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Honouring Indigenous Veterans 2019
Edward Ahenakew, father of the late Freda Ahenakew. In honour of Indigenous Veterans Day, and of Remembrance Day coming up, I am proud to share this photo of Edward Ahenakew, given to me by his...
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A Cree Reminiscence from WWI: Rev. Canon Edward Ahenakew
From the January 29, 1921 issue of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune (held in the digital collections of the University of Manitoba Archives), comes a Battle Ballad written by Rev. Canon Edward Ahenakew,...
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SICC Language Keepers Conference 2019
2019 Language Keepers PosterSimon Bird delivers the SICC Language Keepers 2019 Keynote address.With Belinda Daniels, founder of the Nehiyawak Language Experience (right), photobombed by Dorothy...
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Rock Your Mocs Week, 9-16 November 2019
A selection of fine-looking moccasins from Solomon Ratt’s personal collection. takahkiska kipahkêkinaskisina. ᑕᑲᐦᑭᓴᑲ ᑭᐸᐦᑫᑭᓇᐢᑭᓇ᙮ Look good wearing your moccasins. cihkêyihta ta-kikiskaman...
View ArticleSilence Memes: Solomon Ratt (th-dialect)
Click to view slideshow. kâmwâci-itohtî ita kâ-kimoskâcihtâkwahk ika kâ-papâsîsinânowik ika kisikisi piyahtahîthinowin kâ-ayak kipihtowiwinihk. ᑳᓎᒋ ᐃᑐᐦᑏᐤ ᐃᑕ ᑳ ᑭᒧᐢᑳᒋᐦᑖᑿᕽ ᐃᑲ ᑳ ᐸᐹᓰᓯᓈᓄᐏᐠ ᐃᑲ ᑭᓯᑭᓯ ᐱᔭᐦᑕᐦᐄᖨᓄᐏᐣ...
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âtayôhkâtitotân: Solomon Ratt (y-dialect)
http://creeliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2019Stories.m4a âtayôhkâtitotân: âtayôhkêwina anihi tâpiskôc astisiya kâ-sîhcikwâpitahki kinêhiyawâtisiwininaw. ᐋᑕᔫᐦᑳᑎᑐᑖᐣ: ᐋᑕᔫᐦᑫᐏᓇ ᐊᓂᐦᐃ ᑖᐱᐢᑰᐨ ᐊᐢᑎᓯᔭ ᑳ...
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miyo-manitowi-kîsikanisi oskaskêwiki miyopayiwin: W.T. Goodspirit & The...
Thanks to Wayne Jackson (the driving force behind the FaceBook group Nêhiyawêwin (Cree) Word/Phrase of the Day for permission to share this energetic, singable Christmas recording that is may make you...
View ArticleWinter Solstice in the Cree Tradition: Wilfred Buck via CBC
In 2017, Anishinaabe reporter Lenard Monkman asked elder Wilfred Buck of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Manitoba to share the significance of the winter solstice in the Cree tradition. Their...
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Dictionary of Moose Cree (l-dialect)
Thanks to Melissa Saganash for permitting us to share her photos and FaceBook comments about the launch of this newly completed Dictionary of Moose Cree, edited and guided by her brother Dr Kevin...
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Hippopotamus in Cree: Solomon Ratt (y-dialect)
The late elder Smith Atimoyoo told me once that the Cree are never stuck. I think he meant that they’re innovative problem-solvers, regardless of the circumstances. Which means (in this case) that they...
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Silent Night: Rhonda Head (y-dialect)
http://creeliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/24230545_146823319417042_4764056618977460224_n.mp4 Thanks to Rhonda Head of Opaskwayak First Nation for permission to share her recording and video...
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nikâwiy and awâsis: New Cree names for a planet and a star
Thanks to Alberta teacher Amanda Green and Wilfred Buck and the International Astronomical Union, Star HD 136418 is now officially named “Nikawiy“, which is the Cree word for “mother”, and planet HD...
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miyo-manitowi-kîsikânisik, 2019
pêyâhtakeýimowin : peace (Julie Flett) This original image of snow geese in flight brings comfort, warmth, and peace. It’s a gift to the Cree Literacy Network from Governor General’s Award-winning...
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My 2019 IYIL Cree Literacy Quest
First Nations scholar, Anglican Church minister, and archivist Edward Ahenakew, with a large group of chiefs, at a chiefs’ conference on the Thunderchild Reserve, 1922. Back, standing (left to right)...
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miyo-ohcêtowi-kîsikanisik 2020!
This 2006 image by Broken Inaglory is licensed licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license....
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Sacred Teachings: Solomon Ratt (y- and th-dialects with audio)
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ita kiskîthihtamowin kâ-ohtinamahk: where we get knowledge (Solomon Ratt:...
http://creeliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/BasilJohnson_SR.m4a (Following is audio for the title we’ve given this post, “ita kiskîthihtamowin kâ-ohtinamahk”:)...
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mahti êkâwiya (Please don’t!): Be careful with idioms (Solomon Ratt)
Translating some phrases from English into Cree can have unexpected results, especially idioms. What makes English idioms so dangerous to translate? By definition, idioms are phrases that come to mean...
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Melanie Florence: Stolen Words – Plains Cree Edition, 2019
In each one of us at the Cree Literacy Network, the story of a child using a dictionary to help her grandfather reclaim his lost language strikes a sacred chord. The award-winning English edition of...
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Solomon ikwâni poko Ratt (th-dialect, audio)
This baby is not Solomon Ratt, but Cree baby swing technology is still popular in the 21st century! This photo of a Cree baby swing (1907) is from the FaceBook Group “Native North American Indian –...
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