#slavey

Girl's Dress

Deh Gah Got'ine (Slavey)

The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

#CancelCanadaDay

Part 2 of (grizzly) bear in different languages of North America inspired by @ancesters

Shashchō - Tā̀gish (Tagish)

Shär Cho - Häł gołan (Hän)

Daxpitcheetáale - Apsáalooke (Crow)

χawgəs - ʔayajuθəm (Homalco)

Kiláwnaʔ - Nsyilxcən (Okanagan)

Náṇ - Haíɫzaqvḷa (Heiltsuk)

Likin̓skw - Nisg̱a’a (Nisga'a)

Lak'insxw - Gitsenimx̱ (Gitxsan)

Dlēze - Denek’éh (Slavey)

Shas - Dakeł (Dakelh)

Sources

First Voices

Crow Dictionary Online

Various dictionaries in the MEGA folder

Canadian syllabics (ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ)

Canadian syllabics is the collective name for the syllabic writing systems used to write the indigenous languages of Canada. It is based on Devanagari and Pitman shorthand.

They are derived from the work of James Evans, a linguist and missionary who was inspired by Sequoyah’s Cherokee syllabary. The process culminated in 1840, when he formalized the syllabics for Ojibwe and Swampy Cree.

Notable features

Script type: abugida

Writing direction: left-to-right in rows

Number of characters: 79 common letters (75 consonants + 4 vowels)

Languages: Blackfoot, Carrier, Chipewyan, Cree, Dane-zaa, Inuktitut, Naskapi, Ojibwe, Sekani, and Slavey (10)

Because the script is presented in syllabic charts and learned as a syllabary, it is often thought of as such, but it is actually an abugida because consonants and vowels are written independently.

Characters represent vowels or consonants plus vowels. Final consonants are represented by superscript versions of the character with the vowel, and long vowels are marked with an overdot.

Vowels are represented by triangles and fall into two sets: back (-a- and -o-) and front (-e- and -i-). Each set consists of a low (-a- and -e-) and a high (-o- or -i-) vowel. The vowels within each set are mirror images of each other.

Letters used in most languages

Variants for specific languages

Skeletal Remains Found in Mexico Reveal Stories of African Enslavement 500 Years Ago in Latin America

Three skeletons found by scientists in a mass grave in 1992 in Mexico City chronicle the horrific life journey of some of the first Africans who were transported to Latin America and enslaved some 500 years ago.

The bones display evidence of fractures, gunshot wounds, and the men’s introduction of infectious diseases during their enslavement in central Mexico. The study, published April 30 in the…

I’ve seen the Jedi criticised a lot for not immediately dashing off to free the slaves on Tatooine. I actually don’t take exception with them for that. It was utterly unrealistic, and unfeasible for them to be able to do that. There was no way they could have successfully freed everyone by just up and doing it as soon as Anakin suggested it, or as soon as they found out. The problem with the Jedi in regard to the slave problem in Hutt Space, specifically on Tatooine, is not that they didn’t dash off to free them ASAP. It’s that once they realised they didn’t have the means to do anything about it, they didn’t push for the Senate to give it to them. Allow me to explain myself more fully.

There is no sensible government on Tatooine. Tatooine is ruled so fully by the Hutt clan that in TCW movie, we actually see the Republic negotiate with them. This means that even if they freed every single slave on Tatooine, the Hutts would just buy more, so it wouldn’t solve any problem. This means that if they tried to get to the root of the problem, the Hutts, and arrest them, they would have nowhere to try them, no prison to put them in. Tatooine is nominally a part of the Republic, but the Republic has no court system there, no prison cells, no means to enforce the law. Even if they just executed Jabba, someone else would take over. If they really want to free the slaves on Tatooine, the Jedi must do one of two things: a) go to war against the Hutts, or b) get the Senate to help them go to Tatooine, oust Jabba, and set up a provisional government system. They don’t have the resources for a, which leaves b as the only possible option. Hence the problem with the Jedi is not that they told Anakin they could do nothing for Tatooine without Senate support, because that is utterly logical and sensible. The problem is that they did not bother to try and put any pressure on the Senate to provide said support, because they were too entrenched in the system themselves. They didn’t want to risk losing Senate support, even if it meant ignoring the corruption on Tatooine. That is the issue. It is another example of the PT-era compromising moral principle, in the name of expediency and convenience, and the biased “greater good.” Where it is within their current power though, we do see them freeing slaves both in canon and in legends.

JUBILEE by Margaret Walker

In JUBILEE, Margaret Walker tells the true story of her ancestor Vyry, daughter of a black slave and her white master. Combining oral history with 30 years of research, she ''chronicled the triumph of a free spirit over many kinds of bondage.'' (New York Times Book Review)

Tell me you've never read the Constitution without telling me you've never read the Constitution.

Oh, and btw, where's the outrage for the people who looked like you that sold people who look like you into slavery around the world?

Where's the outrage over the enslaved that look like you by the people who look like you that still exists today?