18:00 You tried to teach the Chinese lady the Cree for "hello", which is "Danseh". It reminds me of the bit in the song by the Canadian band Men Without Hats, "The Safety Dance", a worldwide hit in the 80s. After he sings, "We can dance!" the girl yells "Dancez!" which is French for "Dance!" but it sounds the same as "Danseh". Did the Cree think she was saying, "Hello."? th-cam.com/video/0QDKLglEP5Y/w-d-xo.html (28 seconds in)
I’m not Cree, I’m Lakota. But I treat all tribes as my Brothers and Sisters. This made me emotional, and it’s a beautiful testament to preserving the culture of my peoples. Thank you Ari.
I'm half Irish and half Lakota, every Lakota is my brother and sister and every single member of every single other tribe I consider my brothers and sisters too. I know some of my relatives call them cousins tho, so I call them my cousins too.I found his videos cuz I was learning Chinese and never expected this. Makes me very happy.
@orang1921 That...that makes no sense. Lakota IS Sioux. Sioux is the name of the Lakota that the US government gave us when they were "logging" all the diff tribes and just renaming them for no good reason. And yes, every single culture waaaayyyyy back in the day warred and tried to conquer every other one. From Africa to Asia to Europe and to the Americas. Its.....it's not like that anymore. You do realize that, right? That we are all friends now? We no longer go to war and rape and pillage if we want to live somewhere else? We just.....move? Are you OK?
Xiaoma speaking Cree, then switches to Chinese and teaches the Chinese woman how to say “Hello” in Cree to her customers, then teaches the Cree man how to say “Thank You” in Chinese. Just, wow. 😳❤️ Like Xiaoma said, “Bringing the world together.” 💯
Y wife is chinese and taught math and science in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan. I was blown away when they went the Chinese restaurant OMG. Amazing. The Chinese people are everywhere. I thank you for going and doing it was a great idea to have you as their guest. It works. I have a great respect for first Nations people. They are the best. I love your show. Thanks
This is now one of my favorite videos from Ari. Thank you for having him come meet your people. I hope I have the opportunity to meet your people some day too.
Good job bro. The ending was powerful. Language immersion is so important. And AI might help sometime in the future but for now the elders, uncles and auntys are the way to go.
Truly hope, it'll bring young people to learn the old languages and revive their usage! I remember once watching a woman doing birch biting art in Vancouver and still remember it vividly, because it was so awesome and fascinating. The old cultures have so much wisdom and knowledge, which I hope will be rediscovered.
What an amazing video.... much respect to you and your people for trying to keep your language and traditions for the future generations .... I pray your language and traditions will always be here and your people will always happy. 💜
When she was expressing that if he can learn that they can teach their children, broke my heart. Do not lose your culture. It’s beautiful. Its unique. It’s needed.
My eyes welled up... who's crying.. not me. It touched my heart and it was awesome of Ari to make the trip and promote the Cree language. All cultures and languages are beautiful and should be respected and honored.
It’s sad- not just Cree, but many languages around the world are disappearing. These languages, many of which aren’t written either, probably stretch back to the beginnings of humans on earth, and they end up lost forever when too few people speak them.
@@BGeezy4sheezythe thing is entire ethnicities will be alerased as people arent having enough children to replace the people who die. South korea, japan are said to be very few left in only 3 generations from now. In north america we are just under par so still in a deficit. We still rely on immigration (as we always have) although I believe the federal programs in Canada do support families to get larger as they can afford to be off work and get the child supplement ongoing. My mom didnt have anyone to speak ukrainian in our house and her grandma always said she spoke it wrong so she didnt practice as much. Theres still hope for me!
As an Indigenous person who doesn’t know their native tongue this made me emotional. Please learn more and share the beauty of North American Indigenous Languages. Thank you. Edit: I was adopted at birth so if I ever find my tribe I’ll learn my language. Thanks for all the encouraging comments.
@@oxliplanguages are fascinating. ive been considering picking up nahuatl as of late despite not being indigenous to any extent. something about it really draws me in
@Akari_Reinhart That's not strictly true, sorry but you need to travel around Wales more. I'm English and have lived all over Wales. If you go down the west of North, Mid and South Wales, you'll find majority of small towns/villages, their first language is Welsh, especially amongst the farming communities. I met dozens of elderly Welsh folk who struggled struggled to speak fluent English and rightly so. The Welsh language is actually on the rise, more Welsh speaking schools and teachers. Yes the Rhondda is predominantly English speaking, I live in Porth, but in my experience there are still lots of Welsh speakers in Wales and that's a good thing. I've not been to Aberdare for years, a bit scary driving over Maerdy mountain in the fog and rain lol. 👍
Many don’t bother in Aberdare, elsewhere it’s a different story. But as for main language, Wales is no different from the rest of the UK. Germanic is the main language group.
@@AzuraeLyonheartIt’s been English because of the English control of Wales. Same goes for Ireland and Scotland. Before England’s control, they all had their own languages that they mainly spoke. The reason everybody primarily speaks English is because of the English and their control over so many nations at one point in time
You made a grown man cry Ari, I used to be a hater but after watching some of your videos I realized that the hate was unwarranted. You're connecting people and uplifting Indigenous people from around the world. It's beautiful man ❤
For some they see this as cultural appropriation because hes white instead of seeing an inquisitive young man with a mind for languages that not only learns them but learns about the cultures and traditions.
I got emotional watching this. It makes me wanna study Hawaiian…my grandma was the last to speak it fluently and none of my family has tried to keep it up. Beautiful stuff!
my great grandfather was the last in my family to speak 'ōlelo. he actually helped preserve our language in dictionaries and other books! here's to both of us reconnecting
Do it!! You can relight the fire in your family and other connections. It’s a beautiful gift to give to yourself and others, and to honor the people who came before you.
As a Canadian it disgusts me how much our government doesn't care about Native languages, you have done more with this video to promote Cree than our government has done, I thank you for learning and promoting this beautiful language.
They pay millions every year to help preserve the languages. They've even gone so far as paying scholars to anglocize an alphabet for a lot of First Nations languages so that they can be used more widely. I listen to a native owned radio station and every day they have vignettes teaching you words and Cree, Blackfoot, Sioux, and a couple other languages, and that's paid for by the government of Canada. Maybe save your disgust for what they actually do.
@@frankvonfraunerhow about ignoring the mass graves? How about leaving indigenous people to live with no real support and no clean drinking water? How about every time people twist the governments arm to help indigenous people, or to make reparations for their crimes against them, they barely lift a finger or just say “my bad”? Helping support their language and culture is not enough. You saying that is so insane because you’re just saying that the government is kinda doing something small for them and then using that as an argument to be like “we do enough” get fucked
@@tamd5670 that's what his disgust should be saved for. The person above you made a good point that the Canadian government is doing things to promote the language; more than this video has for sure, and you made a good point that there's a lot of things about the government that actually warrants a disgusted reaction.
As a fellow Canadian, I haven't heard a word a the government doing any of these things; so they don't publish, talk about or promote it. Ever. Never heard a single thing about it. What gets me is - why are we almost forced to learn "french" when we SHOULD be taught these languages. We want Truth and Reconciliation? Let's start actually doing the things.
Clean drinking water for sure, and sanitation. But those graves in my hometown haven't been proven to be actual graves and there is evidence for the contrary due to a septic system's weeping tiles. Not discrediting the injustice our first nations people have experienced but I'd personally like actual proof on a major talking point and not just ground penetrating radar images of proof.
I’m not going to lie; I cried when Ari was speaking to the Cree elders. Speaking another’s language is a way of communicating, “I love you” and “I care” which, of course is universal. Thank you so much.
@@biggestcomplainer There may be truth to what you say...that said we don't know for sure. And if it *is* true, maybe there's no other way to experience the world except through these videos. That's the reality for many of us.
Hello! I’m Cree and Dene, my family is from treaty 8 territory, My family lives closer to BC but I’m from Alberta! My father’s side (Dene) is from NWT. I am so thankful that you hear and speaking a language that I cannot speak at all. It makes me hopeful for my culture and that it will not die. Please keep learning about our culture, it would mean so much to me and all my relatives if you did. Thank you thank you thank you
Please learn your own language. It is up to each generation to learn and continue the language and traditions. I bet it would mean much more to your reletives than some randome dude on youtube learning basic cree for a short time.
@@SketchyAsFunk I am mentally not able to do so. My disability makes it EXTREMELY difficult to learn new things due to memory. The only way I could learn a language, is if I was taught it from birth
Big love from Yellowknife!! We are not native but my Dad was a pilot for Air Tindi over 20 years ago and his first week on the job he realised there was no point in giving the flight safety briefings in english because most of his passengers only spoke Tlicho. He picked up a translation dictionary, learned just enough to communicate and give a good safety briefing in the native language. The best part of native culture is being welcomed with open warms when you show love and respect, which is what happened with my father. I feel so lucky to have grown up in a community where your beautiful cultures and languages are still spoken even a little bit, and I will spend the rest of my life doing everything I can to learn as much as possible on everything that happened, how to help and be an ally. LOVE YOU SO MUCH ❤️
This made me so emotional. I am from the Chippewa (ojibwe) in Wisconsin. Our language is dying and most of us know some basic words but not as a native tongue. Our grandparents and great grandparents lived through being put into residential schools and having our customs and religion stripped. All of our languages are dying and its so hard to keep them going. Our elders were able to start creating guides with the University of Minnesota and Rosetta Stone to keep our language alive. Writing this is making me so emotional as well. Miigwetch Miigwetch Miigwetch for presenting this as an important content for people to understand that our languages are dying and how important Indigenous peoples are.
You might also approach Duolingo about adding Chippewa learning to the app. I know that a lot of younger people seek out languages on there. The Dine’ people recently got Navajo added as one of the options on there.❤
@@dominoglenrio5650 This is a great idea! Maybe I can pitch the idea to duolingo. My Grandparents are gone now so me learning how to speak it fluently is a lot harder. My dad doesnt speak any thing other than a few words.
Miigwetch! I'm not Ojibwe but my name is and went to the town in the Manitoulins who's name I bear last year to celebrate a milestone birthday. It was such an emotional time and I can't wait to go back. I feel such a strong connection to the Anishinaabe people and it would be lovely to learn some of the language 🥰
*There are TH-camrs who waste their time promoting stupid stunts or pranks for clout.* *Then there are TH-camrs who spreads awareness, knowledge and happiness to the world.* *Thank you Xiaoma.* 🙏
You act like every YT'er should be like this channel. Why? What's wrong with people having success on their own. Pretty pretty for some random commenter to shame others that they don't follow your personal opinions
@@houseofchinn6112they didn’t say those other channels shouldn’t exist. They are thanking him for using his platform to spread awareness. Which is something you don’t see a lot of youtubers do, especially like learning a dying language and traveling to Saskatchewan to speak to the natives on his own dime.
I am not indigenous but am so appreciative and emotional over your decision to bring awareness to the Cree language and their beautiful people. Thank you for deciding to use your platform for the better. The world needs it.
