MASKWACÎS, Alberta — Lucy Johnson never spoke the Cree language when she was growing up. Her father wouldn’t allow it. He called it “jungle talk.” He didn’t elaborate much until he was weeks away from ...
In the unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleilwaututh First Nations, the most commonly understood Indigenous mother tongue isn't Halkomelem. It's Cree, according to Statistics Canada.
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Ronin Hall, right, sits with Len McDaniel, an apprentice working to become a Cree teacher at Joe A. Ross School's immersive language program. The eight-year-old says he wants to become a fluent Cree ...
The 2024 edition of Concordia’s Pîkiskwêtân Indigenous Learning Series kicks off on January 18 with a welcome new offering: a Cree-language workshop. The course is the latest in the annual series ...
Does learning a new language have to come at the cost of your native language? One common phenomenon in English-speaking countries is the loss of mother languages over the course of a few generations.