nancy Jones, Nigigoonsiminikaaning Nation (Fort Frances, ON area) PI Chris Hammerly
Lake Tahoe, Nevada	Wá∙šiw May 2023 field trip to Minden and Gardnerville, Nevada UBC Researcher Ryan Bochnak
Kumiai baskets at the Kumiai museum and cultural centre in Tecate	Ja'a Kumiai 2023 fieldwork trip to Mexico UBC researcher Ella Hannon	Santa Catarina, a nearby a Ko’alh and Pa Ipai speaking community
Location of Gitksan territories in British Columbia. The area shown here includes the territories of all of the Gitksan villages, including Git-anyaaw, and does not indicate the boundaries of the Gitksan Land Claim or the Gitanyow Land Claim	Gitksan Online and in-person consultations with elders living in Vancouver, BC area: Barbara Sennott (Nee Harris), Vince Gogag, Hector Hill, and Jeanne Harris UBC Researcher Michael Schwan
The Canadian Dictionary of ASL	American Sign Language Online consultation with Deaf signer Jonathan MacDonald in Newfoundland. PI Kathleen Currie Hall	Santa Catarina, a nearby a Ko’alh and Pa Ipai speaking community