Language Keepers

MAWMAW SACHWEEZIN

Alex and Beatrice Pelletier are the brother and sister hosts of Mawmaw Sachweezin: Mom's Kitchen, a cooking show featuring Métis recipes in the Michif language.

THE COMEBACK SOCIETY

Alicia Morrow is a co-host of The Comeback Podcast, where she aims to build community and connection through digital storytelling.

CREE & COFFEE WITH THE CRAZY CREES

Andrea grew up spending much of the year around her community and family,who were all fluent Cree speakers. Cree is her first language.

CREE & COFFEE WITH THE CRAZY CREES

As a proficient Cree speaker and former Cree Instructor, Charlotte has been involved in many Indigenous Language program revitalization projects.

SÎKÎP SÂKAHIKANIHK KEYTEYAYAK ÂCIMOWINA

Christine Fiddler is from the Treaty 6 territory of the Waterhen Lake First Nation in northern Saskatchewan.

PRAYERS

Christina Rose Gervais is a Lakota Sioux from Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation.

NITANIHŠINĀPĒWINĀN

Ānīn Darla Ponace nitišinihkās, nitanihšinapēhkwēw Zagime Anishinabek iškonikanink nitōnci Regina nitayā. Nihsomitana ahsi pēšik nitahsopipōnē.

BEST JOB EVER

Drake Mccallum was this year’s summer student at Cree radio station CFNK FM in Pinehouse Lake. Drake interviews our first two broadcast legends, Clarence Tsi-Boy Iron and Vince Natamogan.

O-KUN-UH-WIH-TSI-GEE-WAK

Elizabeth Gardiner is a married grandmother from Ile-a-la-Crosse and a member of the Buffalo River Dene Nation. Like most everyone on the Highway 155 route of northwest Saskatchewan.

INDIGENOUS OUTDOORS

Eric Standing On The Road is a high school teacher and podcast producer. He has recently completed the INCA Summer Institute and is hoping to make the transition to journalism and writing.

DENE TEACHINGS ABOUT RESILIENCE
SËKWI HONËŁTËNË

Holly Toulejour is a Dene woman from La Loche, Saskatchewan. She grew up in La Loche and then left to study to become a social worker.

CREE STAR STORIES

Jesse Rae Archibald Barber is from Regina and is a professor of Indigenous Literatures at the First Nations University of Canada.

THE COMEBACK SOCIETY SERIES

Lexie Obey is a 25 year old nehiyaw iskwêw from Piapot First Nations. She is one of the creators of. The Comeback Society, where she works to create community for urban Indigenous kin through podcasting (the Comeback Podcast) and programming.

AKĀNI-NĪKĀNĪTAN
BEGINNER SAULTEAUX LESSONS

Natalie Langan is a member of the Cote First Nation but was raised in the Saulteaux community of Fishing Lake First Nation. Natalie grew up learning, hearing, and speaking Saulteaux at a very young age, she was surrounded by tradition and language for as long as she can remember.

WICOZANI

Mercedes Redman is a Dakota Sioux woman from Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation on Treaty 4 Territory. Her spirit name is Isan Haskan Win, meaning Long Knife Woman.

WĒCHATOWIN - LIVING TOGETHER

Pauline Clarke studied Indian Communication Arts (INCA) 20 years ago and when she graduated she returned to her home in Southend, Saskatchewan and set up CIRL radio

NIWECIWAKANAK - MY FRIENDS
TAPWEWIN

My name is Robert Merasty and I come from a Metis community called Sakitawak or Ile a la Crosse, Saskatchewan. Sakitawak is situated on Treaty 10 territory in northwest Saskatchewan. I speak Cree, Michif and English.

PRAYERS

Samson LaMontagne teaches Michif at Father Vachon School in Saskatoon. He also uses Instagram to teach the different dialects of Michif and has a colour coded wardrobe—green for Northern (Cree) Michif and red for Southern (Heritage) Michif.

SOLSQUATCH SPEAKS

Solomon has been a professor of Cree language and literature at the First Nations University of Canada for over 30 years. Through his work, he's inspired thousands of students and community members across the country.

PRAYERS

Ty Delorme is a Member and resident of Cowessess First Nation#73 currently a week day radio host at Paradise Radio 98.1 FM located at CFN band office.