MOHAWK MOTHERS STRATEGY ON QUEBEC’S FORCED LANGUAGE ‘ORDER’ Audio
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MNN. May 23, 2022. Almost 80 years ago Indian day school teachers tried to make us speak French in kahnawake. We took the exam paper which was in French, signed our name, and handed it back blank. They exclaimed, “Eeez no use. They won’t speak French”. We were exempted from the ‘canadien’ [squatters] stranglehold. This commentary applies equally to English.