Recording consists of Martha-Mary speaking in English about her growing up and her experiences with the Naskapi language when she was a student and now as a teacher, parent and grandparent. Topics discussed include: her childhood schooling where it was hard to speak Naskapi; her experiences as a teacher creating curriculum and teaching young students; her experiences promoting Naskapi with her children and grandchild at home.
Jimmy Sandy Memorial School
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Recording consists of a short clip of Martha-Mary speaking in English. Topics discussed include: role of Elders in teaching students Naskapi in the school, importance of history for children to understand themselves, some history about her family.
Recordings consists of Seasi speaking in Naskapi aboutthings her parents and grandparents taught her about hunting and camping. Topics discussed include: a lot of things her father taught her about caribou hunting; things she learned in her growing up from her mother about preparing caribou and other animals; different camping stories; hunting as a community; the impacts of mines on the caribou and about going camping with the Inuit.
Recording consists of a brief clip of Seasi speaking in Naskapi about her role as a Naskapi teacher. Topics discussed include: the importance of teaching children Naskapi; her respect for the language; her gratefulness to her mother for teaching her; and her desire to hear more families speaking it outside of the classroom.