The traditional values and beliefs of the community are taught to children and youth by participation. Children benefit by attending community ceremonies and gatherings. Traditional activities are taught through story telling, dance, smudge, traditional games, drumming, songs, crafts and language.

In order to revive the Algonquin language preschoolers are taught the language in the daycare, and students from the community are offered classes in the Algonquin language in elementary and high schools in the surrounding regions.

Barry Sarazin visits with the preschoolers at the community daycare to teach the Algonquin language. Using songs and stories he helps plant the seed of language into the impressionable minds of daycare students. Following are some audio recordings of the community children learning and practicing the Algonquin language with Barry, as well as some audio recordings provided by elemetary school students.

Note: Your volume must be turned up a bit for the quieter children and then lowered for the youth translations that follow.

Daycare Algonquin translations from community children.

Man

Dancing Girl

Colour White

Baby Cradle

Body Parts


Grandfather Drum & Grandmother Drum

Feather

Birch Tree


Song 1

Song 2