Indigenous languages – Learning and teaching resources

By the Translation Bureau

Teachers and learners, below you will find tools, courses, exercises and other resources for teaching and learning Indigenous languages.

On this page

• Learning resources
• Teaching resources
• Education and training programs

Learning resources

• Abenaki Language Classes
  Source: Abenaki Council of Odanak

• Alphabet and pronunciation—Wendat Language
  Source: Centre de développement de la formation et de la main-d’œuvre huron-wendat

• Audio resources to learn Oneida words and phrases
  Source: Oneida Language and Cultural Centre

• Basic Oneida greetings (video | 01:03)
  Source:TheOneida

• Children’s programs – various Indigenous languages
  Source: SayItFirst

• Cree language lessons
  Source: Brandon University Manitoba

• How we speak the Gwich’in language
  Source: Gwich’in Tribal Council, Department of Culture Heritage

• Indigenous languages resources to discover
  Source: Edmonton Public Library

• Interactive children's story and lesson in Innu
  Source: Land InSIGHTS

• Innu Spelling Guide
  Source: innu-aimun.ca

• Iroquois languages and songs
  Source: Ohwęjagehká: Ha'degaenage:

• Learn how to speak Inuktitut (video series)
  Source: Nunavut Tourism

• Learn Mi'gmaq Online
  Source: Listuguj Mi'gmaq Government

• Learn the Atikamekw alphabet (in French and Atikamekw only)
  Source: Conseil de la nation atikamekw

• Learning Michif
  Source: NewJourneys.ca

• Learning the Dene language
  Source: Deh Cho Friendship Center

• Learning Wendat—Lessons and exercises
  Source: Centre de développement de la formation et de la main-d’œuvre huron-wendat

• Let’s speak Wendat!
  Source: Centre de développement de la formation et de la main d’œuvre huron-wendat

• Mi'gmaq language programs
  Source: Listuguj Education Directorate, Mi'gmaq Government

• Mi'gmaq language resources
  Source: migmaq.org

• Nehlueun pronunciation (in French only)
  Source: Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan

• Ojibwe lessons for beginners
  Source: Anishinaabemowin

• Online books designed for early Cree readers
  Source: University of Alberta

• Passamaquoddy Maliseet dictionary and videos
  Source: Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Language Portal

• Reclaiming my language: a course for silent speakers
  Source: First Peoples’ Cultural Council

• Resources for learning Blackfoot
  Source: NewJourneys.ca

• Resources for learning Cree
  Source: NewJourneys.ca

• Resources for learning Haida
  Source: NewJourneys.ca

• Resources for learning Inuktitut
  Source: NewJourneys.ca

• Resources for learning Mi'kmaq
  Source: NewJourneys.ca

• Resources for learning Ojibwe
  Source: NewJourneys.ca

• Resources relating to the preservation and revival of Indigenous languages
  Source: Thompson Rivers University Libraries

• Tłı̨chǫ courses for beginners
  Source: Collège nordique francophone

• Tusaalanga: Learn the Inuit language
  Source: Pirurvik Centre

Teaching resources

• Aboriginal Languages Gathering
  Source: Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers

• Collection of multilingual books on environment and sustainable development
  Source: First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Sustainable Development Institute

• East Cree language resources
  Source: eastcree.org

• Innu Teaching Program for Elementary Schools (in French only)
  Source: Institut Tshakapesh

• Guide to inspiring initiatives for academic success among Indigenous students (in French only)
  Source: Government of Quebec

• Nehiyaw (Cree) language lessons
  Source: Centre for Race and Culture

• Teaching guide: Indigenous perspectives (in French only)
  Source: Historica Canada Education Portal

• wîcêhtowin—Indigenous language teaching and learning resources
  Source: University of Saskatchewan

Education and training programs

• Aboriginal Language Revitalization Program
  Source: Nunavut Arctic College

• Canadian Indigenous Languages and Literacy Development Institute
  Source: University of Alberta

• Certificate in Aboriginal Studies
  Source: University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue

• Certificate in Indigenous Languages
  Source: University of Saskatchewan

• Indigenous language program
  Source: First Peoples' Cultural Council, British Columbia

• Indigenous Studies Program
  Source: McGill University

• Introductory Cree 1 course
  Source: Athabasca University

• Inuktitut dialect interpreter-translator program (PDF)
  Source: Nunavut Arctic College

• Mi'kmaq Language Program
  Source: Native Council of Nova Scotia

• Minor in Native Languages (Cree and Ojibway)
  Source: University of Manitoba

• Programs offered by the Nikanite First Nations Centre (in French only)
  Source: University of Quebec at Chicoutimi

• Undergraduate microprogram in Innu language and culture (in French only)
  Source: University of Montréal

• Undergraduate Program: Indigenous Studies
  Source: Laurentian University

• Undergraduate Short Program in Indigenous Studies
  Source: University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue

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Related links

For French resources on this topic, check out our Langues autochtones – Ressources pour l’apprentissage et pour l’enseignement page.