Healing the Legacy
ᒐᐧᕑᑎᐣ ᐅᑕᑕᒪᐣ ᑭᐃᔕᐊᐧᐣ ᐊᓂᔑᓂᓂᐃᐧ ᐊᐊᐧᔑᔕᐠ ᑲᑭᐃᔑᑲᓇᐁᐧᑕᑯᓯᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ ᐁᑲᐧ ᑕᐡ ᒐᐧᕑᑎᐣ ᑲᓄᑫ ᐊᓂᐣ ᑲᑭᐱᔑ ᐸᑭᑌᐡᑲᑯᐨ ᐃᐁᐧᓂ ᐅᒋ, ᐅᒪᒪᒪᐣ ᒥᓇ ᐱᑯ ᐃᐧᐣ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᑲᐱᐊᑲᔐᔑᐨ ᐅᑕᑕᒪᐣ ᑲᑭᐱ ᓂᑕᒥᓂᑫᐧᓂᐨ.
“ᓂᒪᒪ ᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᒋᐅᒋᐃᐡᑯᓄᐃᐧᐨ ᐃᒪ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᐃᐧᐣ ᐣᑕᑕ ᑭᐃᔑᓂᔕᐊᐧ ᐁᐧᑎ ᐯᓫᐃᑲᐣ ᐸᐧᓫᐢ ᐃᐡᑯᓄᑲᒥᑯᐠ. “ᓂᐣᑭᓇᒣᐦᐅᑯᐣ ᐊᓂᐡ ᐁᑲ ᐁᑭᐅᐣᒋ ᓂᓯᑕᐁᐧᑕᒪᐣ ᑫᑯᓀᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᐃᔑᔭᐨ ᐣᑕᑕ, ᐁᑲᐧ ᒣᑲᐧᐨ ᓂᔭᓇᐣ ᓇᐣᑕ ᑯᑕᐧᓱ ᐁᑕᓱᔭᑭᐃᐧᓀᔭᐣ, ᒪᐊᐧᐨ ᐃᑯ ᒥᐢᑕᐦᐃ ᑭᒥᓂᑫᐧ. ᑲᐃᐧᐣ ᑲᔦ ᒋᐅᒋ ᓂᓯᑕᐁᐧᑕᒪᐣ ᑫᑯᓀᐣ ᑲᑭᐅᒋᒥᓂᑫᐧᐨ ᐁᑲᐧ ᒥᓇ ᑭᑭᐊᐧᐡᑫᐧ, ᑲᓇ. ᐁᐡᑲᑦ ᐃᑯ ᐃᐁᐧ ᑭᐅᐣᒋᐃᔑᔭ ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑭᐅᒋ ᑭᐊᐧᐡᑫᐧᓭᐨ, ᓇᐣᑕ ᒥᓇ ᐁᑭᒋᔕᔕᑯᐊᐧᓇᐨ ᐊᐃᐧᔭᐣ.
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