Northern Saskatchewan broadcaster calling HNIC video games in Cree

Clarence Iron from Canoe Lake, Sask. is broadcasting the NHL in Cree.

“Persons are excited (that) their Cree language is being promoted throughout Canada,” Iron mentioned.

Sportsnet and the Aboriginal Peoples Tv Community (APTN) have teamed as much as ship Hockey Night time in Canada in Cree when the Vancouver Canucks performs in opposition to Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday evening. Extra video games will observe.

Iron is normally a broadcaster at CFNK-FM in Pinehouse Lake, Sask. He will likely be joined by Jason Chamakese and Earl Wooden through the broadcast.

Iron mentioned it’s thrilling that so many individuals are taking an curiosity in preserving the Cree language by means of initiatives akin to Hockey Night time in Canada in Cree. 

“There’s a whole lot of Elders which are excited to listen to a hockey recreation in our language,” he mentioned. “Individuals ready throughout Canada ready for this sort of hockey. It will get (us) motivated and excited, together with myself.”

The subsequent few NHL video games the place Iron, Chamakese and Wooden will likely be broadcasting in Cree will happen on March 26, April 9 and April 23.

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