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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter THUNDER BAY \u2014 Matawa First Nations\u2019 CEO says its language revitalization program needs a long-term funding commitment to fulfill its mission. Funding of Matawa Waka Tere \u201cneeds to be ongoing\u201d so that the program won\u2019t again face the uncertainty it\u2019s under now that a three-year funding arrangement has run out, Sharon Nate told reporters Thursday in an online news conference. Matawa Waka Tere (Indigenous Language Revitalization) has been running in all nine communities served by Matawa First Nations Management and in Thunder Bay, but it\u2019s now in scaled-down operations due to a lack of sustainable funding. The 2019 Indigenous Languages Act says \u201cthe Government of Canada is committed to providing adequate, sustainable and long-term funding for the reclamation, revitalization, maintenance and strengthening of… <\/p>\n

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By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter THUNDER BAY \u2014 Matawa First Nations\u2019 CEO says its language revitalization program needs a long-term funding commitment to fulfill its mission. Funding of Matawa Waka Tere \u201cneeds to be ongoing\u201d so that the program won\u2019t again face the uncertainty it\u2019s under now that a three-year funding arrangement has run out, Sharon Nate told reporters Thursday in an online news conference. Matawa Waka Tere (Indigenous Language Revitalization) has been running in all nine communities served by Matawa First Nations Management and in Thunder Bay, but it\u2019s now in scaled-down operations due to a lack of sustainable funding. The 2019 Indigenous Languages Act says \u201cthe Government of Canada is committed to providing adequate, sustainable and long-term funding for the reclamation, revitalization, maintenance and strengthening of... <\/p>\n

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