Course:EDUC440/Media Resources/Indigenous Languages

Finding My Talk[48mins]
DVD X R53 F56 2009 - Xwi7xwa Library

Paul Rickard, a Cree filmaker, who is not fluent in Cree, travels to three communities to see the status of aboriginal languages in the communities. In the Yukon, elders are teaching Tlinglit through radio programs and classes to try to preserve their endangered language. A Mohawk reserve on the outskirts of Montreal is teaching Mohawk to 2-4 years olds in preschool, as well as teaching it to elementary and high school students. In Nunavut, Inuktitut, the indigenous language, is one of the official languages, and it is constantly being developing to include modern inventions, which keeps the language strong

Our Children, Our Ways [18mins]
LB1139.3 C2 097 2000 - Education Library
VID ETA C453 U73 2000 [VHS] - Xwi7xwa Library

v.2.: Many people speak of the importance of teaching their native language to the next generation and ways to include it in their children's programs. A wide variety of languages are heard illustrating the diverse cultural heritage of First Nations and Inuit people across Canada. ,

Our First Voices [30mins]
DVD X H37 U7 2010 - Xwi7xwa Library

There are 32 indigenous languages in British Columbia. Across the province efforts are being made to ensure a new generation able to speak the language of their culture, since language is culture.

Writing the Land [7mins]
E78 B9 W75 2007 - Education Library
DVD BJM B87 W75 2007 - Xwi7xwa Library

"The Musqueam people have lived for thousands of years in and around what is now the city of Vancouver. The word Musqueam is an anglicized term describing "where the Muxqui [river grass] grows." Musqueam Elder Larry Grant says that his ancestral language, Henqeminem, is like "opening up an old, old book."--container.