Kwe Sewakwé:kon,
Our team is excited to post this special edition newsletter with organizational updates to our five-year community language plan for language revitalization in Kahnawà:ke.
The newsletter is available in pdf on our Language plan page.
Niá:wen 🙂
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
The Kahnawà:ke Education Center (KEC) joined the NETOLNEW language project (SSHRC Partnership) in 2018. Through this partnership, the KEC is working on supporting teachers within Kahnawà:ke immersion schools by bolstering teacher supports in a number of areas including language proficiency, pedagogy, and cultural knowledge. This new partnership will help further Karonhianónhnha Tsi Ionterihwaienstáhkhwa’s language plan.
Wahéhshon Shiann Whitebean (Skátne Enionkwaió’ten Coordinator) was hired in October 2019 as an Educational Research Assistant for the NETOLNEW project.
Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2019 8:00 AM – 12:00 Noon in Kahnawà:ke
This will be a follow up to the two community gatherings hosted in 2018. Spaces limited, priority will be given to individuals, organizations, and groups that participated in creating a five-year strategic plan for language revitalization in Kahnawà:ke.
Agenda for the half-day gathering:
8:00 Tea & Coffee, Opening Words 8:30 Summary of the Skátne Enionkwaió’ten Language Plan Celebrating Year 1 Accomplishments
9:45 Health Break
10:00 Revisiting & Updating Our Program/Organizational Plans
11:30 Sharing and Gallery Walk
11:45 Closing Remarks
Wa’tkwanonhwerá:ton,
The Skátne Enionkwaió’ten Steering Committee is very excited to announce that we will be bringing all community language programs and organizations together once again to mark the one year anniversary since the launch of Kahnawà:ke’s five-year plan for language revitalization. Our planning is underway so please save the date in your calendars! More information will come soon.
Skennen’kó:wa,
Skátne Enionkwaió’ten Steering Committee
Skátne Enionkwaió'ten 