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tânisi cuzzins,
I'm always proud of the work we do at IndigiNews. Our editor, Cara McKenna, has high standards and I believe IndigiNews' content has been improving continuously since her return in 2022.
But the stories we published this week have taken our content to the next level for me.
As many of you know, learning my nehiyaw language is incredibly important to me. It's one of the main passions of my life.
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I feel similarly about all Indigenous languages. My dream is that every child has access to their ancestral language. Languages are beautiful. They are an expression of culture, identity and family.
So I was so thrilled when we posted two stories this week by Jared Qwustenuxun Williams that included Hul’q’umi’num – the language spoken by the Cowichan people.
Both stories feature a YouTube video you can watch and embedded audio of Qwustenuxun speaking the language!
The first of these is The ancient story of the mountain Swuq’us.
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The second of Qwustenuxun's stories is The story of Sheshuq’um, the monster at Octopus Point. You can watch his charismatic telling of this tale via the YouTube link on our site and then at the bottom of the page you will again find some audio explaining the vocabulary pronunciation and meaning.
Qwustenuxun's explanation of the vocabulary is just as dramatic and entertaining as his storytelling is. 😍
I hope you enjoy Qwustenuxun's gifts. He's an amazing, positive force in the world and you will be seeing more of him at IndigiNews in the months to come!
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And things get even cooler.
Last June, Mike Graeme traveled with a group of Sinixt and Secwépemc Peoples as they journeyed along sn̓x̌ʷn̓tkʷítkʷ (swift river) also known as the Columbia River. Mike is a gifted photographer and storyteller.
IndigiNews worked with The Salish School of Spokane to have the entire story translated into n̓səl̓xčin̓!
It was quite an undertaking. It took many Language Holders and quite a few months, but this week the translated story was posted to our site. Check it out to revel in the glory of the language and to see all of Mike's amazing photographs. They're truly stunning.
It's absolutely thrilling to see one of our stories entirely in n̓səl̓xčin̓. As Cara said to me, "This is the first full translation of one of our stories into an Indigenous language –– a monumental moment for us as a newsroom."
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I believe Indigenous languages are powerful because they are the language of the land. They are the sounds heard by the Earth for tens of thousands of years. I imagine that the she misses hearing the language.
People working to revitalizes our languages sometimes say that our languages are not gone, they are just sleeping. Soon, I've been told, they will awaken.
It's up to us to reawaken them, by learning them, teaching them to our children, and uttering the sounds of the land once more. I'm incredibly excited at the idea of this coming to pass.
Welcome back, old friend. We honour you.
hiy hiy,
Aunty Eden
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Eden Fineday is a nehiyaw iskwew and the publisher of IndigiNews. She is a also a mom, a writer and a student of nehiyawewin. She lives with gratitude as an uninvited guest on the unceded territories of the xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam), səl̓ ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Peoples and on her traditional territories in Treaty six.
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