Robin Perelle

Speaking Tsimshian in the city

By Robin Perelle & Uytae Lee ● Urban Nation ● February 1, 2019

Joey Wesley left northern B.C. for Vancouver, but his Indigenous language never left him.

This residential school survivor is teaching a new generation to speak Ojibwe

By Robin Perelle & Uytae Lee ● Urban Nation ● January 17, 2019

“Wow — after getting beaten speaking my language, 65 years later, I get to teach it,” says Dorothy Eastman.

These language classes are helping Indigenous people reclaim their ‘stolen heritage’

By Robin Perelle & Uytae Lee ● Urban Nation ● December 21, 2018

‘It’s extremely important that these programs keep going,’ one Cree student tells us in this video.

How saying ‘I’m gay’ in Heiltsuk connects this Indigenous man to his ancestors

By Robin Perelle & Uytae Lee ● Urban Nation ● December 14, 2018

‘That word makes me so happy,’ Steven Hall says with a smile.

If we lose our Indigenous culture and language, ‘we lose everything’

By Hamilton Wawmeesh, Uytae Lee & Robin Perelle ● Urban Nation ● November 23, 2018

Robert Williams overdosed on heroin a few months ago. His language, culture and family’s love kept him alive and gave him hope, he says.