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As Long As the Sun Shines – Treaties in Saskatchewan
Thanks once again to Tyrone Tootoosis for posting this gem via Facebook. The narrator is his late mother-in-law Bernelda Wheeler; first person Cree language comments are provided by elder Danny...
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Marguerite MacKenzie on CBC Cree Radio
A pleasant surprise after spending the weekend with Marguerite MacKenzie at the Algonquian Conference to see her featured on Cree Radio CBC this morning. Click here to listen in!
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Some well-deserved attention for Sol’s new book
Solomon Ratt author of Woods Cree Stores reading from his book during book launch at First Nations University of Canada – Photo credit: Regina Leader-Post, October 30, 2014 Thanks to Dianna Sakisheway...
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Flanders yikwahaskānihk : “In Flanders Fields”
In Flanders Fields by John McCrae is perhaps the most beloved war poem ever written. We share it here in honour of Cree-speaking veterans of many wars. 00000 Thanks to Jean Okimāsis and Arok...
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Cree Code Talkers
Binyon’s verse follows Flanders Fields as an important poem of remembrance. In part, it reads, They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At...
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yahahê ha hê, tânisi! A Cree language treasure trove from Delvin Kanewiyakiho
From Delvin Kanewiyakiho’s Youtube Channel wahwâ, Delvin Kanewiyakiho! The Cree Literacy Network’s Word of the Day for you is: âhkamêyimow! Three hundred and sixty-four videos: this is how you build a...
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miyo-manitowi-kîsikanisik with help from Rocky Morin
From the 2011 Grandma Jean Round Dance, via YouTube, Rocky Morin of Thundering Spirit sends wishes for Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, with just the right amount of sâkihitowin thrown in for...
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piko kîkway ê-nakacihtât: He can do anything
http://www.backtothesugarcamp.com/2012.html Congratulations, Art Napoleon, on completing your MA at the University of Victoria, and thank you for letting me spread the good word about your work with...
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Dorothy Thunder on CBC!
Congratulations to Dorothy Thunder, Antti Arppe and all of our colleagues at the University of Alberta for bringing another great story about Cree to the public eye. If only a dictionary could be...
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Little You
For I Love to Read month, Edmonton Public Library features Dorothy Thunder and Mayor Don Iveson reading together in Cree and in English, Richard Van Camp’s Little You – with the wonderful illustrations...
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A little love for Valentine’s Day
Three choices of Valentine’s greeting from Solomon Ratt: miyo-sâkihitowin-kîsikanisik: Happy love day. miyo-mitêhi-kîsikanisik – happy heart day miyo-wîcimosiwi-kîsikanisik – happy sweetheart day. From...
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Honouring the Buffalo
Three websites with comments and previews of this new book from Judith Silverthorne, with Plains Cree translation by Randy Morin, and Cree-language editing provided by Arok Wolvengrey and Jean...
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tāpitaw ta-kī-kakwē-miyo-kwayaskohtēyan / Walk in Balance and Beauty
Honor the sacred. Honor the Earth, our mother. Honor the Elders. Honor all with whom we share the earth: four leggeds, two-leggeds, winged ones, swimmers, crawlers, plant and rock people. Walk in...
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National Aboriginal Languages Day 2015: ahkami-nêhiyawêtân
Today in celebrating National Aboriginal Languages Day – I’m also thinking of Freda Ahenakew who made the Cree language her life’s work. The fourth anniversary of Freda’s passing is April 8th. In...
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Travelling Exhibit on the Cree Language
Reposted from Kepin’s Cree Language Blog with thanks! Travelling Exhibit on the Cree Language.
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Helen Chief Speaks Out about Mother Earth in Cree
Wise words in any language, but beautifully spoken here in Cree by Helen Chief of Island Lake, Saskatchewan, who very kindly agreed to let me post her video here, along with the translation of her...
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Serenity Prayer: Solomon Ratt (Y- and TH- versions)
Y-dialect kisêmanito, miyin: waniskêwin ta-pakitêyihtamân kîkwây kâ-wî-wanâhikoyân; sôhkitêhêwin ta-kwêskinamân kîkwây takî-tipêyihtamân; êkwa iyinîsiwin ta-nisitawinamân tânimêwako ta-kaskihtâyân...
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kahkiyaw êkwa!
Sung to the tune of “Guantanamera”: Happy Earth Day from Solomon Ratt. kahkiyaw êkwa! Everybody now! (Click here to sing along!) kanawâpahta, kanawâpahta! kanawâpahta, kanawâpahta! miyonâkwa...
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kîspin kisâkihin / If you love me…
“If you love me, come kiss me right away!” A big smooch to Arok Wolvengrey for posting the text of this well-loved classic on Facebook – with line-by-line translation. I know that it’s cute and people...
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Chelsea Vowel: Unsettling Your Language
Chelsea Vowel talks about being a learner of Cree in this opening overview of her planned new series of Cree language learning podcasts. She touches something really important I’ve heard from other...
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