Algonquian

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Code Switching and Language Leveling: Use of Multiple Codes in a Severn Ojibwe Community

Alternate Title
Code Switching and Language Leveling: Use of Multiple Codes in a Severn Ojibwa Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Philips Valentine
International Journal of American Linguistics, vol. 60, no. 4, October 1994, pp. 315-341
Description
Discussion of alternation between two or more languages, or dialects, in a single conversation.
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Constructing Presence in Plains Cree

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Clare Cook
Jeff Mühlbauer
Description
Case study of the relation between forms and discourse with question, "How does Plains Cree code the speaker's relation to an event?"
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Contributions to Algonquian Grammar

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Truman Michelson
American Anthropologist, vol. 15, no. 3, New Series, July 1913, pp. 470-476
Description
Examines the Fox language within the general context of Algonkian grammar.
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Creating Language Teams in Oklahoma Native American Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Linn
Marcellino Berardo
Akira Y. Yamamoto
International Journal of the Sociology of Language, no. 132, 1998, pp. 61-78
Description
Presents an account of what most elderly speakers of Oklahoma Native American languages feel about their languages and the issues and problems of designing programs for language revitalization.
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Cree Code Talker

Alternate Title
National Screen Institute Aboriginal Documentary
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alex Lazarowich
Cowboy Smithx
Cree Code Talkers Ltd.
Description

Short documentary about Charles "Checker" Tomkins, a Métis from Grouard, Alberta, and his service during his attachment to the U.S. Air Force in World War II. 

Duration: 13:31.

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Cree Hand Signals

Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Presents approximately 175 gif (graphics interchange format) animations illustrating hand-signs for nouns, verbs intransitive animate, and verbs transitive inanimate.
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Cree Nations In Canada

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jana Ustrnulová
Description
Comments on the way of life of the Cree Nations before and after encountering European settlers. English and American Studies Thesis (B.A.)--Univerzity Palackého, 2013.
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Culture Change Among the Northern Ojibwa

Alternate Title
Culture Change Among the Northern Ojibwe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jack Steinbring
Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 21, Series 3, 1964-1965, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the impact of Western civilization on Aboriginal peoples in the Lake Winnipeg area.
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Debwewin Journey: A Methodology and Model of Knowing

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Gehl (Gii-Zhigaate-Mindoo-Kwe)
AlterNative, vol. 8, no. 1, 2012, pp. 53-65
Description
Looks at a Anishinaabe methodology, involving "circle of the heart" and "circle of the mind" knowledge, used for dissertation research.
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Ē-kiwēyitotamāhk Kitāyisinēwinānāw: Reclaiming Our Cree Language Through Oral Tradition

Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 247
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Diane Peekeekoot
Charlotte Campbell
Emily Weenonis
Shaun Sasakamoose
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Discusses project which brought Elders into the classroom to teach 30-level Cree class through traditional stories. Took place at the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation High School.
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East Cree Relational Verbs

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie-Odile Junker
International Journal of American Linguistics, vol. 69, no. 3, July 2003, pp. 307-329
Description
Examines the syntax and semantics of this verb construction and the problems associated with it.
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Eastern Cree Indians

Articles » General
Author/Creator
J. W. Anderson
Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 11, Series 3, 1954-1955, p. [?]
Description
Argues that the "optimum period" for the Cree of James Bay was when limited contact kept their way of life intact and that this period ended in 1914 when the area become less isolated because of the railway and other economic interests.
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An Epistle to the Christian Indians, Giving Them a Short Account, of What the English Desire Them to Know and To Do, in Order to Their Happiness ...

Alternate Title
Wussukwhonk en Christianeue asuh peantamwae Indianog, Waheauwaheonaount Teanteagquaslinish, Englishmansog Kodtantamwog Indianog Wahteaunate kah ussenate, Fa Michemohtae Wunniyenonganit
E-Books
Author/Creator
Cotton Mather
Edward Bromfield
Description
Text in Massachuset and English on facing pages, numbered in duplicate.
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Festival Recognizes Storytellers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darla Read
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 11, November 2007, p. 1
Description
Comments on the Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Basil Johnston, honoured at the 2007 Anskohk Aboriginal Literature Festival held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Article located on page 1.
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A Figure of Speech

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christopher Moore
Canada's History, vol. 96, no. 5, October/November 2016, p. 19
Description
Brief biographical article on John Steckley, who has mastered the Ojibwa and Wendat languages in order to study Indigenous history more effectively.
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First Nations Ways of Knowing: The Circle of Knowledge

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Aquash
First Nations Perspectives Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, 2013, pp. 25-36
Description
Comments on this unique research project, which stresses the demonstration of positive teaching strategies for Anishinaabe language fluency.
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First Peoples' Map of B.C.

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First Peoples’ Cultural Council (FPCC)
Description
Website contains index of languages, First Nations and brief biographies of community leaders. Includes audio links to key phrases in various languages.
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[First] Report of the Committee Consisting of Dr. E.B. Tylor, Dr. G.M. Dawson, General Sir J.H. Lefroy, Dr. Daniel Wilson, Mr. Horatio Hale, Mr. R.G. Haliburton, and Mr. George W. Bloxam (Secretary): Appointed for the Purpose of Investigating and Publish

Alternate Title
Report - 1885 on the north-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Committee on North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Horatio Hale
Description
"Reports on the physical characters, languages, industrial and social condition of the North-western tribes of the Dominion of Canada," focuses on Blackfoot, Cree and Ojibwe/Ojibway, 1885 era.
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FirstVoices Kids

Alternate Title
First Voices Kids
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First Peoples' Cultural Foundation
Description
Access to language archives for pre-readers. Links to words, colouring pictures, phrases, and exploring picture games. Over 30 languages represented.
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FirstVoices: Language Legacies Celebrating Indigenous Cultures

Alternate Title
First Voices
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First People's Cultural Foundation
Description
Mainly focusing on British Columbia languages, site supports language archiving, teaching and revitalization. Within each language there are links to alphabets, text and audio of words, phrases, and songs, stories with English translations, and games. Over 30 languages represented.
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