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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: 0,0:06:37.44,0:06:40.62,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: 0,0:11:22.82,0:11:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why you're here.