Say It First


Indigenous Language Revitalization

My Language is Me
My Language is Me
My Language is My Culture
My Language is My Culture
My language is My Community
My language is My Community
My Language is Wellness
My Language is Wellness
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Je Ne Peux Pas Dormir**

Recommended for 3-6 year olds.

All Owl wants to do is go to sleep. He keeps getting bothered by the other animals of the forest being injured by garbage left by people not respecting Mother Earth. After the trash is cleaned up, it looks like Owl can get some shut eye, or can he?

This book helps to introduce concepts around putting the trash in the right places to keep our house and yard safe. The poor Owl keeps helping others and all he wants to do is sleep.

Be sure to watch the videos of Elders reading our stories. Books with video have an *. Books for the Aurasma app and video have two **

Je Ne Peux Pas Dormir:

Attention aux déchets (video)

Recommended for beginner learners up to six year olds

Know What You Throw: Jennifer and Ian can’t take it anymore, their forest is getting loaded with litter and it is starting to stink. Listen in as Jennifer teaches Ian how to help keep Mother Earth healthy so she can take care of us. Reduce, reuse, recycle and compost.

Be sure to watch the videos of Elders reading our stories. Books with video have an *. Books for the Aurasma app and video have two **

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Les Visiteurs**

Recommended for beginner learners up to six year olds

Visitors: Matt and Brad discuss beings from ‘Beyond the Sky’. This story documents one version of the belief that the clan system originate from seven Spirits represented by seven stars. As they perform their duty on Earth, they go back into the stars to form the Big Dipper.

Be sure to watch the videos of Elders reading our stories. Books with video have an *. Books for the Aurasma app and video have two **

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Fais Quelque Chose! (video)

Recommended for beginner learners.

My mother always said I was not to use the phrase I am bored. In this spirit, this book has been written to inspire children to use their imagination to open up a new world.

Be sure to watch the videos of Elders reading our stories. Books with video have an *. Books for the Aurasma app and video have two **

 

Fais Quelque Chose!:

 

 

The Promise of Language

Identity  Culture  Community  Wellness 

"What one cannot argue is that the First Nations' languages are travelling well along the road to extinction. They are having a near death experience and will cease to exist if not acted upon by an external force. This defeat is a given, like it or not."

"My deep concern is that the Native population is running out of time and we are at the last place in time to attempt a recovery before these natural resources are gone forever"

"One thing we can do to change the erosion of language and culture is to digitize the older peoples' knowledge and incorporate it in a way that this information will get consumed by the younger generation"

Mike Parkhill Signature

Mike Parkhill,
Founder, SayITFirst

Try the new Conjugator for Mi’Kmaw and Maliseet

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Until now, conjugated verbs in dictionaries could only be found by their root word. This FNEII Project sponsored by the Department of Canadian Heritage was developed by SayitFirst to provide the ability to conjugate verbs in Mi’Kmaw and Maliseet and look up verbs without knowing the root. 
Try it and send your feedback or corrections to us at mikepark@sayitfirst.ca as we continuously improve this new app.
Thank you.
Mike Parkhill

'Life Is Not Easy - Laughter Means Survival'

A Seven Generations Education Institute project funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Laughter isn’t just a part of Anishinaabe culture, it was described by Tommy White as a survival mechanism, much like water, food, and shelter. All of the stories in this book are the results of the effort to capture funny, real life recollections from over 30 Elders across the Treaty #3 Territory.

A very special thanks to Gilbert Smith, Adik clan, Naicatchewenin First Nation for his guidance, Kristy Cameron for her interpretation for the cover and Carol Anderson for her extensive editing. 

Thank you for all those who showed the courage to be interviewed for this book and for the translators showing respect in the translations of other people’s stories.

Click on the cover image for a free download of 'Life Is Not Easy - Laughter Means Survival'.

Life Is Not Easy Book Cover