Time
Event
Presenters / Facilitators
8:00–9:00
Breakfast buffet
9:00–10:00
Opening prayer and ceremonies by Ninaisipistoo Francis First Charger.
Welcome from organizers, institution, and sponsors
Ninaisipistoo Francis First Charger;
Organizing team; Provost and Vice-President Academic Michelle Helstein; Vice-Provost Iniskim Indigenous Relations
Leroy Little Bear; Vice-President Research Dena McMartin; Dean of Arts and Science Matt Letts; Chair of Indigenous Studies Hendrika Beaulieu; Director Iniskim
Indigenous Relations Shanda Webber
11:30–1:00
Round table on storytelling
Blanche Bruised Head, Shirlee Crowshoe, Mary Fox, Debbie Many Bears
1:00–2:00
lunch and Presentation
Leroy Wolf Collar
2:00–3:30
Keynote 2: Making Space for Youth: Listening, Trusting, and Reimagining Language Revitalization
4:00–5:30
Blackfoot Language Archive Launch
5:30–8:00
Opening prayer by Shirlee Crow Shoe; Banquet and Honouring language Champions past and present
Shirlee Crow Shoe; Core team members, dignitaries, invited guests and honorees
Time
Event
Presenters / Facilitators
8:00–9:00
Breakfast buffet
9:00–10:30
Workshop: The First People's Cultural Council (FPCC) Mentor-Apprentice Program
11:00–12:30
Workshop: Empowering the North: The North-West Territories' (NWT) Mentor-Apprentice Program
1:30–3:00
Round table: Land-based learning and immersion camps
Core team, students from 2025 immersion camp
3:30–5:00
Workshop: Community-led Immersion circles
5:30–7:30
Dinner buffet with keynote 3: Designed to silence: How colonial schooling targeted the Blackfoot language
Time
Event
Presenters / Facilitators
8:00–9:00
Breakfast buffet
9:00–10:00
Demonstration: How to use the Blackfoot online dictionary
10:00–10:30
Demonstration: How to use the Blackfoot Narrative Text Corpus (BNTR)
11:00–12:30
Demonstration/workshop: Using a Blackfoot computational model to generate classroom exercises
1:30–3:00
Demonstration: Pronunciation training:
Rhythm and Melody in Blackfoot
How to use Pitch Art in pronunciation instruction
3:30–5:00
Workshop: Creating your own pronunciation training materials:
Praat and MeTILDA workshop
5:30–7:30
Dinner with keynote 4: What Can We Learn from The Way Old Blackfoot Was Written?
Time
Event
Presenters / Facilitators
8:00–9:00
Breakfast buffet
9:00–10:30
Workshop / Roundtable: Giimooch Gaa-bizindawaad: Reclaiming Anishinaabemowin:
a program for silent speakers
Manitoba Group: Kate Binesigichidaakwe McDonald, Carol Beaulieu, Leanna Marshall, Kimberley Spence
11:00–12:30
Panel: Barriers to learning
1:30–3:00
Demonstration: Aikamotsiipoohto: Bringing the Language to Safety
3:30–5:00
Panel: The role of youth
5:30–7:30
Dinner with keynote 5: Title Curvature as Soundscape.
5:30–7:30
Closing prayer
Kathy Hunt