Now with more available programing and cultural celebrations, more people want to reconnect with their culture and learn the language and traditions.
Learning a new language in school might seem as simple as taking a class but when it comes to learning an Indigenous language, it can be difficult to know where to start. As Jaclyn Kucey explains, a University of Alberta group has released a new guide that can help.
“Many people are at different levels in their language revitalization journey,” said Pamela McCoy Jones, the executive director for Indigenous programming and research at the University of Alberta. “Some communities might be developing curriculum, developing teacher resources or doing land-based programming for youth and young adults, but then some are just starting out.”“The goals of colonization was to erase Indigenous languages and replace with English and Christianity but now from revitalization, all those languages are coming alive again,” said Elder Dr. Elmer Ghostkeeper, part of the Indigenous advisory committee for this guide.
“There is so much good work happening in the community and across Canada that this is kind of our starting point and that we’ll continue to build resources that will build on this guide,” said McCoy Jones. For now, the guide includes a road map to creating curriculums for immersion, bilingual or subject-specific courses from kindergarten into post-secondary.ReadFederal budget to be tabled Tuesday
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