Category Archives: Orange Shirt Day (30 Sept)

kahkiyaw awâsisak sâkihâwak: All Children are Loved

Posted on September 28, 2018 by Arden Ogg

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 … Continue reading →

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Solomon Ratt: Stolen Mocassins – Stolen Love (th-dialect with audio)

Posted on September 30, 2017 by Arden Ogg

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 … Continue reading →

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Solomon Ratt’s First Trip to Residential School (th-dialect, audio)

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Arden Ogg

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 … Continue reading →

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For Orange Shirt Day: Solomon Ratt (th-dialect)

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Arden Ogg

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 … Continue reading →

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Orange Shirt Day 2016 – with help from Darren Okemaysim

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Arden Ogg

  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 … Continue reading →

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