Perisoreus_Canadensis : Whisky Jack
Solomon Ratt gathered the following words from nêhiyawêwin: itwêwina / Cree: Words by Arok Wolvengrey. CPRC, 2001. He comments that he may have misspelled a few and isn’t sure the list is exhaustive for the birds seen in Saskatchewan (or in western Canada). How great would it be if we could now gather a collection of corresponding images?
| Bald eagle | mikisiw | ᒥᑭᓯᐤ |
| Bird | piyêsîs | ᐱᔦᓰᐢ |
| Bittern | mohkahasiw | ᒧᐦᑲᐦᐊᓯᐤ |
| Black bird | cahcahkâyow | ᒐᐦᒐᐦᑳᔪᐤ |
| Black duck | kaskitêsip | ᑲᐢᑭᑌᓯᑊ |
| Blue heron | mohkahasiw | ᒧᐦᑲᐦᐊᓯᐤ |
| Blue jay | kwîhkwîsiw | ᑹᐦᑹᓯᐤ |
| Blue wing duck | yîkihcikanawêwisip | ᔩᑭᐦᒋᑲᓇᐍᐏᓯᑊ |
| Brown duck | osâwisip | ᐅᓵᐏᓯᑊ |
| Bull finch | oskanêw | ᐅᐢᑲᓀᐤ |
| Canada goose | kihci niska | ᑭᐦᒋ ᓂᐢᑲ |
| Canary | osâwi piyêsîs | ᐅᓵᐏ ᐱᔦᓰᐢ |
| Canvasback duck | misikwâyowêwisip | ᒥᓯᒁᔪᐍᐏᓯᑊ |
| Chickadee | kicikîsosîs | ᑭᒋᑮᓱᓰᐢ |
| Chickadee | picikîskosîs | ᐱᒋᑮᐢᑯᓰᐢ |
| Chickadee | kicîskosîs | ᑭᒌᐢᑯᓰᐢ |
| Chicken | misihyêw | ᒥᓯᐦᔦᐤ |
| Chicken | pâhkahâhkwân | ᐹᐦᑲᐦᐋᐦᒁᐣ |
| Chicken | pâhpahâkwân | ᐹᐦᐸᐦᐋᒁᐣ |
| Chicken hawk | pipon âyis | ᐱᐳᐣ ᐋᔨᐢ |
| Coot | sihkihp | ᓯᐦᑭᐦᑊ |
| Cormorant | kâhkâkîsip | ᑳᐦᑳᑮᓯᑊ |
| Crane | ocihcahk | ᐅᒋᐦᒐᕽ |
| Crane | cahcahkiw | ᒐᐦᒐᐦᑭᐤ |
| Crow | âhâsiw | ᐋᐦᐋᓯᐤ |
| Crow duck | kâhkâkîsip | ᑳᐦᑳᑮᓯᑊ |
| Diver (Hell diver) duck | sihkihp | ᓯᐦᑭᐦᑊ |
| Dove | omîmîw | ᐅᒦᒦᐤ |
| Duck | sîsîp | ᓰᓰᑊ |
| Duck hawk | nôcinîwihêsiw | ᓅᒋᓃᐏᐦᐁᓯᐤ |
| Eagle | kihêw | ᑭᐦᐁᐤ |
| Eagle | kihiw | ᑭᐦᐃᐤ |
| Eagle | mikisiw | ᒥᑭᓯᐤ |
| Falcon | kêhkêhk | ᑫᐦᑫᕽ |
| Fish duck | ohcihk | ᐅᐦᒋᕽ |
| Frog eater duck | wâsahacaskwêsiw | ᐚᓴᐦᐊᒐᐢᑵᓯᐤ |
| Goose | niska | ᓂᐢᑲ |
| Grey Jay | wîskipôs | ᐑᐢᑭᐴᐢ |
| Grouse | pihêw | ᐱᐦᐁᐤ |
| Gull | kiyâsk | ᑭᔮᐢᐠ |
| Hawk | kêhkêhk | ᑫᐦᑫᕽ |
| Hawk (large) | sâkwahtamow | ᓵᑿᐦᑕᒧᐤ |
| Hawk (night) | pîskwa | ᐲᐢᑿ |
| Heron | misi mohkahaisw | ᒥᓯ ᒧᐦᑲᐦᐊᐃᐢᐤ |
| Horned owl | ohtawkêhow | ᐅᐦᑕᐤᑫᐦᐅᐤ |
| Hummingbird | âmowi piyêsîs | ᐋᒧᐏ ᐱᔦᓰᐢ |
| Killdeer | otâpiskâkanêsîs | ᐅᑖᐱᐢᑳᑲᓀᓰᐢ |
