The Ogwehoweh languages are spoken by the Six Nations Confederacy people and they are Seneca, Oneida, Cayuga, Mohawk, Onondaga and Tuscarora. The Aanishnaabeg languages are written using the English Roman writing system. The Ogwehoweh languages are written using the English Roman writing system with various diacritic marks to emphasize certain sounds not found in English. The Official Languages Act of Canada recognizes only French and English and therefore Aboriginal Languages do not enjoy Federal support, financial aid and constitutional protection. The Aboriginal Language Program was established in 1983.
Today there are three staff members.
First Nations' is the term in use today. The Woodland Cultural Center has assisted not only its five supporting First Nations communities in the south-western part of the province, but it has also helped support the creation of another organization beyond the Woodland Cultural Center's current mandate. The Language Council has also maintained current population statistics and language retention rates. Despite the often many obstacles, the Woodland Cultural Center has been involved with many aboriginal language initiatives over the last 12 years, many of them innovative. It has assisted with the founding and acted as a funding body for the first ever Cayuga and Mohawk Language Immersion School at Six Nations of the Grand River.