Cree Literacy Network

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 of 10 books compiled by the CBC that you might like to look at:

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/indigenous/10-books-about-residential-schools-to-read-with-your-kids-1.3208021

Read more here about Orange Shirt Day here:

http://www.orangeshirtday.org/phyllis-story.html