1st time: Ontario legislator Sol Mamakwa asks question in Anishininiimowin (Oji-Cree), marking a step for language revival and reconciliation.
Indigenous Ontario legislator Sol Mamakwa will make history at Queen's Park, as the Ontario legislature will allow, interpret, and transcribe a language other than English and French for the first time. Mamakwa, a NDP legislator, will ask a question in Anishininiimowin (Oji-Cree) and the event represents a step towards reconciliation and reviving Indigenous languages. Decades prior, Mamakwa was punished for speaking his own language in a residential school.
May 26, 2024
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