7:30am - 8:30am

Pipe Ceremony

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10:00am - 10:30am

Morning Song - Marc Longjohn (Plains Cree)

Opening Remarks:
FSIN - Vice Chief Heather Bear (Plains Cree)

SICC Board of Governors - Chief Alvin Francis (Plains Cree)

FNCCEC - Executive Director Claudette Commanda (Algonquin Anishinabe)

SaskCulture - Chief Executive Officer Dean Kush

City of Saskatoon - Mayor Charlie Clark

SICC President - Jessie Sylvestre (Dene)

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10:30am - 11:15am

Keynote Address:
Walk with Me on the Sacred Path of Language: Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth (Dene)

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11:15am - 12:00pm

Elders Panel: Our Sacred Languages Walk With Us
Peter Nippi (Saultueaux)

Marg Reynolds (Dene)

Peter McArthur (Nakoda)

William Ratfoot (Plains Cree)

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12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch & Entertainment

Dennis "Beamer" Morrison & Davica Morrison

Traditional Dance, Jingle Dress Dance and Hoop Dance

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1:00pm - 1:45pm

Keynote Address:
How we can use Indigenous Languages for Nation Building: Kevin Lewis (Plains Cree)

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1:45pm - 2:15pm

Workshop:
Land Based &  Target Language Immersion:

Priscilla St. John & Donna McDonald

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2:15pm - 2:45pm

Workshop:

Chief Ahtahkakohp School Land Based Learning
Marcy Whitefish, Paul Ledoux & Margaret Rabbitskin (Plains Cree)

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2:45pm - 3:15pm

Workshop:

pîkiskwêwin - Sharing our Indigenous Languages Online
Natalie Langan (Multi-Linguistic)

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3:15pm - 3:30pm

Closing Remarks:

SICC President - Jessie Sylvestre (Dene)

Closing Song: Marc Longjohn (Plains Cree)