Chelsea Vowel

Apr 11, 2024 | yarrowmag.com | Jordan Abel |Chelsea Vowel

❀Notes:1. nêhiyawêwin doesn’t have specific names for Spanish or Portuguese as the colonizers on these lands were using different pîtosipîkiskwêwina/foreign languages. 2. nikihci-âniskotâpanak: my ancestors/descendants. I’m not just yearning for the past, I’m claiming space for future generations who will once again be multilingual in our languages. As is always my practice, I respect nêhiyawêwin spelling conventions by not using capital letters. 3.