Editing Michif (section)

==== Language genesis from Michif people ====
The genesis of the Michif peoples and language has been passed through generations. The story of the creation of the Michif people and their language was told to Elder Brousse Flammand (currently the president of the Michif kaa-piikishkwaychik, or Michif Speakers Association)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-06 |title=About Brousse Flammand |url=https://thinkinginmichif.family.blog/about-brousse-flammand/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623203031/https://thinkinginmichif.family.blog/about-brousse-flammand/ |archive-date=2023-06-23 |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=Thinking In Michif |language=en}}</ref> by his grandparents (born 1876 and 1886). The information he gives is also told by other Michif speakers, who agree that the language was given to the Michif peoples by the Creator/God. He states that the genesis of the Michif person/nation is synonymous with the genesis of the Michif language. Both the language and the nation are creations of the Creator/God— and are symbiotic to each other.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-06 |title=The Genesis of the Michif Peoples |url=https://thinkinginmichif.family.blog/the-genesis-of-the-michif-peoples/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624164513/https://thinkinginmichif.family.blog/the-genesis-of-the-michif-peoples/ |archive-date=2023-06-24 |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=Thinking In Michif |language=en}}</ref>

The creation of a specific language for Metis people allowed for a collective identity, where Michif speakers could take action together to protect traditional territories and homelands, and share a collective history.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-06 |title=The Genesis of the Michif Peoples |url=https://thinkinginmichif.family.blog/the-genesis-of-the-michif-peoples/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624164513/https://thinkinginmichif.family.blog/the-genesis-of-the-michif-peoples/ |archive-date=2023-06-24 |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=Thinking In Michif |language=en}}</ref>