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Learning the language full time is a big commitment, but Karihohetstha Cupples knows that already: her mother, Otsitsaónwe Gaspe, is in her final year of the Ratiwennenhá:wi Kanien’kéha immersion program at the Tsi Ronterihwanónhnha ne Kanien’kéha Language and Cultural Center.

One of Kawisaiénhne Albany’s favourite moments at the annual Christmas Wreath Fundraiser is seeing some of the community’s first-language speakers come in a group to buy their tickets.

Kanien’kéha immersion students are known for their discipline, and Hank Sha’tekaronhí:io Tolley is no exception. The 20-year-old gets out of bed at 3 a.m., well before it’s time to hit the books.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Rahskwe’ióntha Randy Etienne logged onto his computer every day at 8 a.m. When everything opened up again, he would go bright and early to the Tsi Ronterihwanónhnha ne Kanien’kéha Language and Cultural Center for class.

When Kawisaiénhne Albany was a child, she loved to listen to her raksótha, a lifelong speaker of Kanien’kéha.

After the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) secured funding for two full-time language students in the three-year Ratiwennenhá:wi language program, all 19 full-time students can now focus on doing their part to revitalize Kanien’kéha in the community “We’re impressed at the number of students that decided to enrol,” said MCK chief Amy Beauvais.

Courtesy Kanesatake Health Center Last Wednesday, as she sat in class on her first day of school, Kanehsata’kehró:non Kahontokta Beauvais could not believe that she was finally going to start learning her ancestral language.

Marisela Amador The Eastern Door There was not a dry eye left in the room by the end of the joyous and emotional graduation ceremony for the Ratiwennenhá:wi Adult Immersion Program.

Watsenniiostha Nelson and three of her four sisters and her nephew getting ready for the rolling blockades on July, 11, 2020. (COURTESY WATSENNIIOSTHA NELSON)