Michif Language: First Ever University Level Course

[Heather Souter]

Taanshi!  Taansi!  Boñzhur!  Hello!

We are pleased to announce that the University of Alberta's Canadian
Indigenous Language and Literacy Development Institute will offer its first
ever university-level course on the Michif language this summer!  Anyone
interested in Michif is welcome to attend.  Please see the poster for more
details.

Featured is elder Grace (Le Doux) Zoldy, a fluent speaker of Michif from
Camperville, Manitoba. Elder Zoldy's mother tongue is Michif.  She is a
tireless advocate for the revitalization and documentation of the language
(especially the use of the Master-Apprentice method) and has been honored
for her work many times. She also has been a consultant for a number of
major linguistic studies of Michif and has authored a book of prayers in
the language.

Co-instructing with "Ma Tant Grace" are Olivia Sammons (PhD student,
University of Alberta)  and Heather Souter (Michif Language Apprentice and
community scholar). Olivia is a doctoral student in linguistics with an
interest in language documentation and revitalization. She has experience
with Algonquian languages, in particular Sauk and Michif, and has been
involved with Michif language projects in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Heather Souter (Guiboche) is a Michif language advocate and lives in
Camperville, Manitoba where she has been learning the language from Elder
Zoldy.  Heather has attended sessions of both CILLDI and AILDI, pursued
graduate studies at the Universities of Kansas and Lethbridge, and now
works as an independent researcher.

Please use the contact information on the poster to register for the
course, or get in touch to find out more. We hope to see you there!

Eekoshi!

Heather Souter

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