I can imagine why the Welsh lady's jaw dropped, imagine you move from a country where the langauhe is getting rarer for natives to speak to a native American reservation in Canada and a mam from New York approaches you and starts speaking Welsh when he finds out where you're from That must've brightened her year
@@welshfae1249 its the same with scottish gaelic I read, quite sad and there are probably many extinct languages of the past that shared the same fate in the ancient world.
I'm 30% Cree (Big Stone Band in Alberta), but I was raised in Saudi Arabia and never had a way to learn the Cree language. I'm so excited to have the opportunity to do so now. Thank you!
@7.20 the Welsh girl was just impressed that an American had even heard of Wales and then he spoke Welsh and blew her mind! Most Welsh people don't even speak Welsh which is why he asked her do you speak Welsh. This guy has some mad skills.
I’m an American who is learning Welsh, and the few times I’ve encountered Welsh people here in the US I’ve been sure to speak a little of the language with them. Watching the surprise fry their brains for a second and then the emotional impact it had on them to hear their mother tongue so far away from home will stay with me for the rest of my life. This stuff matters.
I have an older relative by marriage. Her father, being an immigrant to the Prairies, spoke a lot of Eurolangs - and also picked up Cree. Later in his life, my relative told him that their housemaid was Cree. I think he said to her, "Why didn't you say so?" He then called up the stairs to the housemaid in Cree, who was vacuuming. She went still like a statue. The vacuum fell right out her hand, down the stairs. She started to weep, if I recall right. She hadn't been spoken to in Cree in decades at that point.
Well.....dang that is a really beautiful story. What do you mean by "the Prairies"? I'm from Ohio and can only think of our prairie states between the Mississippi and the Rockies.
I’m sure the woman who unexpectedly had a welsh conversation with you so far from Wales felt a piece of home! You share so much with your passion for languages thank you for always wanting to share it with us!❤️
You know, having a local take you to their reservation is actually a HUGE sign of respect and comfort. We do that to introduce you to our family, friends and even our ancestors so that you feel more comfortable and at home. We seriously appreciate this, as a Wisconsin local who loves to learn about our history, ekosani, Ari.♥️
Maybe on American reservations but certainly not Canadian ones. I’ve been on many a reservation- they used to hold illegal “fights” and I was brought in to be a waitress for the events many many times 😂 I didn’t belong there and they no one invited me. I was simply hired. As a teen you often end up on reservations to party outside away from the eyes of the police- again, we aren’t invited but we are certainly welcomed.
This is so special. And made even more special when he taught the Chinese woman hello in Cree, and taught his friend hello I’m Chinese! ❤ let’s unite and understand eachother !!!
I love I can hear the subtle similarities between Cree and Ojibwe. Despite not hearing Cree that much in my life, I picked up on words like rabbit immediately, since it's so similar to how we say it in my area. I've heard multiple dialects of Ojibwe for all of my life and have been surrounded by speakers, so a lot of the words are forever going to stick with me. From my family speaking around the house, to friends joking in the language, and from it being taught in our schools on the rez. Miigwech for inspiring me to keep going on this journey to be fluent! It means so much to me. You are an incredible person.
this is very generous of you, however Xiaomanyc has 6 million subs and makes a literal killing from this TH-cam channel. 100 bucks is just a drop in the bucket
@@Mystery69it’s about more than just the money, it shows gratitude for this beautiful thing he has done. To be able to give that much shows just how grateful they are.
Yes, but his point still stands, anyone can learn a new language if they are consistent with it, and verbally practicing and not afraid of making mistakes in public and making a fool out of themselves. The main difference is what takes him a month probably would be a year for an average person.
@@greasher926 I don't think it would actually take an average person multiple years to do this. He speaks a lot less than you'd think. He just knows exactly what he needs to learn to be able to buy something from a store and explain that he's learning the language etc. He uses a lot of the same phrases over and over again. When people try talking to him about off topic things he didn't expect to talk about you can see it gets pretty rough.
It's not a gift. You too can learn multiple languages. You just can't be stubborn, don't procrastinate and actually focus on learning. To simply just say he has a gift technically is implying you're dumb yourself.
THIS VIDEO HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST WATCHED VIDEO IN CANADA RIGHT NOW!!! Everyone is posting it on social media. Thank you sir for coming to Canada and speaking to those elders, they appreciate it more than you know I'm sure
At 13:51, when the elder pats him on the shoulder...that broke me. Language is the key to elevating any culture, and @xiaomanyc continues to prove he's one of the greatest to ever do it.
As a Welsh person, the way my jaw DROPPED when he started speaking Welsh…. That was the last thing I was expecting to see in this vid. What the holy hell
Shes thousands of miles from home and she hears her native tongue maybe for the first time in years. As a Scot who lived in Canada for a bit I fully understand.
Molly's response at their parting: "No worries dude! Glad you enjoyed it" is _very_ Canadian. I use "no worries" a lot if someone thanks me for something that costs me very little and I was happy to do.
its so sad that some of these people feel like it's impossible to continue to teach their language to their young. It's amazing to see you give them hope that the younger generations can learn and continue their traditions
I can’t help but always feel bad for the Natives of the Americas. Their culture and people have been practically under attack and robbed by colonizers during a time long before ours. We just pretty much see the result of it. Forced to be indoctrinated with “Indian Boarding Schools” or how the colonizers waged biowarfare with blankets infected with smallpox, knowing it was a foreign disease to the natives. Their lands being taken and justified by “Manifest Destiny.” The sad thing is that I don’t think people have improved all that much.
@@Spider-Complexion Yep... Colonization destroyed a lot of tribes/first nations. Still a lot of racism & violence towards them too. It's been tough to rebuild everything that we lost & sometimes impossible. Most of my family are residential school survivors. So, it's been tough to end toxic cycles due to intergenerational trauma but we aren't quitters
As a Canadian this video made me tear up. The treatment of this country towards the indigenous peoples of this land is HORRIFYING. If you look into the history around the residential school system you will understand how their languages have literally been BEATEN out of them. The scars and harm left behind by this all amounts to nothing less than cultural genocide.
A lot of people were made to speak English and lost their knowledge on how to speak Cree. My mom's first language was Cree, she had to be taught English in school. And now she can understand it but can only speak a little bit of it. I know she wishes she could have personally taught my sisters and I.
in many countries, indigenous peoples are not allowed to speak their languages, or they are required to speak the national language. in the United States & Canada, indigenous peoples are required to speak English &/or French. in Latin America, indigenous peoples are required to speak Spanish. all indigenous peoples can do is try to be one step ahead of the government because they will not acknowledge us. but i can guarantee they will be the first to open a museum or create scientific studies when an indigenous community dies out.
50 year old lawyer here. Dealt with indigenous clients as criminal defense lawyer and in my current role of prosecutor. Have a front row seat to so many heartbreaking situations with lost and broken indigenous young people on bad paths. Seeing this is so uplifting. So meaningful to see Ari honour and connect with those elders (warriors!) fighting for their young and to preserve their culture. Got something in my eye after watching this video. Good humans on display here
any tips for a young lad going into your career field, currently going onto my 3rd year of college for Political Science, and I hope to go into law school afterwards
As an indigenous woman who is part of the Navajo, Apache, Tewa & Cree, this makes my heart so fucking happy. Our native tongue is so sacred to us and the fact it is “dying” out hurts, but I love to see people who aren’t indigenous take such an interest in our culture IN THE RIGHT WAY!!! THANK YOU!
My grandmother was Navajo Utes... She was taken at 5 as a sex slave, she lost her language very quick. I am so grateful people are working to keep history and culture alive
I’m from Southern Saskatchewan in the capital Regina. I work for a youth centre and a main focus for us is helping to keep the Indigenous languages and culture alive. Great to see this. I’ll probably show it to many!
@@mylessimms8684 our program doesn’t focus entirely on learning Cree, as we are a work readiness program. That being said, our facilitator is at the tail end of his education degree for Cree language at our First Nations University and he brings a lot of his knowledge to our programs. I agree it is difficult to find resources online. I would also be interested in more resources if anyone has them.
"If this white guy can learn to speak Cree, then we can teach out children." ❤ ... Thank you Xiaoma for teaching the world the importance of respecting, learning, and embracing other cultures. You just don't miss.
For real. This guy learns so much it must be insanely difficult to learn and remember that much. For someone who is mixed it makes me want to sit down and try to learn again It'll still be difficult for me in my own way but that shouldn't stop me. also that he is sharing it out there to the rest of the world is amazing.
Shout out to my Cree cousins! Blackfoot here, makes me so proud to hear our culture and traditions carried on! 10 years ago most tribes were worried about losing our language one day, the passed couple years i feel so much hope because theres been so many more people interested! Thank you for shining a light on our cultures!💖
Thank you for coming to Canada and supporting our Indigenous people. It means so much. The fact that you didnt want compensation speaks to the trueness of your heart ❤
This is probably my favourite, of all the videos of yours that I've seen. I'm a white Canadian woman, and our First Nations peoples have been treated incredibly poorly for hundreds of years. Their culture, language and history is rich and beautiful; thank you so much Ari, for doing this - and PATRICK for asking Ari to come in the first place! I hope very much that Ari continues to visit First Nations communities in North America. It's beyond valuable!! I wish I could go up there to visit this community too. THANK YOU ARI.🙏💖 (and thank you for the terrific resources mentioned in this video too!) 🙏💖
I moved to Canada, Vancouver island from Australia and I can agree it is an amazing culture, The museum in Victoria on Vancouver island is a really good place to go learn, if anyone has an opportunity to go check it out... They have an insane collection there I was blown away!
There’s something so special about a people being touched by his efforts. When the elder grabbed ahold of his jacket and held it at 13:49 for a second or two it really touched my heart. It’s a show of emotion I haven’t see in a long time.
Im glad you brought it up, i was going to say the same that gesture alone is a powerful message and not many ppl seem to understand and will miss the meaning of it. I have to pause and see it 3 times to make sure i wouldn't miss that. Xiomannyc has a gift not many possess.
@@aceflores4533 I felt that too. It's so interesting how a display of respect/gratitude can be felt by so many of us, while it seems Xiaoma himself was a little confused lol. No hate to him, I know it's a cultural difference and to an American/non-native being grabbed like that would seem aggressive or not at all like a kind gesture. Still, you can tell how deeply they appreciated his efforts to learn the language and help keep their culture alive. Their culture- the Cree language, their way of life, and the land they live on IS who the Cree people are. It is so important for native/First Nations to have their identity
I vividly recall the time i was at a restaurant and was talking to my parents the indigenous words i was learning in school and an elder was smiling so much from another table. I went over to her and spoke a few words of respect. Every Canadian needs to learn at least how to address our elders
Oh, that made me cry listening to the elder who said that you were helping to prove to and encourage their children and grandchildren to learn Cree. So sweet.
I've always said if I could pick a superpower it would be the ability to speak all languages to be able to connect with everyone. ❤ As a Welsh person I understand how special it must be for the indigenous peoples to see Ari learning and speaking their Cree language.
bro met a random person from a way separate country and started speaking her language too off the side lmao. this dude's learning a lot of great languages that connect people like cree and welsh and all that and im glad he's helping revive them. and its especially touching with these indigenous languages because they need to be spoken more and revived cuz its such an important factor of a group of people to keep their language.
