Reclaiming Their Language

3/2/2023

If you listen closely, you'll hear kids singing along to Oh Canada in Oji-Cree.

Regaining their language.

Indigenous language and identity was punished and oppressed for so long, and here, you can witness the youth reclaiming it.

It's my job to learn and listen to these voices when I'm providing services in remote indigenous communities.

Today a little girl asked me if I knew Oji-Cree and I said I didn't, so she asked if she could teach me. She taught me a few words including cat (my interpretation of the pronunciation was "boozh") and we laughed about my cats.

Kids just want to connect, and it makes my job as an SLP a whole lot easier.

It's an honour to hear them and learn from them.

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by Halle Demchuk, SLP

Paediatric SLP | GLP-Trained Clinician | Owner of HAEPI SLP

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We acknowledge that the City of Thunder Bay has been built on the traditional territory of Fort William First Nation, signatory to the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850. We also recognize the contributions made to our community by the Métis people. We strive as guests on these lands to honour our responsibilities to care for this land and uphold the Treaties that were signed therein.