Chief Brian Toney
Director of Education Marilyn Toney
Mi'kmaw Language Teacher/s nil
The Annapolis Valley First Nation was formerly known as Cambridge and is located near Kentville, Nova Scotia.
The community has a registered population of two hundred sixty-five with only ninety-five living on reserve. The number of households in this community is twenty-three.
All the twenty-one students from kindergarten
to grade twelve attend provincial schools. There are no Mi'kmaw language
courses available in the schools that these children attend. The
nearby university of Acadia does not offer courses in the Mi'kmaw language.
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| a. Never heard Mi'kmaq spoken at home |
| b. Grand/parents or yourself attended Residential School |
| c. Children attended non-native schools in your area |
| d. Only way to succeed in school was to speak English |
| e. Brought in by a family member from the U.S. |
| f. Neighbours speak English |
| g. Too much English on TV |
| h. Knows the language but afraid to make mistakes |
| i. One of the parents was non-native |
| j. Babysitter was English speaking |
| k. Other |
