Qujannamiik.
[Witness spoke in Cree, interpreted as follows]
I would like to talk about our reserve in terms of the COVID epidemic we had. Although we were given the technology to use for each household, we couldn't even use online schooling because we didn't have cell service. When we talk about the curriculum, we need to use the following. We lack a lot of curriculum development. We lack Cree language teachers, Dene teachers, Nakota Lakota teachers, and they have no resources.
We really need to have those and this is our hearts' desire that we really need to start having them and we really need to start working and developing our own curriculum.
It is our dream; we need to have translators and we need to have interpreters in our own communities. How do we talk with these elders? In terms of written language, in terms of doing syllabics and doing the standard Roman orthography writing, we need to bring that to the elders.
I have lots to say, but all I can say is there is a lot of lack in our communities.