Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Caroline Poorman, now 77, remembers her dad sitting at their table and recording stories in Cree. (Louise BigEagle/CBC - image ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the Kehewin First Nation perform a jingle healing dance for the grand opening of the Kakewetotamak Kinehiyawinaw ...

Manon Tremblay, senior director of Indigenous Directions, teaches Plains Cree during the lunchtime workshop. Manon Tremblay is no stranger to teaching Cree, but she wanted to try a new approach. This ...

The Montreal Canadiens’ visit to the Carolina Hurricanes later this month is expected to be the first NHL game with a broadcaster calling play-by-play in the Plains Cree language. The March 24 game ...

Storytelling plays an important role in cultures around the world, helping to pass knowledge from generation to generation. The universality of this tradition is reflected in the similarities of the ...

The Montreal Lake Cree Nation hopes to breathe new life into its traditional language by making nihithaw accessible anywhere and anytime, through an app. “We have a lot of language understanders, but ...

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Calling NHL games in Cree is more than a dream come true for broadcaster Clarence Iron. It's also a way to help preserve his language. The 60-year-old broadcaster from Canoe Lake Cree Nation in ...

When Caroline Poorman, 77, listens to recordings her father made of oral stories in the Plains Cree language, memories flood back to her. Poorman can hear the crackling of the woodstove, smell tea and ...

A new First Nations immersive language program inspired is looking to help preserve Plains Cree, a dialect of the Cree language. The program, called a "language nest," is a non-classroom space for ...