Wat’kwanonhwerá:ton,

Teionkwatonhwentsó:ni taiethinonhwará:ton ne Kanontienentha Brass tánon Kanerahtontha Mahkewa tsi ionahthontá:ton ne eniotiio’ten ne Skátne Enionkwaió’ten kaio’tenhserakwe’ní:io. Iotshennónniat tsi enkonterihwáhsnie’ ne ienkwahtahshónteren tsi nahò:ten tionkwatáhsawen teiohsherá:ke tsi náhe. Eniotiió’ten ne thé:nen  akontiterihwaténtia’te ne onkwawén:na aorihwá:ke.

We would like to introduce Kanontienentha Brass and Kanerahtontha Mahkewa as the Skátne Enionkwaió’ten Project Facilitators. We are excited that they will be helping to continue the work that was started over two years ago. One of the goals of their shared position is to work with community the organizations , focusing on building collaborative projects that pursue our language revitalization goals.

“I’m excited to be working on the Skátne Enionkwaió’ten Community Language project. I first heard about Skátne Enionkwaió’ten when I helped to coordinate McGill’s 2018 Symposium on Indigenous Language Revitalization where Kahtehronni Stacey did a Keynote presentation on the project. My interest in language revitalization work has been growing steadily throughout the past few years because of both my studies and life experiences. With each person I meet involved in language work, I am even more inspired to further work in this field.  I’m eager to hear about all the different community efforts currently happening and hopes for future programming, as well as past and current difficulties being encountered. I believe we all share the same or at least a similar vision for our community’s future, especially in terms of where we want to be with the language.”

-Kanontienentha Brass

“I have been an advocate for language learning and initiatives within the community for quite some time. I attended the first Skatne Enionkwaio’ten planning session and was excited to see just how many organizations were striving to support and increase their language profile. I look forward to hearing about the successes that have been made since that meeting and shared struggles.”

-Kaneráhtontha Leith Mahkewa