- CLIR Awards $3.9 Million Through Digitizing Hidden Collections: Amplifying Unheard Voices. October 28, 2025.
- Vatican will return dozens of artifacts to Indigenous groups in Canada as gesture of reconciliation. October 22, 2025.
- Music Grant Supports Family Connections. October 22, 2025.
- Assembly of First Nations says it’s talking to Vatican about returning sacred items. October 21, 2025.
- Kitselas First Nation raises first totem pole in over a decade. October 20, 2025.
- Yukon First Nation turns elders into hologram to preserve its language. October 19, 2025.
- The Salish Sea Garden Project continues to restore traditional food sources & knowledge. October 16, 2025.
- UBC Okanagan welcomes first cohort of Bachelor of Secwépemc Language Fluency students, completing Interior Salish language degree offerings. October 10, 2025.
- Navajo Poet Laureate Emerita Laura Tohe to visit UM | The endurance of Indigenous languages and the power of poetry. October 9, 2025.
- Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey dictionary bringing Indigenous language to new generation. October 9, 2025.
- Indigenous Teacher Programs Launch with $5.4 Million Investment. October 7, 2025.
- Across syilx territories, people are imitating beavers — and hoping for their return. October 7, 2025.
- Helping Indigenous communities digitize old recordings to preserve culture. October 5, 2025.
- Dozens of artifacts repatriated after donation to Chief Poundmaker Museum. October 5, 2025.
- Two Indigenous artists make final cut for 2025 Sobey Art Award. October 3, 2025.
- Wanuskewin is on track to become Saskatchewan’s first United Nations’ designated World Heritage Site. October 2, 2025.
- MP Johns presents petition to provide fair funding for Indigenous language education. October 1, 2025.
- From Herring to Huckleberries: A storybook journey to reclaim the Tla’amin language. September 30, 2025.
- A Good Path to Preserving Our Heritage in BC. September 29, 2025.
- Celebrating the legacy of Linguistics retirees. September 29, 2025.
- Language revitalization is in the cards for this northern B.C. First Nation. September 27, 2025.
- Nuu-cha-nulth, settler artists depict history of Yuquot with bentwood box camera. September 26, 2025.
- Language revitalization is improving Indigenous physical and mental health, UBC researchers say. September 23, 2025.
- UBC Okanagan welcomes first cohort of Bachelor of Secwépemc Language Fluency students. September 18, 2025.
- Mentor-Apprentice Program (MAP) graduate and MAP coach Corey-Lee Philbrick weaves together language, art and culture while teaching both Secwepemctsín and hide-tanning. September 17, 2025.
- Place names Map Installation at Pender Island School. September 16, 2025.
- W̱SÁNEĆ Youth Successfully Set Reef Net, Revitalizing Traditional Technology. September 16, 2025.
- ‘People say my music helps them heal’: Canada’s First Nations musicians revitalise the powwow. September 9, 2025.
- Building Connections, Strengthening Voices: RHF at WAVES 2025. September 8, 2025.
- First Nations leaders talk repatriation of cultural items on final day of AFN annual general assembly. September 5, 2025.
- ‘This is what our ancestors did’: Tl’azt’en Nation’s smokehouses full of salmon for first time in decades. September 3, 2025.
- Strengthening Connections Through Language Learning. September 3, 2025.
- A testament to Graham Greene’s impact on the film industry. September 2, 2025.
- The Sim’oogit Laay’ totem pole is returning home after almost 80 years at a UBC museum. September 1, 2025.
- Namaxsala – making new history. August 27, 2025.
International Decade of Indigenous Languages
The Global Task Force for Making a Decade of Action for Indigenous Languages was officially launched by UNESCO with participation of Member States, indigenous peoples’ organizations, three-party United Nations mechanisms, the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
· September 2023. Assembly of First Nations. First Nations National Action Plan for the United Nations International Decade of Indigenous Languages.
· April 22, 2022. Canadian Launch of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. https://rcgs.org/indigenous-languages/
· March 17, 2022. FPCC website for Decade of Indigenous Languages. https://fpcc.ca/stories/the-decade-of-indigenous-languages/
· November 16, 2021. Read the Global Action Plan: https://www.unesco.org/en/decades/indigenous-languages/about/action-plan
· OFFICIAL WEBSITE: https://idil2022-2032.org/
Federal Indigenous Languages Act
- Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages: https://commissionforindigenouslanguages.ca/
- DCH Indigenous Languages website: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/culture/canadian-identity-society/languages/indigenous.html and the recordings of the Indigenous Languages Symposium in January 2021.
- Dr. Lorna Williams presents to the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs: Indigenous Language Study. February 1, 2023. Listen/read the full session: https://openparliament.ca/committees/indigenous-affairs/44-1/48/
- June 2023. Reclaiming, Revitalizing, Maintaining and Strengthening Indigenous Languages in Canada: Report of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs. https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/INAN/report-9/
- Assembly of First Nations Fact Sheet: First Nations language funding fact sheet: https://afn.bynder.com/m/1fa00c203bb77e39/original/Languages-Funding-Factsheet-2023.pdf
- October 6, 2023. Assembly of First Nations. Languages and Learning Issues Update: https://afn.bynder.com/m/1402ce53e410762e/original/Languages-and-Learning-Issues-Update.pdf
