Full Circle for Indigenous Education

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Michif terms 💙

woodland cree dialect 🍎

Plains Cree terms for some animals 🐻

Cree / Ininimowin [moose and swampy dialects]

Ojibway terms for some animals

Aaniin / Boozhoo

Boozhoo (pronounced boh-ZHO) is a common Ojibwe (Anishinaabemowin) greeting meaning "hello," "hi," or "greetings".

Boozhoo is more than a greeting — it’s a gesture of community, family, and nation.

Indigenous Languages and Meanings

Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing different terms and phrases in several different languages. Disclaimer: It is understood that there are many different dialects and meanings, and not one phrase or term may mean the same in other languages or dialects.

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Some of the things that make our cultures so beautiful

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Stories of Métis Women, Tales my Kookum Told Me is an edited collection of stories about culture, history, and nationhood as told by Métis women. The editors are Marilyn Lizee, Métis Nation of Alberta, and Bailey Oster., Métis woman with roots in the Red River Settlement and St. Paul des Métis. The Métis are known by many names — Otipemisiwak, “the people who own ourselves;” Bois Brules, “Burnt Wood;” Apeetogosan, “half brother” by the Cree; “half-breed,” historically; and are also known as “rebels” and “traitors to Canada.” They are also known as the “Forgotten People.” Few really know their story. Many people may also think that Métis simply means “mixed,” but it does not. They are a people with a unique and proud history and Nation. In this era of reconciliation, Stories of Métis Women explains the story of the Métis Nation from a their own perspective. The UN has declared this “The Decade of Indigenous Languages” and Stories of Métis Women is one of the few books available in English and Michif, which is an endangered language.

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