Highlights

Please read below for some of Iakwahwatsiratátie’s activities throughout the year.

Kakwitè:ne 2024 - Spring Highlights

Wáhta Breakfast

On Thursday, April 11 2024, Iakwahwatsiratátie hosted a ‘Wáhta Breakfast’, catered by TLC Kahnawake, that brought together our language nest families and first language speakers from three communities:

Kahnawà:ke, Akwesásne & Kanehsatà:ke.

“It was so nice! With my 2 kiddos I couldn’t engage as much as I wanted to but I really enjoyed feeling everyone’s good energies and I feel like it went well. I also loved that the Akwesasne nest came, a little girl came up to me and aoskon Onkwehonweneha was chatting about my baby.” - Taionhiénhawe Meloche

Child Language Acquisition Symposium

During the week of May 13-19 2024, Iakwahwatsiratátie traveled to New Mexico to participate in the Child Language Acquisition Symposium. A gathering of language nests (also featuring Akwesasne’s ‘Onkwatsi’nahkwakon’) gathered to present on, share and discuss best practices for using Onkwehonwenéha languages in the home.