ᐊᕐᓇᕐᔪᐃᓐᓇᖅ
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ᐊᕐᓇᕐᔪᐃᓐᓇᖅ
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Illustrations by Mike Mots copyright © 2015 Inhabit Media Inc.
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Pelagie Owlijoot
Neil Christopher
Louise Flaherty
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ISBN: 978-1-77227-113-3
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ᐅᓂᑉᑳᖅᑐᖅ ᑖᓄ ᐅᓗᐊᓪᓗᐊᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᐃᒃ ᒧᑦ
ᐊᑖᑖᑕ ᐱᔪᒪᓚᐅᖅᑕᖕᒋᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᒃᖢᓂ.ᑖᒻᓇ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ ᑎᒍᒥᐊᖅᑕᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᐱᐅᑉ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᓚᐅᕐᒪᒍ, ᓇᒡᓕᒍᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥᓄᑦ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥᓄᓪᓗ ᐊᑖᑕᒥᓂᒃ.
ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓂᖅ ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᖄᖏᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᑖᓄ ᐅᓗᐊᓪᓗᐊᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒐᑉᑯ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓄᓕᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᖓ ᐃᓐᓇᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᐱᖅᓱᕆᐊᖅᑐᖅᖢᖕᒐ ᐅᓂᑉᑳᖅᑐᐊᑐᖃᕐᓂᒃ. ᑖᓄ ᐅᓂᑉᑳᖅᑐᐊᖅᑎᓪᓚᕆᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ. ᐊᒥᖅᑳᖃᑎᖃᖅᑕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᓗᐃᒃᑲᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᐃᕐᓕᖕᒋᖦᖢᓂ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐱᓐᓂᑯᐃᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐅᓂᑉᑳᖅᑐᐊᒥᐊᓂᒃ. ᑐᓂᐅᖅᑲᐃᕙᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓂᕐᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᕝᕕᖃᐃᓇᖅᐸᒃᖢᓂ ᐊᕐᓕᐊᕋᓗᐊᕈᒥ. ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᖄᖕᒋᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᑖᓄ ᐅᖃᓗᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᓱᐊᖅᖢᓂᖕᒐ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᒥᒃ. ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᑦᑎᐊᖅᐸᕋ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒥᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᒋᐊᕋᑉᑯ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᑦᑎᐊᒥᐊᓚᐅᕋᒪ. ᐅᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᓱᓕᕆᓗᐊᕈᓐᓇᐃᕌᖓᒥ ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᓕᐅᖅᑕᓂᕋᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᐃᓂᒃ ᐅᓂᑉᑳᖅᑐᓂᒃ, ᒪᒃᑯᓂᖓᕋᓗᒃ ᐱᕈᔨᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᓪᓗ ᐱᖖᒍᐊᕈᓰᓂᒃ. ᐊᓐᓂᕈᓱᖕᒪᑦ ᑕᒪᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᑐᖃᐃᓪᓗ ᕿᒪᒃᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᑕ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑐᓄᑦ ᐳᐃᒍᖅᑕᐅᔭᕆᐊᖃᙱᒻᒪᑕᓗ. ᐊᐱᖅᓱᑕᓚᐅᖅᑳᖅᖢᒍ ᐊᒥᓱᐃᖅᖢᒍ ᐅᔾᔨᕆᓚᐅᖅᐸᕋ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᕐᔪᐊᕐᓂᖕᒐᓂᒃ ᕿ’ᒥᕐᓂᒃ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᓕᓚᐅᖅᐸᕗᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᓕᐅᖅᖢᑕ ᑲᒥᖕᒥᒃ: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᕿ’ᒥᓗᐊᕐᔪᖁᑖ ᐅᓂᑉᑳᖅᑐᐊᖅ. ᑖᒻᓇ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ ᐱᓪᓚᕆᒋᔭᐅᓕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᑦᑕᐅᓂᖅᐹᖑᖃᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓈᓂ. ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᑦᑎᐊᓚᐅᖅᖢᓂᓗ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᖃᑉᓗᓈᑎᑑᖅᑐᕐᓗ ᐃᓄᒃᑑᖅᑐᕐᓗ. ᐅᑭᐅᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐱᐊᓂᖕᒪᑕ ᑖᓄ ᐃᖢᕐᕆᑦᑎᐊᕈᓐᓇᐃᖅᑕᓕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐸᓂᐊ ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᐃᓴᑭᐊᖅ ᓂᐱᓕᐅᕆᑦᑕᓕᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᖕᒋᓐᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ. ᑖᓄ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓇᐃᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᐱᓕᕆᑐᐃᓐᓇᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᓴᐱᓕᙱᖦᖢᓂ
ᖁᔭᓕᕗᖕᒐ ᐱᔪᓐᓇᖅᑎᑕᐅᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓕᕐᓗᒍ ᑖᓄ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒋᓗᒍ ᐃᓕᓴᐱ ᑖᒃᑯᐊᓗ ᑖᓅᑉ ᐃᓚᓗᒃᑖᖕᒋᑦ. ᓃᓪ ᑯᕆᔅᑕᕗ ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ 2015 ᑐᕌᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᑐᐃᓂᖅ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᐅᖕᒪᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᕆᔭᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᒋᔭᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᐊᓄᑦ. ᑕᐃᒪ ᑖᒻᓇ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ ᑐᕌᖅᑎᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᒧᑦ ᐃᓅᓱᒃᑐᐊᕐᔪᖕᒧᑦ ᐊᑦᑎᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒧᑦ ᐅᓗᐊᓪᓗᐊᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓇᐃᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑖᓄ ᐅᓗᐊᓪᓗᐊᖅ ᕋᐃᒪᓐ ᐅᓗᐊᓪᓗᐊᖅ ᐆᑦᑐᕙᖕᒧᑦ. ᑖᒻᓇ ᑐᕌᕐᒥᔪᖅ ᑖᓅᑉ ᐃᕐᖑᑕᐃᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐃᓗᓖᓄᑦ. 5
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ᐊᒥᖅᑲᖃᑎᒋᓂᐊᖅᑕᕋ ᐱᓪᓗᐊᕕᖕᓂᑯ. ᐱᓐᓂᑰᔪᖅ ᓄᑕᕋᐅᑎᓪᓗᖕᒐ.
ᐅᓂᑉᑳᖅ
ᓄᓇᕘᒥ,
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ᐱᓐᓂᑯ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᑉ ᓴᓂᐊᓂ
1940-ᒥ.
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ᐱᖃᓐᓈᒃᑲᓗ ᒪᓪᕉᒃ ᐱᙳᐊᓚᐅᕋᑉᑕ ᓯᒡᔭᒥ. ᑲᓇᔪᖅᓯᐅᖅᖢᑕ.
ᐱᖃᓐᓈᕐᒪ ᐱᖃᑖ ᑎᒃᑯᐊᖅᑐᖅᖢᓂ ᑕᕆᐅᒧᑦ ᐃᕆᐊᓪᓚᖕᒪᑦ, “ᑕᒃᑰᒍᓇ!” ᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᐃᒫᓃᑦᑐᖅ ᐅᕙᑉᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᐅᑐᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ. ᖃᓂᑐᒐᔮᖑᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᐃᒻᒪᖄ ᖁᓕᑦ ᐃᑎᒐᐃᑦ ᑎᐊ’ᓇᑐᑦ. 13
ᑖᒻᓇ ᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᓂᕝᔮᖕᒋᒥᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᖁᖑᑐᙱᕋᓗᒥᐊᖅᑐᖅ. ᑕᐅᑑᔭᒥᐊᓚᐅᕐᒪᑎᒍᑦ
ᐱᖖᒍᐊᖅᑎ’ᔪᑕ. ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᕋ ᐃᓂᖁᓇᖅᑐ’ᔪᐊᖅ, ᑮᓈ ᖃᑯᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᓄᔭᐃᓗ ᑲᔪᖅᖢᑎᒃ.
ᓄᔭᐃ ᕿᖅᑯᐊᖑᔮᒻᒫᖅᖢᑎᒃ.
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“ᑭᓇᐅᕕᑦ?” ᐃᕆᐊᓚᒃᐸᕋ ᐊᕐᓇᖅ. ᓂᕝᔨᖕᒋᒥᐊᖅᖢᓂ. ᐃᒫᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᓂ ᑕᐅᑑᔭᖅᑐᐃᓐᓇᒥᐊᖅᖢᓂᑎᒍᑦ ᐳᒃᑕᓪᓛᕋᐅᔭᒥᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᒫᓂ. ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓱᓕᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᕋᑉᑕ ᕿᒫᓕᖅᖢᑕ ᐊᖅᐸᓕᐅᓕᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐅᕙᑉᑎ’ᓄᑦ. 17
ᐅᕙᒍᒋᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᐅᖕᒐᓯᒃᑐ’ᔫᖕᒪᑦ ᓯᒡᔭᒥᑦ ᐊᖅᐸᖃᑦᑖᓕᖅᐳᒍᑦ ᐅᕙᑉᑎ’ᓄᑦ.
