“I know that (children) live in a time where the colonizer’s language is so dominant in everything we do. It's a real challenge for our young people to not just learn, but to use our languages,' says Dr. Lorna Wánosts’a7 Williams
Dr. Lorna Wánosts’a7 Williams is at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, celebrating the formal launch of the UN International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032. A global task force is mobilizing coordinated and immediate action to implement the Decade's Global Action Plan.
“When I was a little girl, I only spoke my language, and then I lost my language when I went to residential school.” Williams grew up in Mount Currie, B.C. One of the highlights for Williams at this official launch was to stand with Chief Willie Littlechild. “He was one of the key individuals that really made this happen. And so it was wonderful to stand with him yesterday on the stage and to hear him. It’s just so celebratory.”
“FPCC was recognized during panel discussions as a leader in so many areas of language revitalization.” “In that map, people were able to really share their stories, their names, and place names, and nobody else has done that.” The map was 10 years in the making, as a coordinated effort. With the people themselves working on it from each of the language communities.
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