1. My Understanding of
... Roman Orthography. Some Cree words are used in the poem: nahkom (my grandma) and nimosam (my grandpa), isistwina (teachings), mtotsn (sweating-tent also called a sweatlodge) and kimoti (stealing). The theme of the poem is that her traditions are being lost or alienated, and she needs the Pope to talk to the Government to help her and her people retain and protect ... because the Government might listen to him. For this reason she asks the Pope for help. This is ironic, because in the past, the Catholics (Christian missionaries), with the help of the Government, tried to take away her gr...
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