A Wolastoqi elder is launching her latest project to try to preserve her language and share her culture. Opolahsomuwehs, whose English name is Imelda Perley, has a new children’s book out, written in Wolastoqey, Mi’kmaw and English.
Woliwon ‘Koselomulpa! will be given to every baby born in N.B.
Jennifer Sweet · CBC News
· Posted: Sep 30, 2024 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: September 30
Wolastoqi elder Imelda Perley with some of the special objects she planned to bring to her book launch Monday at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. (Jennifer Sweet/CBC)
A Wolastoqi elder is launching her latest project to try to preserve her language and share her culture.
Opolahsomuwehs, whose English name is Imelda Perley, has a new children’s book out, written in Wolastoqey, Mi’kmaw and English.
It’s called Woliwon ‘Koselomulpa! Thank you. I love you all!
“I chose Sept. 30 [for the launch] because it’s for those first 215 who didn’t get to come home and be read to in their language in a loving way,” said Perley.
She was referring to the children whose remains were discovered in 2021, in an unmarked mass grave on a former residential school property in Kamloops, B.C.
Sept. 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, meant to acknowledge the atrocities of the residential school system.
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