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New Brunswick Project Revives Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey Language

10/12/2025

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A project in New Brunswick aims to preserve the Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey language through collaboration between Indigenous language scholar Margaret Apt and Indigenous elders.
An online portal and a second edition of a print dictionary will be released this winter.
Margaret Apt and the late elder David A. Francis earned the Governor General’s Meritorious Service Medal.
Apt emphasizes teaching the language to younger generations, saying, "We’re still here. Our language is here."

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Story summary

A project in New Brunswick aims to preserve the Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey language through collaboration between Indigenous language scholar Margaret Apt and Indigenous elders.
An online portal and a second edition of a print dictionary will be released this winter.
Margaret Apt and the late elder David A. Francis earned the Governor General’s Meritorious Service Medal.
Apt emphasizes teaching the language to younger generations, saying, "We’re still here. Our language is here."