A window into Mi'kmaq culture
Learning Mi'kmaq has led to greater understanding of the culture, said Williams and Snook. "Once you start to learn, you realize how much it makes sense," Williams said. "There's a lot of words that there won't necessarily be an automatic translation for, because of the way the language works." Shane Snook started studying Mi'kmaq about five years ago. "It was mostly curiosity getting started, but I started learning more and more and hearing more interesting tidbits about what words meant, the root meanings," Snook said. "As you start to learn the language, you get to really understand how our ancestors thought and operated. It really helps you understand that perspective from years ago."
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