PAGC 11th Annual Language Festival
Friday, December 7, 2007
Below are several photos of participants, followed by the winners list.
Father Megret High School, Wollaston Lake
Senator Myles Venne School, La Ronge
Division I: Grades 1 – 3 Group
Wahpeton Dakota Nation School, Wahpeton Dakota Nation Placement 1st
Song: Wazi Can Kin
Grade 3
Teacher John Waditaka, Barb Standing
Sturgeon Lake Central School, Sturgeon First Nation Placement 2nd
Song: Santa Claus wī-takosin
Grade 1
Teacher Elaine Zalischuk, Cecil Daniels
Muskoday First Nation Community School, Muskoday F.N. Placement 3rd
SONG: wāsē wāsē acāhkos with drums
Grade 3 & 4
Teacher Melvina Constant, Dianne Sutherland
Senator Allan Bird Memorial School, Montreal Lake F. N. Placement 4th
Oratory: akīhcikī kīhtwām
Grade 2
Teacher Barb Ehman
Division II: Grades 4, 5 & 6 –Group
Senator Myles Venne School, La Ronge Placement 1st
Oratory: kā-tipīthihcikīt otayamihāwin
Song: nīpin
Grade5 & 6
Teacher Edna Mirasty
Lakeview School, Cole Bay Placement 2nd
Legend: tānēhki āhāsiw kā-kaskitēsit!
Song: nīpin by Carl Quinn
Grade 4, 5, 6
Teachers Shirley Couillonneur, Kevin Bouvier
Wahpeton Dakota Nation School, Wahpeton Dakota Nation Placement 3rd
Song: Hanhepi Wakankin
Grades 4, 5 & 6
Teacher John Waditaka, Barb Standing
Angus Mirasty School, Prince Albert Placement 4th
SONG: nikī-wāpamāw
Division II
Teachers Kim Dorion
Division II: Grades 4, 5 & 6 – Solo
Senator Myles Venne School, La Ronge
SONG: Jesus sākihīw awāsisa (solo)
Grade 6
Teacher Edna Mirasty
Division III: Grades 7, 8, 9 and Junior High - Group
Father Megret High School, Wollaston Lake Placement 1st
SONG: Yak’e Ts’en Tusá Ká
Junior High
Teacher Margaret Dzeylion
Lakeview School, Cole Bay Placement 2nd
Legend: tānisi askiy ē-pē-isi-mācipayik
Song: pēyahtak tipiskāw
Grades 7 & 8
Teachers Shirley Couillonneur, Kevin Bouvier
Wahpeton Dakota Nation School Placement 3rd
ORATORY: Wakan Tankan
Grade 7, 8
Teachers John Waditaka, Barb Standing
Division IV: Grades 10, 11, 12
Senator Myles Venne School, La Ronge Placement 1st
SONG: p¬ōni-pihtwātān ikwa pōni-minihkwītān
Grade 10
Teacher Gladys Linklater