Feds to help with Métis language training
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Six Westman communities will be able to host a second year of lessons in the Michif language, thanks to funding from the federal goverment.
The Manitoba Métis Federation Southwest Region will offer 14 bi-weekly lessons in each of the six communities. The classes, taught by an elder fluent in Michif, are intended for children, young people, and adults. Children aged 3 to 7 will also be invited to attend an additional half-hour session focusing on song and rhyme before each class.
“We were thrilled when we got the phone call to tell us we were funded for another 14-week Michif language program. We were funded last year and in some of our communities we had four generations of the same family at the classes," said Leah LePlante, vice-president of the southwest MMF. "The younger ones were learning the language for the first time and the older ones were excited to be reacquainting themselves with the language that had been spoken in their homes when they were children.”
The lessons contribute "to the vitality of the Michif language by making these sessions accessible to the different generations within the communities,” said Brandon-Souris Conservative MP Mev Tweed, who made the annoucement in a press release today. “Ensuring a language is seen and heard is key to its renewal and of great benefit to the communities.”
The federal government is contributing $31,492 to the program through the Aboriginal Languages Initiative.