As a Scotsman, living in Singapore for 12 years, married to a Malaysian Chinese I love learning about different cultures. I speak a little Mandarin and to date have found your videos entertaining and fun. This sir was a whole different level. Your ability to touch and connect people through language is very heartwarming. 很好！
I really enjoyed watching this video. Been following you for awhile. I'm from Papua New Guinea, we are the worlds most lingually diverse country, having 850 languages...still counting. Every one of our native languages is unique. I share compassion for this community trying to preserve their Cree language. Language is our way of life, our identity, our cultural anchor; thank you for your initiative to try preserve your beautiful and unique language. You have my respect and hope that your young ones will learn and speak your native language for more generations to come
At a Chinese restaurant in Saskatchewan the restaurant owner greets the customers in Cree ... but what she says is written in Mandarin Chinese ... Now that's an impact on the world worth celebrating Xiaomanyc
Yeah she was on camera & didn’t want to be exposed for her ignorance. She’s not dumb, she knew that indigenous people live there & have their own language. People who move to places need to show respect to the traditional custodians of the land & waters they live & thrive on. Learning about the original people’s is the least you could do.
@@trnchtwnrk9260Watching again I'm thinking she has not been there that long, she appears to not know even what the local language is ... Hopefully the first word she has been taught will help her with the native speakers, and people learning it, and the extra business and friends persuade her to learn more
You know what really made me go Woh, the fact these people are from a place so far away they've never even heard of New York. Yet, look at all the products in that store. It's All American products, that's strange I mean right?
Someone is peeling onions in here The elders words were so raw and real. The language was damaged when colonization stole it. I will smudge and give thanks for the Cree language, a gift to the people.
He spoke 3 languages in one spot. It's amazing that he is helping bring awareness to the dying languages. Edit: OMG an American spoke English 😲 so it's 4 languages! 🤦♀️
@7:26 "You speak Welsh!" You're a polyglot from far away in the middle of Saskatchewan meeting & speaking to the community via their native language when you meet a beautiful Welsh girl & introduce yourself in her native celtic (and just as ancient) native tongue! - You sir are my hero, If only I had your skills when I was your age the world would be mine!
As a Plains Cree youth I thank you for motivating me to try to learn my dying language. It is very important to me that I can give my future children an identity of where they come from, traditions that were taught to me, and for the knowledge and language to be passed on.
It's great fun to learn a native language especially when it's your own... It makes you feel closer to the history and people you came from and knowing your roots kinda gives you a sense of pride in continuing that history and passing it to the next generation. 😊
I am also from Loon Lake Saskatchewan, cree language has been a part of my life for as long as I remember, my kookum (grandma) Mary Ben before she passed, would always speak cree to me and taught me a bunch of words whenever we went to bed or during the day. It amazes to see my home land and my uncles, relatives on youtube. None the less, a (mooniaw) learning our cree language ❤ I sometimes didnt even have to read the captions because I just wanna experience it all over again. The guy who grabbed your jacket caller is an elder, a medicine man let's say and has been a big part of our family. So good to see you get a long, comes to show my people from a different perspective towards outsiders, I'm proud of how they treat you. ❤ Subscribe
He’s incredibly open minded and adaptable. 😅 Did you notice that when he came out of the sweat lodge he wasn’t afraid of the dog coming up to greet him 💁♀️ 😂 not sure he even registered that the doggo was there 🥵😆
The bit with the Welsh lady was amazing. The Cree elder talking about teaching children Cree was heartfelt. But having multiple fluencies at the Chinese restaurant and building relationships with "hello" and "thanks" was inspired and hopefully long lasting. Small steps matter. Thanks for doing what you do. I think I need to practice my Greek now
Exactly!!! That one moment in the restaurant, where he helped it new friend and then the restaurant owners. You just created "community" in less than 5 minutes. Genius!
Of course what Xiaoma did is touching but equally as touching is Patrick’s gesture to his community and youth. What an amazing community member and leader to have ❤️
This one made me cry, the indigenous people here have had so much stolen from them, so much of their culture robbed, it was a blessing to see you respect them like this. When the lady talked about teaching her grandchildren Cree I welled up, when the old man grabbed your coat the tears started. I was expecting another novelty video, this was so much more, thank you 🖤
There's something just so darn cool about having an Asian language, a North American language, and a European language all being shared and discussed with in the same spot. The world is so big, yet so small.
As long as we are interested in and respectful to each other's cultures, humanity is one big beautiful family. Keeping differences alive, is the true diversity we should strive for. Love your beautiful work.
Damn this one was special. The tip they gave the Chinese lady on how to tell the customers hello in Cree could be a spark to change her business and in turn her life. And the way the elder man grabbed his jacket collar after the meeting shows how much that visit meant to him. Cool af
Well done Ari! As as a Saskatchewanian, I'm so glad you visited our province - and even more glad that you spent time in one of our First Nations. More than ever, we need to highlight and preserve the cultures that were nearly eradicated by past governments. There is still prejudice and racism, and in Canada, much of that is targeted at indigenous people. Only knowledge can help remove prejudice, and you are helping spread that knowledge.
@@wolfeyezontheprize2658 The US is a founding member of the United Nations and the headquarters is in New York. You're likely thinking of the European Union.
@@austinperez9408you’ve done extremely well to make some sense out of his ignorance. I honestly wasn’t sure if he was been sarcastic, but you mentioning the EU at least gives an idea to his chain of thought. The comment still reflects poorly on the state of the US education system. A poorly educated population will always be a weakness for any democracy and I can’t help but feel that in the US, this is very much the intention
This made me so emotional. I'm Apache and Spaniard and I have no idea how to speak either language. Shame on me for not learning and shame on me for not passing on the language to my children. I'm never too old to learn and teach to continue any traditional language I was born into. Cree sounds like a beautiful language and I have learned a valuable lesson watching this video. Thank you.
That shame isn't for you to carry. You don't know because you haven't learned because you weren't taught. What's important is that now you have tools and the ability and wisdom to seek out that knowledge now and take steps to learn. See how quick that shame dissipates when you take action. You've got this!
I've always been interested in learning more languages. There are SSOOO many programs available, and I don't know where to start, but I'm looking for indigenous languages as well as the standard stuff. I think every tribe should make their language a requirement in the schools their children will attend.
This is my grandparents language, their native language is Cree and were forced to learn English due to residential schools. It really surprised me when my granny told me her first language was Cree and not English, she said she spoke it in secret to her friends while in school. It never really dawned on me since her English was perfect. My mom moved us from the rez and into the city when I was about 7. I remember understanding some Cree as a kid, but then the other kids in the city would bully me over my accent and I was told it was a dirty language. I changed my accent completely when I was a teenager in order to sound more like a white person and stayed ignorant with my language. I received many back handed compliments from other Canadians and my own people on how "white" I sound. This video stunned me, you've come a long way from when I first subscribed and I would've never thought in a million years you would learn Cree. I really want to thank you for doing this. Now I know how other subscribers feel when you learn some of their native language. :)
Same here, my father is first nation Ojibwe from Canada (Mississauga of the credit) and my Grandmother was actually taken away from her parents and put in a residentual school where speaking her native language and basically anything to do with her native culture was not only not allowed but actually severely punished and like many so many others she was severely abused and taken advantage of while there. As child and even now as an adult it's hard to understand what that must of felt like and how that would effect someone, and even moreso how or why someone could do that to someone else Understandably it hurt her on a level that affected her her whole life and something I know she never fully recovered from. And while things have changed there is still that prejudice is still around, and while I live in America, I do go to Canada on a fairly frequent basis and I'm always taken back when I go there and feel it firsthand. It's hard to imagine how something like that can still go on in this day and age. I'm so thankful that things are changing and for everything my people have to done to push for those changes no matter how hard things got. It's something I can never truly be grateful enough for and something I have really hard time expressing my gratitude for it. They protected and saved our culture though such hard times so it could continue for our future generations, and it's now our duty to not only keep it going but to make it stronger. As it's the least we can do to show our gratitude and our pride for our beautiful culture.
I have been watching your videos for years and this was the first time I didn't need any subtitles, I am Cree from central Alberta, I loved this video and was praying that you would learn Cree, it isn't an easy language but I was fortunate that both my parents spoke Cree, I am so grateful that you took the time to honor not only our language but our customs as well. Hiy-Hiy kinanâskomitin
Save the Cree Langue. When i started school in Louisiana back in 1973, the state was trying to save Cajun French . For years kids were beat for speaking our version of French and the language was dying. Today it is promoted. Lets save the almost lost languages.
As a mi’kmaq First Nation woman, this warms my heart as you are so willing to learn so many languages which I love to watch, especially when you freak them out by speaking their language!!!! There are so many beautiful languages in North America that I hope that you will learn more, especially our mi’kmaq language which is from the Algonquin language. Algonquian languages, North American Indian language family whose member languages are or were spoken in Canada, New England, the Atlantic coastal region southward to North Carolina, and the Great Lakes region and surrounding areas westward to the Rocky Mountains. Among the numerous Algonquian languages are Cree, Ojibwa, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Mi’kmaq (Micmac), Arapaho, and Fox-Sauk-Kickapoo. The term Algonquin (often spelled this way to differentiate it from the family) refers to a dialect of Ojibwa. Algonquian languages have been classified by some scholars as belonging to a larger language group, the Macro-Algonquian phylum. See also Macro-Algonquian languages., also you should know that our language which is mi’kmaq were not allowed to use in the residential schools as they( the children)were beaten out of by the priest, and nuns, this happened across turtle island.. 😞 I know some are advocating to keep our language alive!!! Thank you so very much
Thank you for this explanation. My 9th great-grandmother was Mi’kmaq. My first ancestor (French) to arrive in North America arrived at Prince Edward Island in the early 1640s. She married his grandson, and they had 3 children.
As a native with a dead/dying language this definitely hits home.. Maybe One day we can get help for Ari/Xiaoma to raise awareness. Thank you for making this video and drawing attention to the lost languages.
Same here. not as dying as your native languages or other native languages and all but i have never heard a foreigner speak or try to speak my language.
@charm9741 it's also hard because growing up no one was speaking the language so there's no incentive or Reason To Learn. Most of the tribe had been discouraged from speaking our language for so long things fell through the cracks
Hey Xiaomanyc. Thank you for bringing attention to one of the many Indigenous cultures in Canada. There is a really awful and tragic back story to both why Indigenous Canadians have nearly lost their languages and mostly speak English or French: 140+ years of stripping away their cultures at government and church run residential schools. So, the elder's emotional response to your show of respect, the learning of their language, has much greater depth than many of your viewers might realize. I know that the US also has a similar history. As Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians attempt to make progress down our road of Truth and Reconciliation, I think what you have managed to do in this video is to show another way to honour and celebrate Indigenous culture and language. Thank you.
