Listen to Speakers
“In my experience, the language creates a behaviour of respectfulness and reciprocity and carefulness and kindness.”
– Khelsilem
Listen to how speakers tell (in English) how their Indigenous language sees the world differently, and learn more about how knowledge and culture is embodied within language.
Bernie Francis
Mi’kmaq
Mi’kmaq and verbs
3:50
Brian Maracle
Kenyen’keha/Mohawk
Some ways Kenyen’keha/Mohawk and English differ
4:22
Dr. Mique’l Dangeli
Sm’algyax / Tsimshian
Language, verbs and heart
2:12
Art Napoleon
Cree
Cree words that don’t exist in English
1:29
Marianne Nicolson
Kwak’wala
Kwak’wala directions: land, language and cosmologies / verbs vs. nouns and objectifying the world / the importance of language diversity
13:34
Snxakila (Clyde Tallio)
Nuxalk
The role of traditional names
3:24
Dr. Marianne Ignace
Canadian / Settler
Ethnobotany, ethnobiology and language
2:52
Listen to the Languages
bonnie whitlow
Kanyek’keha / mohawk
2:14
Maria Myers
Tŝilhqot’in
1:44
Paddy Walkus
Kwak’wala
2:23
William Jeddore
Mi’kmaq
1:37
Nang King.aay ‘uwans (James Young)
Haida
1:00
Donna Namaypoke
Anishinaabemowin / Ojibway
3:13
Gail Maurice
Cree
4:41