In Seventhblade, the Ibinnashae (children of Ibinnas and non-Ibinnas) use Northern Michif as their heritage language. I was lucky enough to have translation help from Vince Ahenakew, an educator and language keeper from Île-à-la-Crosse, which one of the main communities that speak this dialect. Vince kindly fixed my attempts at translating dialogue as I amContinue reading “Northern Michif and Seventhblade”
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Seventhblade: Peasant Farming and Social Darwinism
The Convenient Lie That Caused the Real Destruction of Thriving Indigenous Farm Communities In Seventhblade, I’ve used some historical (and contemporary) acts of forced assimilation, segregation, and genocide against Turtle Island Indigenous communities and individuals as a basis for my worldbuilding concerning the Ecrelian colonization of the Indigenous Ibinnas, Ibinnashae, and Iqounicha of Kaspine. OneContinue reading “Seventhblade: Peasant Farming and Social Darwinism”
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