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Jane Kunnizzi, the daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Kunnizzi, was born
and raised in Fort McPherson NWT. She attended a "day school" in
Fort McPherson but her parents always took their children out of school
in the winter to go trapping and hunting and in the spring for the spring
hunt.In the late 1950's Mary Jane attended vocational school in Yellowknife
for a couple of years. She worked for many years as a cook for construction
companies and the local hostel. Mary Jane attended the Key-wee-tin Bible
College in Lac La Biche, Alberta from 1990-93. She moved to the Yukon in
1993 and joined the Yukon Native Language Centre on September 17, 1994.
In June 2002 she completed the Native Language Instructor Certificate Course. |
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Mary
Jane is Gwich'in translator and tape archivist. She works on the Centre's
extensive collection of tapes in Gwich'in, translating the legends and
stories into English, duplicating tapes and sending copies to the Territorial
Archives. Mary Jane also summarizes weekly recordings of the program, People
Speak Gwich'in from CBC in Inuvik, NWT, and regularly carries
out Gwich'in dictionary work. In 1998 Mary Jane completed a booklet and
tape of Three
Traditional Collects from the Takudh Book of Common Prayer. In 2002
she recorded the Gwich'in
On Line Language Lessons
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