BBC lists Sami journalist Sara Wesslin among world’s 100 most influential women
Sara Wesslin is actively working to revitalize the Skolt Sámi language that was on the brink of extinction. The BBC
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Organization representing Canadian Inuit adopts unified Inuktut orthography
Inuit in Canada are getting a unified orthography for the first time since Inuktut writing systems were introduced by Christian
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Hear Indigenous language speakers from around the globe through Google Earth
Users of Google Earth are now able to hear over 50 Indigenous language speakers from across the globe saying words
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Twin Flames hope to use music to revitalize Indigenous languages, storytelling
When Chelsey June and Jaaji take the stage as the band Twin Flames, they want to break down barriers and
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Inuit languages declining in Canada’s Nunavut territory, stats show
Inuit languages declined in Nunavut in the 15 years between 2001 and 2016, according to a Statistics Canada report released
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Cape Dorset, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, considers returning to Inuktitut name
The Nunavut community of Cape Dorset could go back to its traditional name. The community was named by English explorer
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Nunavut educator Edna Agnes Ekhivalak Elias among appointments to Order of Canada
Gov. Gen. Julie Payette has announced the names of 83 new appointments to the Order of Canada, including actor Donald
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Canada’s new Indigenous languages law does not protect Inuit languages, leaders say
Inuit leaders are calling on the Canadian government to make a real commitment to protect Inuit languages, saying the recently
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Archivists poring over 75,000 hours of stories in northern Indigenous languages collected by Canadian broadcaster
About 65 years ago, Joe Kiloonik was hunting caribou near Taloyoak, Nunavut, in Canada’s eastern Arctic, when he came across
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Leaked report says teacher education program not sufficient in Nunavut, Arctic Canada
A leaked report by a Vancouver-based research firm concluded that the Nunavut Teacher Education Program (NTEP) was “not capable of
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Arctic Canada: Proposed changes to Nunavut education act would phase in Inuktitut over 20 years
The government of Nunavut is planning to push the deadline for bilingual Inuktitut-English education for Grade 12 students, 20 years
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Canada’s Northwest Territories to launch 911 emergency service in November
The Northwest Territories’ long-promised 911 service will be functional starting in November, says the territory’s minister of municipal and community
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A Canadian first: Federal court issues decision in Indigenous Cree and Dene languages
In a bid to make the justice system more accessible, Canada’s Federal Court has issued its first ruling in Cree
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Gijiht’aii (try), says 23-year-old taking year off to learn Gwich’in language in Northern Canada
The Gwich’in language seems to roll off the tongue when 23-year-old Arlyn Charlie speaks, but according to Charlie, “Gwiintsàl Dinjii
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Indigenous leaders at UN meeting push for decade dedicated to language revitalization
Indigenous leaders are calling for the UN’s year of Indigenous languages to be expanded to a decade in speeches at
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