LAND – BEGINNER
Instructions: Hover over and click the large dark green leaves to learn about Indigenous Peoples’ relationship to the land or how to say “thank you” in some Indigenous languages.
We offer thanks (gratitude) to nature.
We show respect to the land by taking care of it.
The land helps us breathe.
kinanâskomitin = I thank you
Nêhiyawak
Plains Cree
Marsee = Thank you
Michif
Métis
The land provides us food and shelter.
Indigenous languages and knowledge connect to the land.
Indigenous stories and ceremonies are connected to the land.
The land is like our mother.
Chet kw’enmantúmi = We Thank you
Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh sníchim
Squamish Language
hay ch qa’ = Thank you
hul'q'umi'num'
Coast Salish
Niá:wen = Thank you
Kanien'kéha
Mohawk
Mahsi’ choo = Thank you very much
Gwich’in
Nitsiniiyi'taki = I thank you
Kainai
Blackfoot
Yawʌko - A big thank you
Haudenosaunee Confederacy
Oneida
Nakurmiik = Thank you
Inuktitut (INUIT)
South Qikiqtaaluk