A look inside Fredericton's first Wolastoqey immersion school

You wish it, dream it, do it that's how Ann Paul describes Fredericton's first Wolastoqey immersion school coming together.

The Kehkimin Wolastoqey language immersion school is a product of small and large-scale fundraising, whichincludedconcerts across Canada by popular Indigenous musician Jeremy Dutcher.

CBC hired Paul to visit the school, which is operating out of Killarney Lodge's ground floor. She saw children's books written in Wolastoqey, kids learning what different toys are called in their language, and an elder starting the school day with a smudging ceremony.

The school paid the City of Fredericton one dollar to use the lodge and its surrounding grounds, which provideland-based learning. Starting next year, the school will move into a nearby house, which the city has agreed to lease at one dollar per year until 2026.

The Kehkimin school name translates to "teach me." Watch the video above and scroll through Paul's photos below to see how that title is playing out in real life for Indigenous children.