About NEȾOLṈEW̱
NEȾOLṈEW̱ is an Indigenous-led, Indigenous-governed, relationship-based national partnership of scholars, community leaders, educators, activists, and allies working at the heart of Indigenous language revitalization (ILR) in Canada — formed to engage in positive action through collaborative research.
Project History
Indigenous communities across Canada are working hard, undertaking essential language revitalization and maintenance work. Increasingly, adults have been identified as a group of learners who hold great potential to contribute to the revival of Indigenous languages as parents, workers, community or family members, at times bridging gaps between Elder-speakers, children, and youth.
Project Themes
Adult learners hold great potential to contribute to the revival of Indigenous languages. Yet, we know that learning languages at any age does not happen in isolation, and so our Partnership uses an approach that engages with — and studies — the multiple contexts in which adult learners both learn and contribute. These study areas are organized into five research themes in our Project House below.
