ILC 2024-2025
Community Projects
These community-led language projects represent the ongoing work being carried out across Ontario through Year Two 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.
Anke Keekeenamakewin Bemecheewon
Revitalization of the Oji-Cree Language Acquisition
Location: Big Trout Lake
Language: Oji-Cree
Language Plan, Language and Culture Camps, Videos/Audio
Batchewana First Nation of Ojibways
Language and Culture Teachers
Location: Batchewana First Nation
Language: Ojibway
Books
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, Videos/Audio, Land-Based Education
Chippewas of Georgina Island
Georgina Island Language Planning, People and Programs
Location: RR2 Sutton West
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Language Plan, Dictionary (Paper Version), Langauge Nest
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, Digitization, Online/digital language lessons (Live)
Chippewas of Thames First Nation
Connecting to the Way We Speak
Location: Muncey
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Language Plan, Translation, Language Class
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
Flash Cards, Language Nest
Ginoogaming First Nation
Head Start Ojibwe Language Program
Location: Longlac
Language: Ojibwe
Curriculum, Language Class
Keewaytinook Board of Education
KiHS Digital Language Resources
Location: Thunder Bay
Language: Oji-Cree, Cree & Ojibway
Online portal/website
M’Chigeeng First Nation
Anishinaabemowin Reviatization Project (ARP) and Land Based Learning
Location: M’Chigeeng
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Land-Based Education, Language Class, Resource Centre
MoCreebec Eeyoud
MoCreebec Eeyoud Y-Dialect Cree Language & Culture Program
Location: Moose Factory
Language: Cree
Cultural Events, Traditional Crafts
Mohawk Council of Akwesasne
We Will Be Speakers Again – Revitalization of Akwesasne Kanienkeha Language
Location: Akwesasne
Language: Mohawk
Curriculum, Capacity Building
Moose Cree First Nation
MooseCree.app
Location: Moose Factory
Language: Moose Cree
Text to speech synthesizer, platform development, platform module development, traditional crafts, cultural day
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
Research, update syllabics
Naicatchewenin First Nation
Naicatchewenin First Nation Language Revitalization Project
Location: Devlin
Language: Ojibway, Anishinaabemowin
Language Nests, language camp, classes for adult/staff, cultural workshops
Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg
Language and Culture Revitalization Project
Location: Mobert
Language: Ojibway
NC consulting, Language and Culture Instruction
Nwewnan Sasaang
Language Nest
Location: Wallaceberg
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Language banking, Language and Culture Instruction
Ojibwewan Kateri Centre
Reclaiming our Language Through Culture
Location: Geraldton
Language: Ojibwe
Dictionary (Paper Version), Books, videos, website creation, Language and Culture Instruction
Oneida of the Thames
Oneida Language Circle; Oneida Language Strategy; Oneida Language and Cultural Center
Location: Southwold
Language: Oneida
Curriculum, Language Training for Instructors (Train the Trainer)
Ontario Native Literacy Coalition
Indigenous Languages are Indigenous Literacy!
Location: Ohsweken
Language: Anishinaabe (Northern and southern), Cree, Haudenosaunee (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca)
Language Class
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, Survey, focus groups, informal conversations, meetings, interviews, conferences, workshops, sharing circles
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 Class, Anishinaabemowin/English street signs
Sandy Lake First Nation Board of Education
Sandy Lake Oji-Cree Program
Location: Sandy Lake
Language: Oji-Cree
Gathering, radio show, immersion committee meeting, Facebook and video development
Shingwauk Teaching Lodge (Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig)
Anishinaabemowin Language Capacity & Resource Development
Location: Garden River First Nation
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Language Library, Capacity Building, Ceremony, Land-Based Education
Temagami First Nation
Language Atlas
Location: Bear Island, Lake Temagami
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Community Engagement, Interviews, Recording, Mapping
Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawénna
Shaatiwennakaratats Adult Immersion
Location: Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
Language: Kanyen’keha
Language Immersion
Twatati
Oneida Language Revitalization
Location: Southwold
Language: Oneida
Recording (Digital), Mentor-Apprentice, immersion program, drop in language circle
Webequie First Nation Education Authority
Community Sewing Circle & Local Oji-Cree Immersion Literacy Resources
Location: Webequie
Language: Oji-Cree
Curriculum, sewing circle, Videos/audio, Booklets
Weengushk Film Institute
Journey for Knowledge
Location: M’Chigeeng
Language: Ojibwe
Land-Based Education
Whitefish River First Nation
Revitalization Strategy – Language Plan and Language Training and Mentorship
Location: Birch Island
Language: Ojibway
Language Nests
Wiikwemkoong Unceded Indian Reserve
Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory (WUT) Anishinabemowin Department
Location: Wikwemikong
Language: Anishinaabemowin
Archiving, Language Nests
Woodland Cultural Centre
Dwadwęnaga:dat Language Centre Repatriation and resource enhancement project
Location: Brantford
Language: Cayuga, Mohawk, Seneca, Tuscarora, Oneida, Onondaga, possibly Tutelo (extinct)
Digitization, Grammar book