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ᐅᖃᕈᐊᒧᑦ ᓱᓇᒥᒃ ᑕᑯ’ᒪᖕᒑᑉᑕ.
ᑭᓯᐊᓂ, ᑎᑭᖅᑲᖅᑎ’ᓇᑕ ᑐᐱᑉᑎ’ᓄᑦ ᐳᐃᒍᖅᖢᑕ ᓲᖅ ᕿᒫᒡᒪᖕᒑᑉᑖ. 20
ᐅᑭᐅᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᐱᐊᓂᒃᖢᓂ ᐱᖃᓐᓈᒃᑲᓗ
ᐃᖅᑲᐃᑦᑐᐊᑕᐃᓐᓇᖅᖢᑕ
ᓱᓇᒥᒃ ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᒡᒪᖔᑉᑖ
ᑕᕆᐅᒥ. ᐅᖃᐅᑎᒐᑉᑎᒍ ᐊᖕᒐᔪᖅᑳᕗᑦ ᐊᓈᑦᑖᑯᓪᓗ ᐊᕐᓇᕐᒥᒃ
ᑕᕆᐅᒥ ᐊᑎᐊᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ. ᐊᑎᖃᕐᓂᕋᓚᐅᒑᑦ
ᐊᕐᓇᔪᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥᒃ. ᐅᖃᒻᒫᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑕᕆᐅᒻᖒᖅ ᐃᓄᐊ.
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ᑕᑯᓪᓗᐊᕕᓚᐅᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᕐᔪᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥᒃ ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂ. ᐱᖓᓱᑎᒍᑦ ᓄᑕᕋᐅᓚᐅᕋᑉᑕ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᐃᓐᓇᔪᔭᕗᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᖅ ᑕᕆᐅᒥ. 25 24
ᐊᖕᒐᔪᖅᑳᑉᑕ ᐅᖃᐅᑎᒻᒫᖅᖢᑕ ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂᓴᕉᖅ
ᑕᕆᐅᑉ ᐃᓄᐃᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᒐᔪᒃᑐᓚᐅ’ᔫᒡᒪᑕ.
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ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᓄᑕᕋᐅᓚᐅᕋᒪ ᑕᑯᓇᓵᒡᒍᔪ’ᔪᓕᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ.
ᕿ’ᒥᓗᐊᕐᔪᖁᑖ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᖕᒍᑉᓗᓂ
ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᓕᐊᖑᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᑖᒃᑯᓇᙵᑦ
ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᖕᒋᓐᓂᑦ.
ᑖᓄ ᐅᓗᐊᓪᓗᐊᖅ ᐃᓐᓇᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ
ᐱᕈᖅᓴᔭᐅᑉᓗᓂᓗ
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ
ᒪᖃᐃᑉᐸᒃᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ
ᐃᓐᓇᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᒻᒪᕆᒃᑯᓐᓂ ᐅᑭᐅᓄᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ. ᓄᖅᑲᖅᓯᒪᓕᖅᖢᓂ ᓂᐱᓕᐅᕆᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᓚᐅᖅᒪᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᐅᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃ ᓴᖅᑭᑎᑕᐅᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ
ᐊᑐᒐᒃᓴᐅᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ.
ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ ᓄᓇᕘᒥ. ᐃᓅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᕐᕕᐊᓂ
ᐊᓈᑖᕐᒥᑦᓄᑦ, ᑕᐃᑉᓱᒪᓂ
ᐃᓄᓪᓚᕆᐅᑎ’ᔪᒋᑦ ᓄᓇᐃᓐᓇᕐᒥ
ᐊᓐᓂᐅᒪᓂᓗᒃᖢᑎᒃ.
ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᑉᑎᓐᓄᑦ
ᑲᒥᒃ: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ
ᖁᕕᐊᒋᔭᖃᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖅᑎᑦᑎᓂᕐᒥᒃ ᒪᒃᑯᑐᓂᒃ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᒥᓂᒃᑕᐅᖅ ᐋᒥᖅᑳᖃᑎᖃᖁᑉᓗᒋᑦ ᑭᖑᕚᕆᓂᐊᖅᑕᒥᒃᓄᑦ. ᑖᓄ ᐅᓗᐊᓪᓗᐊᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᑖᓄ ᐅᓗᐊᓪᓗᐊᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᔪᖃᖅᓯᑉᓗᓂ ᑕᑯᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᕐᒥᒃ ᑕᕆᐅᒥ. 28