Michif Lessons 2.0

Michif Lessons offers a comprehensive collection of over 60 exercises designed to facilitate the learning of more than 1,000 Michif words. The curriculum covers a diverse array of categories including Numbers, Months, Animals, Weather, the Human Body, Love, and additional topics. All translations and audio narrations were provided by Michif specialist Norman Fleury, ensuring accurate pronunciation guidance for users. The development of Michif Lessons was undertaken by the Gabriel Dumont Institute, with the app created collaboratively by Media Access and Production (eMAP) at the University of Saskatchewan.

For further information about the Gabriel Dumont Institute, please visit www.gdins.org. The institute acknowledges financial support for this project from the Office of the Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians under Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada.

Michif is an endangered language with an oral tradition, spoken primarily by Métis communities. Estimates suggest that only about 5-10% of the Métis population are fluent speakers, predominantly among elders. The Gabriel Dumont Institute is committed to promoting and preserving Métis culture through resource development that facilitates hearing and reading the language. Due to the oral nature of Michif-Cree and the absence of a standardized orthography, the Institute adheres to spelling conventions established by expert linguists such as Norman Fleury.