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Let Us Fill The Air With Our Language!
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About this campaign
The Haayk Foundation is excited to unveil a new design which weaves together traditional Tsimshian formline and language. On a sapphire blue background, David Robert Boxley has created a stylized face singing the lyrics, "Naandza dip ho'on laxha da na lip algyagm," which comes from the song, We Can Speak For Ourselves, written by Gavin Hudson, and means, “let us fill the air with our own language!” Taken together, this reprepresents our shared efforts to move beyond simply preserving our language, to actually speaking and singing as our beloved ancestors did.
All the proceeds from this online fundraiser will go toward fulfilling our mission: “To rapidly cultivate new fluent speakers of Sm’algya̱x and to produce learning resources for any and all interested learners.” We appreciate your continued support.
Dm aap’ag̱m goo la loom da na lip algya̱g̱m. We will remember what you've done for our language. Wayi wah!
Supporters
I am raising four grandchildren who are half Tsimshian and am anxious for them to have an oportunity to hear and speak their native language and be proud of their heritage.
I'm proud of the work that your are all doing to help keep this beautiful language going! Keep up the great work my cousins :)
I support language revitalization!
For my late grandmother Mildred “Greta” Weston (Fawsett) from the nis’sga of the Eagle Clan.
Our languages are precious. They tie us to an infinite past and infinite future.
If a language dies, the world loses the heart & soul of a civilization, of rich lives well lived. The nuance of history is found in it's people, music, food & the memories of elders openly shared in the tongue of their youth. Keep up your vital work.
Restoring our language is vital to our children’s children.