Cree and Dene languages help keep Indigenous culture, history and identity alive in Bonnyville

Cree and Dene languages help keep Indigenous culture, history and identity alive in Bonnyville

(ANNews) – The Bonnyville Friendship Centre (Centre) is offering a Healing Through Language Conference on Friday, March 28, 2025 in Bonnyville, Alberta. Dr. Jessie Sylvestre, a Dene First language speaker from ejeredeséche Buffalo River, Saskatchewan, will be sharing the importance…

– We think it's important. There has been a lot of history missing here, so this is something we are doing for posterity, says Liv Sølvi M. Valde.

Cree and Dene languages help keep Indigenous culture, history and identity Alive in Bonnyville - Alberta Native News

by Kinnukana, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter  (ANNews) – The Bonnyville Friendship Centre (Centre) is offering a Healing Through Language Conference on Friday, March 28, 2025 in Bonnyville, Alberta. Dr. Jessie Sylvestre, a Dene First language speaker from ejeredeséche Buffalo River, Saskatchewan, will be sharing the importance of healing through language, followed by an afternoon of Dene and Cree crafting of either caribou tufting or fish …