The syllabics and English translation have been added for appreciation and understanding.
ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐘᐠ ᑮᑲᐘᐩ
néhiyawak kîkway
Cree Prayer
ᑳᑭᓯᒧᐏᐣ
ᒫᒪᐏᔭᐅᐦᑖᐏᒫᐤ ᑭᓇᓈᐢᑯᒥᑎᐣ ᐊᓴᐩ ᒦᓇ ᐁᐚᐸᐦᑎᐦᔭᐣ ᐁᒥᔪᑮᓯᑳᐠ᙮
ᓵᐁᔨᒥᐣ, ᒦᓇ ᓵᐁᔨᒧ ᑲᐦᑭᔭᐤ ᐃᐢᑫᐧᐊᐠ, ᓈᐯᓯᓴᐠ, ᐃᐢᑫᐧᓯᓴᐠ ᐁᑿ ᓇᐯᐘᐠ ᒥᓯᐍᐊᐢᑭᐦᐠ, ᐑᒋᐦᐃᓈᐣ ᑲᑭᑕᒫᑭᐦᑐᔭᕽ, ᑲᒥᔪᐃᐧᒋᐦᑐᔭᕽ, ᒦᓇ ᑲᓵᐁᔨᒥᑐᔭᕽ ᐯᔭᑿᐣ ᑭᔭ ᑲᐃᓯᓵᐁᔨᒥᔭᕽ᙮
ᐘᓭᓇᒫᐏᓇᐣ ᐊᓂᒪ ᒣᐢᑲᓇᐤ ᑲᒥᔪᐱᒧᐦᑖᑕᒫᕽ, ᑲᑕᑯᐦᑌᐦᐃᑯᔭᕽ ᐃᑌ ᑳᒦᐧᐊᓯᐠ᙮
kákisimowin
māmawiyohtāwīmaw kinanāskomitin asay mīna ē-wapahtihiyan
e-miyokīsikāk.
saweyimin, mīna sawéyim kahkiyaw iskwēwak, nāpēsisak, iskwēsisak ekwa napewak misiwē-askihk, wicihinän ka-kitamākihtoyāhk, ka-miyo-wicihitoyáhk, mína ka-saweyimitoyāhk pēyakwan kiya ka-isi-sawēyimiyahk.
wasēnamawinan anima mēskanaw ka-miyo-pimohtātamāhk,
ka-takohtēhikoyahk itē kā-mīywāsik.
(D. Chamakese)
Faith
Together, we acknowledge and are thankful for this land, and for each beautiful day that dawns.
With affection, for all the women, young boys, young girls, and men across this great earth, we commit to educate, to lead a good life, and to love one another as one, or to learn to love.
With our dreams, on this path, we strive to live well, to lead, and thus we thrive.