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Authentic Research: Mindfully Embodying First Voices in AI Exploration

The University and Centre for Teaching and Learning departments were awarded a grant from the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) as part of the Consortium on Generative AI involving several post-secondary institutions across Ontario. Community focus groups will review research compiled by the HEQCO project team exploring how Generative AI can potentially enhance the effectiveness of language preservation and revitalization with a view to data sovereignty, security and the accurate representation of Indigenous culture. A Decolonizing Evaluative Assessment Tool (DEAT) was created with a good mind to guide the research in a respectful and responsible way. Senior Researchers: Sara General, Bobby Henry and Amy Shawanda; Project Lead: Lisa Dietrich. The extended project team includes Heather Bomberry, Taylor Gibson, Tania Henry, Tanis Hill and Stevie Jonathan.

Creating Speakers and Documenting Our Oral Legacy at Six Nations of the Grand River

All six of the Hodinohsyo:ni languages (Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca, and Tuscarora) are critically endangered, with few first-language speakers remaining. Recognizing that action is required to ensure these vitally important languages are both preserved and stabilized, Six Nations Polytechnic embarked on the first phase of a 3-year Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) grant to create a new group of Advanced-level second-language speakers of Cayuga.

Pathways to Creating Speakers of Onkwehonwehneha at Six Nations

This published report contains the results of a year-long study conducted by Six Nations Polytechnic at Six Nations of the Grand River Territory from March 22nd, 2016 to February 2nd, 2017. The study titled, "The Path to Creating A Critical Mass of Onkwehonwehnéha Speakers at Six Nations of the Grand River Territory" was made possible through an Ontario Trillium Fund grant and support from Six Nations Polytechnic and the Six Nations Language Commission.

Six Nations Language Commission

President Jamieson serves on the Six Nations Language Commission which administers significant funding for community-based language revitalization. This linkage is consistent with SNP’s role in language revitalization, which further strengthens community planning and cohesion for language revitalization and overall contributions to enhanced language revitalization outcomes.

Preserving Haudenosaunee Language and Ceremonies through the Digitization and Translation of the Hewitt Collection

This SSHRC funded project, in partnership with McMaster University, concluded in the summer of 2013 and has left a lasting legacy for future language and culture revitalization work. For more information on this project, please visit the Research portion of our website.

Associate Professors Will Coleman, Daniel Coleman, Rick Monture, Theresa McCarthy, Susan Hill and Dawn Martin-Hill contributed to research and project development throughout the year.

Summer 2012 Summer Language and Culture Camp for Families Program

This camp funded through Six Nations Welfare targeted families with children aged 5 to 12 years old and their parents. Camp leaders used the family learning model to engage participants in language and cultural activities in both Gayogoho:no’ and Kanien’keha.

Internationalization of Indigenous Rights and Governance

May 31, 2013 - Wilfrid Laurier University, Six Nations Polytechnic, and the University of Saskatchewan collaborated on a research project on the Internationalization of Indigenous Rights and Governance. This project is funded by a research grant from the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) to study the impact of international institutions and global governance documents in promoting legislative protection and culture survival for Indigenous peoples.

Bi-Cultural Science

The Deyohahá: ge: Indigenous Knowledge Centre begins exploring the natural sciences from both Indigenous and western perspectives in this curriculum project entitled Bi-Cultural Science. Please contact us for more information on this project.

War of 1812

Over the summer of 2012, the Deyohahá: ge: Indigenous Knowledge Centre worked in partnership with the Six Nations Legacy Consortium and experienced educators on a curriculum development project. The goal of this project was to develop lesson plans on the War of 1812 from an Indigenous perspective. 

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