ILC 2025-2026
Community Projects

These community-led language projects represent the ongoing work being carried out across Ontario through Year Three 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 & Activities

Batchewana First Nation of Ojibways

Language and Culture Teachers

Location: Batchewana First Nation
Language: Ojibway

Activities

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 & Activities

Chippewas of Georgina Island

Georgina Island Language Planning, People and Programs

Location: RR2 Sutton West
Language: Anishinaabemowin

Language Plan & Activities

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 & Activities

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

Actvites

Ginoogaming First Nation

Head Start Ojibwe Language Program

Location: Longlac
Language: Ojibwe

Actvites

Ininimo Speak Cree

Location: Peawanuk
Language: Cree

Language Plan

MoCreebec Eeyoud

MoCreebec Eeyoud Y-Dialect Cree Language & Culture Program

Location: Moose Factory
Language: Cree

Actvites

Mohawk Council of Akwesasne

We Will Be Speakers Again – Revitalization of Akwesasne Kanienkeha Language

Location: Akwesasne
Language: Mohawk

Actvites

Moose Cree First Nation

MooseCree.app

Location: Moose Factory
Language: Moose Cree

Actvites

Munsee-Delaware Nation

Munsee.app

Location: Muncey
Language: Lunaape

Actvites

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

Activities

Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg

Language and Culture Revitalization Project

Location: Mobert
Language: Ojibway

Activities

Nwewnan Sasaang

Language Nest

Location: Wallaceberg
Language: Anishinaabemowin

Activities

Oneida of the Thames

Oneida Language Circle; Oneida Language Strategy; Oneida Language and Cultural Center

Location: Southwold
Language: Oneida

Activities

Ontario Native Literacy Coalition

Indigenous Languages are Indigenous Literacy!

Location: Ohsweken
Language: Anishinaabe (Northern and southern), Cree, Haudenosaunee (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca)

Activities

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

Activities

Pays Plat First Nation

Mentor Learner Program – Pays Plat

Location: Pays Plat First Nation
Language: Anishinaabemowin

Activities

Rainy River First Nation

Rainy River First Nation Language Revitalization

Location: Emo
Language: Anishinaabemowin

Activities

Sandy Lake First Nation Board of Education

Sandy Lake Oji-Cree Program

Location: Sandy Lake
Language: Oji-Cree

Activities

Shingwauk Teaching Lodge (Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig)

Anishinaabemowin Language Capacity & Resource Development

Location: Garden River First Nation
Language: Anishinaabemowin

Activities

Twatati

Oneida Language Revitalization

Location: Southwold
Language: Oneida

Activities

Weengushk Film Institute

Journey for Knowledge

Location: M’Chigeeng
Language: Ojibwe

Activities

Whitefish River First Nation

Revitalization Strategy – Language Plan and Language Training and Mentorship

Location: Birch Island
Language: Ojibway

Activities

Wiikwemkoong Unceded Indian Reserve

Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory (WUT) Anishinabemowin Department

Location: Wikwemikong
Language: Anishinaabemowin

Activities

Woodland Cultural Centre

Dwadwęnaga:dat Language Centre Repatriation and resource enhancement project

Location: Brantford
Language: Cayuga, Mohawk, Seneca, Tuscarora, Oneida, Onondaga, possibly Tutelo (extinct)

Activities