Like other Indigenous people in the early stages of reclaiming traditions, Kristi Talbot, a Mohawk woman with ties to the Six Nations community in Ontario, is prioritizing language revitalization.
“I’ve been taught by elders that passing on the language strengthens [our] values, as our traditions are woven into every word,” said Talbot, 32.
“As my mother broke generational curses herself, I hope to continue on that trend and do the same.”
Talbot, who is a new mother, is translating nursery rhymes into Kanien’keha (Mohawk) to share with her daughter and other families. It’s part of the process of bringing inherited blood memory of culture and language
