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MFNERC: Circle of Knowledge & Practices Conference (Winnipeg)
With astronomer Wilfred Buck as keynote speaker, this is a great event for Winnipeg science teachers! Here’s a link to their online conference hub: MFNERC – First Nations Circle of Knowledge &...
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Certificate in Indigenous Languages: University of Saskatchewan
Thanks to Kevin Lewis – and to Treaty Commissioner Harry Lafond for telling me about this certificate program offered through the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan. The program...
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Sylvia McAdam – Cree Teachings Videos (2014)
Sylvia McAdam Saysewahum A really beautiful collection of video lectures from knowledge keeper (and lawyer, and Idle No More co-founder) Sylvia McAdam Saysewahum, assembled on Youtube in 2014. With...
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hay hay – A grateful Thanksgiving rant for our Cree Language Warriors!
This Thanksgiving, I am grateful to the Cree language warriors who continue to promote and support nêhiyawêwin as a genuine 21st Century language by using the tools (like SRO) that will allow speakers...
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Beyond the Kinship System: About Family Relationships
Today while families are gathering for Thanksgiving (or at least, to share a good meal of turkey!) seems like a good time to share Doug Cuthand’s May 2016 piece about family ties. Published in the...
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ahkamêyimo, Robert-Falcon Ouellette! Petitioning for Cree Language Support in...
Robert Falcon Oullette addresses the House of Commons in Cree – Screen grab from Huff Post video of the speech (First, here’s a link to the petition – that could really use your support!)...
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Free Cree Classes (th-dialect) at Sagkeeng, November 2017
Turtle Lodge is located at Sagkeeng First Nation (On Google maps: 47071-F Hwy 11, FORT ALEXANDER Indian Reserve, MB, R0E 0P0. For details, email: turtlelodge@mts.net Anishinabe (Ojibway) and Nehetho...
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î-nitotamahk kîsik: Rosanna Deerchild translated by Solomon Ratt
It’s so exciting to learn that the Cree edition of Rosanna Deerchild’s Calling Down the Sky – lovingly translated into th-dialect by the esteemed Solomon Ratt is ready for a launch at Winnipeg’s...
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Asani – ayîkis (y-dialect, audio)
Asani – Listen (2009) http://creeliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/asani-ayikis-the-frog-song-1.mp3 Thank you to Sherryl Sewepagaham for permission to share this sweet, original composition that...
View ArticleFirst Nations Circle of Knowledge and Practices Conference: Wilfred Buck
http://creeliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/WilfredBuck_MFNERC.mp4 “Science is all around us – and we have to start applying it on our terms.” Wilfred Buck’s keynote talk at the MFNERC First...
View ArticleSing and Dance along with Lil Kohkom: kîspin kisâkihin
http://creeliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/IMG_8999.mov With thanks to #CreeSimonSays for the delightful video of this beloved Classic. kîspin kisâkihin (tune: Heel and Toe Polka) ôma...
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First Nations Circle of Knowledge and Practices Conference: Winston Wuttunee...
William Dumas, Winston Wuttunee, Gerri Wuttunee, October 2017 Thanks to Winston Wuttunee and William Dumas for their workshop session on teaching through songs and story-telling (we never got around to...
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Ermineskin offering free Cree classes: Ponoka News
This fall there is a chance to get in on free Cree cultural courses in Maskwacis. The new offering is open to the public and includes a variety of courses including Cree language, sewing and more. File...
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What is SRO, and how can it help me learn Cree?
Best friends, now departed. Cecilia Masuskapo and Freda Ahenakew of Ahtahkakoop FN (photo by Arden Ogg) Cree speakers as fluent as nôhkomipaninânak (our late grandmothers) in this photo are precious...
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Cree Classes in Edmonton (October 2017)
Via FaceBook from Les Skinner (aka Miskinâhk Askiy): ᐦᐋ ᓂᐋᐧᐦᑰᒫᑲᓂᑎᐠ ᐊᓄᐦᐨ ᐆᒪ ᑳᐃᐧ ᐁᓀᐦᐃᔭᐁᐧᑭᐢᑭᓄᐦᐊᒫᑯᓯᕽ ᐯᓀᐦᐃᔭᐁᐧᐠ! hâ n’wâhkômâkan’tik, anohc ôma kâwi ênêhiyawêkiskinohamâkosihk— pênêhiyawêk! Cree class...
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Syllabics and SRO: Two sides of the same coin
I realize that nobody asked my opinion (!) but this is what a good, contemporary Plains Cree syllabic chart looks like to me, and to my colleagues at the Cree Literacy Network. This was designed by...
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Cree Classes for Kids at Maskwacîs (October 2017)
Cree language and traditional games for kids at Maskwacîs! For more information, call Jordan Littlepoplar at 780.585.3012
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Man-made Rainbows: Solomon Ratt (th-dialect, audio)
Brocken Inaglory: Sprinkler Supernumerary Rainbow and Anticrepuscular rays (Wikipedia Commons) http://creeliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Sprinkler.m4a nikotwâsik poko nikî-itahtopiponân nistam...
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A Syllabic Text from Remy Wes
Remy Wes sent this image of a page of printed syllabics into the FaceBook Group nêhiyawêwin (Cree) Word of the Day, asking for a translation. It turned into a big team effort, with help from lots of...
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