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