{"title":"KANIEN’KEHA / MOHAWK INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE REVITALISATION EFFORTS IN CANADA","authors":"Grace A. Gomashie","doi":"10.7202/1060864AR","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper gives an overview of ongoing revitalisation efforts for Kanien’keha / Mohawk, one of the endangered Indigenous languages in Canada. For the Mohawk people, their language represents a significant part of the culture, identity and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. The endangerment of Kanien’keha and other Indigenous languages in Canada was greatly accelerated by the residential school system. This paper describes the challenges surrounding language revitalisation in Mohawk communities within Canada as well as progress made, specifically for the Kanien’keha / Mohawk language. EFFORTS DE REVITALISATION LINGUISTIQUE DE LA LANGUE MOHAWK / KANIEN’KEHA AU CANADA Cet article offre une vue d’ensemble des efforts de revitalisation linguistique realises pour preserver la langue mohawk / kanien’keha, une des langues autochtones les plus menacees au Canada. Pour la communaute mohawk, cette langue constitue une part fondamentale de la culture, de l’identite et du bien-etre des individus, des familles et des communautes. La mise en peril de la langue mohawk kanien’keha et des autres langues autochtones au Canada a ete grandement accentuee par le systeme de pensionnats autochtones. Cet article explore les defis inherents a la revitalisation de la langue en cours dans les communautes mohawks au Canada et les progres realises, particulierement en ce qui a trait a la langue mohawk kanien’keha.","PeriodicalId":44124,"journal":{"name":"McGill Journal of Education","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2019-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"8","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"McGill Journal of Education","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.7202/1060864AR","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This paper gives an overview of ongoing revitalisation efforts for Kanien’keha / Mohawk, one of the endangered Indigenous languages in Canada. For the Mohawk people, their language represents a significant part of the culture, identity and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. The endangerment of Kanien’keha and other Indigenous languages in Canada was greatly accelerated by the residential school system. This paper describes the challenges surrounding language revitalisation in Mohawk communities within Canada as well as progress made, specifically for the Kanien’keha / Mohawk language. EFFORTS DE REVITALISATION LINGUISTIQUE DE LA LANGUE MOHAWK / KANIEN’KEHA AU CANADA Cet article offre une vue d’ensemble des efforts de revitalisation linguistique realises pour preserver la langue mohawk / kanien’keha, une des langues autochtones les plus menacees au Canada. Pour la communaute mohawk, cette langue constitue une part fondamentale de la culture, de l’identite et du bien-etre des individus, des familles et des communautes. La mise en peril de la langue mohawk kanien’keha et des autres langues autochtones au Canada a ete grandement accentuee par le systeme de pensionnats autochtones. Cet article explore les defis inherents a la revitalisation de la langue en cours dans les communautes mohawks au Canada et les progres realises, particulierement en ce qui a trait a la langue mohawk kanien’keha.