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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF CANADA LE ZANNIAT

By Salai Thangte Laizozanniat
Tunnia tu i fapa le i fanu upaber te heh Orchestra music zirhnak Orkidstra ah tlawngkai ben veleh zir tuhin mawtaw in hlat ing. Orkidstra zir hmun ah pawlkom dang te in mipui sik thil in poster a dahhnak te sik fangin Canada ram ai umh hmasa miphun te dinhmun le Mirang te in a miphun paai tuhin Residential School ah a kaai ruai thula te pawl thula tlawm dung siar pha umh ii. Carleton University ah B.Sc i zir kongin Canada ram tluanthu i zir awnghnak thawn ling thiam cih ing.
Canada ram naitu miphun te dinhmun ruat fangin thinhnawm kul ze. Kinmah khai amahte dinhmun ah umh singlai laivum heh kontin hmu ni sing?
Laivum ah miphun khangso ber le fim ber Mirang te in he ram ah Mirang ram in cang ruai hiam maan he ram naitu miphun te paai sio tuh le mi bang lovin cang sio tuhin a bawndan te ruatin zai tlukin a har tuh ii tihnak ruat zo lo ii.
Zanniat mi tang kontin ii sing tihnak ruat ngah de ing. Hlanlai kin pupa san ah Lai/Chin ram ai mi nautat hnak ber miphun Zanniat heh Falam ukhnak hnia ah kum 100 zolo mi bang tuh lovin mi hnia ah umh de tihnak ruat fangin thin i hnawm ngai ii. Hlanlai miuk ukhnak heh 1948 ah paai zo napui, hlanlai pah mi hnia ah am sio in le mi lau in nung ngelngo hnak thinlung tu tuntian in Chinmi/Laimi lakah Zanniat mi te kin tlanglengdaan in a lin ngai ii. He bang thu ruat i hiam lo napui, nisiar i nunhnak ah a tawkhnak, bil in i za hnak, mit in i hmu hnak te maan ruat hiam lo kongin i suak ṭio menma de ii.
Canada ram heh 1867 kum ah a ding hlan pah Mirang te in he ram naitu te zohsuam le mi bang tuh lovin a bawnhnak tu Canada ram ding hnua kum 150 lam tian in he ram naitu miphun te tu tuntian mi ninghio kuul le mi bang lo miphun in nung vek lai ii. Zanniat mi kin dinhmun thawn kin bangdun ngai tiin ruat ngah li de ing.

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