[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.49,0:00:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music] Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.25,0:00:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm fascinated with the way language Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.04,0:00:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is central to our world view \Nas indigenous people. Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.91,0:00:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a Naheo artist and curator living on\NLekwungen territory in Victoria, BC. Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.45,0:00:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My personal research centers \Naround language revitalization Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.29,0:01:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how it connects us\Nto our cultures and lands. Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.74,0:01:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the past few years I've been \Non a journey to learn Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.48,0:01:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Cree language. Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.23,0:01:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been a challenging and \Nincredibly rewarding experience. Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.46,0:01:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I want to travel to Alberta, \Nwhere my ancestors are from Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.47,0:01:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to discover the ways that \Ndifferent communities Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.44,0:01:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are revitalizing their languages. Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.76,0:01:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother and I both grew up \Nnot knowing anything Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.22,0:01:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about our Cree family because \Nshe was adopted out at birth Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.28,0:01:33.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as part of the '60s scoop. Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.01,0:01:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twelve years ago, \Nwe met our Cree family, Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.99,0:01:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and since then I have been Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.24,0:01:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a process of connecting \Nwith the community Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.45,0:01:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Wabasca, Alberta, \Nthe place where my kokum, Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.68,0:01:43.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my grandmother Florence, \Nwas born. Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.48,0:01:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recently met Nora Yellowmee,\Nan administrator Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.72,0:01:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the local school,\NOski Pskiknowew Kamik. Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.29,0:01:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After realizing that we \Nwere second cousins Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.40,0:01:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she offered to help\Nme learn about my family tree. Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.25,0:02:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nora) You have your grandmother, \NFlorence. Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.71,0:02:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her mother is Isabelle, and then, Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.57,0:02:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm here. And your \Ngrandmother. And your mom. Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.95,0:02:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Narrator) Um, Fancine. Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.07,0:02:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nora) Your first cousins or Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.54,0:02:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,second cousins.\N(Narrator) Ok. Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.48,0:02:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nora) And you're down here.\N(Narrator) I'm down there. Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.73,0:02:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, this is more than, Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.48,0:02:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot more than I knew before \NI met you, before I came up. Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.72,0:02:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nora) Yea, that's Isabelle. Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.23,0:02:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nohkom Isabelle. Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.50,0:02:50.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Narrator) This means a lot to me \Nto see this. Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.05,0:02:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, um, because\Nthe more that I see it the more that I Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.27,0:02:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hear about this, and \Ntalk about it Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.18,0:03:00.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to stick and \NI know Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.31,0:03:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll understand more and \Nknow more through that process Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.45,0:03:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nora) My dream for the language here, Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.56,0:03:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting with the school, is to have Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.82,0:03:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our people who speak \Nthe language, speak it Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.04,0:03:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyday, because we are not getting that. Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.00,0:03:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many Cree speakers working here, Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.13,0:03:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they are not speaking it. Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.01,0:03:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For people, the young families now\Nthe young mothers Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.44,0:03:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speak Cree to their children Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.17,0:03:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the rest of it all follow. Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.29,0:03:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seeing a photo of my kukom Florence Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.59,0:03:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a young woman created a sense of \Nhealing and re-connection Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.87,0:03:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after feeling disconnected \Nfor most of my life Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.68,0:03:50.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowing more about my family's history Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.29,0:03:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has allowed me to connect \Ndeeper with my ancestors Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.93,0:03:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is so much more to discover Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.18,0:03:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, like learning the language, Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.77,0:03:58.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this will take time. Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.88,0:04:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Kapaskwatinak \NCultural Education Center Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.28,0:04:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a place for the Children of Wabaska Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.17,0:04:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to connect to the land and their culture. Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.14,0:04:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowledge Keeper Lorraine Cardinal Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.03,0:04:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helps guide the children \Nthrough land based education Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.64,0:04:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including coming of age ceremonies. Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.87,0:04:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm excited to learn about these teachings Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.05,0:04:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since I didn't have the opportunities \Nto experience them Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.80,0:04:25.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Growing up disconnected\Nfrom community and family. Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.14,0:04:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason that I do these things, Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.08,0:04:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the coming of age because Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.20,0:04:39.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's also my responsibility \Nas a Naheo School Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.30,0:04:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protect the children, Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.24,0:04:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,creator's children. \NAnd when I'm protecting creator's children Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.19,0:04:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to teach them those protocols. Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.22,0:04:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to teach those values. Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.98,0:04:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They need to know them so that they don't Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.16,0:04:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,end up getting hurt in the future. Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.50,0:05:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that shame of our language Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.57,0:05:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who we are, and our ceremonial ways. Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.06,0:05:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Losing those has caused big destruction Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.49,0:05:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our communities Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.97,0:05:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because our children, \Nas they're growing up, Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.73,0:05:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they know who they are, Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.29,0:05:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they came with the gift \Nof knowing who they are. Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.38,0:05:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a responsibility to \Npass those teachings Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.73,0:05:26.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on to other children too, Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.39,0:05:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they will experiment, \Nthey will explore Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.95,0:05:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we want to prevent them Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.12,0:05:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from hurting each other or \Nhurting themselves, right? Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.29,0:05:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Singing and drums) Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.69,0:06:00.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Lorraine) They call that \Noskeskwew (?) oskinîkiskwew (?) Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.48,0:06:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,young manhood and young womanhood. Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.60,0:06:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to thank you and honor you for Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.55,0:06:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming into this world. Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.89,0:06:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are a blessing to us. Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.43,0:06:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are so very honored to have you Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.52,0:06:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as part of us, Naheo school. Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.24,0:06:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always remember to hold your head up, \Ndon't be ashamed Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.70,0:06:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and always accept yourself for who you are Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.30,0:06:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and honor those gifts you brought with you Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.76,0:06:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And welcome into womanhood Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.14,0:06:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome. Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.44,0:06:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It truly is a blessing \Nand an honor to have you Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.65,0:06:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a young Naheo iskwew (?), Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.06,0:06:47.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A young Naheo woman. Welcome. Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.75,0:06:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(children talking) Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.84,0:06:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Lorraine) Somehow, someway Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.18,0:06:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fear got instilled in us \Nas indigenous people. Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.34,0:07:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shame got instilled in us \Nas indigenous people. Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.97,0:07:08.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our children, what they \Nexperienced here today Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.73,0:07:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taught them how sacred they are, Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.32,0:07:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how important they are, Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.56,0:07:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how beautiful they are and that Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.73,0:07:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're not just \Nbeautiful in physical form. Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.34,0:07:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they're beautiful \Nin spiritual form too. Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.49,0:07:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All we need to do is believe in them, Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.93,0:07:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to love them, and to tell them that Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.55,0:07:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're important \Nand they'll start feeling Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.81,0:07:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good about themselves. Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.42,0:07:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm proud of them. \NTheir spirit is still alive and well. Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.08,0:07:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Narrator) What do you see being \Nthe way forward Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.42,0:07:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that these young ones in the\Ncommunity Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.05,0:07:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can not only understand the language Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.46,0:07:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its relationship to their spirit Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.07,0:07:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their relationship, to the land Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.47,0:08:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and each other and themselves, Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.41,0:08:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but be speaking it? \NHow do you feel about Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.33,0:08:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the future of the language in these Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.16,0:08:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,next generations to come? Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.07,0:08:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to believe in ourselves \Nto be able to do it Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.09,0:08:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we need to set our goal Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.52,0:08:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if it's revitalizing the language, \Nthen let's do that. Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.19,0:08:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did we learn Cree? Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.85,0:08:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We learnt it sitting around \Nwith the old people, Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.44,0:08:37.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visiting each other and Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.06,0:08:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our parents speaking to us, you know? Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.70,0:08:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we can get it back. \NWe just need to do it. Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.05,0:09:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John Bigstone is a Wabiskaw elder Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.17,0:09:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who carries vast spiritual and\Nceremonial knowledge Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.42,0:09:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He invited me to the land where \Nhe holds sweat lodge ceremonies Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.60,0:09:15.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to share teachings about the spirit\Nwithin our languages. Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.60,0:09:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music] Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.75,0:09:33.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[inhales deeply] Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.62,0:09:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It clears your mind when \Nyou breathe in this smudge Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.09,0:09:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English language is inadequate Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.49,0:09:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're going to describe spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.05,0:09:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything of spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.77,0:09:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its inadequate. Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.81,0:10:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They named it according to their\Nconnection to that plant. Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.68,0:10:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they spoke to the plant Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.73,0:10:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had a connection. Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.75,0:10:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had a connection to all of life. Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.78,0:10:09.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They understood their environment. Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.70,0:10:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They understood that everything was alive, Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.41,0:10:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your spirtit has a connection \Nwith that spirit Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.88,0:10:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of mother earth, and everything\Nthat grows on her body. Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.39,0:10:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prior to contact, everything was\Ndescribed in a more spiritual way. Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.95,0:10:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mitos (?) you know, \Nhas a spiritual meaning. Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.61,0:10:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sifta (?) as in spiritual meaning\Nthat's the poplar and the spruce. Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.68,0:10:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(...?) coming back to the language where \Nour families have had these interruptions Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.73,0:10:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of residential school, the 60s' scoop Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.66,0:10:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm curious what your thoughts are about\Nthose of us with this blood in us Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.38,0:10:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whose ancestors have \Nspoken the language Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.07,0:11:04.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whether you think that \Nwe have it inside of us Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.83,0:11:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just waiting to come out, Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.29,0:11:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this bone memory or blood memory\Nof the language. Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.06,0:11:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, it's in yur DNA. Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.78,0:11:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's programmed in there already. Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.31,0:11:20.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just have to wake up that programming. Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.82,0:11:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why you're here.\NSee? Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.97,0:11:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's that programming, \Nand your spirit guide - Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.26,0:11:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've got to remember there's \Na spiritual aspect to this Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.38,0:11:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're never alone. \NYou never walk alone, Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.65,0:11:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your ancestors, your Cree \Nancestors, walk with you, Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.15,0:11:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're assigned to you to guide you\Nwhere you need to be Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.67,0:11:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the beauty if this \Nunderstanding of spirit Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.28,0:11:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It happens in spirit Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.72,0:11:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the result of spirit in action.\NWe become material. Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.57,0:11:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a deeper teaching. Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.29,0:12:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the reality is (that) everyone of us\Nhave spirit guides around us. Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.42,0:12:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was on kind of a lost path\Nbefore I found my way to my first lodge. Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.45,0:12:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's interesting to think of these Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.40,0:12:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,European modalities or academic \Nways of describing Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.82,0:12:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how things are working. Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.38,0:12:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the way that I explain it to people is Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.28,0:12:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know how it's working,\NI just know it is working for me. Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.13,0:12:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not something I'm trying \Nto figure out up here , Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.14,0:12:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just know it's working\Ndown here. Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.41,0:12:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think it has connected \Nmy heart and my spirit Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.55,0:12:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in ways that weren't happening before. Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.20,0:12:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I say a prayer \Nin the social gathering, Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.78,0:12:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say it in Cree Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.19,0:13:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's an insult to my ancestors\Nif I pray in English. Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.11,0:13:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the very thing \Nthat oppressed me as a child. Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.66,0:13:06.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't do that. Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.87,0:13:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have to speak and pray in Cree. Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.08,0:13:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what I do and \NI explain, you know, why. Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.99,0:13:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I'm not praying to the people. Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.27,0:13:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm praying to the spirits \Nthat are guiding me. Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.35,0:13:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't have to understand \Nwhat I'm saying. Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.83,0:13:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because as long as a spirit hears, \Nthe Spirit will come. Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.38,0:13:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they understand my language,\Nthe Cree language. Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.68,0:13:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once I identify myself, they say, Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.90,0:13:41.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Huh, our grandson is playing. \NLet's go support him." Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.73,0:13:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the beauty of our language. Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.23,0:13:50.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happened to our language -- Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.16,0:13:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came from the time of \Nthe residence in school, Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.55,0:13:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first time it was introduced, -- Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.29,0:14:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only the Cree\Nbut the many tribes themselves. Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.88,0:14:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they took away the children, -- Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.84,0:14:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they took the children away\Nfrom the land, -- Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.60,0:14:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the language, their ancestors, Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.70,0:14:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their grandfathers, their grandmothers, Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.57,0:14:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their teachers, their parents, \Ntheir aunts and uncles. Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.47,0:14:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when the separation happened. Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.68,0:14:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They broke that connection. Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.66,0:14:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when he took us away, -- Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.17,0:14:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they severed that connection \Nto all of those things. Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.47,0:14:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were taught a foreign way of thinking. Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.75,0:14:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was programmed as a child. Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.99,0:14:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I have to deprogram myself, \Nsometimes referred to as decolonization, Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.25,0:14:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they gave us that colonized mentality. Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.29,0:14:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it just did not fit with our paradigm,\Nhow we saw our place in creation. Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.30,0:15:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At some point, somebody's got to wake up. Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.42,0:15:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day, you've got to say,\N"Hey, there's something wrong here." Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.56,0:15:08.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the time. Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.71,0:15:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why we're here. Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.39,0:15:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To wake the people up. Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.71,0:15:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To wake ourselves up. Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.49,0:15:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still be the guiding light, you know. Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.34,0:15:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a different way. Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.24,0:15:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it's about connection. Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.44,0:15:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what was severed -- Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.22,0:15:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the time of the residential school. Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.21,0:15:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We lost connection to our spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.31,0:15:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It replaced the creator \Noutside of us instead of in here. Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.60,0:15:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're trying to mend that rift. Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.01,0:15:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what you're doing. Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.32,0:15:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That rift that was caught; Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.63,0:15:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are the stitch that is bringing \Nthose two worldviews -- Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.14,0:16:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to where they start \Nrespecting our way, Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.83,0:16:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Cree way. Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.40,0:16:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have love, when you feel love -- Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.82,0:16:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and somebody tells you something \Nthat your spirit is looking to hear Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.49,0:16:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, "Welcome home." Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.24,0:16:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where do you feel it? Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.40,0:16:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right here. You're connecting. Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.50,0:16:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll always have\Nthat sense of belonging -- Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.44,0:16:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you come home. Yeah. Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.88,0:16:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So once you come home, \Nyou know where to come Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.32,0:16:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,next time you're out there, wandering, -- Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.93,0:16:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have a connection there. Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.63,0:16:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've made some connections already here. Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.78,0:16:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're no longer disconnected. Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.94,0:16:45.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I left my conversation with John \Nfeeling like I belong Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.72,0:16:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that I've never felt before. Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.96,0:16:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was an incredibly powerful experience that made me feel more connected to my spirit. Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.08,0:17:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tell me again like your your family story with with wall bisca. Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.99,0:17:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother grew up there my father grew up and grew hard a couple hours away and she didn't want to raise me on reserve. Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.38,0:17:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as soon as they found out about me they moved away. Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.38,0:17:25.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we move to him and ten through the teen years through my adult years that's when the reconnection really started to happen going home more happen before that I would only visit like holidays few times a year. Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.45,0:17:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dusty Legrand is the creator of the clothing label mobilize Wasco Whelan. Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.90,0:17:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using the ancient writing system of Cree syllabics and his designs he's making the language visible to a new generation. Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.26,0:17:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah so this was the it has the yeah the different languages tribes of the north mm-hmm. Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.13,0:18:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah tells the story of a bunch of people and is really special to hear like the feedback from from different people that had never seen their nation represented on a policy. Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.29,0:18:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there were certain people that they had just this was like their first time they're like I'm just buying this just because I've never seen my nation represented and then put revolution down the arm just just a lot of know what's going on. Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.46,0:18:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been always wanting to create a closing ground so to be able to create something that can empower indigenous youth and educate them on the indigenous history on the future values and what it means to be indigenous. Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.21,0:18:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so mobilize was a way that I could give voice to the voiceless. Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.33,0:18:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could give a voice to the youth. Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.29,0:18:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To do it in a different way than I had seen being done it was very important to me. Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.16,0:18:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To do it completely different to represent the keep people to represent the different people to represent everybody that's ostracized that way and especially as indigenous people like that's been done to us. Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.99,0:18:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,okay so this is the first drawing of this shirt. Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.11,0:19:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a lot of like the pieces will come and they'll come at certain times when I'm driving when I'm listening to certain things. Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.71,0:19:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they'll come and if I don't write it the way it's supposed to be the idea won't stay. Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.39,0:19:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to try to encompass all of Canada and I'm gonna try to reach his as many as I can. Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.35,0:19:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for me this was like a lot of studying a lot of research to try to see as far east as I could go and see what nations are there. Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.22,0:19:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what it is special about the language I find is that the stories and the purpose and everything exists within the language. Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.21,0:19:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's in kind of a place that it's been locked and it remains. Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.99,0:19:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even though the assimilation has taken a lot of like our connection to community our ceremonies our practices the language has kept all of that. Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.44,0:19:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did you get the decree word \Nyes well the the Cree word is on the back Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.48,0:19:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this one here okay. Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.10,0:20:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it I just keep it as like mobilized is the English version and then Wasco Whelan M which is the Cree word for movement is the key element that comes in Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.23,0:20:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mobilized and have a translation but I also didn't want to just translate mobilise Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.41,0:20:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to use movement as a as the word. Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.31,0:20:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one thing that I really liked about the word was Kui when was was the the presence of the triangular symbols and for me he's represented like two teepees and represented the tribe that way. Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.79,0:20:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being apart of Reubens class was really special to understand the fundamentals of and to learn the history of the star chart and to learn the history of syllabics. Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.71,0:20:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yeah I was like learning indigenous history through the through the spirit mechanism that's a it was really special. Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.92,0:21:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He kind of just takes you back and he tells you the stories and he takes you through a journey through story of the significance of the numbers of the grandfather directions the grandmother directions. Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.23,0:21:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah he knew. Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.76,0:21:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what what does that mean you. Dialogue: 0,0:21:20.72,0:21:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a collapsed word you know actually is the way I'd say it you know see. Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.54,0:21:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from what I understand talk a little bit about colonization and taking over lands the lands of original people Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.31,0:21:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I understand first thing you got to do is you got to get rid of those peoples deity that name and replace it with yours when you're colonizing people. Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.84,0:22:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so our name for nihilo people was ie and we have a different paradigm as far as a dogma is concerned. Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.79,0:22:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are is I am is so a diminutive of ie so is II know so that's it yeah so that's it's a Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.58,0:22:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it this is a collapse version of that you know II knew ya Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.70,0:22:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,o3d is until this Goodell Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.01,0:22:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fantastic so we have a relationship with the earth and that relationship is that we relate to her as mother. Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.53,0:23:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so she when she brings forth those different people that plant the plant people the different once that's soggy bug all coming order the trees out of the grass. Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.44,0:23:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so she's showing us what love is. Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.82,0:23:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a it's practical. Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.89,0:23:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So she'll give us all of this. Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.23,0:23:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will be nurtured by it the dandelion somewhere and different grasses. Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.66,0:23:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The four-legged people will eat from it from that. Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.75,0:23:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will in turn get our sustenance from the four-legged people but she's giving us all of that showing us that love. Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.87,0:23:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now soggy is the morpheme of that word. Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.79,0:23:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if I were to say to you I love you I would say it soggyt didn't. Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.26,0:23:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people say key soggy it didn't and and I say kissaki it didn't. Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.88,0:24:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's how I've been taught Kisaragi it then I love you or you are loved by me. Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.96,0:24:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that's a good word to learn to say to your to your loved ones. Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.00,0:24:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's one of the only if. Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.73,0:24:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's one of the only words that I know to say to my partner. Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.29,0:24:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes and see how that it's coming into bloom it's gonna start blossoming it'll continue to grow and then it'll go through its cycle just like we will come into a relationship with others. Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.35,0:24:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah cuz I know just this really sticks out to me when I got to when I came here last summer as a special place not only Amy's piece but the other artwork and it's kind of perch over the river. Dialogue: 0,0:25:01.86,0:25:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when did you begin learning about Slovaks and the spirit marker system. Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.15,0:25:17.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we were liberated from residential school probably 1970 or 71 I don't remember. Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.58,0:25:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was just young and the late Rosana whole and late Caroline hunter would come in and teach us about them me and my peers. Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.14,0:25:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that's when I started learning the system that I was that I know about. Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.50,0:25:49.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And into a soul mate so simply for me to learn it that I pass it on the weight I was taught to me and I guarantee that people will master that writing system. Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.57,0:26:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So always tell us tell the ones that are coming in to learn like this Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.98,0:26:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take your page and go to the center I tell them that's where we're gonna start off Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.31,0:26:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we're used to writing from the top to the right left to right left to right Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.49,0:26:18.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in this one it's you go from the center and you start from inside. Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.70,0:26:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's the center there I'll go to left the center and right the first one and that's this one here. Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.82,0:26:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one is a phonetic language. Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.98,0:26:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that one says ah. Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.35,0:26:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's all sort of sound the first sound that people will make when they're when they're praying and worshiping. Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.28,0:26:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll say something like ah you say I'm on earth or Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.59,0:27:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll describe that Supreme Being and the supreme beings name this part of this as well ah Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.81,0:27:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i'm summonin will say ah ma ma da oui ma describing again. Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.30,0:27:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they'll endear themselves to that Supreme Being by calling that Supreme Being father of all Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.28,0:27:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ah mom won't bow mo Dialogue: 0,0:27:18.82,0:27:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I say ah hi and recognition nurse you me and the Supreme Being. Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.69,0:27:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love people say hi hi that's why that's probably how you've heard it quite a bit. Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.00,0:27:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it I don't near says ah this one says baa there's that poppet. Dialogue: 0,0:27:38.78,0:27:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So who's ah ba la and there's fordham like I said going off into the east Miki nice ET wreath Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.62,0:28:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's seven of them like I said there's seven tectonic plates going off into the South is the same vowel sound and then into the southwest Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.92,0:28:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this what I like to call the anomaly Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.29,0:28:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a a balsamic yeah man yeah say yeah yeah Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.96,0:28:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a vowel sound ooh Dialogue: 0,0:28:18.63,0:28:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thank you dr. James McCool cos for correcting me on that Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.02,0:28:28.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to go all borrowing from English Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.55,0:28:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he said it oh isn't it ooh and I said yeah that's right boo boo - Lulla. Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.02,0:28:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they're smaller smaller and these are way smaller than the big ones big spirit marker Dialogue: 0,0:28:45.51,0:28:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,small spirit markers here to complete the what dr. Marilyn shirt has called the star chart. Dialogue: 0,0:29:03.88,0:29:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the one I talked told you Dialogue: 0,0:29:21.08,0:29:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kissaki hittin that's how you are loved by me or I love you Dialogue: 0,0:29:32.55,0:29:36.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you suck yeah then yeah okay I guess I did it then Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.24,0:29:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that's the writing system there. Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.96,0:29:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my hope is that it will help to instill pride and those for those young people Missy not like Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.87,0:29:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this is a racist country and it was born out of racism Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.43,0:30:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of course racism disconnects people this one connects us from exes Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.43,0:30:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all all have access to whatever whatever ethnicity or from yeah we all have that it all makes sense to everybody it can make sense to everyone and we can start connecting. Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.35,0:30:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they taught us in the residential schools is that we were worth worth less then than Europeans Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.38,0:30:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this one teaches us that Papa went deeper on measured will have the same measurements as far as humanity our DNA says that we're all the same. Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.90,0:31:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to thank you so much for sharing about this because I can see the the brilliance and sophistication lifts within this the way you've you know shown and explained Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.81,0:31:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it piques my interest and makes me want to learn more it makes me want to move out here so I could take one of your classes. Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.82,0:31:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah Dialogue: 0,0:31:20.43,0:31:22.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thank you so much for sharing this. Dialogue: 0,0:31:23.02,0:31:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,honor and a privilege.