Wise Man Words About Indigenous Peoples

in indigenous-peoples •  7 years ago 


English is so hierarchical. In Cree, we don't have animate-inanimate comparisons between things. Animals have souls that are equal to ours. Rocks have souls, trees have souls. Trees are 'who,' not 'what.
Author: Tomson Highway

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