Australian Geographic

Reviving Australia’s first languages

The story of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages is one of loss, resilience and now renewal.

These First Nations students are teaching themselves — and their peers — to speak Cree

Vern Lewis is in his first year teaching Aboriginal studies at a Frog Lake First Nation high school, and he's putting his ...

Yukon First Nation hires people to learn Indigenous language and become teachers

The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations in Yukon are taking an unusual approach toward getting students to participate in a Southern Tutchone language immersion program — they're paying them. The ...
The Conversation

Invisible language learners: what educators need to know about many First Nations children

Of the original 250-plus languages and over 750 dialects spoken by First Nations peoples before 1788, only 12 are being learned by children today. However, widely spoken contact languages – creoles ...
Montreal News

First Nations leaders want Quebec to drop plans for Indigenous language law

QUEBEC — Indigenous Peoples are calling on the Coalition Avenir Québec government to scrap plans to table legislation to protect First Nation languages and culture. The First Nations Education Council ...
The Christian Century

A New Testament that connects the heart languages of First Nations people

The First Nations Version of the New Testament is the brainchild of Terry M. Wild­man (Ojibwe and Yaqui), who served as the lead translator and collaborated with members of over 25 tribes across North ...