During her Cree language classes at the University of Alberta, Caylie Gnyra had to translate sentences posted by her instructor, Dorothy Thunder. Struck by the whimsy of one of the lines, Gnyra, who ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The creator of a podcast in the Cree language is hoping it will help reverse a trend of increasing English usage among youth in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ronin Hall, right, sits with Len McDaniel, an apprentice working to become a Cree teacher at Joe A. Ross School's immersive ...

Enrolment in Cree immersion programs has grown 67 per cent in four years, according to the ministry of education. Pete Chief is the principal of Confederation Park Elementary School, where demand for ...

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In a busy household, Clarence D. Snowboy — a father of six — steps carefully over scattered toys and slips into a small home office. Amid the chatter and play of his children, he hopes to steal 10 ...

Calling NHL games in Cree is more than a dream come true for broadcaster Clarence Iron. It's also a way to help preserve his language. The 60-year-old broadcaster from Canoe Lake Cree Nation in ...

A Regina man is offering free online lessons for children to learn the Cree language while they’re at home during the coronavirus pandemic. Regina Public Schools’ Jeff Cappo is using fun games to ...

As a child growing up in the Fox Lake Cree Nation in Northern Manitoba, Canada, Sharissa Neault would hear the Ininímowin (Cree) language from her grandparents. However, the language was not passed on ...

Pîkiskwêtân, the Indigenous Learning Series, is a continuous series of decolonizing and anti-racist Indigenous awareness training and professional development workshops. The series is open to ...