Michif Speakers Conference, March 11, 2006, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Delegates from Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba gathered to form the National Michif Speakers Association (NMSA), which consists of Michif-speaking community people dedicated to the protection and promotion of the Michif-Cree language. Harriet Oaks, Michif speaker from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and Marie Schoenthal, Michif speaker from Medicine Hat, Alberta, introduce each other, Margaret Hodgson, Michif speaker from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and Dorothy Aubichon, Michif speaker from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, introduce each other, and George Fleury, Michif speaker from Ste. Madeleine, Manitoba, and Eva Brazeau, Michif speaker from Togo, Saskatchewan, introduce each other. Harvey Pelletier, Michif speaker from Brandon, Manitoba, and Rose Marie McPherson, Michif speaker from Dauphin, Manitoba, introduce each other, and Grace Zoldy, Michif speaker from Camperville, Manitoba, and Rita Flamand, Michif speaker from Camperville, Manitoba, introduce each other. Noella LeBlanc, Michif speaker from Birch River, Manitoba, and Fred LaVallee, Michif speaker from Duck Bay, Manitoba, introduce each other, Laura Burnouf, Michif speaker from La Ronge, Saskatchewan, and Lorraine LaVallee, Michif speaker from Dauphin, Manitoba, introduce each other, and Louis Ducharme, Michif speaker from Russell, Manitoba, and Ralph Fleury, Michif speaker from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, introduce each other. Jeanne Pelletier, Michif speaker from Regina, Saskatchewan, and Erma Taylor, Michif speaker from Regina, Saskatchewan, introduce each other, Victoria Genaille, Michif speaker from Binscarth, Manitoba, and Edna Fleury, Michif speaker from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, introduce each other, and Verna Demontigny, Michif speaker from Brandon, Manitoba, and George Pelletier, Michif speaker from Brandon, Manitoba, introduce each other. Gerald St. Pierre, Michif speaker from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, and Mervin Fleury, Michif speaker from Roblin, Manitoba, introduce each other, Clem Chartier, President of the Metis National Council and Michif speaker from Ile-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan, and Armand Murray, Michif speaker from La Loche, Saskatchewan, introduce each other, and Joyce LaRocque, Michif speaker from Birch River, Manitoba, and Willard LaViolette, Michif speaker from Boggy Creek, Manitoba, introduce each other. Viner Perreault, Michif speaker from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and Marlene Perreault, from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, introduce each other, Lillian Lafontaine, Michif speaker from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, and Laura Coates, Michif speaker from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, introduce each other, and Claude Langan, Michif speaker from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and Ruth Henry, Michif speaker from Regina, Saskatchewan, introduce each other. Edwin St. Pierre, Michif speaker from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, also speaks. Edna St. Pierre, Michif speaker from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, speaks, and Norman Fleury, Michif speaker from Virden, Manitoba, speaks and introduces Paul Peppin, Michif speaker from Yorkton, Saskatchewan.
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