language


‘By learning my language, I’m able to connect with my Elders’

Tłı̨chǫ Government offers language revitalization course in Behchokǫ̀.


The Tłı̨chǫ Government held a five-day language revitalization course in Behchokǫ̀ in March, in partnership with the University of Victoria (UVic). The course offered at the Kǫ̀ Gocho Sportsplex Centre — called LING 159 — goes towards the Certificate in Indigenous Language Revitalization (CILR). Mary Siemens and Alice E. Rabesca…


‘The whole project is about sovereignty’: Unique capstone project incorporates Elders knowledge

The Elders say many people once spoke Dene Dedline Yati, now only a handful do.


Warning, this article talks about abuse at residential schools. Catherine Boucher, an Elder from Fort Resolution, says her first language was Dëne Dédliné Yatıé.  “When I went to residential school, I couldn’t use my language,” she says, “the nuns used to hit my forehead… So I was scared to talk.”…