"It feels like life under genocidal occupation because it is."
Thank you for putting this out there, Chris. It often feels like that to me too but it's hard to talk about.
But back to the language discussion, if you speak American English — take heart! You already know dozens, maybe even hundreds, of Indigenous Turtle Island words. You can…
"It feels like life under genocidal occupation because it is."
Thank you for putting this out there, Chris. It often feels like that to me too but it's hard to talk about.
But back to the language discussion, if you speak American English — take heart! You already know dozens, maybe even hundreds, of Indigenous Turtle Island words. You can't even talk about the native plants and animals without speaking some Algonquian, for instance. Moose, caribou, raccoon, chipmunk, muskrat, persimmon, tamarack, squash, pecan, hickory, etc.
And that's just the tip of the ice burg for only one of the Indigenous language families that contributed to the flavor of English we currently speak. Maybe an additional way we can honor the languages of Turtle Island is to be mindful of all the Indigenous words we are already using?
"It feels like life under genocidal occupation because it is."
Thank you for putting this out there, Chris. It often feels like that to me too but it's hard to talk about.
But back to the language discussion, if you speak American English — take heart! You already know dozens, maybe even hundreds, of Indigenous Turtle Island words. You can't even talk about the native plants and animals without speaking some Algonquian, for instance. Moose, caribou, raccoon, chipmunk, muskrat, persimmon, tamarack, squash, pecan, hickory, etc.
And that's just the tip of the ice burg for only one of the Indigenous language families that contributed to the flavor of English we currently speak. Maybe an additional way we can honor the languages of Turtle Island is to be mindful of all the Indigenous words we are already using?
There is certainly that. But I do think taking special care to know some specific words of the people where you are living is important.
Yep. It’s a “this, and …” kind of thing.
Wouldn’t it be fantastic if THIS was taught in “English and History” classes.
It would be.