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0000002568 00000 n 0000290171 00000 n 0000271531 00000 n 0000302986 00000 n Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. I took too much from it, I treated it like it was mine—but, now that I know it was stolen, I want to understand the terms by which I can give it back and make amends.”, Here in Victoria, the post-secondary schools have voluntarily adopted a policy that mandates that someone must make a territory acknowledgment at the opening of every event held for University business. What does it mean for me, a white, second-generation, settler scholar in territorial Canada, to be thankful for the privileges and resources that enable me to live a good life here? Help me heal from my past and forget my regrets. Thank you. Good morning and thank you, Lord. 0000264541 00000 n 0000282016 00000 n 0000004688 00000 n Every new day brings beautiful new things and it is a great time to pray for our beloved people and also ourselves. May His love fill your soul with positivity and strength throughout the day. Thank you, God, for another beautiful day. I will forever love and worship you as your child. They have always been my support system. No, it’s more like taking that cat out back, killing it because you don’t want it around any more, and then telling them that it’s just sleeping. 0000283181 00000 n 0000237038 00000 n So I wrote that into my acknowledgements section: “Migwetch to the Chippewas of Lake Simcoe and Huron for hosting and tolerating me as an uninvited guest.”. Forgive me for all the mistakes that I have made and give me another chance to make it all right. To my love, I pray for peace within yourself. Mornings are a wonderful blessing. 0000280851 00000 n In an effort to push the Oneida out, the government, through a “special” act of parliament, whittled down their allotment to only 32 acres. Good morning, Lord. 0000259881 00000 n May you feel unbound from all the worries like the beautiful sky above us. Thank you for your power in us and our lives. Here we have good morning prayer to make your day beautiful. 0000298326 00000 n 0000006716 00000 n A grateful human makes a good soul. ÍY SȻÁĆEL - good day (no spoken words available) HÍ,YÁȻE - good bye (this example includes an extra word on the end). Amen. I chose to begin with territory acknowledgements and that is where this story really begins—I decided it would be right that I thank members of all the nations who had tolerated and hosted me on their territories. 0000002296 00000 n I am thankful for another day. In my search for language, and saying thank you in a way that felt like more than a glib “thank you” (said in English and done with ease), I learned my most humbling history lesson in my search for the word “thank you” in the Lekwungen and WSÁNEĆ languages. May his day be something that he is waiting for. I cannot thank you enough, Lord. 0000104009 00000 n It is a beautiful morning. Good morning, Lord. Just as “sorry” is shorthand for saying, “I’m sorry about what happened and I won’t let it happen again,” I understand my thanks for the “gift” of land, resources, opportunity, and life to signify that something has been activated by the words being spoken: “this gift is so valuable, and I have benefitted from it—I love it! Good morning. 0000008404 00000 n Amen. How is “hay’sxw’qa”, the WSÁNEĆ word for “thank you”, ever going to be enough? Another morning has come showing me so much hope. The transformer or creator, a person of legend, visited the existing world and changed things – though sometimes failing. Good morning, Father. I want to thank the people of the Ojibwe nation, but just as “visitation” exceeds the terms of what I’m doing here, the sentiments bound up in “thank you” are never enough. Click to … 0000277356 00000 n Sitting yesterday at the University of Victoria (an institution built on what was once a Lekwungen village), I got to thinking about the acknowledgements section of my Master’s Thesis, which I’m due to finish for August 2013. May I always have your blessing to fight against my demons. But, for these thanks to mean anything at all, giving thanks must be understood as an acknowledgment, and a promise: “Thank you, and… I’m listening, I’m learning, I’m decolonizing, I’m resisting, I’m taking direction from Indigenous leaders and struggles, I’m acknowledging myself as a settler….”. ( Log Out /  Thank you for another day filled with adventures and positive vibes. I also read one in which the student thanked members of her thesis writing group, thanking them for their “commiseration and companionship”. It makes me happy. I pray for you to heal from your past wounds and live every day to the fullest without any tension. 0000152482 00000 n Thank you for having me. You have always blessed me with everything that my heart strives for. xref ( Log Out /  Thank you, Lord. Lovely post. I have fallen many times but Lord, you have always helped me stand up on my feet giving me the strength I required. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. trailer 0000130365 00000 n It is a fresh start where I can clear my self-doubts and stand back up on my feet. In my search for language, and saying thank you in a way that felt like more than a glib “thank you” (said in English and done with ease), I learned my most humbling history lesson in my search for the word “thank you” in the Lekwungen and WSÁNEĆ languages. 