Indigenous Language Revitalization-My Source of Vigor by https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti en-us 2023-02-01 14:27:21 UTC 2025-12-28 18:26:19 UTC hello@padlet.com Heart of the People mdenvironmentalconsulting https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2464821259 Indigenous Peoples are born from the stars.  Indigenous languages are born from the land. 

Our languages are not mere words.  They are unique sounds which come from our homelands-the earth, water, plants, and animals.

Language is medicine.

Every Indigenous language has a living spirit.  Each with its own truth, wisdom, and history.  Indigenous languages are the heart of the People.

Their spirits call us home.

Identity, traditional knowledge, and ancestral beliefs are encoded in Indigenous languages.  Spirits waiting to be reunited with the People, waiting for a voice.

Break the silence.

Indigenous peoples are still here.
Our languages are still here.
We belong.

As long as our hearts are beating, pathways to healing are possible.  

As long as we are connecting with our spirits through cultural practices, pathways to sustainability are possible.

Indigenous languages unite families and communities, together we are strong.

]]> 2023-02-01 16:08:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2464821259 Mijip's Journey mdenvironmentalconsulting https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465172721 Long ago Mijip fled her homeland and family. She was captured and imprisoned by her trauma and pain.  After travelling across the great land of Kanata, Mijip stopped to rest.

In the silence of resting from running Mijip realized she had been fighting a battle for her life unknowingly.  Mijip's spirit had been broken and lost.  Someone had taken it from her.

It would be years later that she realized it was her spirit she was looking for, crying out to, running after.  More than anger, more than shame, a deeply-rooted grief lived in Mijip's heart. 

Deep in the forest, among the plant and animal Nations, Mijip finally found some peace.  For some of her relatives, it was the first time Mijip was meeting them. 

"This is where I belong", Mijip told the 5th wind, "please let me rest here.  I am tired.  I need to nourish myself.  I need to wash myself with songs."

Sounds from the land came to her.  While she was awake, while she was asleep, ancestral sounds and tones woke up her DNA.

"Kwe', welta'si na' nike' pekisin", the land said to Mijip.
"Kwe', wela'lin wet-tluen", Mijip replied.

"Me'talein?", the land asked Mijip.
"O' welei", Mijip replied.

"Am I going crazy?", Mijip thought.

The mountain rumbled, "NO, you're not crazy!  You found your ancestors, they have brought your spirit home".


]]> 2023-02-01 19:59:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465172721 Kji-Niskam (Great Spirit) mdenvironmentalconsulting https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465184407 Listen first. Speak Later.]]> 2023-02-01 20:10:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465184407 Mi'kma'ki Ancestral Placenames mdenvironmentalconsulting https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465348410 2023-02-01 23:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465348410 Reversing the Impacts of Colonialism & Genocide mdenvironmentalconsulting https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465359613 Identity, purpose, culture, and political integrity all live within Indigenous languages.  That is why language is known as the heart of the people.   

The survival of Indigenous cultures and societies hinges on language, an embodiment of collective Tribal knowledge, beliefs, practices, and intrinsic ties to all creation. 

The apocalypse that was employed by colonial authorities against all Indigenous human beings of Turtle Island was calculated and deliberate.  It was by no coincidence that acts of genocide and assimilation were disguised in the name of education.  

The “kill the Indian, save a child” campaign was centered around “schools” designed to dismember Indigenous children, families, communities, Nations, and cultures.  

Intrinsic relationships were severed.  

Speaking the language was a punishable offense. 

Indigenous language revitalization is essential to healing individuals, families, communities, Nations, and Mother Earth. It is an act of Truth & Reconciliation.
]]> 2023-02-01 23:56:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465359613 Mi’kmaq Education Act mdenvironmentalconsulting https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465363324 Residential schools were still in operation when the Mi’kmaq Nation first brought an Indigenous right to self-determination (namely education) before the legal courts. 

The same year, the last residential school was closed in Canada, and a new federal law was passed in support of Indigenous education as a result of the Mi’kmaq court case.

In 1999, the Mi’kmaq Education Act (Bill CB30) was passed into federal law, as well as NS provincial law (Bill No. 4). 

It was the first time an Indigenous right to self-determination of education was recognized by law in Canada. 

With a victory, Mi’kmaq Nations began to educate students of Mi’kmaw language, culture, history, Indigenous rights, and traditional knowledge.


]]> 2023-02-02 00:02:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465363324 Mi'kmaq Language Act-Bill 148 (NS) mdenvironmentalconsulting https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465370419 On July 17, 2022, the Province of Nova Scotia proclaimed and affirmed legislation to recognize Mi’kmaw as Nova Scotia’s first language during a Mi’kmaq ceremony in Potlotek First Nation in Richmond County.

In short, the Mi’kmaw Language Act will support the protection and revitalization the language.

A resolution was signed by Mi’kmaw Chiefs to affirm and uphold the provincial legislation on behalf of their communities.

The Mi’kmaw Language Act took effect on October 1 (2022), Treaty Day.

The NS provincial legislation is in-line with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action for governments to preserve, promote, revitalize and protect Aboriginal languages through legislation and education.
]]> 2023-02-02 00:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465370419 Mi'kmaq Language Websites-UPEI mdenvironmentalconsulting https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465380396 2023-02-02 00:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465380396 Diversity of Indigenous Languages in Kanata mdenvironmentalconsulting https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465386082 2023-02-02 00:31:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465386082 Indigenous Languages of Canada (pdf) mdenvironmentalconsulting https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465386824 2023-02-02 00:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465386824 Indigenous Languages Act (Bill C-91) mdenvironmentalconsulting https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465391711 The federal Indigenous Languages Act recognizes Indigenous language rights as Aboriginal rights protected under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.]]> 2023-02-02 00:38:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465391711 Endangered Indigenous Languages mdenvironmentalconsulting https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465398313 "According to UNESCO, 75 percent of Canada’s Indigenous languages are endangered, with some being only spoken by a handful of elders. And it is a downward trend."]]> 2023-02-02 00:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465398313 International Indigenous Rights (UNDRIP) mdenvironmentalconsulting https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465400558 2023-02-02 00:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465400558 UNDRIP-Celebrates 13 Years mdenvironmentalconsulting https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465403025 2023-02-02 00:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465403025 Mi'kmaq Honor Song (Sing Along) mdenvironmentalconsulting https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465409231 2023-02-02 00:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mdenvironmentalconsulting/seafxdw7gnbommti/wish/2465409231