Multilingual signage added to Indigenous Gathering Circle

ABOYNE – Indigenous languages are now visible at the Indigenous Gathering Circle, located at the Wellington Place campus in Aboyne. 

The signage project includes gateway signs explaining the purpose and meaning of the Indigenous Gathering Circle, and 20 signs identifying medicinal and native plants grown in the space, a Wellington County news release states.

Representing the Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples historically present in the area, the signs are written in Anishinaabemowin and Kanien’kéha, as well as English.

Indigenous language speakers from Wiikwemkoong First Nation, Neyaashiinigmiing First Nation, Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation, and Akwesasne were consulted, and Knowledge Keepers and Elders were provided with honourariums for their time and expertise, according to the release.