@@frankvonfrauner So how come so few people speak Irish in Ireland as they had a written language ........If everything had continued as it was, Ireland would likely still largely speak Irish today, but the English put a stop to that. .......Suppression and Marginalization During the period of British rule, particularly from the 16th to the 19th century, the Irish language faced deliberate suppression and marginalization. The English Crown implemented policies aimed at eradicating Irish culture and promoting English as the dominant language. Laws and penal statutes restricted the use of Irish, discouraging its use in public life, education, and legal proceedings. This deliberate marginalization significantly impacted the status and usage of the Irish language. Education Policies and Anglicization The British administration emphasized the Anglicization of Ireland, which extended to the education system. Schools were often English-medium institutions, where Irish was discouraged or outright forbidden. Native Irish speakers were often stigmatized, leading to a decline in the transmission of the language from one generation to the next. Lack of access to education in Irish contributed to a significant loss of fluency among the population. Famine and Socioeconomic Factors The devastating Great Famine of the mid-19th century had a profound impact on the Irish language. The famine led to widespread death, mass emigration, and social upheaval. As a result, the Irish-speaking regions of Ireland were disproportionately affected, leading to a decline in the number of Irish speakers. The subsequent socioeconomic challenges faced by the Irish population, coupled with the British policies, further marginalized the language.
@ Thanks for the history lesson. I have Irish and Scottish ancestry, and have been learning the language(s) as best I can. It's been sad to learn how those languages and culture were suppressed in the same manner over centuries as was done with the North American natives
@@frankvonfrauner many languages were unwritten and didn't disappear. The one commonality between them? They weren't touched by Europeans. Hell, even well documented and written languages within Europe, Africa, and other places have been erased due to colonialism.
I'm a cree Native from Saskatchewan! I was so surprised to find this video, watching it really makes me so emotional to know I dont know much of my Native language other than what we addressed our grandparents. My grandmother is from Willowbunch and was in the residential school system. She mentioned a few times how cruel the nuns were to all the children and how they berated the parents in the homes for speaking anything but english. They spoke French AND Cree, and you can see the regret they have about losing most of it. I grew up fluent in french from what I was taught in their home and in French immersion from pre-k on. I am absolutely going to make sure I learn Cree, hopefully better than I know my French. Thank you SO much for making this video. Much love and infinite respect.
So sorry to hear what they did to you and your people. Your language, culture and people are beautiful. It would be a tragedy for humanity that your language disappear. I really hope you will learn how to speak Cree language. ❤from France.
The treatment at residential schools was really disgusting. The fact these schools were even created is baffling to me. What was their purpose? Helping people is one thing, but to try and destroy cultures by using people's children? That's a mental sickness. I don't know how those nuns could sleep at night having meted out all that cruelty each and every day.
@@steelcom5976it was part of the 500 year conquest ordered by the vatican to destroy all culture and force everyone to submit to their power. There was an apology that came out from the vatican to apologize for destroying the world's culture through enslavement/indoctrination by their policies.
Must feel extremely frustrating to feel your culture and your language fading away, i hope their youth learns it. It's a beautiful language and what a wonderful people.
Or, and hear me out, maybe it's extremely humbling to know for thousands of years your culture and people have lives on this planet bur like all things it must cone to an end. And here you are lucky enough to see the end of a generation. Seeing yoye culture die intact might be better that what's happening now.
I am writing you Xiaomanyc with tears in my eyes. I am a settler Canadian married into an Indigenous family--thank you for a beautiful video and for highlighting Indigenous languages and peoples! Thank you for using your platform in such a powerful way! ♥
This was so beautiful, especially because it inspired such hope in the elders for their language's future. ❤ As a Canadian who is absolutely disgusted and sickened by the way our First Nations peoples have been treated, I was saddened and ashamed to realize how foreign Cree sounded. I should be far FAR more familiar with such sounds. I wish more was done in mainstream education to preserve the beauty of each of the many threatened tribal languages. Young FN children were stolen from their families and had their mother tongue forceably cut out. As part of Truth and Reconciliation, one of the first big steps we absolutely need to take is to not only give their voices back and LISTEN, but to amplify them by teaching, at the *very* least, the conversational basics of these languages to our school children.
Welcome to Canada! I live about 275km south west of Loon Lake. As a memeber of the Métis nation I am happy to see you out promoting the Cree nation. 🇨🇦
YES! I am originally from Ontario and moved to Saskatoon Saskatchewan several years ago. I do not speak Cree nor am I indigenous but I know how important it is to preserve the Cree language. This video is amazing to see, it warms my heart. Thank you
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this reignites my passion to maybe someday learn Ainu
thats cool
Great videos. I've caught a few in the last few months. I was wondering if Ari is your real name because that means Lion in Hebrew.
18:00 You tried to teach the Chinese lady the Cree for "hello", which is "Danseh". It reminds me of the bit in the song by the Canadian band Men Without Hats, "The Safety Dance", a worldwide hit in the 80s. After he sings, "We can dance!" the girl yells "Dancez!" which is French for "Dance!" but it sounds the same as "Danseh". Did the Cree think she was saying, "Hello."?
th-cam.com/video/0QDKLglEP5Y/w-d-xo.html (28 seconds in)
ainu language
I’m not Cree, I’m Lakota. But I treat all tribes as my Brothers and Sisters. This made me emotional, and it’s a beautiful testament to preserving the culture of my peoples. Thank you Ari.
I'm half Irish and half Lakota, every Lakota is my brother and sister and every single member of every single other tribe I consider my brothers and sisters too. I know some of my relatives call them cousins tho, so I call them my cousins too.I found his videos cuz I was learning Chinese and never expected this. Makes me very happy.
Lol the Cree were enemies of the Sioux (including Lakota)
@orang1921 That...that makes no sense. Lakota IS Sioux. Sioux is the name of the Lakota that the US government gave us when they were "logging" all the diff tribes and just renaming them for no good reason. And yes, every single culture waaaayyyyy back in the day warred and tried to conquer every other one. From Africa to Asia to Europe and to the Americas. Its.....it's not like that anymore. You do realize that, right? That we are all friends now? We no longer go to war and rape and pillage if we want to live somewhere else? We just.....move? Are you OK?
@@orang1921 key word: were. we are no longer enemies. thank’s for exposing yourself on your lack of tribal understanding though, made me laugh.
One tribe, baby. Natives of the Americas gotta stick together.
Xiaoma speaking Cree, then switches to Chinese and teaches the Chinese woman how to say “Hello” in Cree to her customers, then teaches the Cree man how to say “Thank You” in Chinese. Just, wow. 😳❤️ Like Xiaoma said, “Bringing the world together.” 💯
Don't forget the smattering of Welsh!
humans aren't separated by languages, they're connected by them.
Y wife is chinese and taught math and science in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan. I was blown away when they went the Chinese restaurant OMG. Amazing. The Chinese people are everywhere. I thank you for going and doing it was a great idea to have you as their guest. It works. I have a great respect for first Nations people. They are the best. I love your show. Thanks
That was my favorite part!
That was honestly one of my favorite parts.
Was such an amazing time hosting Ari to come to our homelands and not only learn Cree but help promote our language.
This is now one of my favorite videos from Ari. Thank you for having him come meet your people. I hope I have the opportunity to meet your people some day too.
Good job bro. The ending was powerful. Language immersion is so important. And AI might help sometime in the future but for now the elders, uncles and auntys are the way to go.
It looks pretty there
Truly hope, it'll bring young people to learn the old languages and revive their usage! I remember once watching a woman doing birch biting art in Vancouver and still remember it vividly, because it was so awesome and fascinating. The old cultures have so much wisdom and knowledge, which I hope will be rediscovered.
What an amazing video.... much respect to you and your people for trying to keep your language and traditions for the future generations .... I pray your language and traditions will always be here and your people will always happy. 💜
When she was expressing that if he can learn that they can teach their children, broke my heart. Do not lose your culture. It’s beautiful. Its unique. It’s needed.
So true.
My eyes welled up... who's crying.. not me. It touched my heart and it was awesome of Ari to make the trip and promote the Cree language. All cultures and languages are beautiful and should be respected and honored.
It’s sad- not just Cree, but many languages around the world are disappearing. These languages, many of which aren’t written either, probably stretch back to the beginnings of humans on earth, and they end up lost forever when too few people speak them.
@@BGeezy4sheezythe thing is entire ethnicities will be alerased as people arent having enough children to replace the people who die. South korea, japan are said to be very few left in only 3 generations from now. In north america we are just under par so still in a deficit. We still rely on immigration (as we always have) although I believe the federal programs in Canada do support families to get larger as they can afford to be off work and get the child supplement ongoing.
My mom didnt have anyone to speak ukrainian in our house and her grandma always said she spoke it wrong so she didnt practice as much. Theres still hope for me!
As an Indigenous person who doesn’t know their native tongue this made me emotional. Please learn more and share the beauty of North American Indigenous Languages. Thank you.
Edit: I was adopted at birth so if I ever find my tribe I’ll learn my language. Thanks for all the encouraging comments.
yo i hope this inspires you to pick it up -- if you're willing to share, what's the language of your people?
It is never too late to learn. Learning the language is like carrying your ancestors with you. I did the same with my ancestral tongues.
Learn! Learn! Do it!
@@oxliplanguages are fascinating. ive been considering picking up nahuatl as of late despite not being indigenous to any extent. something about it really draws me in
Same here, I am cree but only know a few words.
That welsh girl’s smile could have drown out the sun when Xioama started speaking Welsh. Language is such a beautiful connector of people.
@Akari_Reinhart That's not strictly true, sorry but you need to travel around Wales more. I'm English and have lived all over Wales. If you go down the west of North, Mid and South Wales, you'll find majority of small towns/villages, their first language is Welsh, especially amongst the farming communities. I met dozens of elderly Welsh folk who struggled struggled to speak fluent English and rightly so. The Welsh language is actually on the rise, more Welsh speaking schools and teachers. Yes the Rhondda is predominantly English speaking, I live in Porth, but in my experience there are still lots of Welsh speakers in Wales and that's a good thing. I've not been to Aberdare for years, a bit scary driving over Maerdy mountain in the fog and rain lol. 👍
Agreed, I live mid-Wales and all the locals speak Welsh. Even the English expats are taking classes.
Many don’t bother in Aberdare, elsewhere it’s a different story.
But as for main language, Wales is no different from the rest of the UK.
Germanic is the main language group.
@@GwladYrHaf Welsh stems from Brythonic not Teutonic, it developed into recognisable Welsh in about 400AD.
@@AzuraeLyonheartIt’s been English because of the English control of Wales. Same goes for Ireland and Scotland. Before England’s control, they all had their own languages that they mainly spoke. The reason everybody primarily speaks English is because of the English and their control over so many nations at one point in time
You made a grown man cry Ari, I used to be a hater but after watching some of your videos I realized that the hate was unwarranted. You're connecting people and uplifting Indigenous people from around the world. It's beautiful man ❤
Why would you hate this in the first place. It’s just a genius going around promoting different cultures.
Anyone that blinks like that is super intelligent
may i ask what did you hated on him? i am really curious because its just a channel about learning languages and connecting :)
For some they see this as cultural appropriation because hes white instead of seeing an inquisitive young man with a mind for languages that not only learns them but learns about the cultures and traditions.
