The art of Storytelling is essential to cultural preservation particularly within the first and original language of the storytellers.  In this lesson, Wolastoqey stories will be shared as well as the storytellers of past and present. It is our hope that these stories will guide learners to experience Wolastoqey worldview steeped in ancestral memoirs and passed on to each generation to convey cultural traditions expressed in the primary language of Wolastoqey. 

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Nkisi Tehc / Can Do's

Upon completion of this lesson...

​​Tpostomon Latuwewakon/ Listening to Wolastoqey

  • I can hear and recognize story telling expressions of emotions
  • I can distinguish storytelling styles
 
Wolastoqewatu/ Speak Wolastoqey

  • I can repeat the dialogue
  • I can recite the stories
 
Okitomon/ Read Wolastoqey

  • I can read the stories with confidence!
  • I can distinguish singular and plural forms within the dialogues and stories
 
Wikhomon/ Write Wolastoqey

  • I can write short sentences
  • I can write invitations and design posters in Wolastoqey

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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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