0000130201 00000 n I pray for your peaceful and wonderful day every morning. I justify this space-making exercise because I think that acknowledging the difficult, and ultimately unsatisfactory nature of making “thanks” is timely and pressing. 0000293666 00000 n But when I received it, I didn’t realize it was stolen. endstream endobj 105 0 obj <>/Metadata 101 0 R/OutputIntents[<>]/Pages 100 0 R/StructTreeRoot 1 0 R/Type/Catalog>> endobj 106 0 obj <>/Pattern<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/Type/Page>> endobj 107 0 obj <> endobj 108 0 obj <>stream Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Good morning, Lord. @9�+pD�$�_���F@����Ab�2-��8%�N�x�_o��S �~5>u�~)6'|�`�hE�"j��5M̵떕��amX�k^6�5�;�y�.n�+�d�^�E����&u�� %����+jjR��ڒ��u��M��'�����"^Q��������"^Q�&5��B���"^Q�&��~^�:4��A���u��c��}���.�u�R`�9YF��~���*�qB�8�# �]� �i�� We also give thanks to the ancestors, supernatural ones, hereditary leaders and matriarchs, creatures big and small for looking after the rich resources and cultural teachings of this beautiful land. May her day be full of happiness. 0000106051 00000 n Currently popular pronunciations. ��;�C���5}��S�E�ID �IR!� 0000007614 00000 n Quickly on the heels of that treaty, the U.S. aggressively pushed for all First Nations to move West to get out of the way of settlement and development in the area. pronouncekiwi - How To Pronounce Lekwungen. 0000151974 00000 n 0000268036 00000 n 0000284346 00000 n 0000152637 00000 n 0000005706 00000 n 104 0 obj <> endobj I believe that, more often than not, the impetus to “thank” Indigenous peoples for the spoils of colonization already comes from a place of deep discomfort and recognition of the impossibly unjust story of our shared lives on Turtle Island. I accept that as an uninvited “guest”— an unwanted settler descendent from unwanted settlers—it is morally imperative that my “thanks” be active and unsettled in implication. 0000279686 00000 n 0000103750 00000 n “Thank-you” acknowledges the unjustness, the messy awful-ness of bearing witness to and benefiting from colonialism everyday. As I take space up to outline my relation with territory acknowledgments and thanks, I am conscious that I am taking space, time, and energy up to forward what is ultimately a settler problem (you make a mess, you clean it up, right?). How much more could Americans and British/Canadians have stolen? Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Listen to the audio pronunciation of Lekwungen on pronouncekiwi. These are the words we have learned from Ms. Sam this year at Brentwood. Good morning. 0000009797 00000 n It will never be enough. I’m not sure what to write exactly (whom do I privilege there to be thankfully acknowledged? 0000012084 00000 n Amen. Amen. 0000221755 00000 n 35 Cute Good Morning Wife – Messages And... 40 Romantic Good Morning Text To Your Crush... 40 Best Good Morning Monday Quotes To Start... 50 Best Thank You Messages for Birthday Wishes – Quotes And Notes. @2019 - EventGreetings.com - All Right Reserved. The “gift” of living on colonized territory demands a recognition of the ways that every settler of Turtle Island is morally obligated to think about the politics of living a settler life on occupied territory as a beneficiary of colonialism. My family and I arrived as guests who never intended to leave, settlers who never considered their settlement a form of occupation. Still, it’s something, right? 0000083744 00000 n 0000301821 00000 n 0000273861 00000 n However, in my research I learned, to my dismay, that Lekwungen is a “sleeping language”—there are no living, fluent, language speakers. I went home that night and asked my friend, “How patronizing is it to say, ‘we colonized your people, sent them away, beat the language out of your children, killed Lekwungen speakers for simply being Coast Salish, and now your language isn’t dead— no it’s just sleeping? This time of the day is not only suitable for prayers but also to be thankful and grateful for everything and everyone we have in our lives. 0000000016 00000 n I know that if the Lekwungen language is spoken again it will not be a result of it “waking up” from “sleep”. Thank you for taking the time to help me, it really meant a lot. Conscious settler ally thoughts… I appreciate this. I learned “migwetch”, then I learned “ani” and “boozhoo” for “hello” and then—then I thought of how faintly ridiculous I seemed, even to myself. 0000152552 00000 n 0000294831 00000 n May your power shine upon me today as I step out of this door with a heart that has only love and respect for you. When the sun comes out in the morning, it brings with it a chance for new opportunities and new beginnings. We are the worst kind of guests—we walked in like we owned the place! 0000130039 00000 n Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Thank you, God, for another beautiful day. My history background is paltry, but what I know is that the British promised a secure land holding to the Oneida because members of the Six Nations had been, primarily, allies to the British in the war with the Thirteen Colonies, during the American Revolution.

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