I‘m proud of you for recognizing that you were wrong before. You’re doing good
I got emotional watching this. It makes me wanna study Hawaiian…my grandma was the last to speak it fluently and none of my family has tried to keep it up. Beautiful stuff!
my great grandfather was the last in my family to speak 'ōlelo. he actually helped preserve our language in dictionaries and other books! here's to both of us reconnecting
I knew two older ladies who spoke Hawaiian. I wished I'd learned more from them. Such sweet souls.
Do it!! You can relight the fire in your family and other connections. It’s a beautiful gift to give to yourself and others, and to honor the people who came before you.
As a Canadian it disgusts me how much our government doesn't care about Native languages, you have done more with this video to promote Cree than our government has done, I thank you for learning and promoting this beautiful language.
They pay millions every year to help preserve the languages.
They've even gone so far as paying scholars to anglocize an alphabet for a lot of First Nations languages so that they can be used more widely.
I listen to a native owned radio station and every day they have vignettes teaching you words and Cree, Blackfoot, Sioux, and a couple other languages, and that's paid for by the government of Canada.
Maybe save your disgust for what they actually do.
@@frankvonfraunerhow about ignoring the mass graves? How about leaving indigenous people to live with no real support and no clean drinking water? How about every time people twist the governments arm to help indigenous people, or to make reparations for their crimes against them, they barely lift a finger or just say “my bad”? Helping support their language and culture is not enough. You saying that is so insane because you’re just saying that the government is kinda doing something small for them and then using that as an argument to be like “we do enough” get fucked
@@tamd5670 that's what his disgust should be saved for. The person above you made a good point that the Canadian government is doing things to promote the language; more than this video has for sure, and you made a good point that there's a lot of things about the government that actually warrants a disgusted reaction.
As a fellow Canadian, I haven't heard a word a the government doing any of these things; so they don't publish, talk about or promote it. Ever. Never heard a single thing about it.
What gets me is - why are we almost forced to learn "french" when we SHOULD be taught these languages. We want Truth and Reconciliation? Let's start actually doing the things.
Clean drinking water for sure, and sanitation. But those graves in my hometown haven't been proven to be actual graves and there is evidence for the contrary due to a septic system's weeping tiles. Not discrediting the injustice our first nations people have experienced but I'd personally like actual proof on a major talking point and not just ground penetrating radar images of proof.
I’m not going to lie; I cried when Ari was speaking to the Cree elders. Speaking another’s language is a way of communicating, “I love you” and “I care” which, of course is universal. Thank you so much.
You need to get outside and enjoy the world if something like that brings you to tears. Maybe a chemical imbalance?
@@biggestcomplainer There may be truth to what you say...that said we don't know for sure. And if it *is* true, maybe there's no other way to experience the world except through these videos. That's the reality for many of us.
@@biggestcomplainer Don't be a piece of garbage on the internet. It's been done.
Me too! ❤
same. this dude is pretty amazing
You're seriously an international peacekeeper. This man can single handedly bring the world together.
Amen!
Just the little bit of time in the chinesse restuarant he brought that community a little closer. Xiaoma for the next UN meeting lol
It proves that so many of the problems could be just miscommunication and misunderstanding, and how communicating can really connect everyone!
I agree, his channel is one of few that show’s cultural appreciation instead of appropriation
Send him to Ukraine fast then
12:50 really is touching. Love how much the lady appreciates Ari's efforts to learn the language and being an ambassador for their culture.
Hello!
I’m Cree and Dene, my family is from treaty 8 territory,
My family lives closer to BC but I’m from Alberta!
My father’s side (Dene) is from NWT.
I am so thankful that you hear and speaking a language that I cannot speak at all.
It makes me hopeful for my culture and that it will not die.
Please keep learning about our culture, it would mean so much to me and all my relatives if you did.
Thank you thank you thank you
Please learn your own language. It is up to each generation to learn and continue the language and traditions. I bet it would mean much more to your reletives than some randome dude on youtube learning basic cree for a short time.
@@SketchyAsFunk I am mentally not able to do so. My disability makes it EXTREMELY difficult to learn new things due to memory.
The only way I could learn a language, is if I was taught it from birth
Big love from Yellowknife!! We are not native but my Dad was a pilot for Air Tindi over 20 years ago and his first week on the job he realised there was no point in giving the flight safety briefings in english because most of his passengers only spoke Tlicho. He picked up a translation dictionary, learned just enough to communicate and give a good safety briefing in the native language. The best part of native culture is being welcomed with open warms when you show love and respect, which is what happened with my father. I feel so lucky to have grown up in a community where your beautiful cultures and languages are still spoken even a little bit, and I will spend the rest of my life doing everything I can to learn as much as possible on everything that happened, how to help and be an ally. LOVE YOU SO MUCH ❤️
Every time I see the word Dene, it’s a shock to my brain lol. My name is Denè and it’s pretty rare especially with that spelling.
You gotta learn it... no excuses.
This made me so emotional. I am from the Chippewa (ojibwe) in Wisconsin. Our language is dying and most of us know some basic words but not as a native tongue. Our grandparents and great grandparents lived through being put into residential schools and having our customs and religion stripped. All of our languages are dying and its so hard to keep them going. Our elders were able to start creating guides with the University of Minnesota and Rosetta Stone to keep our language alive. Writing this is making me so emotional as well.
Miigwetch
Miigwetch
Miigwetch
for presenting this as an important content for people to understand that our languages are dying and how important Indigenous peoples are.
❤
You might also approach Duolingo about adding Chippewa learning to the app. I know that a lot of younger people seek out languages on there. The Dine’ people recently got Navajo added as one of the options on there.❤
@@dominoglenrio5650 This is a great idea! Maybe I can pitch the idea to duolingo. My Grandparents are gone now so me learning how to speak it fluently is a lot harder. My dad doesnt speak any thing other than a few words.
Fellow Ojibwe in Canada. Boozhoo ! There is a lot of good resources online for learning.
Miigwetch!
I'm not Ojibwe but my name is and went to the town in the Manitoulins who's name I bear last year to celebrate a milestone birthday. It was such an emotional time and I can't wait to go back.
I feel such a strong connection to the Anishinaabe people and it would be lovely to learn some of the language 🥰
*There are TH-camrs who waste their time promoting stupid stunts or pranks for clout.*
*Then there are TH-camrs who spreads awareness, knowledge and happiness to the world.*
*Thank you Xiaoma.* 🙏
much respect
You act like every YT'er should be like this channel. Why?
What's wrong with people having success on their own. Pretty pretty for some random commenter to shame others that they don't follow your personal opinions
@@houseofchinn6112Stay mad hater
@@unicw21 cry
@@houseofchinn6112they didn’t say those other channels shouldn’t exist. They are thanking him for using his platform to spread awareness. Which is something you don’t see a lot of youtubers do, especially like learning a dying language and traveling to Saskatchewan to speak to the natives on his own dime.
I am not indigenous but am so appreciative and emotional over your decision to bring awareness to the Cree language and their beautiful people. Thank you for deciding to use your platform for the better. The world needs it.
That shoulder grab by one of the elders. You honored them greatly! He was proud.
This is the comment I was looking for
@@pattyolascoaga5706 Yup
I noticed that, too!
That was when he got recognized and thanked
13:46 Agree completely. Beautiful expression of culture.
I can imagine why the Welsh lady's jaw dropped, imagine you move from a country where the langauhe is getting rarer for natives to speak to a native American reservation in Canada and a mam from New York approaches you and starts speaking Welsh when he finds out where you're from
That must've brightened her year
That was beautiful to watch!
Until the recent past Welsh children were physically punished in schools if the spoke in Welsh. The powers that be tried to erase our language
@@welshfae1249common thread around the world
@@welshfae1249 That's so sad, I hope in the future everyone in Wales will be fluent in Welsh.
@@welshfae1249 its the same with scottish gaelic I read, quite sad and there are probably many extinct languages of the past that shared the same fate in the ancient world.
I'm 30% Cree (Big Stone Band in Alberta), but I was raised in Saudi Arabia and never had a way to learn the Cree language. I'm so excited to have the opportunity to do so now. Thank you!
I am a Tsalagi descendant. The Cree are brothers to Tsalagi. I thought the languages would sound similar but they don't.
@@KawinB-yh5xs To be fair, Cree and Tsalagi are not from the same language family. It makes sense that they might sound very different.
@@lexandrosphynx1049 That's fair.
That's cool af
@@KawinB-yh5xs Doesn't change the cultural kinship, though.
@7.20 the Welsh girl was just impressed that an American had even heard of Wales and then he spoke Welsh and blew her mind! Most Welsh people don't even speak Welsh which is why he asked her do you speak Welsh. This guy has some mad skills.
Never underestimate the studious American
@@badcornflakes6374 President Bush didn't know where Wales is. Says it all about the average American. That's why this guy is so impressive.
@@davidthomas-ot4cl I said the studious American. Come on David.
I’m an American who is learning Welsh, and the few times I’ve encountered Welsh people here in the US I’ve been sure to speak a little of the language with them. Watching the surprise fry their brains for a second and then the emotional impact it had on them to hear their mother tongue so far away from home will stay with me for the rest of my life. This stuff matters.
I have an older relative by marriage. Her father, being an immigrant to the Prairies, spoke a lot of Eurolangs - and also picked up Cree.
Later in his life, my relative told him that their housemaid was Cree. I think he said to her, "Why didn't you say so?" He then called up the stairs to the housemaid in Cree, who was vacuuming.
She went still like a statue. The vacuum fell right out her hand, down the stairs. She started to weep, if I recall right.
She hadn't been spoken to in Cree in decades at that point.
Well.....dang that is a really beautiful story. What do you mean by "the Prairies"? I'm from Ohio and can only think of our prairie states between the Mississippi and the Rockies.
@@jgieselerSame prairie, just Canadian side. Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta are all prairies up until the Rockies.
@@jgieseler The great plains carry all the way up to the Arctic, brother!
They were likely beaten or punished at one time in history if they spoke their language.
Wow that speaks volumes as to what language is to a deepest identity
I’m sure the woman who unexpectedly had a welsh conversation with you so far from Wales felt a piece of home! You share so much with your passion for languages thank you for always wanting to share it with us!❤️
I'm so curious how she ended up working there.
sounded like chinese welsh to me.
@@TheDogGoesWoof69zero. There are no innocent settlers lol
You could tell by the way she lightened up around him that him speaking her language to her in his country touched her heart
@@noahlebaron9337what are you accusing this random lady of?
You know, having a local take you to their reservation is actually a HUGE sign of respect and comfort. We do that to introduce you to our family, friends and even our ancestors so that you feel more comfortable and at home. We seriously appreciate this, as a Wisconsin local who loves to learn about our history, ekosani, Ari.♥️
Maybe on American reservations but certainly not Canadian ones. I’ve been on many a reservation- they used to hold illegal “fights” and I was brought in to be a waitress for the events many many times 😂 I didn’t belong there and they no one invited me. I was simply hired. As a teen you often end up on reservations to party outside away from the eyes of the police- again, we aren’t invited but we are certainly welcomed.
