Exploring Theme: "Govt. Commitments to Indigenous Languages"

I spoke for all of the First Nations children, who were stolen away from their lands, their families and communities, from everything they knew.  By Sol Mamakwa Contributor Toronto Star: May 28 was a historic day in Ontario. I finally spoke in my language, in Queen’s Park, which has been heard on this land for tens of thousands...

Kiiwetinoong MPP recalls being punished for speaking Anishinaabemowin in residential school CBC Indigenous: For the first time in the Ontario Legislature’s history, MPPs can now speak Indigenous languages at Queen’s Park. While members were previously allowed to speak one of Canada’s two official languages – English or French – an amendment passed Tuesday morning allows them...