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Chief Jimmy Bruneau School opens

On August 28, 1971 the story that headline the Native Press told about an agreement signed between the Rae-Edzo School Society and John Parker, “for a school and a hostel.” 

The story says Chief Jimmy Bruneau first thought about the idea ten years previous and Charlie Charlo confirmed what Chief Bruneau had said: “This school was worked upon for over a year and all the credits go to old Chief, Jimmy Bruneau.”

Chief Jimmy Bruneau

Jimmy Bruneau was born on December 12, 1881, and raised on the land. After Chief Monfwi’s death in 1936, Jimmy Bruneau became the Chief. He understood that times were changing and that people needed the knowledge and skills that they could learn in school. He wanted children to be educated, but not at the cost of losing their language and culture.

Dogrib (Tłı̨chǫ) New Testament - Bible

The translation includes the book of Genesis and the New Testament in Tłı̨chǫ. The first edition of the Tłı̨chǫ New Testament was published in 2003. It was a historic event, as it was the first time in more than a hundred years that a complete New Testament was published for one of the Dene First Nations in the Territories.  Read the Nǫ̀htsı̨̨ Nı̨̨htł'è - Tłı̨chǫ Genesis and New Testament available online here at bibles.org

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