That's very true.
This is so special. And made even more special when he taught the Chinese woman hello in Cree, and taught his friend hello I’m Chinese! ❤ let’s unite and understand eachother !!!
I love I can hear the subtle similarities between Cree and Ojibwe. Despite not hearing Cree that much in my life, I picked up on words like rabbit immediately, since it's so similar to how we say it in my area. I've heard multiple dialects of Ojibwe for all of my life and have been surrounded by speakers, so a lot of the words are forever going to stick with me. From my family speaking around the house, to friends joking in the language, and from it being taught in our schools on the rez.
Miigwech for inspiring me to keep going on this journey to be fluent! It means so much to me. You are an incredible person.
This is a beautiful thing you did. Thank you for being so compassionate and bringing people together ❤
Oh wow
Dang Mike!
this is very generous of you, however Xiaomanyc has 6 million subs and makes a literal killing from this TH-cam channel.
100 bucks is just a drop in the bucket
@@Mystery69don’t be an ass lol. Someone’s hard earned money isn’t something small when they give it away.
@@Mystery69it’s about more than just the money, it shows gratitude for this beautiful thing he has done. To be able to give that much shows just how grateful they are.
Dude is extremely modest. He definitely has a gift that very very few people can even grasp.
Of course he has a gift to quickly learn language, and he does the practice for our entertainment too.
Yes, but his point still stands, anyone can learn a new language if they are consistent with it, and verbally practicing and not afraid of making mistakes in public and making a fool out of themselves. The main difference is what takes him a month probably would be a year for an average person.
@@greasher926 I don't think it would actually take an average person multiple years to do this. He speaks a lot less than you'd think. He just knows exactly what he needs to learn to be able to buy something from a store and explain that he's learning the language etc. He uses a lot of the same phrases over and over again.
When people try talking to him about off topic things he didn't expect to talk about you can see it gets pretty rough.
It's not a gift. You too can learn multiple languages. You just can't be stubborn, don't procrastinate and actually focus on learning. To simply just say he has a gift technically is implying you're dumb yourself.
@@Jake-bt3fc How many phrases do you know in different languages? How many countries have you visited? Stop being jealous!
Thanks for coming to Canada and promoting First Nations language.
Xiaomma this is my home town!! The women Julia is my grandmother. This makes me so happy to see
❤
@@desperanzza❤
Danseh!
@@freyjablue. tansí, this T in our language is pronounced D
@@IBeenDre Thank you !
THIS VIDEO HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST WATCHED VIDEO IN CANADA RIGHT NOW!!! Everyone is posting it on social media. Thank you sir for coming to Canada and speaking to those elders, they appreciate it more than you know I'm sure
At 13:51, when the elder pats him on the shoulder...that broke me. Language is the key to elevating any culture, and @xiaomanyc continues to prove he's one of the greatest to ever do it.
It brought a huge smile to my face. Culture is so important. ❤❤❤
This is what the internet should be used for.
כל הכבוד ארי!
So right
As a Welsh person, the way my jaw DROPPED when he started speaking Welsh…. That was the last thing I was expecting to see in this vid. What the holy hell
Shes thousands of miles from home and she hears her native tongue maybe for the first time in years. As a Scot who lived in Canada for a bit I fully understand.
Not too many languages he can't speak
Molly's response at their parting: "No worries dude! Glad you enjoyed it" is _very_ Canadian. I use "no worries" a lot if someone thanks me for something that costs me very little and I was happy to do.
@@adamdesanti6713 Its a very anglo thing, its commonly said in the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. I think its just the US it isn't said often.
@cazygonemad definitely used in California lol
its so sad that some of these people feel like it's impossible to continue to teach their language to their young. It's amazing to see you give them hope that the younger generations can learn and continue their traditions
I can’t help but always feel bad for the Natives of the Americas. Their culture and people have been practically under attack and robbed by colonizers during a time long before ours. We just pretty much see the result of it. Forced to be indoctrinated with “Indian Boarding Schools” or how the colonizers waged biowarfare with blankets infected with smallpox, knowing it was a foreign disease to the natives. Their lands being taken and justified by “Manifest Destiny.”
The sad thing is that I don’t think people have improved all that much.
@@Spider-Complexion Yep... Colonization destroyed a lot of tribes/first nations. Still a lot of racism & violence towards them too. It's been tough to rebuild everything that we lost & sometimes impossible. Most of my family are residential school survivors. So, it's been tough to end toxic cycles due to intergenerational trauma but we aren't quitters
As a Canadian this video made me tear up.
The treatment of this country towards the indigenous peoples of this land is HORRIFYING.
If you look into the history around the residential school system you will understand how their languages have literally been BEATEN out of them. The scars and harm left behind by this all amounts to nothing less than cultural genocide.
A lot of people were made to speak English and lost their knowledge on how to speak Cree. My mom's first language was Cree, she had to be taught English in school. And now she can understand it but can only speak a little bit of it. I know she wishes she could have personally taught my sisters and I.
in many countries, indigenous peoples are not allowed to speak their languages, or they are required to speak the national language.
in the United States & Canada, indigenous peoples are required to speak English &/or French. in Latin America, indigenous peoples are required to speak Spanish.
all indigenous peoples can do is try to be one step ahead of the government because they will not acknowledge us. but i can guarantee they will be the first to open a museum or create scientific studies when an indigenous community dies out.
50 year old lawyer here. Dealt with indigenous clients as criminal defense lawyer and in my current role of prosecutor. Have a front row seat to so many heartbreaking situations with lost and broken indigenous young people on bad paths. Seeing this is so uplifting. So meaningful to see Ari honour and connect with those elders (warriors!) fighting for their young and to preserve their culture. Got something in my eye after watching this video. Good humans on display here
any tips for a young lad going into your career field, currently going onto my 3rd year of college for Political Science, and I hope to go into law school afterwards
@siphious2911 can I ask if you are in Canada or USA? I am Canadian and would be glad to help but if you are American I am probably less helpful.
@@jasonsheath3294 USA unfortunately🤙
As an indigenous woman who is part of the Navajo, Apache, Tewa & Cree, this makes my heart so fucking happy. Our native tongue is so sacred to us and the fact it is “dying” out hurts, but I love to see people who aren’t indigenous take such an interest in our culture IN THE RIGHT WAY!!! THANK YOU!
My grandmother was Navajo Utes... She was taken at 5 as a sex slave, she lost her language very quick.
I am so grateful people are working to keep history and culture alive
I’m from Southern Saskatchewan in the capital Regina. I work for a youth centre and a main focus for us is helping to keep the Indigenous languages and culture alive. Great to see this. I’ll probably show it to many!
Regina? The city that rhymes with... fun?
@@Daniel-Weaver certainly!
@@mylessimms8684 our program doesn’t focus entirely on learning Cree, as we are a work readiness program. That being said, our facilitator is at the tail end of his education degree for Cree language at our First Nations University and he brings a lot of his knowledge to our programs. I agree it is difficult to find resources online. I would also be interested in more resources if anyone has them.
You cant do that in a major city, what you are doing is a waste of time and money. As soon as the money you are wasting stops it is 100% over.
@@EternallyGod get a grip
"If this white guy can learn to speak Cree, then we can teach out children." ❤ ... Thank you Xiaoma for teaching the world the importance of respecting, learning, and embracing other cultures. You just don't miss.
bro thats real1!
I was in tears with this woman 🥹
For real. This guy learns so much it must be insanely difficult to learn and remember that much. For someone who is mixed it makes me want to sit down and try to learn again
It'll still be difficult for me in my own way but that shouldn't stop me.
also that he is sharing it out there to the rest of the world is amazing.
Probably the most respect ever put behind the words "This white guy" lol
This is it. ❤
Shout out to my Cree cousins! Blackfoot here, makes me so proud to hear our culture and traditions carried on! 10 years ago most tribes were worried about losing our language one day, the passed couple years i feel so much hope because theres been so many more people interested! Thank you for shining a light on our cultures!💖
I love the blackfoot ! They where some scary mtf back in the day lol you better where not caught passing on their territory 😂
Did the cree and blackfoots kill each other before?
Oki!
Ok'!
@@MrHammerman97 possibly several hundred years ago...not so much now tho :)
Thank you for coming to Canada and supporting our Indigenous people. It means so much. The fact that you didnt want compensation speaks to the trueness of your heart ❤
As a Mohawk man from Canada who has been wanting to learn my language this gives me hope that I can learn and not let my culture fall away
Yes do it! 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
What the hell are you waiting for then???? Just DO IT.
There's quite a few apps and websites you can use, bro! A lot are free too. First Voices comes to mind
Well, you aren't going to regret it.
If you manage to perpetuate your culture, you will have to change your name to Austin Doo Much.
This is probably my favourite, of all the videos of yours that I've seen. I'm a white Canadian woman, and our First Nations peoples have been treated incredibly poorly for hundreds of years. Their culture, language and history is rich and beautiful; thank you so much Ari, for doing this - and PATRICK for asking Ari to come in the first place! I hope very much that Ari continues to visit First Nations communities in North America. It's beyond valuable!! I wish I could go up there to visit this community too. THANK YOU ARI.🙏💖 (and thank you for the terrific resources mentioned in this video too!) 🙏💖
I moved to Canada, Vancouver island from Australia and I can agree it is an amazing culture, The museum in Victoria on Vancouver island is a really good place to go learn, if anyone has an opportunity to go check it out... They have an insane collection there I was blown away!
Hi, would you happen to know Mr Big Canoe and his grandson Chris Campbell of Six Nations?
I am white but feel the same way. Our country (USA) has done shit for our Indigenous people
There’s something so special about a people being touched by his efforts. When the elder grabbed ahold of his jacket and held it at 13:49 for a second or two it really touched my heart. It’s a show of emotion I haven’t see in a long time.
Yeah that was powerful.
Yessss! You can really tell they are grateful
Im glad you brought it up, i was going to say the same that gesture alone is a powerful message and not many ppl seem to understand and will miss the meaning of it.
I have to pause and see it 3 times to make sure i wouldn't miss that.
Xiomannyc has a gift not many possess.
@@aceflores4533 I felt that too. It's so interesting how a display of respect/gratitude can be felt by so many of us, while it seems Xiaoma himself was a little confused lol. No hate to him, I know it's a cultural difference and to an American/non-native being grabbed like that would seem aggressive or not at all like a kind gesture.
Still, you can tell how deeply they appreciated his efforts to learn the language and help keep their culture alive. Their culture- the Cree language, their way of life, and the land they live on IS who the Cree people are. It is so important for native/First Nations to have their identity
@@kiingblue yea its only a split second of confusion though, the thank you seemed very understanding.
8:00 those 360 camera angles crack me up sometimes xD
Hahahaha I just got there and thought the same ! Came to the comments and wasn't disappointed
A native woman's laugh heals all your emotional wounds. It comes straight from the heavens 🙌
I love it when they joked that the rabbits came from the pet store! LOL!
I vividly recall the time i was at a restaurant and was talking to my parents the indigenous words i was learning in school and an elder was smiling so much from another table. I went over to her and spoke a few words of respect.
