MESSAGE FROM CHIEF AND COUNCIL:
As Chief and Council of the Norway House Cree Nation, we strongly support the efforts that are being made to bring back and maintain our Muskego Ininimowin (Cree Language) through the Norway House Cree Nation Cree Language Initiative.
This initiative is of great importance for our people and community, especially for our young people who have lost their language. Throughout our Indigenous history, we have learned that maintaining our language, culture and values is crucial to realize and understand our identity.
We certainly agree that teaching and maintaining our language and culture begins at home but we must realize that the loss of our language and culture is as a result of the assimilation policies imposed on First Nations by the Government. Most of our people chose not to speak their native tongue due to the experiences of harsh discipline they went through for speaking their First Nations language within the Residential School System. As a result, they made the decision not to allow their children to learn or use the language which eventually led to the gradual loss of the Cree Language in our community.
We commend the Elders and the young people who agreed to be on the NHCN Cree Language Advisory Committee and for the work they have put into the development of the Muskego (Swampy) Ininimowin (Cree Language) Strategic Plan that will promote and enhance the use of the Cree Language in our First Nation Community.
Strengthening our Muskego Ininimowin heritage for Norway House Cree Nation is very important and we believe this initiative is a step in the right direction. It is a viable and worthwhile endeavor and we trust the work in process will achieve the Vision and Mission Statement as set out by the Cree Language Advisory Committee.
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NHCN Cree Language Initiative
1 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Albert Tait (Bilingual Untranslated) https://youtu.be/sX4iJLWKFFo
2 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Albert Tait (Untranslated) https://youtu.be/qJqj6iTVrTc
3 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Alex Anderson (2002 Untranslated) https://youtu.be/mPyg7uo-sBU
4 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Alfred Bailey (Translated) https://youtu.be/U2RhsfbcGQc
5 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Ann Margaret Day Osborne (Translated) https://youtu.be/8Z3Ocdj-6t0
6 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Betsy Colon (Translated) https://youtu.be/TmiWEqumPvs
7 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Bill McLeod (Translated) https://youtu.be/bczc4F4LP8c
8 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Cameron Robertson (Translated) https://youtu.be/WOC2DXy9Y0k
9 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Charles Muchikekwanape (Bilingual Untranslated) https://youtu.be/4XcGS0aBR34
10 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Charles Qeskekapow (1989 Untranslated) https://youtu.be/ByRC5J3AK0I
11 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Chief Larson Anderson (Translated) https://youtu.be/kaczamOEt-o
12 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Daphne Clarke (Bilingual Untranslated) https://youtu.be/LNeIqrE0Tek
13 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Dave Swanson (Untranslated) https://youtu.be/cDHqmUbcIY0
14 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Dennis Day (Translated) https://youtu.be/gzqn78OflOI
15 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Donald Crate (Translated) https://youtu.be/4SG95wjwXsA
16 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Edward Cromarty (Untranslated) https://youtu.be/yLjcDu5e96A
17 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Elizabeth Tait (Bilingual Untranslated) https://youtu.be/GsHKsnqC0DY
18 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Ernest Anderson (Untranslated) https://youtu.be/S47ncyLuJJc
19 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Ernest Muchikakwanape (Untranslated) https://youtu.be/OcX03E58Qqg
20 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Fanny Menow (1992 Translated) https://youtu.be/eAkuKsS6cnk
21 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Florence Duncan (Translation) https://youtu.be/V-c25Lp_v5A
22 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Gordan Swanson (Bilingual Untranslated) https://youtu.be/jtkUS9nryA0
23 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Gordie Walker (Untranslated) https://youtu.be/6gKUXBqZDu0
24 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Henry Cromarty (Untranslated) https://youtu.be/Y3cRKfQ5d3s
25 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: James Dixon (Translation) https://youtu.be/loxrtevtsNU
26 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Janice Muswagon (Translation) https://youtu.be/i-z6s5ryK-s
27 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Ken Ormand (Untranslated) https://youtu.be/iy5dmAKtNik
28 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Laura Mowatt (Untranslated) https://youtu.be/bOy_m9f1S9Y
29 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Lorna Packo (Untranslated) https://youtu.be/ltLsxMlLm7o
30 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Madeline Walker (Untranslated) https://youtu.be/ezxCJVF3GDQ
31 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Maggie Moskego (Untranslated) https://youtu.be/eHPUT-t_LSE
32 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Margaret Belfour (Untranslated) https://youtu.be/NFhTuiIPvcU
33 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Marie Ann Chubb (Translated) https://youtu.be/jcPfdjBDeRc
34 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Mary North (1992 Translated) https://youtu.be/QADkbX2L9rI
35 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Mike Muswagon (Translated) https://youtu.be/AFbX_MbYufM
36 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Oliver Colon (Untranslated) https://youtu.be/i3Gh4RnwKCA
37 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Roundtable (Untranslated) https://youtu.be/rYc4LSJwZcg
38 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Strategic Plan Introduction https://youtu.be/bXKBvgIZn9s
39 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Sydney Colon (Translated) https://youtu.be/D_heLBJ3QL0
40 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Elders & Members (Bilingual Untranslated) https://youtu.be/pwupnvLUUZM
41 NHCN Cree Language Initiative: Yvonne Much (Translated) https://youtu.be/6iK18cnNLVg
