How the U of M is helping to revitalize Indigenous languages – CTV News

March 31, 2025

The University of Manitoba is taking steps to preserve Indigenous languages, which are facing endangerment due to colonization, residential schools, and forced assimilation.

Manitoba is home to several Indigenous languages, including Cree, Dakota, Ojibwe, Oji-Cree, Dene, and Michif.

According to Lorena Sekwan Fontaine, head of the U of M’s Indigenous Studies Department, all these languages have a relationship to the land.

“There are a lot of different worldviews and knowledge contained in these six different languages that are integral to Manitoba,” she said in an interview with CTV Morning Live on Monday.

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