ILC 2023-2024
Community Projects
These community-led language projects represent the ongoing work being carried out across Ontario through Year One of the Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program multi-year funding cycle. Each project reflects the vision, strengths, and priorities of the Nation it serves, supporting continued language revitalization efforts, community engagement, and the strengthening of Indigenous languages for future generations.
Anishinaabekwewag Grandmother’s Circle
Four Generations Potawatomi Language Project – Phase 2
Location: Kettle & Stony Point First Nation
Language: Chippewa & Potawatomi
Video recordings, Cultural & Language workshops, Computer Animation Training, Elders Helpers training
Anke Keekeenamakewin Bemecheewon
Revitalization of the Oji-Cree Language Acquisition
Location: Big Trout Lake
Language: Oji-Cree
Language Plan, Videos, Audio, Language Cultural camp
Atikameksheng Anishnawbek
Development of Anishnaabemowin Language Program for Leadership
Location: Naughton
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Language Plan
Batchewana First Nation of Ojibways
Language and Culture Teachers
Location: Batchewana First Nation
Language: Ojibway
Booklets for Daycare & Youth Centre
Bimose Tribal Council Inc.
Bimose Community Language Reclamation Project
Location: Dalles
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Language Plan
Caldwell First Nation
Caldwell First Nation Language and Culture Revitalization: From Plan to Practice
Location: Leamington
Language: Ojibwe & Potawatomi
Language Plan, Language kits & Language class
Chippewas of Georgina Island
Georgina Island Language Planning, People and Programs
Location: RR2 Sutton West
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Language Plan & Language class
Chippewas of Kettle and Stoney Point
“Wiiwkwedong Nishinaabemowi Nookimowin” – CKSPFN Anishinaabemowin Revitalizatiom Plan and Language Programming
Location: Kettle & Stony Point First Nation
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Language Plan & Hiring of staff
Chippewas of Thames First Nation
Connecting to the Way We Speak
Location: Muncey
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Language Plan, Dictionary, Games, Language Immersion, Language Nest, Landbase Education
Fort Erie Cultural Centre Inc. dba Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre
Indigenous Languages: Our Community; Our Way (2023-2028)
Location: Fort Erie
Language: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora
Language and Culture Camps
Garden River Child Care Centre
Mooshkin Anishinaabemtowaadaanig Gda-binoojjiimnaanig – Let’s Always Speak to Our Children in the Anishinaabe Language
Location: Garden River
Language: Ojibwe
Recordings for books and songs, Pow Wow & Gathering
Ginoogaming First Nation
Head Start Ojibwe Language Program
Location: Longlac
Language: Ojibwe
Language Class & Landbase activities
Ininimo Speak Cree
Location: Peawanuk
Language: Cree
Language Plan
Keewaytinook Board of Education
KiHS Digital Language Resources
Location: Thunder Bay
Language: Oji-Cree, Cree & Ojibway
Audio or visual teaching aid & Online language lessons
M’Chigeeng First Nation
Anishinaabemowin Reviatization Project (ARP) and Land Based Learning
Location: M’Chigeeng
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Resources Centre
Mnaasged Child and Family Services
Mnaasged Language & Culture Development Plan
Location: Muncey
Language: Haudenosaunee; Lunaapeew; Ojibway
Language Plan
MoCreebec Eeyoud
MoCreebec Eeyoud Y-Dialect Cree Language & Culture Program
Location: Moose Factory
Language: Cree
Life skills & Wellness (arts & crafts), Syllabic name and Cree Cultural Day
Mohawk Council of Akwesasne
We Will Be Speakers Again – Revitalization of Akwesasne Kanienkeha Language
Location: Akwesasne
Language: Mohawk
Curriculum, Lesson plans, Digitization, Books, Ceremonial Teaching
Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte
Developing Kenhte:ke Community Plan for Creating Kanyen’keha Speakers
Location: Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
Language: Mohawk
Language Plan
Moose Cree First Nation
MooseCree.app
Location: Moose Factory
Language: Moose Cree
Database
Munsee-Delaware Nation
Munsee.app
Location: Muncey
Language: Lunaape
Learning platform development
Mushkegowuk Council
Omushkego Language of Kinship
Location: Moose Factory
Language: Ininimowin and Ililimowin
Omushkego Font/Tool
N’Amerind (London) Friendship Centre
Oneida and Anishinaabemowin Language Revitalization
Location: London
Language: Ojibway, Oneida and Lenaape
Language Plan
Naicatchewenin First Nation
Naicatchewenin First Nation Language Revitalization Project
Location: Devlin
Language: Ojibway, Anishinaabemowin
Language Class, Language Cultral camps & Gatherings
Native Canadian Centre of Toronto
Niigaanii Anishinaabe
Location: Toronto
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Recordings of speakers
Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg
Language and Culture Revitalization Project
Location: Mobert
Language: Ojibway
NC Consulting & Land base Education
Nokiiwin Tribal Council, Inc.
