One of the areas where K-12 distance and online learning can be used a lot more than it is currently is for the teaching of Indigenous languages. Lots of people wish to learn these languages, but they are often geographically dispersed. Additionally, often those who have the knowledge and ability to teach these languages are scarce, so even if there is a geographically clustered group of learners there isn’t always a teacher available. Programs like this one provide a solution to both problems.
Cree radio network joins platform to create online language learning games
Full East Cree content to launch in March of 2026
· CBC News ·
In a busy household, Clarence D. Snowboy — a father of six — steps carefully over scattered toys and slips into a small home office. Amid the chatter and play of his children, he hopes to steal 10 quiet minutes everyday to record his voice — and the Cree language.
Snowboy is a host and announcer with the James Bay Cree Communications Society, a regional Cree radio station.
He is also lending his voice to a new partnership between JBCCS and Language Foundry, an interactive Indigenous language learning platform, to create online Cree-language learning games. The project is designed to help learners connect with — and preserve — the Cree language.
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