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Pour que survive la langue nakota

Dans toute l’Amérique du Nord, les langues autochtones risquent de disparaître. «Quand tu ne connais ni ta langue ni ta culture, tu ne sais pas qui tu es», affirme Armand McArthur, l’une des dernières personnes à parler couramment le nakota dans la bande Pheasant Rump Nakota, sur le territoire du Traité no 4, dans le sud de la Saskatchewan. En prévision de l’avenir, l’homme de 69 ans est déterminé à revitaliser sa langue pour sa communauté et les générations futures. Dans une salle de classe où les gens de tous âges se rassemblent pour partager savoir et mode de vie …
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Dans toute l’Amérique du Nord, les langues autochtones risquent de disparaître. «Quand tu ne connais ni ta langue ni ta culture, tu ne sais pas qui tu es», affirme Armand McArthur, l’une des dernières personnes à parler couramment le nakota dans la bande Pheasant Rump Nakota, sur le territoire du Traité no 4, dans le sud de la Saskatchewan. En prévision de l’avenir, l’homme de 69 ans est déterminé à revitaliser sa langue pour sa communauté et les générations futures. Dans une salle de classe où les gens de tous âges se rassemblent pour partager savoir et mode de vie dans de grands éclats de rire, il ravive le lien avec la terre qui fut pendant des siècles le domaine de ses ancêtres.

Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) Education All subjects
Courts métrages documentaires All channels
Indigenous Cinema
  • script
    Louise BigEagle
  • direction
    Louise BigEagle
  • director of photography
    aAron Munson
  • editing
    Trevor Aikman
  • sound design
    Cary Ciesielski
  • mentoring director
    Robin Schlaht
  • location sound recorder
    David Roman
  • location photographer
    Taryn Snell
  • Nakota translation
    Armand McArthur
  • editing assistant
    Logan Vanghel
  • technical coordination
    Luc Binette
    Candice Desormeaux
  • editing technical support
    Isabelle Painchaud
    Patrick Trahan
  • titles
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • online editing
    Serge Verreault
  • None
    Claude Dionne
  • subtitles
    Claude Dionne
  • recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • sound mixer
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • legal counsel
    Christian Pitchen
  • studio operations manager
    Darin Clausen
  • administrator
    Bree Beach
  • production coordinator
    Faye Yoneda
  • production supervision
    Esther Viragh
  • marketing
    Leslie Stafford
  • publicity
    Katja De Bock
  • delegate producer
    Dara Moats
  • producer
    Jon Montes
  • executive producer
    David Christensen

Education

Ages 12 to 18

Notes

This short film sends a message about the necessity for language revitalization and culture, and can prompt class discussions, essays and research projects. What is the connection between language and cultural identity? How is this story relevant to the majority of Indigenous languages that span across what is now Canada? Research an Indigenous language group that is near or of interest to you. How many Indigenous languages exist within Canada and what laws, policies, beliefs and actions were taken by the Canadian government to contribute to the demise of Indigenous languages? The United Nations has declared a Decade of Indigenous Languages, beginning in 2022, to draw attention to Indigenous language users’ human rights. Why is it important to support the revitalization of Indigenous languages?

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