Dr. Williams referred to the fact that Canada’s indigenous languages faced severe difficulty, according to some major studies. In Native communities across British Columbia, First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council carried out a survey most recently. According to this survey, there are no speakers of three languages anymore, of the 32 minority languages. In addition, this survey shows that except five percent of the 100,000 indigenous people in B.C, most people are not able to speak
Cree Indians This is an introduction to the Cree Indians way of life explaining about the foods they ate, significance of story telling, myths, religious beliefs, rituals performed, and their present day way of life. It is almost impossible to touch on every aspect because of what is not printed and only known by elders. Some native words used by Cree Indians: Kiwetin meaning the north wind that brings misfortune (Gill, Sullivan 158). Another word is maskwa used for bear, the most intelligent