| Kingfisher | okîskimanasiw | ᐅᑮᐢᑭᒪᓇᓯᐤ |
| Laughing goose | apisci niskis | ᐊᐱᐢᒋ ᓂᐢᑭᐢ |
| Loon | mâkwa | ᒫᑿ |
| Loon | mwâkwa | ᒹᑿ |
| Magpie | apisci kahkâkîs | ᐊᐱᐢᒋ ᑲᐦᑳᑮᐢ |
| Mallard | iyinisip | ᐃᔨᓂᓯᑊ |
| Meadowlark | tâpikâkanêsîs | ᑖᐱᑳᑲᓀᓰᐢ |
| Mud hen | oskacânisip | ᐅᐢᑲᒑᓂᓯᑊ |
| Mud hen | wîskacêsip | ᐑᐢᑲᒉᓯᑊ |
| Night owl | pâhkwêkan | ᐹᐦᑵᑲᐣ |
| Osprey | apiskway | ᐊᐱᐢᑿᕀ |
| Owl | ôhôw | ᐆᐦᐆᐤ |
| Partridge | paspaskiw | ᐸᐢᐸᐢᑭᐤ |
| Partridge | âhkiskôs | ᐋᐦᑭᐢᑰᐢ |
| Pelican | cahcakiw | ᒐᐦᒐᑭᐤ |
| Pheasant | âhkiskow | ᐋᐦᑭᐢᑯᐤ |
| Pigeon | omîmîw | ᐅᒦᒦᐤ |
| Pintail duck | kinokwayawêwisip | ᑭᓄᑿᔭᐍᐏᓯᑊ |
| Plover | sêsêsiw | ᓭᓭᓯᐤ |
| Prairie chicken | pihêw | ᐱᐦᐁᐤ |
| Quail | paspaskiw | ᐸᐢᐸᐢᑭᐤ |
| Raven | kâhkâkiw | ᑳᐦᑳᑭᐤ |
| Red-headed duck | mihkostikwânêwisip | ᒥᐦᑯᐢᑎᒁᓀᐏᓯᑊ |
| Robin | pihpihciw | ᐱᐦᐱᐦᒋᐤ |
| Rooster | nape pâhkahahkwân | ᓇᐯ ᐹᐦᑲᐦᐊᐦᒁᐣ |
| Ruffed grouse | paspaskiw | ᐸᐢᐸᐢᑭᐤ |
| Small summer bird | nîpinêsîs | ᓃᐱᓀᓰᐢ |
| Small wild bird | pakwâc âyis | ᐸᒁᐨ ᐋᔨᐢ |
| Snipe | sêsêsiw | ᓭᓭᓯᐤ |
| Snow goose | wêhwêw | ᐍᐦᐍᐤ |
| Sparrow hawk | pîhpîkisîs | ᐲᐦᐲᑭᓰᐢ |
| Spoonbill duck | kinokwayawêwisip | ᑭᓄᑿᔭᐍᐏᓯᑊ |
| Spruce grouse | sakâwi pihêw | ᓴᑳᐏ ᐱᐦᐁᐤ |
| Spruce partridge | oskahtako pihêw | ᐅᐢᑲᐦᑕᑯ ᐱᐦᐁᐤ |
| Swallow | mîcaskosîs | ᒦᒐᐢᑯᓰᐢ |
| Swan | wâpisiw | ᐚᐱᓯᐤ |
| Teal | apiscisipis | ᐊᐱᐢᒋᓯᐱᐢ |
| Tomtit | apisci kîskisîs | ᐊᐱᐢᒋ ᑮᐢᑭᓰᐢ |
| Turkey | misihêw | ᒥᓯᐦᐁᐤ |
| Turkey | misihyêw | ᒥᓯᐦᔦᐤ |
| Water bird | sêsêsiw | ᓭᓭᓯᐤ |
| Water hen | câcikacêsip | ᒑᒋᑲᒉᓯᑊ |
| Wavey duck | wêhwêw | ᐍᐦᐍᐤ |
| Whisky jack | wîskacân | ᐑᐢᑲᒑᐣ |
| White dove | wâpiski mîmîs | ᐚᐱᐢᑭ ᒦᒦᐢ |
| White grouse | kicikânêsîs | ᑭᒋᑳᓀᓰᐢ |
| Winter bird | pipon ayis | ᐱᐳᐣ ᐊᔨᐢ |
| Winter sunbird | kicikânêsîs | ᑭᒋᑳᓀᓰᐢ |
| Wood duck | amiskosip | ᐊᒥᐢᑯᓯᑊ |
| Wood partridge | sakâwi pihêw | ᓴᑳᐏ ᐱᐦᐁᐤ |
| Woodpecker | pâhpâscês | ᐹᐦᐹᐢᒉᐢ |
| Wren | picikîskosîs | ᐱᒋᑮᐢᑯᓰᐢ |
| Yellow bird | osâwi piyêsîs | ᐅᓵᐏ ᐱᔦᓰᐢ |
| Yellow throated bunting | ocihcipisîs | ᐅᒋᐦᒋᐱᓰᐢ |
