'Seeing our language at this level warms my heart'
, where they were taught English and forbidden to speak their mother tongue or else face severe punishments. “Residential schools were a systematic, government-sponsored attempt to destroy Aboriginal cultures and languages and to assimilate Aboriginal peoples so that they no longer existed as distinct peoples,” the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada said in its“More than a century of cultural genocide has left most Aboriginal languages on the verge of extinction.
“People everywhere will be reminded when they see the syllabics on Ethan’s jersey to have courage, be confident and be brave.” Wow, beautiful!!! #74 Ethan Bear wearing his Jersey with his last name in Cree Syllabics "Muskwa". Gives me goosebumps.
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