YXE Cree Speakers Society: Keep Our Language Alive

03/31/2026

https://www.ualberta.ca/en/the-quad/2026/03/language-learning-brings-healing-and-wholeness.html

As part of the Supporting Indigenous Language Revitalization initiative, Trudy Cardinal empowers young women to become their own researchers and storytellers.

03/31/2026

https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2026/national-indigenous-languages-day

Language is more than simply a means of communicating. It plays an essential role in carrying the culture, spirit and wisdom of a people from one generation to the next.

02/08/2026

Call out for potential speakers…email a short summary of what exactly you would present (in under 30 min.). E: [email protected]

02/08/2026

Did you know 2026 is the 150th anniversary of Treaty No. 6?

11/10/2025

Almost all those who attended our 2025 Conference said the conference advanced their knowledge of how we can develop and retain the Cree Language in our communities! You can read more about the conference and the feedback we received in the 2025 Keep Our Language Alive Conference Report now available in the Events section of our website at www.yxecreespeakerssociety.ca.

10/23/2025

This is a 23 October 2025 podcast with Martha Hardwick, SLP, Jay Eagleman, Cree Language Speaker, and Dr. Lanny Realbird, Plains Indian Sign Language Expert, discussing the approach to teaching Cree Language.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5mieUs5NTvL9qdDUQpdeZ9

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rocky-boy-health-center-prevention-department-podcast/id1799097324?i=1000733036573

BuzzSprout Website: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/2430689/episodes/18059593-rocky-boy-health-center-prevention-department-podcast-language-is-a-protective-factor

Direct link to Mp3: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2430689/episodes/18059593-rocky-boy-health-center-prevention-department-podcast-language-is-a-protective-factor.mp3?download=true

10/22/2025

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09/30/2025

Aiyana Twigg presented at our 2024 YXE conference. It was great to run into her this summer at the Indigenous Languages Summit. Check out her toolkit. The toolkit is written by Aiyana, who is Ktunaxa on her mother’s side and Blackfoot, registered blood tribe, Treaty 7 territory, on her father’s side. Aiyana grew up on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Ktunaxa in yaq̓it ʔa·knuqⱡiʔit (To***co Plains). She is currently working towards a Master of Education in Indigenous Language Revitalization at the University of Victoria. In 2022, she completed a BA at the University of British Columbia with a double major in First Nations and Endangered Languages and Linguistic Anthropology.

09/30/2025

UNDRIP

09/14/2025

https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-qvts-4p49

09/05/2025

https://creeliteracy.org/2025/09/04/creesimon-reflects-as-the-school-year-begins/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAMne95leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmztTE_oxmcU0nHlQZdGttzMuAU5pLGzMfIAanN3lqYN87X3fFofN87oue9X_aem_iVZRPoSRga45_UbyoHgsuw

Simon Bird recently posted a reflection on FaceBook that resonated with me in many ways. Ten years into his online adventures with language as , what he writes is pretty personal, bu…

08/14/2025

“Speaking just one language is like living in a house with one window.”
Thomson Highway