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êkwa mîna kêhtêskwêw: Billy Joe Laboucan (y-dialect)
Billy Joe Laboucan is quick to point out that his late mother (okâwipana) was also a kêhtêskwêw (old woman) full of wisdom. She grew up in the bush, kept hidden from residential school. Billy Joe kindly shared some of her … Continue reading
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wīci-kisēyiniwa: Billy Joe Laboucan (y-dialect)
Sometimes we like to joke here about the “wisdom of Solomon,” but we’re also grateful to pass on the wisdom of his wīci-kisēyiniwa (fellow old men), like these teachings that Chief Billy Joe Laboucan remembers from ohtāwīpana (his late father), … Continue reading
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kācikan / Hideling: Billy Joe Laboucan (y-dialect)
kācikan kī-kimotiwakē-mēkwā-kātikawiyānnimōsihtān kaskēyihtamowin nikāwiy okohtākanihkkā-mēkwā-ācimāt wīsahkēcāhkwa,ohcikawāpiwinihk ēkwa pāhpiwinihk. kāwi kī-takosinwak, ē-kātāhkwāwanihi kostācowina ēkwa kaskēyihtamowinakā-postatahamoht kiskinwahamātowikamikohkātiht kī-ācimīwak maci-manitowaātiht kaskihtakwahēwak. māka kahkiyaw nikiskisinān wīsahkēcāhknikāwiy ēkwa nohtāwiy kī-sōhkisiwaknikī-wāpahkīhikonānak māyi-kīkwayēkwa nikī-wīcihikonānak ta-tāpowakēyihtamāhkta-āskōwihtamāhk ātayohkēwin ēkwa nikamon. ᑳᒋᑲᐣ ᑮᑭᒧᑎᐘᐠᐁ ᒣᒁ ᑳᑎᑲᐏᔮᐣᓂᒨᓯᐦᑖᐣ ᑲᐢᑫᔨᐦᑕᒧᐏᐣ ᓂᑳᐏᕀ ᐅᑯᐦᑖᑲᓂᕽᑳ ᒣᒁ ᐋᒋᒫᐟ ᐑᓴᐦᑫᒑᐦᑿ,ᐅᐦᒋᑲᐚᐱᐏᓂᕽ ᐁᑿ ᐹᐦᐱᐏᓂᕽ᙮ ᑳᐏ … Continue reading
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Billy Joe Laboucan: Cooperation Bush-style
Thanks to Billy Joe Laboucan for letting me share this great little story. Mary Cardinal Collins calls it a great example of “mâmawohkamâtow sakâwiyiniw style” (cooperation, bush-(people)-style). And it would make a great story for kids. (Now, if he’d only record … Continue reading
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