Exploring Theme: "Commitments to Indigenous Languages"

NationTalk: YELLOWKNIFE – The Government of Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories have signed a new Canada-Northwest Territories Agreement on Indigenous Languages from 2024-25 to 2026-27. Under the new agreement, $5.9 million will be invested per fiscal year, for a total of $17.7 million over three years. The funding is provided to Indigenous...

Brandon’s Eagle Healing Lodge strengthens Dakota, Cree, Anishinaabemowin and Michif speakers at 3-day camp  CBC Indigenous: Nestled in a ceremony site east of Southwestern Manitoba’s biggest city, a group of language keepers is working to strengthen and grow fluent Dakota, Cree, Anishinaabemowin and Michif speakers. They’re part of the Brandon Friendship Centre’s Eagle Healing Lodge’s...

All are welcome to attend the four day program of teachings and games this week No English allowed. Anishnaabemowin immersion camp helps preserve the language: 1 day ago, Duration 0:53 Wikwemkoong First Nation held its first Anishnaabemowin language immersion camp this week. Fluent speakers and learners of all ages played games to help learn the language....

The NDP MP speaks Anishininiimowin in the Ontario Legislature. APTN News: New Democrat Sol Mamakwa spoke for 10 minutes in Anishininiimowin, or Oji-Cree in the Ontario legislature on Tuesday marking the first time anyone has spoken a language other than English or French. It was also the first time in history the Ontario legislature interpreted and transcribed any other language...

NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa to ask question in Anishininiimowin on Tuesday CBC News: The Canadian Press – Decades after being punished in a residential school for speaking his own language, Sol Mamakwa will hold the powerful to account at Ontario’s legislature in the very same language past governments tried to bury. On Tuesday, Mamakwa, the...

NationTalk: Prince Albert Daily Herald – The provincial government announced $108,800 in funding for the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) on Monday. The funds will be used to provide new Indigenous Teacher Education Programs. The list includes a new Dene Teacher Education Program in Hatchet Lake Dene Nation, and a Cree Teacher Education Program...

Teaching Mi’kmaw is essential, and educator Noreen Sylliboy wants more provincial support CBC Indigenous: Teacher Noreen Sylliboy stands in front of a class of Grade 5 students and starts with a simple lesson that names the days of the week and the seasons, speaking in a language that only a few thousand Nova Scotians know.  She...

CBC News: More than a dozen Mohawk and Cayuga language graduates walked across Six Nations Polytechnic’s stage recently, marking the largest class to complete the bachelor’s degree since the program began.  Some graduates also became the school’s first to earn their bachelor of arts with honours, studying in the Ogwehoweh languages program for an additional year....

NationTalk: The Government of Saskatchewan is partnering with First Nations University of Canada to revitalize and preserve Indigenous languages in Saskatchewan. The province is providing $50,000 annually to fund new scholarships for students studying Indigenous languages at the First Nations University of Canada. “The First Nations University of Canada is a leader in Indigenous languages...

February 21, 2023: On the occasion of International Mother Language Day, the Zoryan Institute is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for its upcoming special issue of Genocide Studies International, The Erasure and Revitalization of Indigenous Cultures and Languages.  “The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein Language is a core...

Nehiyawak (Cree) language echoes through the auditorium at Sakāskohc High School on Onion Lake Cree Nation (OLCN) on a cold December evening. Four male Elders sit in armchairs at the front of the auditorium taking turns sharing knowledge, memories, and language. Their stories are being recorded for others in the community to access and they...