kâ-kî-sipwîyôtîhoyân ayamihâwi-kiskinwahamâtowikamikohk nikî-kikiskîn nipahkîkinaskisina kâ-kî-osîhtamawit nikâwîpan. ayamihâwi-kiskinwahamâtowikamikohk nikî-mîthikawin pimipâhtâwaskisina ikwa kî-wîpinamwak nipahkîkinaskisina…namwâc mâka kî-ohci-nipahtâwak okâwîmâw-sâkihitowin.
ᑳ ᑮ ᓯᐿᔫᑏᐦᐅᔮᐣ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᐋᐏ ᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒫᑐᐏᑲᒥᑯᕽ ᓂᑮ ᑭᑭᐢᑮᐣ ᓂᐸᐦᑮᑭᓇᐢᑭᓯᓇ ᑳ ᑮ ᐅᓰᐦᑕᒪᐏᐟ ᓂᑳᐑᐸᐣ᙮ ᐊᔭᒥᐦᐋᐏ ᑭᐢᑭᓌᐦᐊᒫᑐᐏᑲᒥᑯᕽ ᓂᑮ ᒦᖨᑲᐏᐣ ᐱᒥᐹᐦᑖᐘᐢᑭᓯᓇ ᐃᑿ ᑮ ᐑᐱᓇᒷᐠ ᓂᐸᐦᑮᑭᓇᐢᑭᓯᓇ᙮..ᓇᒹᐨ ᒫᑲ ᑮ ᐅᐦᒋ ᓂᐸᐦᑖᐘᐠ ᐅᑳᐑᒫᐤ ᓵᑭᐦᐃᑐᐏᐣ᙮
Off to residential school I proudly wore my new moccasins lovingly made by my mother. At the school they gave me a pair of runners and threw away my moccasins….but they never killed a Mother’s love.
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Good afternoon,
I work for the Cree School Board in Quebec, James Bay Region. We’re presently working on our Cree history program for secondary lll and lV high school students. I came across this video and story about the New Moccasins and would like to know if I would be able to use this as a resource for the unit on Residential School. Your story is so inspiring and resonated resilience!
Thank you for your consideration or for sharing this story.
Hi Sherry, We’re really happy to have our materials used to foster resilience, just add proper attribution. ahkamêyimo!