Final report from Task Force on Aboriginal Languages and Culture now available on-line
From their new web site at http://www.aboriginallanguagestaskforce.ca/e/e_index.html ...
In December 2003, as the Task Force on Aboriginal Languages and Cultures, we were mandated to conduct research and make recommendations to the Minister of Canadian Heritage on the preservation, revitalization and promotion of Aboriginal (First Nation, Inuit and Métis) languages. We have completed this work.
On June 28, 2005 during an Honouring Feast in Winnipeg, we met with our Elders to celebrate our journey over these past months and to seek blessing for the work that remains to be done.
On June 29, 2005 in Ottawa we met with The Honourable Liza Frulla, Minister of Canadian Heritage and submitted to her our Foundational Report.
This Foundational Report represents a first step – a first step in a long journey to revive and restore the richness and the diversity of our First Nation, Inuit and Métis languages given to us by the Creator. All our languages are sacred – each one deserving of honour and respect. We have heard the wisdom of our Elders, of our Leaders and the many hopeful voices in our communities. We look to you, to our youth, to everyone to join the next leg of the journey towards a new beginning and the re-birth of our languages.
We hope that you take the time to read our Foundational Report and/or the Executive Summary.
Click here to see the recommendations from the task force in a previous KNews story