Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization

Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization - James Darin Corbiere

The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is pleased to announce the release of episode 16, with James Darin Corbiere. Mr. Corbiere is an Ojibwe artist and former police officer as well as teacher of Native Studies and the Ojibwe language. Darin shares insights into the strategies of both learning and teaching Anishinaabemowin, and the intricate connection that language has to culture. 

Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization - Colleen Joe Titus

The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is pleased to announce the release of episode 15 with newly retired teacher of the Southern Tutchone language Shȁnlaya Colleen Joe-Titus. Colleen is of the Crow Clan and a member of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nation. In this episode, Colleen shares great insight into the hopes of different levels of community working in concert with each other to build language revitalization for all ages and community members. Colleen’s First Nation declared language revitalization a priority and she says moves like this create opportunities for individuals to learn beyond a classroom setting, which is key to successful language revitalization.

Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization - Kawennakon Bonnie Whitlow

The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is pleased to announce the release of episode 14, featuring Mohawk language teacher, Kawennakon Bonnie Whitlow. Kawennakon speaks of her dreams to learn the Mohawk language her whole life. From elementary all the way through to university, there was never an option to learn any ancestral languages native to the land. She was always searching. Of her language journey, she shares her experiences learning as an adult, and how it informs her teaching to students today.

Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization - Felicia Huff

The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is pleased to announce the release of episode 13 with Felicia Huff. Felicia is a parent from The Chippewa of the Thames First Nation (COTTFN) and is an education trustee for her community. From a parent’s perspective, Felicia shares what has helped her children learn Ojibwe and what more could be done to support their learning.

Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization - Russel Iron

The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is pleased to announce the release of episode 12 with Cree speaker and parent, Russel Iron. Russel is from Canoe Lake Cree First Nation. Russel has taught his children the language, and some of them are now teachers themselves. He shares the strategies that helped him teach his children the language and his path in education.

Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization - Victoria Bomberry

The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is pleased to announce the release of episode 11with Victoria Bomberry. Victoria is a Mohawk adult learner as well as parent to a child learning Mohawk and Cayuga on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. For Victoria and her family, supporting her son as he continues learning Mohawk and Cayuga is both a point of utmost importance and of pride.

Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization -Angel McNaughton

The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is pleased to announce the release of episode 10 with Angel McNaughton. Angel is of the Six Nations Grand River Territory and is a proud mother of five children who have participated in the local immersion program at school. The Six Nations Confederacy houses 6 distinct languages which are: Mohawk, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora. In her children’s school, the Mohawk and Cayuga languages are predominantly taught. In this episode, Angel shares about the dreams she has for her children learning their Indigenous language, among which is their opportunity to learn in an environment where they are supported and encouraged.

Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization - Dr. Tricia Logan

The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is pleased to announce the release of episode 9 with Dr. Tricia Logan. Tricia is an adult learner of the Michif language. Tricia is a Métis scholar and currently the head of Research and Engagement at the University of British Columbia’s Residential School History & Dialogue Centre in Vancouver.

Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization - Kerry Jean Murphy

The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is pleased to announce the release of episode 8 with Kerry Jean Murphy. Kerry is of Irish and Chippewa-Cree descent and hails from the Rocky Boy Reservation in Montana, USA. Kerry is an enthusiastic and infectious adult learner who shares great insight into the importance of seeking out resources and maintaining positive self-talk to encourage one's own language and cultural reclamation. Kerry also shares a bit on the history of how Rocky Boy Reservation came to include a population of Plains Cree, descendants of Little Bear, son of Chief Big Bear of Saskatchewan.

Voices from the Land: Indigenous Peoples Talk Language Revitalization - Lydia Sunchild

The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is pleased to announce the release of episode 7 with Lydia Sunchild. Lydia is an adult language learner, daughter of a Cree language teacher as well as the mother of a child learning Cree. Lydia is from Thunderchild First Nation, Saskatchewan in Treaty 6 Territory and has a Master of Education Administration.