REFLECTIONS ON CENTERING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
nitisiyihkâson Jodi Calahoo-Stonehouse niya ohci Michel First Nation ôta asotamâtowin nikotwâsik askiy, niyanân Mohawk ekwa nehiyawak. anskac nimosômak ekîpecimecik ohci Kahanawake ekwa ekîhotaskânecik ôta cîki amiskwacîwâskahikanihk. nicâpan Johnny Calahoo wiya nistam owiyasiwew/okimâw iyiniw Association ohci Alberta, nitâniskakamâkewin tipiyaw ôta askiy ekwa ninisaweyihten kahahkameyihtamân kâkînakatamâkoyâhk nicâpan ekwa nikahâhkameyihten ewako ôma atoskewin wiya ekwa mihcet kotakak kâkîhatoskâtahkik. ewako anima kanîpawistamawâcik kâhisipaminihcik iyiniw awâsisak ekwa, kanîpawistamâwâcik ohci kiskinohamâkosiwin ohci iyiniw awâsisak ekwa kwayask kapaminihcik ohci iyiniwak anita môniyânâhk. kâhisihispihteyihtamân nikâpimitisahen awa nicâpan kâkîhitatoskâtak kâkîhisipimohtâtahk ekwa niwîsakiskâkon kawâpamakik nitayisînîmak ekitimahihcik ekwa namoya pîtos kîkway anohc ehisipimpayitahk. My name is Jodi Calahoo–Stonehouse. I am from the Michel First Nation in Treaty 6 Territory. We are Mohawk and Cree peoples. My forefathers paddled the rivers from Kahanawake and settled here near Edmonton. My Chapan (great grandfather) Johnny Calahoo was the first President of the Indian Association of Alberta. My roots are deep in this land and I am blessed to continue the legacy of my Chapan and continue the work he and many others set out to do, which is fight for the welfare of Indian children, to fight for good education for Indian children and to fight for fair treatment of the Indian by the white man. As honoured as I am to follow my Chapans footsteps it also hurts my heart greatly to see Indigenous people suffering and that things have not changed very much.
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