Arctic Languages: An Awakening
E-Books
Author/Creator
Il y a Gurvich
Chuner Taksami
Vassily Uvachan
Piotr Skorik
Alla Bugaeva … [et al.]
Historical note:
Ruth Cuthand was born in Prince Albert, SK in 1954 and grew up near the Blood Reserve in Alberta. Her heritage is Plains Cree and Scots/Irish. Her Aboriginal culture and memories of her childhood experiences are often the inspiration for her art-making practice.Looks at a project that encourages Inuit people to begin writing their stories and, in this way, pass on Inuit culture and language to the next generation.
Discussion on educational border work and the struggle for control of education between First Nations and Canadian society.