Nokiiwin Anishinaabemowin Restoration Plan Development
Location: MacDiarmid
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Language Plan
Nwewnan Sasaang
Language Nest
Location: Wallaceberg
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Language nest & kits
Ojibwewan Kateri Centre
Reclaiming our Language Through Culture
Location: Geraldton
Language: Ojibwe
Language Plan
Oneida of the Thames
Oneida Language Circle; Oneida Language Strategy; Oneida Language and Cultural Center
Location: Southwold
Language: Oneida
Language Plan
Ontario Native Literacy Coalition
Indigenous Languages are Indigenous Literacy!
Location: Ohsweken
Language: Anishinaabe (Northern and southern), Cree, Haudenosaunee (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca)
Language Classes
Oshki-Pimache-O-Win The Wenjack Education Institute
Ojibwe Language Immersion Program Phase Two & Three: Development and Delivery
Location: Fort William First Nation
Language: Ojibwe
Research
Pays Plat First Nation
Mentor Learner Program – Pays Plat
Location: Pays Plat First Nation
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Mentor-Apprentice
Rainy River First Nation
Rainy River First Nation Language Revitalization
Location: Emo
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Language Plan, Books, Videos, Language class & Festival
Sandy Lake First Nation Board of Education
Sandy Lake Oji-Cree Program
Location: Sandy Lake
Language: Oji-Cree
Broadcasting TV & Radio Production / Diffusion, Teaching Aids, Books, Language & Cultural Camps, Gatherings
Shingwauk Teaching Lodge (Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig)
Anishinaabemowin Language Capacity & Resource Development
Location: Garden River First Nation
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Resource centre & Ceremonial teachings
Temagami First Nation
Language Atlas
Location: Bear Island, Lake Temagami
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Audio & Visual equipment, Community Engagement & Teacher training
Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawénna
Shaatiwennakaratats Adult Immersion
Location: Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
Language: Kanyen’keha
Language Immersion
Twatati
Oneida Language Revitalization
Location: Southwold
Language: Oneida
Recording/Digitalization, Mentor-Apprentice, Language Immersion & Gathering
Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation
WLON Anishinaabemowin Preservatiom=n Project
Location: Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Language Plan
Webequie First Nation Education Authority
Community Sewing Circle & Local Oji-Cree Immersion Literacy Resources
Location: Webequie
Language: Oji-Cree
Language kits & Community sewing circle
Weengushk Film Institute
Journey for Knowledge
Location: M’Chigeeng
Language: Ojibwe
Video/Audio, Language and Culture Camps & Ceremonial Teaching
Whitefish River First Nation
Revitalization Strategy – Language Plan and Language Training and Mentorship
Location: Birch Island
Language: Ojibway
Language Plan, Language nest & classes, Life skills & Wellness
Wiikwemkoong Unceded Indian Reserve
Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory (WUT) Anishinabemowin Department
Location: Wikwemikong
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Language Plan
Windigo First Nations Council
Windigo First Nations Council Indigenous Language Policy and Indigenous Language Plan
Location: Sioux Lookout
Language: Oji-Cree & Ojibway
Language Plan
Woodland Cultural Centre
Dwadwęnaga:dat Language Centre Repatriation and resource enhancement project
Location: Brantford
Language: Cayuga, Mohawk, Seneca, Tuscarora, Oneida, Onondaga, possibly Tutelo (extinct)
Digitize and transcribe tapes, Onondaga grammar resource & Videos/Audio