Indigenous languages are dying nationally at an alarmingly high rate – here in Saskatchewan The Government of Saskatchewan is partnering with the First Nations University of Canada for an initiative that may help preserve and even revitalize these languages. The initiative comes in the form of a $50,000 injection of cash in order to fund […]
The Ontario-based Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre (FENFC), First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv), and the University of Regina (U of R) signed a partnership agreement that will see FNUniv offer its first Mohawk Language Certificate Program. The program, Yonkwatkontahkwenhatye (We are Continuing in Mohawk), will launch at FNUniv in Fall 2023. The two-year online […]
School division across the province will have another Indigenous language course to offer to high school students this September at the 10, 20 and 30 level. The Nakoda curriculum is in addition to other Indigenous language courses already available provincially in Saskatchewan, specifically Cree (nēhiyawēwin), Nakawe, Dene and Michif at the 10, 20 and 30 […]
