All My Relations was written by Opolahsomuwehs to provide a brief explanation of Wolastoqey worldviews and to help us understand the interrelatedness of all creation. It is important to note this  interrelatedness is inherent in the Wolastoqey language.

All My relations audio


​Nkisi Tehc / Can Do's

Upon completion of this lesson,

Tpostomun Latuwewakon/ Listening to Wolastoqey

  • Participants can recognize terminology for animals, trees, plants
  • Participants can listen to stories and songs and recognize familiar terms, rhythms and inflections
 
Wolastoqewatu/ Speaking Wolastoqey

  • Participants can sing a song about my relations
  • Participants can talk about the gift of harmony within creation
 
Okitomon Latuwewakon/ Reading Wolastoqey

  • Participants can read short sentences
  • Participants can recognize language features in various texts
 
Wikhomon Latuwewakon/ Writing Wolastoqey

  • Participants can participate in a short play while learning Wolastoqey
  • Participants can write with confidence short sentences

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Land Acknowledgement

We would like to acknowledge that the Wolastoq Language and Culture Center is located on the traditional unceded and unsurrendered territory of Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet). This territory is covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship which Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) first signed with the British Crown in 1725. The treaties did not deal with surrender of lands and resources but in fact recognized Wolastoqey title and established the rules for what was to be an ongoing relationship between nations.

"We are directed by the government to tell you that the English have no design to take your country or any of your lands from you: or to deprive you of any of your just Rights or Privileges"
(November, 1720, English Treaty Commissioner).

Note: The treaty Commissioners were appointed by the British Crown to negotiate treaties with Wabanaki nations in the 1700s. The Wabanaki nations included the Wolastoqiyik, Mi'kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscots.
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