Every Canadian needs to learn at least how to address our elders
Oh, that made me cry listening to the elder who said that you were helping to prove to and encourage their children and grandchildren to learn Cree. So sweet.
me too
I've always said if I could pick a superpower it would be the ability to speak all languages to be able to connect with everyone. ❤ As a Welsh person I understand how special it must be for the indigenous peoples to see Ari learning and speaking their Cree language.
Beautiful Cree people. Please don't lose your language. Teach your kids. It's priceless.
bro met a random person from a way separate country and started speaking her language too off the side lmao. this dude's learning a lot of great languages that connect people like cree and welsh and all that and im glad he's helping revive them. and its especially touching with these indigenous languages because they need to be spoken more and revived cuz its such an important factor of a group of people to keep their language.
Next time he is in Wales he will meet someone from the Cree nation :)
He’s met Welsh speakers in both Canada and Spain, I hope this becomes a more common occurrence
As a Scotsman, living in Singapore for 12 years, married to a Malaysian Chinese I love learning about different cultures. I speak a little Mandarin and to date have found your videos entertaining and fun. This sir was a whole different level. Your ability to touch and connect people through language is very heartwarming. 很好！
Wow exotic genetics
Oh, hello, from Singapore also. LOL
I really enjoyed watching this video. Been following you for awhile. I'm from Papua New Guinea, we are the worlds most lingually diverse country, having 850 languages...still counting.
Every one of our native languages is unique. I share compassion for this community trying to preserve their Cree language.
Language is our way of life, our identity, our cultural anchor; thank you for your initiative to try preserve your beautiful and unique language. You have my respect and hope that your young ones will learn and speak your native language for more generations to come
At a Chinese restaurant in Saskatchewan the restaurant owner greets the customers in Cree ... but what she says is written in Mandarin Chinese ... Now that's an impact on the world worth celebrating Xiaomanyc
When my mother took Cree classes in university she said the Chinese people were exceptionally well at their language due to that fact.
He’s big in China that’s why
Yeah she was on camera & didn’t want to be exposed for her ignorance. She’s not dumb, she knew that indigenous people live there & have their own language. People who move to places need to show respect to the traditional custodians of the land & waters they live & thrive on. Learning about the original people’s is the least you could do.
@@trnchtwnrk9260Watching again I'm thinking she has not been there that long, she appears to not know even what the local language is ...
Hopefully the first word she has been taught will help her with the native speakers, and people learning it, and the extra business and friends persuade her to learn more
You know what really made me go Woh, the fact these people are from a place so far away they've never even heard of New York. Yet, look at all the products in that store. It's All American products, that's strange I mean right?
Someone is peeling onions in here The elders words were so raw and real. The language was damaged when colonization stole it. I will smudge and give thanks for the Cree language, a gift to the people.
Are you native?
They didn't steal it. They don't even know it.
@grabble7605 I don't think it was meant as being stolen as in they use it, but rather that they were not permitted to speak it.
I think I must live near you. Those onions are getting to me, too.
He spoke 3 languages in one spot. It's amazing that he is helping bring awareness to the dying languages.
Edit: OMG an American spoke English 😲 so it's 4 languages! 🤦♀️
Four if you count his native english! (Cree, Welsh, Mandarin Chinese ((I think)) and English)
One of those languages was either mandarin or Cantonese aka chinese, not exactly a dying language lol
@@jeremybenoit759 Welch is definitely a dying language. Two in one video ain't bad.
Bro it's not normal to learn Language so fast. He needs to have t9n of kids.
The comments. Bro this is to much I barely can speak English my first language lol
You have a great ability to make people feel seen in such a meaningful way.
@7:26 "You speak Welsh!" You're a polyglot from far away in the middle of Saskatchewan meeting & speaking to the community via their native language when you meet a beautiful Welsh girl & introduce yourself in her native celtic (and just as ancient) native tongue! - You sir are my hero, If only I had your skills when I was your age the world would be mine!
He’s over 30 lol
@@louish2037lol and maybe the OP is over 60?
@@louish2037bro I’m 31 and u making me sound like a dinosaur 😂
@@user-ji7vn1ps8j Yeah that’s reasonable, I’m under 30 tho so he seems old to me
You're not too old. The world can still be yours!
As a Plains Cree youth I thank you for motivating me to try to learn my dying language. It is very important to me that I can give my future children an identity of where they come from, traditions that were taught to me, and for the knowledge and language to be passed on.
Best of luck to you. Wishing you success.
It's great fun to learn a native language especially when it's your own... It makes you feel closer to the history and people you came from and knowing your roots kinda gives you a sense of pride in continuing that history and passing it to the next generation. 😊
You got this! I'm sure it'll be hard, but you'll be so happy you did it and so will your future generations. Best of luck!
You have so much to be proud of, keep it up. :)
AH'O so proud of you!! ✊🏽🪶😘🫂😘
Teaching a Chinese lady how to say hello in Cree was so cool. Bringing people together, one language at a time. Nice!❤
THANK YOU FOR KEEPING SO MANY LANGUAGES AND CULTURES ALIVE!!
The way that older guy said "You have a good heart" was so wholesome dude
The elder man at 13:51 grab his shoulder with a firm grip after hand shake hits me... he really appreciate you learning cree.
Same here. He earned his respect when the Elder did that. You could hear the respect in the gesture
that part made me emotional as heck
I am also from Loon Lake Saskatchewan, cree language has been a part of my life for as long as I remember, my kookum (grandma) Mary Ben before she passed, would always speak cree to me and taught me a bunch of words whenever we went to bed or during the day. It amazes to see my home land and my uncles, relatives on youtube. None the less, a (mooniaw) learning our cree language ❤ I sometimes didnt even have to read the captions because I just wanna experience it all over again. The guy who grabbed your jacket caller is an elder, a medicine man let's say and has been a big part of our family. So good to see you get a long, comes to show my people from a different perspective towards outsiders, I'm proud of how they treat you. ❤ Subscribe
I'm also from loon lake!
That heartfelt moment--Lady in green top--at the dinner with the Elders...what joy! Enjoy a sub.
The fact Ari was so afraid of dogs and respected the plan enough to just go along with what they had ready for him to do says so much!
He’s incredibly open minded and adaptable. 😅 Did you notice that when he came out of the sweat lodge he wasn’t afraid of the dog coming up to greet him 💁♀️
😂 not sure he even registered that the doggo was there 🥵😆
So brave!
It's an huge honor to be invited to the lodge. Good on you.
The bit with the Welsh lady was amazing. The Cree elder talking about teaching children Cree was heartfelt.
But having multiple fluencies at the Chinese restaurant and building relationships with "hello" and "thanks" was inspired and hopefully long lasting. Small steps matter.
Thanks for doing what you do.
I think I need to practice my Greek now
That's building bridges that will last a lifetime. You can't put a value on that, it's immeasurable. Beautiful human connection.
Exactly!!! That one moment in the restaurant, where he helped it new friend and then the restaurant owners. You just created "community" in less than 5 minutes. Genius!
I love the Native Canadian and Native American languages. They are so calming to hear and very different from any other language family.
Of course what Xiaoma did is touching but equally as touching is Patrick’s gesture to his community and youth. What an amazing community member and leader to have ❤️
This one made me cry, the indigenous people here have had so much stolen from them, so much of their culture robbed, it was a blessing to see you respect them like this. When the lady talked about teaching her grandchildren Cree I welled up, when the old man grabbed your coat the tears started.
I was expecting another novelty video, this was so much more, thank you 🖤
Yes and it's for the better it was taken that's how manifest destiny works. Now we have civilization and technology we wouldn't have had otherwise.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
That part was so impactful
@@tdb4763civilization isn't linked to technology, it's universally human. But stay ignorant ig.
I felt the same, very tearful for me, and having him bridge the languages of the restaurant owner and the people they serve... amazing
There's something just so darn cool about having an Asian language, a North American language, and a European language all being shared and discussed with in the same spot. The world is so big, yet so small.
the way Ari can bring them all together as well is amazing
As long as we are interested in and respectful to each other's cultures, humanity is one big beautiful family. Keeping differences alive, is the true diversity we should strive for. Love your beautiful work.
I am Canadian and I cannot express I happy this video made me. I am not Cree, but I really respect that nation. They are good people. Thank you.
watching this in Manitoba with tears in my eyes, that elder crying sums up so much. Thank you for bringing attention to Cree.
Watching from Manitoba as well!
From winnipeg, hope to move back one day
Damn this one was special. The tip they gave the Chinese lady on how to tell the customers hello in Cree could be a spark to change her business and in turn her life. And the way the elder man grabbed his jacket collar after the meeting shows how much that visit meant to him. Cool af
Bringing the world together in an age of division. Thank you sir. You’ve touched these people and myself profoundly.
Well done Ari! As as a Saskatchewanian, I'm so glad you visited our province - and even more glad that you spent time in one of our First Nations. More than ever, we need to highlight and preserve the cultures that were nearly eradicated by past governments. There is still prejudice and racism, and in Canada, much of that is targeted at indigenous people. Only knowledge can help remove prejudice, and you are helping spread that knowledge.
Ari, you need to work for the UN as a goodwill ambassador. Your personality and language skills will foster world peace.
But he’s American tho, doesn’t he have to be European to join the UN? Or is that not a rule over there? I’m American myself so I’ve no idea
@@wolfeyezontheprize2658 The US is a founding member of the United Nations and the headquarters is in New York. You're likely thinking of the European Union.
😂 they are corrupt
@@austinperez9408you’ve done extremely well to make some sense out of his ignorance. I honestly wasn’t sure if he was been sarcastic, but you mentioning the EU at least gives an idea to his chain of thought. The comment still reflects poorly on the state of the US education system. A poorly educated population will always be a weakness for any democracy and I can’t help but feel that in the US, this is very much the intention
@@scorpionformula
Yup
All any one has to do is research the r-ape of women and children by UN soldiers in various countries ie:
Haiti and Kosovo
This made me so emotional. I'm Apache and Spaniard and I have no idea how to speak either language. Shame on me for not learning and shame on me for not passing on the language to my children. I'm never too old to learn and teach to continue any traditional language I was born into. Cree sounds like a beautiful language and I have learned a valuable lesson watching this video. Thank you.
I'm part Spanish and I'm learning the language now in my 40s. It's never too late to start 😊
Today is a good day to start and teach kids as well
My family on my Mothers side was from Ireland, wish I could’ve learned a bit of Gaelic
That shame isn't for you to carry. You don't know because you haven't learned because you weren't taught. What's important is that now you have tools and the ability and wisdom to seek out that knowledge now and take steps to learn. See how quick that shame dissipates when you take action. You've got this!
I've always been interested in learning more languages. There are SSOOO many programs available, and I don't know where to start, but I'm looking for indigenous languages as well as the standard stuff. I think every tribe should make their language a requirement in the schools their children will attend.
9:09 the walking has me rolling 😂
Gotta love the fisheye lens. XD
Freaky!
