National Indigenous Peoples Day 2019

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mitho-ithiniw-kîsikanisik

mino-ininiw-kîsikanisikmiyo-iyiniw-kîsikanisik
ᒥᖪ ᐃðᐦᐃᓂᐤ ᑮᓯᑲᓂᓯᐠᒥᓄ ᐃᓂᓂᐤ ᑮᓯᑲᓂᓯᐠᒥᔪ ᐃᔨᓂᐤ ᑮᓯᑲᓂᓯᐠ

A collection of the traditional Cree terms for Cree groups and their neighbours – though through 21st century enlightenment – and decolonization – we try to honour our neighbours by using the names they prefer for themselves! 

SROSyllabicEnglish
nēhiyawak ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐘᐠCree people (y-dialect speakers)
ininiwak ᐃᓂᓂᐘᐠCree people (n-dialect speakers) 
nîhithiwakᓃᐦᐃtᐦᐃᐘᐠCree people (th-dialect speakers)
asiniskāniwak ᐊᓯᓂᐢᑳᓂᐘᐠRock Cree
maskīkoniwak ᒪᐢᑮᑯᓂᐘᐠPeople of the muskeg, often known as Swampy Cree
nahkawiyiniwakᓇᐦᑲᐏᔨᓂᐘᐠSaulteaux people
anishināpiyiniwak ᐊᓂᓯᓈᐱᔨᓂᐘᐠAnishnaabe/Ojibwe people
wêcîpwayânakᐅᒌᐳᐚᓂᐘᐠDene people
pwātak ᑇᑕᐠSioux people (Nakoda, Dakota, Lakota)
asinīpwātak ᐊᓯᓃᑅᑕᐠStoney Nakoda people
kaskitêwayasitak ᑲᐢᑲᑏᐏᔭᓯᑕᐠBlackfoot people
ayiskîmîwakᐊᔨᐢᑮᒦᐘᐠInuit people
âpihtawikosisânak ᐋᐱᐦᑕᐤᑯᓯᓵᓇᐠMétis people

(Thanks, Sol, for the image and audio. My favourite part is the eagle’s syllabic tattoo: ᓴᓬᐊᒧ. Thanks also to Simon Bird for his collection of traditional Cree ethnonyms!) 

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