Photo, Cenotaph at Batoche National Historic Site-B

Dublin Core

Title

Photo, Cenotaph at Batoche National Historic Site-B

Identifier

CHA-01-A-0003- (31)

Description

Cenotaph at gates of Batoche National Historic Site. The Cenotaph reads:

EN NISPRII MIINA CHI
MOOSH KINITOYAAK OOMA
LA ZHOORNII LI JHISWIT DI
JOOYET DEU MIL JIS
AEN KISHKISHIYAAK PI MIINA
L’ONEUR AEN MIYAYAKOOK
AYKWANIKIK LEU VII KA KII
MAEKICHIK AKOOSHPII LII MICHIF
KA NOOTINIKAYCHIK EN MIL WIT
SAAN KAATR VAEN SAENK
A BATOCHE

NIIYANAAN LII SOLDAA KII
NIPONAAN POOR LI CANADA.

NIIYANAAN LII PRAMYAYR
NAASYOON KII NOPONAAN
POOR NUTR FRAYR PI NUTR
SOER LII MICHIF

NIIYANAAN MIINA KI
TIPAYMISHONAAN PI MIINA KI
PAASHPINAAN POOR TOUT BOON

In English, this translates to:

In spirit we reconcile
on this day of July 18, 2010
As we honour those who lost
their lives in the 1885 North West Resistance
We the Métis, died for
Our home and our land
We, the soldiers
Died for Canada
We, the First Nations
Died for our Métis brothers and sisters
We are now forever free.

Publisher

Métis Legal Research and Education Foundation, 2023

Date

July 19, 2019

Rights

All Rights Reserved, Métis Legal Research and Education Foundation, 2023