Computer Art: IIYIYIYU Article 14 FEB1 2013

iiyiyiuyimiu (she speaks Cree)

Once upon a time, 

at an event in MTL,

being slightly nervous, 

I read this article out loud,

Spoken in the language** of my ancestors.

Amanda T. Sam,
Title: IIYIYIYU Article 14 FEB1 2013
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English Version://Article 14

1. "Indigenous peoples have the right to establish and control their educational systems and institutions providing education in their own languages, in a manner appropriate to their cultural methods of teaching and learning.
   
2. Indigenous individuals, particularly children, have the right to all levels and forms of education of the State without discrimination.
   
3. States shall, in conjunction with indigenous peoples, take effective measures, in order for indigenous individuals, particularly children, including those living outside their communities, to have access, when possible, to an education in their own culture and provided in their own language."
   
   
   - Article 14, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 

   
   

   URL: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf
   
   

**I am very grateful for learning the language from my teachers, my late-grandparents Nancy & Ronnie. Everyday offers a better understanding on how to maintain language and its teachings...