"Episode 1: A brighter future (Mohawk). Kanehsatake and Kahnawake, two Mohawk communities, provide Mohawk immersion programs. Focus is on present and past students and how a group of Kahnawake youth use video to express their ideas. Episode 2: Gentle words (Maliseet). We meet Imelda Perley, a teacher and Maliseet speaker who commits much of her time and knowledge to the people of St. Mary's Kingsclear, and Tobique NB, by starting a language program involving everyday activities. Episode 3: The spirit of stories (Ojibway). We look at the Ojibway Cultural Centre on Manitoulin Island and its work on language preservation, as well as Nookmis Mishoomis of the Mnjikaning First Nation, a unique group of women who are teaching children nursery rhymes and songs in the Ojibway language. Episode 4: Language of the North (Naskapi). We see how the Naskapi Development Corporation has spearheaded the promotion of the Naskapi language, history and culture. Projects include computerization of the Naskapi lexicon , and a Naskapi language translation of the Bible. Episode 5: Language of the Caribou people (Gwitchin). A look at the Gwitchin people of Old Crow, Yukon and their efforts to protect the Porcupine caribou herd. We see how these people have used their language to become experts in inter-governmental relations and negotiations in an attempt to protect their way of life, which is threatened by the oil and gas industries.;Episode 6: Our past our language (Secwepemc/Shuswap). We see how the Secwepemc have established an instruction system to teach their language from kindergarten to university. Episode 7: Buffalo people (Dakota). Chronicles the history of the Dakota in Canada, and their struggle to save their Siouxan culture and language. The community of Wahpeton Dakota First Nation is also desperately trying to preserve the last remaing herds of buffalo in Saskatchewan. Episode 8: Healing power of words (Dene). We look at three residential school survivors working as healers in Yellowknife, NWT. Focus is on how they are reclaiming and using aboriginal languages to give us an understanding of the impacts felt throughout multiple generations and the different ways they are working to overcome that damage. Episode 9: Our music is our language (Oneida). We look at the Oneida-of-the-Thames who practice their sovereignty with an unlicensed radio station. Includes a visit to the Tsi Niyukwaliho : tu Learning Centre which provides a total immersion language program.;Episode 10: Words from our scholars (Cree). At the Canadian Indigenous and Native Studies Association (CINSA) we get a look at how First Nations scholars are applying Aboriginal languages through research, curriculum development and its application at the community level. Episode 11: Words from our elders (Blackfoot). Using a collection of published interviews with elders conducted twenty years ago, the Kainai Board of Education is developing its own Blackfoot language curriculum. This language revival has inspired the young to take part in sacred Blackfoot societies and ceremonies. Episode 12: Cultural centres and language. We look at the important role that the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Center has played in strengthening, supporting cultural awareness and in establishing successful self-sustaining institutions in Saskatchewan. A visit is paid to the Tsi Ronterihwanonhnha language centre in Kanesatake, Quebec. Episode 13: The dreamers (Dane-Zaa). We examine how tradition is sustained orally and through personal contact. The Dane-Zaa people believe that storytelling is more than entertainment and relate their language by way of recordings and multi-media."