Mine got raided by the RCMP

Learning my ancestral language has affirmed that my ancestors were geniuses and English is a dumb colonial mess of a language

Sorry I was too busy getting arrested to network

Like... is a bake sale gonna solve missing 2 years of retirement saving? And then I'm also like lol bitch you don't even have running water

I feel like I need to stop learning the language and go back to working in a cubicle, until my body gives out. Why do I feel selfish and guilty for wanting to learn the language? Being in community and being in poverty scares me so much. Sometimes I panic and think I need to be anywhere but here

I have a chronic illness. I feel like, I don't have many years left of physical ability left. I'm scared I'm spending the last few years of physical ability I have left in a job situation that is wasting the time I have left. I feel like I should be working and saving money... I'm struggling.

Like I wish people understood the sacrifice language students are making in these programs. We only have 7 students, trying to become advanced speakers of a critically endangered language. Students sacrifice because this is all there is. This is what it's like to undo intergenerational trauma

We are not eligible for OSAP, secondary school education funding from the band, bursaries, or scholarships. Our stipend does not count as income, so we do not collect CPP, contribute to EI, or have any worker protections. Being a language student is an incredibly vulnerable place to be in.

Students in programs like these don't pay tuition, however, we do recieve a stipend of $450/week to participate. Our class time is approximately 28 hours a week, 9-3 M-F. It's a big time commitment and it's incredibly difficult to have another job and do the required studying outside of class time

Respectfully, no.

oyę:deht gyę:gwa' hesyędei tsęhne' heyędei aheswa̱hęhǫh hęhne:'. Sadahǫ́:dǫ: gyę:gwa' i:se: asęnǫdǫh.

Sade:kǫ́:nih o'da' si̱he: hni' Matt Walker