Media
- Doctoral grad focuses on documenting. September 17, 2024.
- Anishinaabe artist Rebecca Belmore wins the Audain Prize, one of Canada’s top art awards. September 17, 2024.
- Jeremy Dutcher wins the 2024 Polaris Music Prize. September 17, 2024.
- After a 1,000-km journey, lone chinook salmon makes ‘milestone’ return home to kɬúsx̌nítkw. September 16, 2024.
- FPCC’s Mentor-Apprentice Program (MAP) restores the natural cycle of language learning in communities as apprentices become mentors to the next generation of speakers. September 12, 2024.
- NYFW showcase pays tribute to Joel Good, an ‘outstanding light’ of Snuneymuxw First Nation. September 12, 2024.
- Indigenous led action movie brought to the big screen. September 11, 2024.
- “Inspiration for people back home” — Orange Shirt Day artist, Rose Tashoots. September 11, 2024.
- New repatriation documentary chronicles Indigenous groups’ struggles to recover artefacts from collectors and museums. September 11, 2024.
- Hi’a̱nx̱ 2024 — Nawalakw News. September 6, 2024.
- Culinary program for Métis youth serves up job training and cultural immersion. September 3, 2024.
- Barbara Nolan launches series of Anishinaabe language videos for children. September 2, 2024.
- Haida carver Christian White raises his tallest totem pole yet at a potlatch ceremony in Old Massett.September 1, 2024.
- Wihanble S’a Center at Bard College Receives $500,000 Grant and Named NEH Humanities Research Center on Artificial Intelligence. August 28, 2024.
- Midewiwin Lodge teaching at centre of name gifted to Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe. August 27, 2024.
- This AI Camp Is Teaching Teens to Preserve Their Lakota Language. August 27, 2024.
- Amidst the glaciers of Tlingit territories, women are ‘holding the embers’ of their language. August 23, 2024.
- Totem pole raised at the Dr. Peter Centre. August 19, 2024.
- A mom couldn’t find Yup’ik language books for her kids, so she made her own. Now, orders are rolling in.August 18, 2024.
- For the first time in its history, Duke University will offer a Cherokee language course. August 15, 2024.
- ‘We Almost Lost Our Language’: Indigenous dance group debuts at Squamish Arts Festival. August 14, 2024.
- Kwiakah’s Centre for Excellence: A “Home Away from Home” for Guardians, Researchers. August 12, 2024.
- Bilingualism under threat: structured literacy will make it harder for children to hold on to their mother tongue. August 11, 2024.
- Artist in residence helped design mobile art studio. August 9, 2024.
- In photos: Kus-kus-sum site restoration. August 8, 2024.
- BC First Nation say Chilcotin River landslide hit heritage sites, salmon. August 8, 2024.
- What dinner in Burrard inlet looked like 500 years ago. August 7, 2024.
- More than words. How Indigenous language revitalization holds the key to the biodiversity crisis. August 6, 2024.
- Tse’k’wa collection returned home. August 6, 2024.
- Dane-Zaa Cultural treasures return to Tse’k’wa. August 6, 2024.
- One of the world’s oldest sacred shrines could return to Nootka Island. August 6, 2024.
- The underwater mountains that can’t be hiked: Canada’s newest marine protected area. August 1, 2024.
- With the Metlakatla Wilderness Trail, the Metlakatla First Nation Brings Members, School Groups Onto the Land to Learn. August 1, 2024.
- Centuries-old Pentlatch fish trap panel connects K’ómoks, Qualicum people to their ancestors. August 1, 2024.
- Dozens gather at Spotted Lake to open annual ONA assembly: ‘This was like our hospital, this was like our church’. August 1, 2024.
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://en.unesco.org/idil2022-2032/globalactionplan
- 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