The Language and Culture Team, within KDFN Education and Social Development, is made up of Language and Culture Connectors who work to provide KDFN Citizens and students with Kwanlin Dün First Nation Culture and language support.
The KDFN Language and Culture Connectors incorporate culture and language into community and schools through language and culture programming and promoting special opportunities for cultural connections.
NEW! Language Resources
Dän K’e (Southern Tutchone) Language Resources
Our Language Vision
Kwanlin Dün First Nation languages are spoken, valued and thriving within our homes, communities and Traditional Territory.
Our Language Goals
- Build relationships with KDFN families and individuals.
- Increase the number and fluency of KDFN Indigenous Language speakers.
- In the Yukon, it is paramount to immediately create new generations of fluent speakers with the higher levels of language proficiency needed to pass on the language to future generations.
- To create speakers to work in future immersion programs such as nests, camps, schools and in-community programs.
Cultural Programming Goals
- To continue to offer cultural programming for KDFN Citizens in the community, the daycare, and schools.
- Providing opportunities for Citizens to learn valuable skills of their culture and ancestors.
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