#michif

Colonizer Classics, 2024

A five-year, $15-million funding commitment from the federal government will help give the Michif language "a chance to survive and to prosper," the Manitoba Métis Federation says. The federation and the federal government formally announced the funding agreement at the Manitoba Métis Federation office in Winnipeg on Thursday afternoon. Michif, a Métis language spoken in parts of Canada and the U.S. that combines elements of Cree, French and other languages, is "critically endangered," the Métis Federation says.

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pt 1 of convincing everyone nightbrother culture is métis coded

im metis (an indigenous group in colonial canada) and our language (michif) is trying to be recovered and taught to our young. It's hard though. As an excercise (Ive been learning michif for a bit now) i've been translating my own poetry as well as songs into michif. thought you might enjoy!!!! the translation is as literal as michif allows, and please do not take this as a grammar lesson because thats the thing i suck at the most. Although all words are accurate (enough -- some words don't exist in michif but theyve been substitued) words i couldnt substitue i've made blue. It's a mix of cree and french primarily so you will see a lot of both words, but spelled much more like cree words are spelled.

A mixed media piece I've been working on; primarily acrylic on wood with addition of paint markers and various colored pencil types. I cannot stress to you enough how excited I am about how this piece is coming.

Happy summer solstice and National Indigenous Peoples Day!!