Home/Students/Current Students Jacob Manatowa-Bailey Jacob Manatowa-Bailey (Ôthâkîwaki) was the founding Director of the Sauk Language Department for the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma (2005-2016). Jacob currently works as an advisor providing planning and programmatic assistance to Indigenous language revitalization (ILR) programs. Their doctoral research focused on relationship between trauma, language, mindfulness, and healing. As…

Home/Students/Current Students Tahohtharátye’ Joe Brant Tahohtharátye’ Joe Brant sits with the Bear Clan, from Tyendinaga Mohawk Nation Territory. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, cross-listed in the Department of Linguistics and Centre for Indigenous Studies. Tahohtharátye’ is an advanced second-language learner of Kanyen’kéha and has been an elementary, secondary, and post-secondary…

Home/Students/Current Students Charlotte Ross Charlotte was born into and speaks the Woodland Cree TH-dialect and understands the Plains Cree Y-dialect and the Swampy Cree N-dialect. For many years, she has worked to create change within institutions of higher learning. In the past decade, she has focused on building capacity within First Nation communities with a…

Home/Students/Current Students Nicki Benson Nicki is a Jewish woman, born and raised on Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, səl̓ilwətaɁɬ, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm territories in Vancouver and now residing on Lək̓ʷəŋən territory in Victoria. Nicki has recently completed her PhD in Indigenous Language Revitalization from the University of Victoria. She has previously completed an M.A. in Language Education and has worked…