Cree Immersion and the kâniyâsihk Culture Camp | Kevin Lewis | TEDxUniversityofSaskatchewan

Описание: A little camp in Northwestern Saskatchewan, on a First Nation, has been doing amazing research in Indigenous arts, music, architecture, song, linguistics and language. This place has grown to be a hotspot of revitalization it is traditionally known as kâniyâsihk and now known as kâniyâsihk Culture Camps (kCC), a non-profit organization, which is on Treaty 6 Territory and has hosted institutes of higher learning such as the University of Saskatchewan. It is a safe place for our language and culture to share the beauty of our people, the Cree. Kevin Lewis, Assistant Professor, Curriculum Studies, College of Education, developed a certificate program in Indigenous Languages for teachers from across the province to immerse themselves in the Cree language and cultural practices. He believes learning Cree restores people, not just the language, giving Indigenous people confidence and an understanding that their people had sophisticated societies and technologies before settlers came. In his home community of Ministikwan Lake Cree Nation, Dr. Lewis has served as a teacher, vice principal and band councillor. Dr. Lewis has been working with community schools in promoting land and language-based education and is the founder of kâniyâsihk Culture Camps, a non-profit organization focused on holistic community well-being and co-developer of Land-Based Cree Immersion School kâ-nêyâsihk mîkiwâhpa. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx