chuutsqa Rorick
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Indigenous language revitalization, reclamation, and maintenance, Indigenous worldviews, Indigenous research methodologies, land-based learning
Dr. chuutsqa L.Rorick is a Hesquiaht First Nations researcher, educator, and language advocate whose work centers Indigenous-led language revitalization. Her research builds on a decade and a half of collaboration with fluent Hesquiaht Elders to develop land-based language programs, immersive learning environments, and accessible digital resources for Nuu-chah-nulth communities. As a founding member of the Hesquiaht Language Program, she supports intergenerational knowledge transmission and language teacher development through community-driven initiatives.
Her research has focused on Hesquiaht-centered language resource creation, including a 100-hour land-based immersion camp. Dr. Rorick’s current research, supported by the Canada Research Chair program, advances Indigenous language revitalization through land-based mentorship, ethical digital innovation, and First Nation–governed archives. Rooted in Hesquiaht cultural principles and Indigenous data sovereignty, her work contributes scalable, community-led strategies for language resurgence and the continuity of ancestral knowledge systems.
- Indigenous language revitalization, reclamation, and maintenance
- Knowledge co-creation
- Indigenous methodologies
- Indigenous AI
- Land-based learning
- Indigenous research
- Indigenous archiving
Rorick, c.L. (2024). Making a yuuł (canoe run). The Polyglot Magazine, 14(1).
Rorick, c.L.(2023) c̓atswiiʔats łim̓aqsti ʔaaḥʔasaquu c̓aʔak: It Flows Through My Inner Conscience Like a River: Teaching at the Confluence of Hesquiaht Language Flow and Second Language Acquisition. Linguapax Review: Heritage Languages and the Well-Being of Speakers Llengües d’herència i benestar dels parlants, 37-44.
Rorick, c.L. (2023). Hesquiaht Language on Hesquiaht Land Camp. Hesquiaht Language Program.
Rorick, c.L. (2018) wałyaʕasukʔi naatnaniqsakqin: At the Home of our Ancestors: Hesquiaht Second Language Immersion on Hesquiaht Land. In L.T. Smith, E. Tuck & W. Yang (Eds.), Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education, Routledge.
Rosborough, T., Rorick, c.L., & Urbanczyk, S. (2017). Beautiful Words: Enriching and Indigenizing Kwak’wala Revitalization through Understandings of Linguistic Structure. Canadian Modern Language Review, 73(4), 425-437.
Rosborough, T., Rorick, c.L. (2017). Following in the Footsteps of the Wolf: Connecting Scholarly Minds to Ancestors in Indigenous Language Revitalization. In AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples. DOI: 1177180116689031.
Rorick, c.L., Nookemis, H., Lucas, J., Lucas, H. (2019). Grammar of the Hesquiaht Part 1. Hot Springs Cove, Canada, Hesquiaht Language Program.
Paul, L., Galligos, A. & Rorick, L. (2013). M-Z English-Hesquiaht Dictionary. Hot Springs Cove, Canada, Hesquiaht Language Program.
Paul, L., Galligos, A. & Rorick, L. (2012). A-L English-Hesquiaht Dictionary. Hot Springs Cove, Canada, Hesquiaht Language Program.
Hesquiaht Language Program (n.d.) Hesquiaht FirstVoices Portal [Multimedia]. https://www.firstvoices.com/hesquiaht