Registration for First Nation’s language revitalization event sells out in under a month

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — Those looking to participate in a First Nation’s language revitalization event for April will now have to sit on a wait list.

Doig River First Nation (DRFN) has announced registration for it’s’ ‘Reawakening of Our Language’ event at the Pomeroy Sports Centre has reached capacity as of a Facebook post on March 14th.

The event is put on by the First Nation in partnership with Northern Lights College (NLC) and registration opened in late February.

Thomas Whitton, cultural language and heritage manager for DRFN, told Energeticcity.ca capacity expanded to 350 from 200 seats in 2024.

He said on Friday the results were “not surprising” and seeing registration fill up “very fast” was similar to last year.

The language revitalization event will feature workshops, keynote speakers and sessions dedicated to the Dane-zaa language.

Like in 2024, the keynote speaker will be Christopher Parkin of the Salish School of Spokane in Washington State.

The event will take place on April 24th and 25th, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both days.

To book a spot on the wait list, email Karen Tom at k.tom@nlc.bc.ca or by call (250) 782-5251 ext. 1213.