Skátne Enionkwaió’ten community language planning began as a proposal by Kahtehrón:ni Iris Stacey. Kahtehrón:ni as the project leader along with the Kahnawà:ke Education Center (KEC) secured an Aboriginal Languages Initiatives (ALI) grant in the fall of 2017. Kahtehrón:ni formed the Steering Committee and then recruited the Community Language Plan Coordinator, Wahéhshon Shiann Whitebean.

Kahnawà:ke is closing in on nearly fifty years of continuous language revitalization efforts. This is the first time in that long history that we have initiated a community-wide 5-year strategic plan for language revitalization. This project brought together community stakeholders including language programs, teachers, students, Elders, youth, and community members-at-large for two all-day planning sessions.

A summary of the planning process and the results were released in a bilingual (Kanien’kéha & English) community language plan for 2018 – 2022.

When it was clear that we could not capture all of the information in the final language plan, our team decided to create this website. The website serves many purposes:

• To document this historic process which is only the beginning of strategic planning to revitalize Onkwehonwehnéha (Kanien’kéha)
• To provide Kahnawa’kehró:non access to information on Skátne Enionkwaió’ten activities and updates
• To share details about organizational plans and community input that were beyond the scope of the community language plan
• To inform and support Indigenous language revitalization efforts elsewhere
• Á:se tenhatikonsontóntie raotirihwá:ke

In the spirit of peace & friendship,

~ The Skátne Enionkwaió’ten Team

DISCLAIMER: The opinions, views, or information herein does not necessarily reflect that of the Kahnawà:ke Education Center, its governing board (KCSC) or partners. This community language plan is intended to be helpful and informative. The Skátne Enionkwaió’ten team has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this community language plan, the digital copy available on our website(s), and all supplemental materials. However, due to the fact that programming is always evolving and changing and that many factors are beyond our control, we cannot fully guarantee the accuracy of the information contained herein. We are committed to continuing to work collaboratively with community stakeholders to implement, monitor, and update our strategic community plan for language revitalization in Kahnawà:ke. Niá:wen for your patience and understanding.

Skátne Enionkwaió’ten community language planning is a community initiative that supports Indigenous language revitalization and language reclamation efforts (Onkwehonwehnéha / Kanien’kéha) in Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory.