Orange Shirt Day (30 Sept) – Cree Literacy Network: Recent Episodes
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Your browser does not support the audio element. nikiskisitotawâwak kahkithaw awâsisak êkâ kâ-kî-ohci-kîwîcik
ikwa mîna aniki kâ-kî-paspîcik.
ᓂᑭᐢᑭᓯᑐᑕᐚᐘᐠ ᑲᐦᑭᖬᐤ ᐊᐚᓯᓴᐠ ᐁᑳ ᑳ ᑮ ᐅᐦᒋ ᑮᐑᒋᐠ
ᐃᑿ ᒦᓇ ᐊᓂᑭ ᑳ ᑮ ᐸᐢᐲᒋᐠ᙮
Remembering all those children who did not come home
and those who survived.
On this National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, remembering is a good start. Indigenous language revitalization is another important step.
But let’s also remember those survivors – and their descendants – who continue to live in trauma and even homelessness in a country where they ought to be the landlords. In the words of a friend, “It’s as much about economic reconciliation as it is about acknowledging the wrongs of the past.” Here in Canada, we have a lot of work to do.
Thanks to Solomon Ratt for this text, and to Dawn Marie Marchand for the image background. The audio recording – far from perfect – is my own. It’s a reminder that this is a day of action for the rest of us!
For a collection of past posts from on Orange Shirt / Truth & Reconciliation Day, click here.
https://creeliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/remembering_ACO.m4anikiskisitotawâwak kahkithaw awâsisak kâ-kî-kwâsihihcik.
ᓂᑭᐢᑭᓯᑐᑕᐚᐘᐠ ᑲᐦᑭᖬᐤ ᐊᐚᓯᓴᐠ ᑳ ᑮ ᒁᓯᐦᐃᐦᒋᐠ᙮
Remembering all the children who were taken away.
A message of resilience from Solomon Ratt for this week of Truth & Reconciliation, perfectly captured in an original painting by Karlee Fellner: ᐋᑕᔫᐦᑫᐃᐧᓇ ~ âtayôhkêwina ~ sacred stories. December 2021. Acrylic on canvas. 16”x20”.
Your browser does not support the audio element. kayâs mâna kikî-kiskinwahamâkawinaw âcathôhkîwina ohci; ispî kâ-kî-kwâsihikawiyahk ta-nitawi-ayamihcikîyahk ohpimî ayamihâwi-kiskinwahamâtowikamikohk, tâpiskôc î-kî-kakwî-paskipitahkwâw mitisiyîyâpiy kâ-âniski-pitikoyahk kayâsi-kiskinwahamâkîwina, kayâs isihcikîwina. kî-kakwî-paskipitamwak mâka sôhkahtwâwa âcathôhkîwina.
ᑲᔮᐢ ᒫᓇ ᑭᑮ ᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒫᑲᐏᓇᐤ ᐋᒐᖫᐦᑮᐏᓇ ᐅᐦᒋ; ᐃᐢᐲ ᑳ ᑮ ᒁᓯᐦᐃᑲᐏᔭᕽ ᑕ ᓂᑕᐏ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᒋᑮᔭᕽ ᐅᐦᐱᒦ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᐋᐏ ᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒫᑐᐏᑲᒥᑯᕽ, ᑖᐱᐢᑰᐨ ᐄ ᑮ ᑲᑹ ᐸᐢᑭᐱᑕᐦᒁᐤ ᒥᑎᓯᔩᔮᐱᐩ ᑳ ᐋᓂᐢᑭ ᐱᑎᑯᔭᕽ ᑲᔮᓯ ᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒫᑮᐏᓇ, ᑲᔮᐢ ᐃᓯᐦᒋᑮᐏᓇ᙮ ᑮ ᑲᑹ ᐸᐢᑭᐱᑕᒷᐠ ᒫᑲ ᓲᐦᑲᐦᑤᐘ ᐋᒐᖫᐦᑮᐏᓇ᙮
Long ago we were taught through traditional stories; when we were taken away to go to school far from home, at the residential schools, it’s like they tried to break that umbilical cord that tied us to the old teachings, the old cultural ways. They tried to break it but our traditional stories are resilient.
One final post for Truth and Reconciliation Week. A message to carry all year through because it’s as true for the child who was taken, the parents left behind, and those who never made it home. But now, it’s also true for the thousands of children who wore orange shirts this year, and walked or […]
cîst! mâmitonîthita ôma: î-awâsisîwiyan, kîwîtinohk pikwâcaskîhk î-wîcâyâmacik kinîkihikwak, kîtisânak, mîna kiwâhkômâkanak, kanâtaskihk î-pimâcihoyîk. mâhtâwisîpîhk î-papâmôtîhoyîk, mâmihk isi ikwa kâwi natamihk, âskaw mâna î-nitawi-kiyôtîyîk mistahi-sâkahikanihk. kikî-mitho-pimâtisinâwâw. kikî-cîhkîthihtîn î-wîcihowiyan ita kâ-pimahkamikisicik kinîkihikwak mîna kiwâhkômâkanak. kikî-cîhkîthihtîn î-mîtawiyan pikwâcaskîhk, kanâtaskîhk. namôtha kikî-ohc-âkathâsîmon, kikî-nîhithawân poko. kikî-mâh-mithohtîn âcathôhkîwina ispî kâ-pipohk. kîtahtawî kâ-pî-nâtikawiyan, î-sipwîhtahikawiyan ta-nitawi-ayamihcikîyan ayamihâwi-kiskinwahamâtowikamikohk. pîtos askîhk kikî-itohtahikawin. ᒌᐢᐟ! ᒫᒥᑐᓃᖨᑕ ᐆᒪ: […]
tâpwêwin mîna wâhkôwîcihiwêwin kîsikâw misiwêskamik kânatahk ᑖᐻᐏᐣ ᒦᓇ ᐚᐦᑰᐑᒋᐦᐃᐍᐏᐣ ᑮᓯᑳᐤ ᒥᓯᐍᐢᑲᒥᐠ ᑳᓇᑕᕽ National Truth and Reconciliation Day, September 30th To find additional related posts, search for “reconciliation” or “Orange Shirt Day.” To learn more about the Truth & Reconciliation Commission, and National Events to recognize this week, check https://nctr.ca/education/trw/.
tâpwîwin ikwa wâhkôwîcihiwîwin tâpwîwin: awâsisak kî-sipwîhtahâwak; tâpwîwin: onîkihikomâwak kî-maskamâwak otawâsimisiwâwa; tâpwîwin: âtiht awâsisak namwâc kî-ohci-kîwêwak; tâpwîwin: awâsisak kî-nanôcihâwak ispî kâ-kî-pîkiskwîcik opîkiskwîwiniwâwa; tâpwîwin: âtiht awâsisak kî-otihtinâwak; tâpwîwin: âtiht awâsisak kî-nipahâwak; tâpwîwin: awâsisak kî-wanihtâwak opîkiskwîwiniwâwa; tâpwîwin: awâsisak kî-wanihtâwak otisîhcikîwiniwâwa; tâpwîwin: namwâc wâhkôwîcihiwîwin ta-kî-ispayin pâtimâ naskwîwasihtâtwâwi ayamihikimâwak mîna okimâwak okimânâhk ohci ôho tâpwîwina. ᑖᐿᐏᐣ ᐃᑿ ᐚᐦᑰᐑᒋᐦᐃᐑᐏᐣ ᑖᐿᐏᐣ: ᐊᐚᓯᓴᐠ ᑮ ᓯᐿᐦᑕᐦᐋᐘᐠ; ᑖᐿᐏᐣ: ᐅᓃᑭᐦᐃᑯᒫᐘᐠ ᑮ ᒪᐢᑲᒫᐘᐠ ᐅᑕᐚᓯᒥᓯᐚᐘ; ᑖᐿᐏᐣ: ᐋᑎᐦᐟ ᐊᐚᓯᓴᐠ ᓇᒹᐨ […]
ᑕᐦᑐ ᐊᐚᓯᐢ ᐊᓯᑕᑭᒫᐤ Every child matters For past posts relating to Orange Shirt day, click here.
ᐄ ᐊᑎ ᐳᐚᑕᒫᐣᓂᑮ ᑭᑕᐦᐊᒫᑿᐠ ᐄᑳ ᑕ ᐲᑭᐢᑹᔮᐣ ᓃᐦᐃᖬᐑᐏᐣ ᓂᐲᑭᐢᑹᐏᐣ ᐃᑕᑳ ᑭᐢᑮᖨᐦᑕᒫᐣ ᐃᑿ ᑳ ᐑᐦᑕᒫᐣ ᓂᑕᐢᑭᕀᓂᓇᐦᐊᐢᑖᓱᐏᐣᓂᑎᖨᓃᓯᐏᐣᑳ ᐃᓯ ᓃᐦᐃᖬᐚᑎᓯᔮᐣᑮ ᓇᑐᓇᒷᐠ – ᒫᑲ ᑮ ᑇᐦᐱᓃᐘᐠ –ᑕ ᒦᐢᑯᑕᐢᑖᒋᐠ ᓂᑎᑏᖨᒥᓱᐏᐣ ᑳ ᐃᓯ ᓃᐦᐃᖬᐚᑎᓯᔮᐣᒪᓯᓇᐦᐃᑲᓈᐱᐢᐠ ᑕ ᐱᓯᑿᐢᑏᐠᐃᑕ ᑕ ᐅᐦᐱᑭᐦᑖᓄᐏᐠ ᐅᐢᑭ ᔮᑎᓯᐏᐣᐃᑿ ᐅᐢᑭ ᐃᑕᑭᓱᐏᐣᐃᑕ ᓂᓃᐦᐃᖬᐚᑎᓯᐏᐣ ᐄ ᒦᐢᑕᐦᐃᑳᑏᐠ ᐃᑿ ᐄ ᑳᓰᐦᐃᑳᑏᐠᐃᑿ ᐊᓂᐦᐃ ᐃᑏᖨᒥᓱᐏᓇ ‘ᐅᑮᐢᑹᐲᐢᐠ,ᐃ ‘ᐅᑭᐦᑎᒥᐤ,ᐃ ᐃᒪᒑᔨᓯᐏᐣ,ᐃ ᐃᑿ ᑲᐦᑭᖬᐤ ᑮᑿᕀᑳ ᐃᓯ ᒪᒋ ᐃᑏᖨᐦᒋᑳᓱᐟ ‘ᐃᖨᓂᐏᐊᓇ ᐅᑭᒫᐏᐏᐣ […]
Thanks to Tammy Joan Ratt and her little sweetie for permission to use this FaceBook image. She commented there: “We hurt becuz our family has been hurt. We feel it in our hearts and lives everyday. It is real. We will easily wear orange one day a year to honour all the people that were […]
ohpahowipîsim: nikâwîpan mîkisihkâcikîw; î-kaskikwâtamâkoyâhk oski-pahkîkinaskisina kita-kikiskamâhk kâwi itohtîyâhki Residential School kistapinânihk. ᐅᐦᐸᐦᐅᐏᐲᓯᒼ: ᓂᑳᐑᐸᐣ ᒦᑭᓯᐦᑳᒋᑮᐤ ᐄᑲᐢᑭᒁᑕᒫᑯᔮᕽ ᐅᐢᑭ ᐸᐦᑮᑭᓇᐢᑭᓯᓇ ᑭᑕ ᑭᑭᐢᑲᒫᕽ ᑳᐏ ᐃᑐᐦᑏᔮᐦᑭ residential school ᑭᐢᑕᐱᓈᓂᕽ᙮ August: my late mother beads: she is sewing new moccasins for us to wear when we go back to Residential School in Prince Albert. nôcohitowipîsim: nikikiskîn nitoski-pahkîkinaskisina kistapinânihk isi. ikota kâ-takosiniyâhk nimîskotayawinisânân. nimaskamikawin […]
For Orange Shirt Day, 30 September 2017 tahto-awâsis mistahi itîthimâw / ᑕᐦᑐᐊᐚᓯᐢ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐃᑏᖨᒫᐤ tahto-awâsis mistahi itêyimâw / ᑕᐦᑐᐊᐚᓯᐢ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᐃᑌᔨᒫᐤ Every child is thought of highly nikotwâsik nikî-itahtopiponân nistam kâ-kî-sipwîhtahikawiyân iskonikanihk ohci kita-nitawi-ayamihcikîyân kistapinânihk. All Saints Indian Student Residential School kî-icikâtîw ikota kistapinânihk anima residential school kâ-kî-itohtahikawiyân…ikota kâ-kî-pî-kiskinwahamâkawiyân. ᓂᑯᑤᓯᐠ ᓂᑮ ᐃᑕᐦᑐᐱᐳᓈᐣ ᓂᐢᑕᒼ ᑳᑮᓯᐿᐦᑕᐦᐃᑲᐏᔮᐣ ᐃᐢᑯᓂᑲᓂᕽ ᐅᐦᒋ […]
Thanks to Sol for sharing his own reflections on intergenerational damage in honour of Orange Shirt Day. This was not an easy story to record – but it’s a powerful piece to share, especially to show Sol’s resilience in the face of adversity.
Thanks to Darren Okemaysim for giving us these thoughts in Cree: kâhkiyaw awâsisak itakosiwak: ᑳᐦᑭᔭᐤ ᐊᐚᓯᓴᐠ ᐃᑕᑯᓯᐘᐠ ‘all children matter’ osâwâwi-pâpakôwayâni-kîsikâw: mâmitonêyimihkok kâhkiyaw aniki awâsisak kâ-kî-nitawi-kiskinohamâkosicik ayamihêwi-kiskinwahamâtowina: ᐅᓵᐚᐏᐹᐸᑰᐘᔮᓂᑮᓯᑳᐤ, ᒫᒥᑐᓀᔨᒥᐦᑯᐠ ᑳᑭᔭᐤ ᐊᓂᑭ ᐊᐚᓯᓴᐠ ᑳᑮᓂᑕᐏᑭᐢᑭᓄᐦᐊᒫᑯᓯᒋᐠ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᐁᐏᑭᐢᑭᐣᐘᐦᐊᒫᑐᐏᓇ᙮ ‘It’s Orange Shirt Day, remember those children that went to Residential Schools.’ Talking to kids today about residential schools? Here’s a list […]