Emma Stevens has taken her vocal Mi'kmaq wings, learning to fly and basking in this moment when her cover of the Beatles "Blackbird" has garnered nearly 100,000 views on YouTube. The Grade 10 student and her fellow students at Allison Bernard Memorial High School recorded Paul McCartney's "Blackbird" in their native Mi'kmaq language. The school, which is located in Eskasoni First Nation, N.S., supplements the provincial curriculum with courses in Mi'kmaq language and culture. The students recorded the song to bring awareness to the International Year of Indigenous Languages. Mi'kmaq language teacher Katani Julian and her father, Albert "Golydada" Julian, translated the lyrics into Mi'kmaq, Global News reported.

Source: Huffington Post May 02, 2019 16:07 UTC