Language Planning

CLICK HERE to access the original 2018 – 2022 language plan (document) in Kanien’kéha or English. 

2019 – 2020

October 2019: In the fall of 2019, Kahtehrón:ni Iris Stacey secured a second grant from the Aboriginal Languages Initiative (ALI) to support the implementation and development of the Five Year Strategic Plan for Language Revitalization in Kahnawà:ke. In October 2019, two part-time Project Facilitators were hired to begin working closely with community schools and organizations to help Kahnawà:ke reach our community language goals as outlined in our Five-Year Strategic Plan for Language Revitalization. Our Project Coordinator Wahéhshon Shiann Whitebean is currently an Educational Research Assistant on the Kahnawà:ke Education Center’s NETOLNEW Indigenous language revitalization project but continues her work on Skátne Enionkwaió’ten as a member of the steering committee.

May 7, 2019: The Skátne Enionkwaió’ten Steering Committee & the Kahnawà:ke Education Center held a one-year anniversary gathering to follow up on the community language plan and provide an opportunity to community schools and organizations to review and update their plans.

2017 – 2018

Our Project Leader Kahtehrón:ni Iris Stacey and the Kahnawà:ke Education Center (KEC) secured the 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. Wahéhshon began working on our Skátne Enionkwaió’ten initiative in late October 2017. Due to the fact that the grant was received 3 months later than anticipated, many aspects of the initial workplan and timeline had to be condensed in order to ensure that this initiative was a success.

Timeline
Proposed/Requested: July 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018
Actual: October 23, 2018 to March 31, 2018
Extension: The KEC independently extended the project for 8 weeks after March 31, 2018.

Community Language Planning Sessions

Stakeholders were identified by the Steering Committee. Electronic and print invitations were sent/delivered to stakeholders including community organizations that were asked to send representatives. In addition, Wahéhshon and Kahtehrón:ni booked time on K103 Radio’s noon hour talk show (the week before each session) to promote the project and provide contact information for any community members at large that were interested in participating. A Facebook page was also set up to help promote the project: https://www.facebook.com/SkatneEnionkwaioten/

Community Planning Session 1
Held at the Mohawk Legion in Kahnawà:ke on Thursday November 23, 2017.

Community Planning Session 2
Held at the Mohawk Legion in Kahnawà:ke on Thursday January 18, 2018.

The 5-year Strategic Plan for Language Revitalization 2018 – 2022 was published in April 2018 and released to the community at a launch celebration on April 26, 2018.

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