mitho-ithiniw-kîsikanisik / ᒥᖪᐃᖨᓂᐤᑮᓯᑲᓂᓯᐠ
mino-ininiw-kîsikanisik / ᒥᓄᐃᓂᓂᐤᑮᓯᑲᓂᓯᐠ
miyo-iyiniw-kîsikanisik / ᒥᔪ ᐃᔨᓂᐤ ᑮᓯᑲᓂᓯᐠ
Happy Indigenous People’s Day!
Indigenous People’s Day falls on the Summer Solstice. We don’t have a word that means “solstice” but kâ-mâwaci-kino-kîsikâk means ‘longest day of the year’. It’s also the time the sun starts moving south on the horizon as it rises and sets: sâwanaham pîsim.
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Thank you for your teaching. I am a 60s Scoop child and am 62 years old. I have met my mother but not my father (died 6 years ago). I know that I am Cree from Northern Ontario – Moose Cree as far as I can determine. I am learning my original culture and language.
So I wish you and all the people a wonderful longest day of the year kâ-mâwaci-kino-kîsikâk 🙂