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Australia’s Eurovision entry this year is the first to sing in First Nations language: meet Electric Fields

The act representing Australia at this year’s Eurovision contest has sadly not qualified for the grand final. Yet for Zaachariaha Fielding and Michael Ross, the duo that makes up Electric Fields, it’s ...

These First Nations students are teaching themselves — and their peers — to speak Cree

Vern Lewis is in his first year teaching Aboriginal studies at a Frog Lake First Nation high school, and he's putting his ...
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‘Learning language is part of rebuilding our nation’: singing the world alive, one First Nations word at a time

A precious message for all Australians has been created by First Nations people with publication of Words to Sing the World Alive. In a gentle, generous and learned collaboration between The Poet’s ...
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First Nations students use app to revive Cree language

Tech meets tradition: A Frog Lake First Nation teacher created an app for students to record and share Cree phrases, blending ...