Those who’ve lived the experience will tell you in the most humble way that being surrounded and inspired by mighty Cree women is the privilege of a lifetime.
Thanks to Andrea Custer H. Clarke for permission to share this photo along with her tribute to the mighty women who have gone before. She wrote this today, in Hawai’i, where she just spoke at a large international conference, accompanied by her husband and the kids she is raising in Cree. This! This is how Cree women rock our world!
(Audio provided one sentence at a time by a struggling learner! Please be kind!)
mitho-okihcitâwiskwîw-kîsikanisik.
anohc kâ-kîsikâk nikakihcimâwak nikâwiy, nitôsisak, nôhkomak, ikwa nitâniskocâpânak
kâ-kî-pî-nîkânohtîcik.
kinanâskomitinâwâw kâhkithaw mitho-kîkway kâ-nakatamowiyîk 
ᒥᖪ ᐅᑭᐦᒋᑖᐏᐢᑹᐤ ᑮᓯᑲᓂᓯᐠ᙮
ᐊᓄᐦᐨ ᑳ ᑮᓯᑳᐠ ᓂᑲᑭᐦᒋᒫᐘᐠ ᓂᑳᐏᐩ, ᓂᑑᓯᓴᐠ, ᓅᐦᑯᒪᐠ, ᐃᑿ ᓂᑖᓂᐢᑯᒑᐹᓇᐠ
ᑳ ᑮ ᐲ ᓃᑳᓄᐦᑏᒋᐠ᙮
ᑭᓇᓈᐢᑯᒥᑎᓈᐚᐤ ᑳᐦᑭᖬᐤ ᒥᖪ ᑮᑿᐩ ᑳ ᓇᑲᑕᒧᐏᔩᐠ
Happy [Warrior] Women’s Day. I honour & lift all matriarchs in my family who come before me; my mother, aunties, grandmothers and great-grandmothers. Forever grateful for all the gifts you’ve blessed us with.
