Blog Post mus

I had a lot of things to say about this picture. About our children playing, hearing their mothers speak the language behind them. Letting them be theirselves on the land and surrounded by love. About how much that means to me, to us.

But I have trouble finding the words today. Today, National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. Or maybe there are too many words. And on hard days I come back to the language, to my children, and try to put those pieces back together again.

əts ha' stim iʔ scəcmalaʔ - every child matters
yaʕyáʕt iʔ scəcmálaʔ x̌aʔx̌áʔ - all children are sacred

The Syilx Indian Residential School Experience
https://www.syilx.org/wellness/indian-residential-school/

Orange Shirt Day
https://www.orangeshirtday.org/

Indian Residential School Survivors Society
https://www.irsss.ca/

Read the 94 Calls to Action by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission:
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/.../calls_to_action_english2.pdf