Man 🤣🤣😭😭 Fr tho like I can’t handle the 360 I feel like I’m onna crazy trip
They're not just impressed, they're proud of you. Looks like you have new brothers and sisters in Saskatchewan.
This is my grandparents language, their native language is Cree and were forced to learn English due to residential schools. It really surprised me when my granny told me her first language was Cree and not English, she said she spoke it in secret to her friends while in school. It never really dawned on me since her English was perfect.
My mom moved us from the rez and into the city when I was about 7. I remember understanding some Cree as a kid, but then the other kids in the city would bully me over my accent and I was told it was a dirty language. I changed my accent completely when I was a teenager in order to sound more like a white person and stayed ignorant with my language. I received many back handed compliments from other Canadians and my own people on how "white" I sound.
This video stunned me, you've come a long way from when I first subscribed and I would've never thought in a million years you would learn Cree. I really want to thank you for doing this. Now I know how other subscribers feel when you learn some of their native language. :)
Same here, my father is first nation Ojibwe from Canada (Mississauga of the credit) and my Grandmother was actually taken away from her parents and put in a residentual school where speaking her native language and basically anything to do with her native culture was not only not allowed but actually severely punished and like many so many others she was severely abused and taken advantage of while there. As child and even now as an adult it's hard to understand what that must of felt like and how that would effect someone, and even moreso how or why someone could do that to someone else
Understandably it hurt her on a level that affected her her whole life and something I know she never fully recovered from. And while things have changed there is still that prejudice is still around, and while I live in America, I do go to Canada on a fairly frequent basis and I'm always taken back when I go there and feel it firsthand. It's hard to imagine how something like that can still go on in this day and age. I'm so thankful that things are changing and for everything my people have to done to push for those changes no matter how hard things got. It's something I can never truly be grateful enough for and something I have really hard time expressing my gratitude for it.
They protected and saved our culture though such hard times so it could continue for our future generations, and it's now our duty to not only keep it going but to make it stronger. As it's the least we can do to show our gratitude and our pride for our beautiful culture.
I have been watching your videos for years and this was the first time I didn't need any subtitles, I am Cree from central Alberta, I loved this video and was praying that you would learn Cree, it isn't an easy language but I was fortunate that both my parents spoke Cree, I am so grateful that you took the time to honor not only our language but our customs as well. Hiy-Hiy kinanâskomitin
I love this episode so much, makes me happy to be canadian and seeing people in my country come together from such different backgrounds. I love it.
Save the Cree Langue. When i started school in Louisiana back in 1973, the state was trying to save Cajun French . For years kids were beat for speaking our version of French and the language was dying. Today it is promoted. Lets save the almost lost languages.
DUDE SHE CRIED!!
THAT WILL STICK WITH YOU FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE....
GOOD ON YOU.
That and the old man patting him on the shoulder and clutching his coat. That little interaction spoke so loudly.
As a mi’kmaq First Nation woman, this warms my heart as you are so willing to learn so many languages which I love to watch, especially when you freak them out by speaking their language!!!! There are so many beautiful languages in North America that I hope that you will learn more, especially our mi’kmaq language which is from the Algonquin language. Algonquian languages, North American Indian language family whose member languages are or were spoken in Canada, New England, the Atlantic coastal region southward to North Carolina, and the Great Lakes region and surrounding areas westward to the Rocky Mountains. Among the numerous Algonquian languages are Cree, Ojibwa, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Mi’kmaq (Micmac), Arapaho, and Fox-Sauk-Kickapoo. The term Algonquin (often spelled this way to differentiate it from the family) refers to a dialect of Ojibwa. Algonquian languages have been classified by some scholars as belonging to a larger language group, the Macro-Algonquian phylum. See also Macro-Algonquian languages., also you should know that our language which is mi’kmaq were not allowed to use in the residential schools as they( the children)were beaten out of by the priest, and nuns, this happened across turtle island.. 😞 I know some are advocating to keep our language alive!!! Thank you so very much
I am Mi'kmaq also❤ New Brunswick area my Grandfather was born. I am in USA. ❤
Weliegsitpu'g 🌞☕ Tleiawi Listuguj 😊🤝🏾 Mi'gmaq First Nation
So interesting! Thanks for sharing
@@kathymitchell2822 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for this explanation. My 9th great-grandmother was Mi’kmaq. My first ancestor (French) to arrive in North America arrived at Prince Edward Island in the early 1640s. She married his grandson, and they had 3 children.
Respect to all my Cree relatives from the Gitxsan Nation here in BC.
As a native with a dead/dying language this definitely hits home.. Maybe One day we can get help for Ari/Xiaoma to raise awareness. Thank you for making this video and drawing attention to the lost languages.
What's your native language?
@WaaDoku Catawba - it is an Eastern Siouan language.
Same here. not as dying as your native languages or other native languages and all but i have never heard a foreigner speak or try to speak my language.
It must start with the children and younger generation, who currently have no interest in learning the language
@charm9741 it's also hard because growing up no one was speaking the language so there's no incentive or Reason To Learn. Most of the tribe had been discouraged from speaking our language for so long things fell through the cracks
as a welsh speaker in cardiff this is awesome!! you've made more of an effort to learn our language than most natives!
An bhfuil Breatnais agat? (Do you speak Welsh?) Grás mór ó do chol ceathracha Ceilteach in Éirinn 💚🤍🧡
Hey Xiaomanyc. Thank you for bringing attention to one of the many Indigenous cultures in Canada. There is a really awful and tragic back story to both why Indigenous Canadians have nearly lost their languages and mostly speak English or French: 140+ years of stripping away their cultures at government and church run residential schools. So, the elder's emotional response to your show of respect, the learning of their language, has much greater depth than many of your viewers might realize. I know that the US also has a similar history.
As Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians attempt to make progress down our road of Truth and Reconciliation, I think what you have managed to do in this video is to show another way to honour and celebrate Indigenous culture and language. Thank you.
It's less about victimization and more about the fact that they don't have a written language.
@@frankvonfraunerwtf does that have to do with anything fool
@@frankvonfrauner So how come so few people speak Irish in Ireland as they had a written language ........If everything had continued as it was, Ireland would likely still largely speak Irish today, but the English put a stop to that. .......Suppression and Marginalization
During the period of British rule, particularly from the 16th to the 19th century, the Irish language faced deliberate suppression and marginalization. The English Crown implemented policies aimed at eradicating Irish culture and promoting English as the dominant language. Laws and penal statutes restricted the use of Irish, discouraging its use in public life, education, and legal proceedings. This deliberate marginalization significantly impacted the status and usage of the Irish language.
Education Policies and Anglicization
The British administration emphasized the Anglicization of Ireland, which extended to the education system. Schools were often English-medium institutions, where Irish was discouraged or outright forbidden. Native Irish speakers were often stigmatized, leading to a decline in the transmission of the language from one generation to the next. Lack of access to education in Irish contributed to a significant loss of fluency among the population.
Famine and Socioeconomic Factors
The devastating Great Famine of the mid-19th century had a profound impact on the Irish language. The famine led to widespread death, mass emigration, and social upheaval. As a result, the Irish-speaking regions of Ireland were disproportionately affected, leading to a decline in the number of Irish speakers. The subsequent socioeconomic challenges faced by the Irish population, coupled with the British policies, further marginalized the language.
@ Thanks for the history lesson. I have Irish and Scottish ancestry, and have been learning the language(s) as best I can. It's been sad to learn how those languages and culture were suppressed in the same manner over centuries as was done with the North American natives
@@frankvonfrauner many languages were unwritten and didn't disappear. The one commonality between them? They weren't touched by Europeans. Hell, even well documented and written languages within Europe, Africa, and other places have been erased due to colonialism.
The lady in the green sweater aid glasses is pure love.
I'm a cree Native from Saskatchewan! I was so surprised to find this video, watching it really makes me so emotional to know I dont know much of my Native language other than what we addressed our grandparents. My grandmother is from Willowbunch and was in the residential school system. She mentioned a few times how cruel the nuns were to all the children and how they berated the parents in the homes for speaking anything but english. They spoke French AND Cree, and you can see the regret they have about losing most of it. I grew up fluent in french from what I was taught in their home and in French immersion from pre-k on. I am absolutely going to make sure I learn Cree, hopefully better than I know my French. Thank you SO much for making this video. Much love and infinite respect.
So sorry to hear what they did to you and your people. Your language, culture and people are beautiful. It would be a tragedy for humanity that your language disappear. I really hope you will learn how to speak Cree language. ❤from France.
The treatment at residential schools was really disgusting. The fact these schools were even created is baffling to me. What was their purpose? Helping people is one thing, but to try and destroy cultures by using people's children? That's a mental sickness. I don't know how those nuns could sleep at night having meted out all that cruelty each and every day.
@@steelcom5976 pure evil,programmed by the tyrant demonic system
@@steelcom5976it was part of the 500 year conquest ordered by the vatican to destroy all culture and force everyone to submit to their power. There was an apology that came out from the vatican to apologize for destroying the world's culture through enslavement/indoctrination by their policies.
Must feel extremely frustrating to feel your culture and your language fading away, i hope their youth learns it.
It's a beautiful language and what a wonderful people.
yeah over here where I live our schools teach us our tribal languages and it's a good experience and it's humbling
Or, and hear me out, maybe it's extremely humbling to know for thousands of years your culture and people have lives on this planet bur like all things it must cone to an end. And here you are lucky enough to see the end of a generation. Seeing yoye culture die intact might be better that what's happening now.
@@Ralph_Sandwich Everything changes, but change does not mean the end. We don't have to be nihilistic like that.
Your culture is fading away also but you dont care.
@@EternallyGodWhat do you mean
I am writing you Xiaomanyc with tears in my eyes. I am a settler Canadian married into an Indigenous family--thank you for a beautiful video and for highlighting Indigenous languages and peoples! Thank you for using your platform in such a powerful way! ♥
"settler canadian"?
Lmao
@@terrancewood9322 did they say something wrong?
This was so beautiful, especially because it inspired such hope in the elders for their language's future. ❤
As a Canadian who is absolutely disgusted and sickened by the way our First Nations peoples have been treated, I was saddened and ashamed to realize how foreign Cree sounded. I should be far FAR more familiar with such sounds. I wish more was done in mainstream education to preserve the beauty of each of the many threatened tribal languages. Young FN children were stolen from their families and had their mother tongue forceably cut out. As part of Truth and Reconciliation, one of the first big steps we absolutely need to take is to not only give their voices back and LISTEN, but to amplify them by teaching, at the *very* least, the conversational basics of these languages to our school children.
I wholeheartedly agree!! In fact, dare I say, every school around the world should provide efficient multilingual environments!
Welcome to Canada! I live about 275km south west of Loon Lake. As a memeber of the Métis nation I am happy to see you out promoting the Cree nation. 🇨🇦
YES! I am originally from Ontario and moved to Saskatoon Saskatchewan several years ago. I do not speak Cree nor am I indigenous but I know how important it is to preserve the Cree language. This video is amazing to see, it warms my heart. Thank you
I lived and worked with the Cree people in Northern Manitoba for over a decade. Some of the kindest, most caring people that I’ve ever met.