A pair of Métis elders stand in front of a classroom of students who call them "memayrs," or grandmothers in Michif French. "Komaw sav aw?" one of them calls out from the front of the classroom. The ...

“The language will (probably) be lost in one more generation,” says Northern Michif speaker and school principal Vince Ahenakew.

Efforts to save Michif, the traditional language of the Métis, have progressed to the point where it will now be taught to students at a Saskatoon elementary school. Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools ...

This news release is also available to read in Michif French. PRINCE ALBERT, SK, June 17, 2025 /CNW/ - Canada Post hosted an event in Prince Albert today to celebrate an upcoming stamp commemorating ...

A radio language initiative might start making waves across the territory. Vance Sanderson is a Michif language advocate who works for the Northwest Territory Métis Nation. He's been offering ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Signs in Cree and ...

All her life, Patricia Millar believed the language she’d grown up with was precious. She held onto it even after nuns from the east tried to suppress it: it was the language of her parents, of her ...

Harriet St. Pierre says she is proud the Michif language is being used to name a street in Saskatoon. The City of Saskatoon’s civic naming committee selected the name “Shakamohtaa” for a future street ...

A woman from St. Louis, Sask., credited with sharing her knowledge of her Métis culture and Michif language with generations of students and community members over her life, is being featured on a new ...

There’s a lot that Jeanne Pelletier remembers. Following her parents around in their close-knit Michif community near Marieval, Sask., in the early 1940s, she learned not only to walk but to talk.