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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.49,0:00:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.25,0:00:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm fascinated with the way language
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.25,0:00:50.91,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: 0,0:02:23.07,0:02:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Nora) Your first cousins or
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.55,0:02:26.10,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: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It truly is a blessing and an honor to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have you as a young Naheo (Iskhoo?),
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A young Naheo woman and welcome.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(children talking)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Lorraine) Somehow, someway fear got
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instilled in us people. Shame got
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instilled in us as indigenous people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our children, what they experienced here
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today taught them how sacred they are,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how important they are, how
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beautiful they are and that they are not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just beautiful in physical form. That
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're beautiful in spiritual form too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All we need to do is believe in them, to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love them, and to tell them that they're
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,important and they'll start feeling
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good about themselves. I'm proud of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them. Their spirit is still alive and well.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Narrator) What do you see being the way
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forward so that these young ones in the\Ncommunity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can not only understand the language
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its relationship to their spirit
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their relationship, to the land
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to each other and to themselves but be
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speaking it? How do you feel about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the future of the language in these
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,next generations to come?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to believe in ourselves to be able
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do it, and we need to set our goal and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if it revitalizes the language then lets
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do that. How do we learn Cree? We learned
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it sitting around with the old people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visiting eachother and our parents
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speaking to us, you know? So, we can get
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it back. We just need to do it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John Bigstone is a Wabiskaw elder
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who carries vast spiritual and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ceremonial knowledge.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He invited me to the land where he holds
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sweat lodge ceremonies to share teachings
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the spirit within our languages.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Inhales deeply)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It clears your mind when you breathe in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this smudge.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English language is inadequate if you are going
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to describe spirit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its inadequate.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They named it according to their
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connection to the plant becuase they spoke
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the plant and they had a connection.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They had a connection to all of life. They
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understood their environment.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They understood that everything was alive,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your spirtit has a connection to that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spirit of mother earth, and everything
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that grows on her body.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prior to contact, everything that was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,described in a more spiritual way.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, had a spiritual meaning.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(((((((((Time- 10:31)))))))