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Recording consists of a short clip of Martha-Mary speaking in English. Topics discussed include: role of Elders in teaching students Naskapi in the school, importance of history for children to understand themselves, some history about her family.

Recording consists of a brief clip of Seasi speaking in Naskapi about her role as a Naskapi teacher. Topics discussed include: the importance of teaching children Naskapi; her respect for the language; her gratefulness to her mother for teaching her; and her desire to hear more families speaking it outside of the classroom.

Recording consists of Martha-Mary speaking in English about her growing up and her experiences with the Naskapi language when she was a student and now as a teacher, parent and grandparent. Topics discussed include: her childhood schooling where it was hard to speak Naskapi; her experiences as a teacher creating curriculum and teaching young students; her experiences promoting Naskapi with her children and grandchild at home.

Recording consists of Joe Guanish speaking in Naskapi about caribou hunting. Topics discussed include: how the Naskapi used to hunt caribou; the importance of identifying the leaders of a herd; how people used to dream about caribou when they were arriving and sing about them; and how they generated static when big herds walked together and you could see them from far away.