Schools across P.E.I. Sing the National anthem in Mi’kmaq

O Kanata

https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/schools-across-pei-singing-national-anthem-in-mikmaq-281716/

On Jan. 6, 2018, the students from Mount Stewart Consolidated School sang the national anthem in Mi'kmaq at the Island Storm basketball game in Charlottetown. On June 21, 2018, National Indigenous People's Day, schools across P.E.I. started their morning with the recording and many schools continue to play it on a regular basis.

The nine-minute film, entitled "Oh Kanata", is a call to action for educators and parents to download the recording so that any school in Canada can listen to the anthem in Mi'kmaq in the daily morning rotation as a way of making steps along the road to reconciliation.

Words and music:

http://firstnationhelp.com/ali/okanata.php

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Pu’tliskiej wapinintoq

Blackbird - in Mi'kmaw

https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/listen-blackbird-beatles-sung-mikmaq-student

The International Year of Indigenous Languages is a United Nations observance in 2019 that aims to raise awareness of the consequences of the endangerment of Indigenous languages across the world, with an aim to establish a link between language, development, peace, and reconciliation.

To bring awareness to this important cause, students at Allison Bernard Memorial High School in Eskasoni, Cape Breton recorded Paul McCartney's Blackbird in their native Mi'kmaq language.

Pu'tliskiej wapinintoq

(Blackbird singing in the dead of night)

Kina'masi telayja'timk 

(Take these broken wings and learn to fly)

Tel pitawsin 

(All your life)

Eskimatimu'sipnek nike' mnja'sin 

(You were only waiting for this moment to arise)

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Mi’kmaw Pronunciations for "Teaching About the Mi’kmaq"

Audio files word by word

http://www.mikmaweydebert.ca/home/sharing-our-stories/education-and-outreach/school-curriculum/mikmaw-translations-for-teaching-about-the-mikmaq/

Use this page to review the pronunciations of words used in the teaching series. (both "fast" and slower versions) This is a great place to get a better feel for the rhythm of the language.

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Teaching Resource: Mi’kmaw history, culture​ ​and knowledge

Content and teaching strategies

http://www.mikmaweydebert.ca/home/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Mikmawel_Tan_Telikinamuemk_Final_Online.pdf

"This curriculum resource was designed for anyone who teaches Mi'kmaw history, culture and knowledge. Through the stories and knowledge of Mi'kmaw Elders, educators, and other experts, this volume shares content and teaching strategies for three subject areas:"

1. Welo'ltimk (Healing)
   
2. Kejitasimkewey Kiskuk (Contemporary Issues)
3. Netukulimk (Economic, Social and Political Life)

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Jordan Bennett - The 2018 Sobey Art Award

Interview with a Mi'kmaw artist

https://vimeo.com/290296184

"Born in Stephenville Crossing Ktaqamkuk and of Mi'kmaq descent, Jordan Bennett's ongoing practice utilizes painting, sculpture, video, installation and sound to explore land, language, the act of visiting and familial histories. His work challenges colonial perceptions of indigenous histories, stereotypes and presence with a focus on exploring Mi'kmaq and Beothuk visual culture of Ktaqamkuk. Over the past ten years, Bennett has participated in over 75 group and solo exhibitions, both nationally and internationally."

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“Ketu’elmita’jik" - Jordan Bennett – Canadian Art

Traditional Mi'kmaq and Beothuk design motifs take on new life 

https://canadianart.ca/reviews/jordan-bennett/

"In his new exhibition at Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, "Ketu'elmita'jik," Jordan Bennett has created something truly remarkable. Bennett, who is of Mi'kmaq descent from Stephenville Crossing, Newfoundland and Labrador, is now living in the Halifax region at Terence Bay, Nova Scotia. In this show—whose title term translates as "they want to go home"—Bennett makes full use of the gallery's architectural quirks to create an immersive environment where traditional Mi'kmaq and Beothuk design motifs take on new life through physical, graphic and conceptual extensions in time and space...."

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Quizlet Cards from learnmigmaq

Flashcards with audio

https://quizlet.com/learnmigmaq

Use these flashcards with audio files to memorize words and phrases in Mi'kmaw.

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A First Reading Book in the "Micmac Language"

From 1875 - a look into the past

http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/994TB2#.XGdChs9A9Mk.gmail

Although we use a different writing system now, this booklet published in 1875, gives a window into how Europeans understood the Mi'kmaw language.

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Schools across P.E.I. singing national anthem in Mi’kmaq

"Oh Kanata", is a call to action for educators

https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/schools-across-pei-singing-national-anthem-in-mikmaq-281716/

"The Mi'kmaq version of the Canadian national anthem is being sung by Island children in schools across the province. ... Dunk River Sound studio [made] a professional recording of the national anthem in P.E.I.'s first spoken language."

"The nine-minute film, entitled "Oh Kanata", is a call to action for educators and parents to download the recording so that any school in Canada can listen to the anthem in Mi'kmaq in the daily morning rotation as a way of making steps along the road to reconciliation."

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Living By The Drum, Episode 3: Flat Bay, Newfoundland

From Mawi'omi to Pow Wow.

https://youtu.be/34F_UlAVd3c

"Hit the trail with Hanwakan Blaikie Whitecloud to Flat Bay, Newfoundland - a Mi'kmaq settlement and home to one of Canada's newest Pow Wows. Watch as dancers and attendees explain the unique cultural transition from Mawi'omi to Pow Wow."

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