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Words Matter: Everyday Phrases with Indigenous Roots (and What to Say Instead)
Have you ever caught yourself saying a phrase and wondered where it really came from? Many expressions we use in everyday conversation have deep roots in Indigenous knowledge, history and relationship building; some are appropriate and deeply historical, for example, did you know the phrase"Bury the hatchet" is from the formation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy when we buried our weapons beneath the Tree of Peace? And yet, there are many other phrases that are deeply harmfu
Kiera Brant-Birioukov
Nov 31 min read
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