The Power of Preserving Language

Why Our Language Carries Our Identity

They say when a language dies, so does a world. A way of seeing. A way of being.

For Indigenous peoples, language is not just communication -- it’s connection. It’s the thread that ties us to our ancestors, our traditions, our stories, and even the land itself. Every Tłı̨chǫ word spoken is a form of resistance. Every syllable preserved is a declaration: “We are still here.”

When our children learn to say ehtsı̨, they are doing more than learning the word for grandma they are honoring generations of love, resilience, and teachings passed down through time. Our language carries the soul of our culture. It holds our humour, our protocols, our sacred knowledge, and the little phrases only our people truly understand.

That’s why I started Mahsi Books.

To make sure our children grow up seeing and hearing themselves in books not just as characters, but as keepers of language. As storytellers. As knowledge holders.

Because preserving our language means preserving who we are.

Let’s raise a generation that doesn’t just remember the words…

But lives them. Speaks them. Feels them.