Layla Rorick News Today

CBC Radio has spoken to some of the many people working to revitalize Indigenous languages across Vancouver Island. These are their stories.

A change in federal policy allowing traditional Indigenous names on passports and other travel documents is a step in the right direction, but doesn’t go far enough, says the vice-president of the . . .

Levi Martin wears a shawl that he dons while delivering ceremonies on big occasions. “When I have to speak in public, I have the ability to connect with the ancestors,” he said. “I will be their voices, ­channel their message.” MELISSA RENWICK, HA-SHILTH-SA Benson Nookemis did not know a word of English when he was sent to the Alberni Indian Residential School. His mother hardly knew any English so he was raised speaking the Huu-ay-aht dialect, which he continues to speak today. Th...