{"id":2374,"date":"2026-05-04T12:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/?p=2374"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:47:12","slug":"traditional-language-and-nation-rebuilding-the-missing-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/2026\/traditional-language-and-nation-rebuilding-the-missing-link\/","title":{"rendered":"Traditional Language and Nation Rebuilding: The Missing Link"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Traditional Language and Nation Rebuilding: The Missing Link\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/05\/EP-6-Post-2-512x512.jpg\" alt=\"Traditional Language and Nation Rebuilding: The Missing Link\n\nEpisode 6.  May 4\n\n\" class=\"wp-image-2377\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:contain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/05\/EP-6-Post-2-512x512.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/05\/EP-6-Post-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/05\/EP-6-Post-2-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/05\/EP-6-Post-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/05\/EP-6-Post-2-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/05\/EP-6-Post-2-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2026\/05\/EP-6-Post-2.jpg 1063w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EP6: Traditional Language and Nation Rebuilding: The Missing Link<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Languages inspire. They connect. They create our sense of self and our sense of place. They make us who we are. Which is why we must fight to keep our traditional languages alive. In episode 6 our host and guests share deeply personal reflections on how important language is for personal identity, nation-rebuilding, and how youth and Elders play a vital role from a community practitioner perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Host:&nbsp;<\/strong>Mason Ducharme<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guests:&nbsp;<\/strong>Sonia Leo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lexlixatkwa7 Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Producer:&nbsp;<\/strong>Emma Fazakas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Executive Producer:<\/strong>&nbsp;Catherine MacQuarrie, Mason Ducharme<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Music Courtesy of:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Constitution Song by The Spiritual Warriors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inquisitive Orchestra by Musictown on Pixabay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/inherentrightsinformedvoices\/2792743\/\">Click here to listen to this episode<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rfng\/inherent-rights-informed-voices-podcast\/\">Click here to hear past episodes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EP6: Traditional Language and Nation Rebuilding: The Missing Link Languages inspire. They connect. They create our sense of self and our sense of place. They make us who we are. Which is why we must fight to keep our traditional languages alive. 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