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From one indigenous person to everyone out there, I'm happy I'm here with you all in this great country. The history may have terrible periods for my people but over the past few decades things are getting better. It is not perfect but to me it is moving in the right direction.

It's not just a day to celebrate identity ... it's a celebration of how we are all becoming more inclusive of one another.

Chi-Meegwetch misiway.

It's northern Ojibway-Cree and it means "thanks very much to you all"

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[โ€“] Alabaster_Mango@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

miyo kรฎsikรขw!

As far as I know that means good day in nehiyawewin (plains cree). Still working on learning my own language. It's kinda slow going, but that's life.

[โ€“] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

I can understand that ... Cree dialects stretch from the Rocky Mountains, across the Prairies, around James and Hudson Bay and all the way to Labrador.

I pronounce it 'Mino Keesheekah'

and it doesn't matter how good you are with the language ... as long as you are trying to reclaim and hold onto anything that was taken away or lost, your ancestors would be happy.

eh-koh-teh doo-dem (that's all, my friend)

Mino Keesheekah!

[โ€“] grte@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Do you happen to have any resources for learning the language? I would be interested myself.

[โ€“] cyborganism@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And a big "merci" to you too my friend. Indigenous peoples are getting increasingly more representation everywhere and the crimes against its peoples are finally being talked about on the media and being recognized.

The next step is reparations.

[โ€“] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

As long as it is moving in positive directions ... it's always a good sign

[โ€“] rosatherad@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Here's to more progress in the future! ๐Ÿฅ‚