Indigenous language school on Six Nations ‘will finally have a home’ – Chatham Daily News
Aug 28, 2024
After years of waiting, the only school in Canada offering Cayuga and Mohawk language immersion to students from kindergarten to Grade 12 will finally get a home of its own.
For more than a decade, Kawenni:io/Gaweni:yo Private School on Six Nations of the Grand River has operated from the second floor of the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Ohsweken.
Limited space inside the arena means capping enrolment at around 125 students, despite rising demand among youth and families on the reserve for instruction in the traditional Haudenosaunee languages, both of which are considered at risk of extinction due to the dwindling number of native speakers.
