MJSA Education Foundation Awards $10,000 in "Future of Jewelry Making" Scholarships
Three students received the awards.
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More people learning Indigenous languages, study finds
The number of First Nations people engaged in their languages grew 20 per cent in the last year, according to the First Peoples’ Cultural Council.
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More people learning Indigenous languages, study finds
The number of First Nations people engaged in their languages grew 20 per cent in the last year, according to the First Peoples’ Cultural Council.
Tracey Herbert First People Cultural Council Apprentice Program First Nations First People Cultural Nations Languages
Source: timescolonist.com
UNESCO highlighting importance of Indigenous languages in 10-year plan
UNESCO's action plan for the international decade on Indigenous languages highlights many things the N.W.T. is already prioritizing, says one territorial government official.
Source: cbc.ca
Mentor Apprentice Program to transmit Mohawk language through the generations
For Indigenous languages to survive and thrive into the future, Indigenous communities must immerse young peop...
United States Onkwawenna Kentsyokwa Callie Hill University Of Toronto American Council Tyendinga Mohawk Council
Source: napaneetoday.ca
Immersing adults in Indigenous language builds family connections, cultural identity
Across the N.W.T. elders and other mentors are helping adult language learners revive their Indigenous language through one-on-one immersion. It's proving to be a healing for some residential school survivors, building fluency, family connection, well-being and cultural pride.
Source: cbc.ca
'How I learned my language': Ojibway man dubbing cartoons teaching Northerners to do the same
Westin Sutherland from Peguis First Nation is teaching N.W.T. language holders and learners how they can work with Elders and technology to transform cartoons and television to celebrate and promote their own languages.
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Source: cbc.ca
'I can understand it fluently': Inuvik woman credits N.W.T.'s language program
The number of fluent language speakers of all Indigenous languages in the N.W.T. has been dropping consistently for the past several decades. The territory's Mentor-Apprentice Program is trying to reverse that trend.
Source: cbc.ca