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The Cree language is more than just a means to communicate.
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language → communicate → means
It represents culture, spirituality, and identity, something stripped away from hundreds of Indigenous peoples during their time at residential schools.
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It → represent → schools
Nevertheless, work is still being done to ensure the next generation knows how to speak their language.
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generation → do → language
One way is through the hard work and efforts of elders and Indigenous leaders, passing language, stories and the significance of using your native tongue.
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way → pass → tongue
Events like the Keep Our Language Alive (KOLA) conference allows for everyone to workshop these ideals under the same roof.
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everyone → keep → roof
“The people are lost, those people have lost their way, (and) they’ve lost their cultural identity,” shares Milton Tootoosis, the founder of the KOLA convention.
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Tootoosis → lose → convention
This year, the convention was completely sold out.
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convention → sell → ?
“It’s absolutely dynamic, very inspiring because I spend most of my time engulfed in the mainstream dominant culture which is the English language here in Saskatchewan of course,” says Tootoosis.
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Tootoosis → ’ → course
A big theme highlighted by the speakers this year was focusing on delivering the language to the youth.
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theme → highlight → youth
The most important thing is that (we) keep language alive,” adds Buckley Belanger, Secretary of State for Rural Development and KOLA Speaker.
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Belanger → keep → Development
With modern day technology at our fingertips, learning a new language is easier than ever.
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learning → learn → language
“They are saying, ‘can we go to the gym?’ and they have asked in Cree.
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they → say → Cree
And I said, ‘well if you ask me in Cree, I’ll say yes’,” explains Vernon Lewis, creator of the How do you say this in Cree app.
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you → say → app
The app, inspired by Lewis’ granddaughter is simple to use.
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app → inspire → granddaughter
Just type in a word or phrase and it will show how to say it in Cree.
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it → type → Cree
Lewis added the use of phrases, so users actually learn how to use the language, not just random words.
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users → add → language
“I wanted to make sure that it wasn’t a dictionary.
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it → want → ?
You can go online anywhere and look up the word dog,” explains Lewis.
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Lewis → go → dog
“But now that you know the word, the word for dog, how do you use that word in a phrase?
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you → know → phrase
‘Do you see that dog?’ is the phrase that would be more common or ‘don’t go close to that dog’.”
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that → see → dog
The work to restore the Cree and Dene language to the not end here.
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work → restore → not
With elders sharing no matter who you are or where you come from, you are more than welcome to ask them more about the Cree language.
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you → share → language
“We learn a lot from the language about our identity, our purpose and our spirituality.
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We → learn → identity
I think if other people want to join our spirituality and our efforts to promote good humanity, (then) they are more than welcome,” adds Sturgeon Lake elder Willie Ermine.
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Ermine → think → humanity
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