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CULTURE | Tsęh Niyǫgwaihoˀdę:
HAUDENOSAUNEE LANGUAGES

Goal: Preserve and enhance our

HAUDENOSAUNEE LANGUAGES.

Positive Change Impacts

Stewardship (page 18) Culture & Tradition (page 28)
Learning our languages enables Revitalizing our languages can
us to understand and relate to preserve our identity and bring our
our environment teachings and ceremonies to life

Governance (page 36)
As we strengthen our Education (page 72)
language, we can strengthen Centering Haudenosaunee
participation in the time- language learning will build
honoured ways we come an education approach
together and make decisions unique to us

Wealth & Economy (page 78)
Community Care (page 90) The words we use to describe
Providing more care in the what wealth means to us can
language will help shape a shape our economic approach
system of care that reflects our
values and identity

Participation & Built Environment (page 60)
Communication (page 50) Celebrating our languages through
Greater fluency can expand our buildings, signs and roads will
our ability to have public create a Built Environment that
communications in the highlights our identity
languages

Community Member Responsibilities

• Take on the responsibility of learning your language
• Promote more language in policy and signage in your workplace
• If you know your language, teach it with respect and patience for those seeking to learn, offer it to families and other
alternative learning environments to meet diverse needs

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