A First Nations lawmaker in Ontario, Canada, has addressed the province’s legislature in Anishininiimowin, in a move that repudiates a centuries-long colonial “war” on Indigenous languages. Sol Mamakwa, a New Democratic Party member from the community of Kingfisher Lake First Nation, gave the province’s first-ever Indigenous-language speech in Queen’s Park, adding that the “historic” milestone […]
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A First Nations lawmaker in Ontario, Canada, has addressed the province’s legislature in Anishininiimowin, in a move that repudiates a centuries-long colonial “war” on Indigenous languages. Sol Mamakwa, a New Democratic Party member from the community of Kingfisher Lake First Nation, gave the province’s first-ever Indigenous-language speech in Queen’s Park, adding that the “historic” milestone
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