English is so hierarchical. In Cree, we don't have animate-inanimate comparisons between things. Animals have souls that are equal to ours. Rocks have souls, trees have souls. Trees are 'who,' not 'what. — Tomson Highway Copy Share Image
“But Gabriel saw people talking to the sky, the sky replying. And he knew he had to learn this dance. Someday soon, he may… — Tomson Highway Copy Share Image
“if machipoowamoowin, bad dream power, was obvioulsy powerful enough to snuff out a human life, then would not mithoopoowamoowin, good dream power, be as… — Tomson Highway Copy Share Image
“Yes, but Father," he wanted to say from the back seat of a rapidly filling bus, "you never told us how to spend time… — Tomson Highway Copy Share Image
“Yet he knew that destiny played with lives; the most a parent could do was help steer.” — Tomson Highway Copy Share Image
“The Trickster, of course," Gabriel finally answered himself, "Weesageechak for sure. The clown who bridges humanity and God - a God who laughs, a… — Tomson Highway Copy Share Image
There's a major fault in Western society. It makes room for only one god, and in only one gender. There's no balance, no co-existence,… — Tomson Highway Copy Share Image
“Wars start when two parties haven't taken the time to learn each other's tongues” — Tomson Highway Copy Share Image
“These church-goers," Gabriel felt obliged to fill the silence, "they talk about respect, and love and peace and all that jazz, and the minute… — Tomson Highway Copy Share Image
“I mean, if Native languages have no gender, then why should we? And why, for that matter, should God?” — Tomson Highway Copy Share Image
English is so hierarchical. In Cree, we don't have animate-inanimate comparisons between things. Animals have souls that are equal to ours. Rocks have souls,… — Tomson Highway Copy Share Image
