By Canadian Press

Students to sing national anthem in Ojibwa at Winnipeg Jets hockey game

Jan 15, 2020 | 10:46 AM

WINNIPEG — The national anthem before this Friday’s NHL game in Winnipeg won’t quite sound the way it usually does.

A group of students from the city’s Riverbend Community School are set to perform O Canada in Ojibwa.

Gloria Barker, who teaches at the English-Ojibwa bilingual school, says it’s a real honour to be able to promote the Indigenous language.

The Winnipeg Jets will also be sporting new jerseys with Indigenous logos during the pre-skate for their game against the Tampa Bay Lightning.

It’s all part of a night to acknowledge the Winnipeg Aboriginal Sport Achievement Centre.

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Barker says she is proud of her students and hopes they will inspire other Indigenous people and groups to support their traditional languages.

“Language is a very important part of who we are and our identity.” (CTV Winnipeg)

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 15, 2020

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