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What people love about Wolas-Talk

​Elder Opolahsomuwehs Perley
«My hope is that our language is eternal

Working on this app has been such a pleasure. Knowing the content is rooted in traditional teachings, built in community, with consultation from so many First Nations gives me confidence our children will learn our language enough to have conversations with each other, and makes me excited for our future!​

Sakom Allan Polchies Jr.
«This is mandatory learning for everyone in the community
​and beyond

It is incredible the amount of information within the Wolas-Talk App and the WLCC website. Please take the time to check these resources out!

Rodney Mann
​«Reconcili-Action

As someone who grew up in the unceeded territory of the Wolastoqey people, and has been enriched by the Wolastoqey culture, working on this language nest has been my opportunity to give back to the community that has given me so much.

Dr. David Perley
​«It all starts with 
​​the language

Language is the path to a conversation about our history. Our history will define our future.

Elder Eldon Bernard
«My hope is that our language ​is eternal

Working on this app has been such a pleasure. Knowing the content is rooted in traditional teachings, built in the community, with consultation from so many First Nations gives me confidence our children will learn our language enough to have conversations with each other, and makes me excited for our future!

Land Acknowledgement

We would like to acknowledge that the Wolastoq Language and Culture Center is located on the traditional unceded and unsurrendered territory of Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet). This territory is covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship which Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) first signed with the British Crown in 1725. The treaties did not deal with surrender of lands and resources but in fact recognized Wolastoqey title and established the rules for what was to be an ongoing relationship between nations.

"We are directed by the government to tell you that the English have no design to take your country or any of your lands from you: or to deprive you of any of your just Rights or Privileges"
(November, 1720, English Treaty Commissioner).

Note: The treaty Commissioners were appointed by the British Crown to negotiate treaties with Wabanaki nations in the 1700s. The Wabanaki nations included the Wolastoqiyik, Mi'kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscots.
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