National Indigenous History Month: To Learn
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Word of the Week
Word of the Week - Law Library - Week 4
Inuktut:
qilak - sky - qui-lak
Source: Pirurvik Centre (2016). Inuktut essentials : a phrasebook. Pirurvik Press.
Word of the Week - Murray Library - Week 4
Anishinaabemowin (sometimes called Ojibwemowin, Ojibwe/Ojibwa, or Chippewa):
Bawaajigan - Dream
Source: https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/bawaajigan-ni
Word of the Week - Science Library - Week 4
Cree:
miyâhkasikê - 'To smudge'
Source: McLeod, N. (2016). 100 Days of Cree. University of Regina Press.
Word of the Week - Law Library - Week 3
Inuktut:
siqiniq – sun – si-QI-niq
Source: Pirurvik Centre (2016). Inuktut essentials : a phrasebook. Pirurvik Press.
Word of the Week - Murray Library - Week 3
Lakota:
Tókhi wániphika ní! – Good luck!
Source: https://en.wiktionary.org
Pronunciation: https://omniglot.com/soundfiles/lakota/goodluck_lakota.mp3
Word of the Week - Science Library - Week 3
Cree:
wîhkês – A bitter-tasting medicine that looks like ginger root. It is used as a tea or chewed. The word is wînkês in Saulteaux, and it is often translated as ‘rat-root’, in reference to the muskrat.
Source: McLeod, N. (2016). 100 Days of Cree. University of Regina Press.
Word of the Week - Law Library - Week 2
Inuktut:
qimmiq – dog – QIM-miq
Source: Pirurvik Centre (2016). Inuktut essentials : a phrasebook. Pirurvik Press.
Word of the Week - Murray Library - Week 2
Michif:
 la sayncheur flayshii – Sash - saenche(i)ur flechey
Source: https://www.metismuseum.ca/fingerweaving/background.php
Word of the Week - Science Library - Week 2
Cree:
mînisîhkês – ‘Seneca root’.
"Many Indigenous women used to gather this root and sell it to newcomers for extra income. Of course, this root was also an important medicine used by [Indigenous] people[s]."
Source: McLeod, N. (2016). 100 Days of Cree. University of Regina Press.
Word of the Week - Law Library - Week 1
Inuktut:
ilaali – you’re welcome – ee-lah-li
Source: Pirurvik Centre (2016). Inuktut essentials : a phrasebook. Pirurvik Press.
Word of the Week - Murray Library - Week 1
Cree:
ᒥᐢᑎᑲᐧᐢᑭᕁ mistikwaskihk – A drum; a tom-tom.
Source: http://www.creedictionary.com
Word of the Week - Science Library - Week 1
Cree:
maskihkiy – ‘medicine’
Source: McLeod, N. (2016). 100 Days of Cree. University of Regina Press.
- Check out videos from the Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC)."Inspiring, informative and provocative, the Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) will offer educators from all backgrounds the opportunity to work together in the enhancement of Indigenous Knowledges & Change."
- Indigenous Canada Coursera - a FREE course through the University of Alberta"Indigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies that explores the different histories and contemporary perspectives of Indigenous peoples living in Canada. From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores complex experiences Indigenous peoples face today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations. Topics for the 12 lessons include the fur trade and other exchange relationships, land claims and environmental impacts, legal systems and rights, political conflicts and alliances, Indigenous political activism, and contemporary Indigenous life, art and its expressions."
- Indigenous Learning Series - Government of Canada"Under the themes of Recognition, Respect, Relationships and Reconciliation, the Indigenous Learning Series provides access to resources, courses, workshops and events on the history, heritage, cultures, rights and perspectives of Indigenous Peoples in Canada, as well as on their varied and long-standing relationships with the Crown."
- Learn a new language!Check out this guide from the Winnipeg Public Library for app suggestions.
- Orange You Ready? An educational community learning process"Participants in Orange You Ready? work as a community within the College of Kinesiology, as Indigenous and non-Indigenous people together, to learn about the healing road of (re)conciliation and what that means to them, to the people around them, and to all treaty people linked to these lands. Alternating between learning and action, participants take small but meaningful steps toward building an understanding that supports an inclusive future for all in response to TRC Call to action #10 iii."
- Reconciliation Canada - Toolkits"The Community Action Toolkits are intended to provide you with some guidelines and ideas on how to start the reconciliation conversation.. Of course, every community and situation is different and we invite you, as the expert in your own community, to use these tools in a way that is appropriate, impactful and safe in your respective environments and situations."