Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today, on Friday we will be celebrating Aboriginal Day and we will be given a holiday. I am happy to see this one day put aside for us. We the Dene in the Northwest Territories, (Translation starts) we are celebrating our traditions from this country, and that is why we have one day given to us. The way we help people, the way we live on this earth as a people, our traditions and our cultures, it is like putting it all together.
They give us one day, our day, for aboriginal people in the Northwest Territories, for all the aboriginal people. It is counted as Aboriginal Day. The way we work with each other when we had other cultures come amongst us, we all helped each other. That is how we survived. That is how we got here.
It seems like sometimes they walk over us, but in one day, we will all get together again, aboriginal people. We have Aboriginal Day for that. I am thankful. Last year we talked about it in here, and that is how we reached a decision. For today, five of us are sitting in here and the way their language is used in this Territory, we work on it, for us to use our language to deliver service.
People have been appointed to work on this language committee and we have a report. We have given it a name, One Land - Many Voices, is what this document is called. It is a report on how far we have come in terms of language, in terms of the stories, in terms of how people use the language. It is for everyone in the Territories to look at. Five of us are on the committee and we worked on this. Everyone, all the people, white people, everyone.
This Friday, on National Aboriginal Day, everyone should celebrate positively. We should have a look at how far we went, all the accomplishments that we made and we should feel thankful on this day. As for that, I feel very thankful. I hope everyone has a great day and enjoys the day. Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. (Translation ends)
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