Official English 

Note: many links were not active so they have been removed.  Please let me know if any of these are no longer active.  ht 2/25/03

The Debate Over Whether English Should Be Made the Official Language of the U.S.  Many links especially to state laws

JW Crawford: Issues in Language Policy - Note: there are many links in this page

Pro:

U.S. English – The major lobby for language restrictions, founded in 1983 by the late Sen. S. I. Hayakawa and Dr. John Tanton; built the modern English Only movement.
English First – A competing advocacy group, founded in 1986 by Far Right activist Larry Pratt; a distant second in funding and influence.
Center for Equal Opportunity – Conservative policy center headed by Linda Chávez, former president of U.S. English and continuing critic of bilingual education.

Con:

Organizational Statements

Linguistic Society of America
National Education Association

Endangered Languages

Native American Languages – Excellent and up-to-date page of links on language learning, policy issues, legislation, statistical data, fonts, and much more.
Teaching Indigenous Languages – Extensive collection of resources at Northern Arizona University, including proceedings from a series of conferences, including:
     Stabilizing Indigenous Languages (1994 & 1995)
     Teaching Indigenous Languages (1997) 
     Revitalizing Indigenous Languages (1998)

"SPEAKING IN TONGUES: As Telecommunications, Tourism and Trade Make the World a Smaller Place, Languages Are Dying at an Alarming Rate," by James Geary, Time International Edition, July 7, 1997
Centre for Theories of Language and Learning – Highlights a conference on the Conservation of Endangered Languages held at the University of Bristol in April 1995.
Endangered Languages Fund – Offers grants to support linguistic and revitalization efforts with endangered languages.
Ethnologue – The most extensive database of the world's 6500+ languages; published by the Summer Institute of Linguistics, a missionary organization associated with the Wycliffe Bible Translators.
Iatiku Newsletter – On-line publication of the Foundation for Endangered Languages.
International Clearing House for Endangered Languages – Academically oriented research center based at the University of Tokyo.
International Symposium on Endangered Languages – Summaries of papers given in Tokyo, November 18-20, 1995.
Native Languages Page – Links to various sites on indigenous languages.
Native Web – Offers links to a wide variety of Native American sites.
NAT-LANG Mailing List – Archives of a listserv oriented toward Native American language activists; sponsored by NativeNet.
Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas – Major organization of linguists and activists working with endangered languages in the Western Hempisphere; publishes on-line newsletter.
Terralingua – Organization highlighting the parallel threats to biological and linguistic diversity.

Sixth Annual Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium: 
"One Voice, Many Voices: Recreating Indigenous Language Communities," June 3-5, 1999 at the University of Arizona