Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve Program Sharing Circle Stories : North Battleford, Saskatchewan
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Health Canada
Description
Video and transcript of the Aboriginal Head Start On Reserve Program in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, with discussion on culture and language, education, health, nutrition, social support and parental involvement.
ah-ayitaw isi e-ki-kiskeyihtahkik maskihkiy They Knew Both Sides of Medicine: Cree Tales of Curing and Cursing Told by Alice Ahenakew
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rosalyn Ing
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 25, no. 1, Sharing Aboriginal Knowledge and Aboriginal Ways of Knowing, 2001, pp. 86-88
Description
Book review of: ah-ayitaw isi e-ki-kikeyihtahkik maskihkiy They Knew Both Sides of Medicine Cree Tales of Curing and Cursing, Told by Alice Ahenakew edited and translated by H.C. Wolfart and Freda Ahenakew.
Ah-ayitaw isi e-ki-kiskeyihtahkik maskihkiy: They Knew Both Sides of Medicine: Cree Tales of Curing and Cursing Told by Alice Ahenakew
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mary-Ellen Kelm
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 83, no. 3, September 2002, pp. 432-434
Description
Book review of: Âh-âyîtaw isi ê-kî-kiskêyihtahkik maskihkiy stories from Alice Ahenakew, edited, translated and with a glossary by H.C. Wolfart and Freda Ahenakew.
[Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics, Memoir 21, 2010]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jeff Muehlbauer
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 209-210
Description
Book review of: Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics, Memoir 21, 2010 exactly as told by Cecilia Masuskapoe, in a critical edition by H.C. Wolfart, Freda Ahenakew.
Bending, Turning, and Growing: Cree Language, Laws, and Ceremony in Louise B. Halfe / Sky Dancer's The Crooked Good
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela Van Essen
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 71-93
Description
Provides a close reading of Halfe’s third book of poetry, with a focus on the layered meaning in the nêhiyaw (Cree) words used by the author.
Bible Translation Was 25 Years in the Making
Alternate Title
Bible Translation Was Twenty Five Years in the Making
Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 133, no. 9, November 2007, p. 3
Description
Comments on the translation of the New Testament into the Naskapi language, an endeavor that took translators 25 years to complete.
Birch Bark Talking: A Resumé of the Life and Work of the Rev. James Evans
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Evans Centenary Committee
Description
Booklet on the life of Rev. James Evans, a Wesleyan / Methodist missionary who initially translated Bible passages and psalms into Ojibway, and later created writing systems for several Aboriginal languages, including Ojibwe, Cree, and indirectly Inuktitut.
Boundary Maintenance in Algonquian: A Linguistic Study of Island Lake, Manitoba
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
H. Christoph Wolfart
American Anthropologist, vol. 75, no. 5, New Series, October 1973, pp. 1305-1323
Description
Survey conducted on Cree and Ojibwa spoken by some isolated Algonquian populations of north-eastern Manitoba.
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.
Court Affirms Education Rights
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Taillon
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 6, October 2001, p. 11
Description
Examines the decision by the Court of Appeal regarding the violation of Cree rights by the Canadian and Quebec governments.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.
Cree Decision Making Concerning Language: A Case Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Burnaby
Marguerite MacKenzie
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, vol. 22, no. 3, 2001, pp. 191-209
Description
Looks at a pilot project to use Cree as the language of instruction in two communities.
Cree Language Lessons
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Grant Neufeld
Description
Lessons from A Cree Phrase Book, developed for the Indian Metis Project for Careers in Teacher Education (IMPACTE) at Brandon University for use by non-Cree speakers and is based on the dialects of Manitoba.
Cree Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses.children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
Crees, Cree-Assiniboines, and Assiniboines: Interethnic Social Organization on the Far Northern Plains
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan R. Sharrock
Ethnohistory, vol. 21, no. 2, Spring, 1974, pp. 95-122
Description
Examines the ethnic, linguistic, territorial, cultural and societal aspects of each group and the alliances, intermarriage and fused identities among groups.
Decolonizing Description: First Steps to Cataloguing with Indigenous Syllabics
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Luc Fagnan
Pathfinder: A Canadian Journal for Information Science Students and Early Career Professionals, vol. 1, no. 1, Proceedings of the 2020 Forum for Information Professionals: There and Back Again: Resilience and Li, March 27, 2020
Description
Author examines some of the projects currently under way in libraries which respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Calls to Action; discusses possible first steps for cataloguers to add Indigenous Syllabics to records for Cree and Inuit Materials.
The Dialectics and Dialogics of Code-Switching in the Poetry of Gregory Scofield and Louise Halfe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelley Stigter
The American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 2006, pp. 49-60
Description
Discusses shifting between English and Cree and the dualistic use of languages to emphasize the cultural interaction between Cree peoples and mainstream Canadian society.
The Early History of Emmanuel College
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jean E. Murray
Saskatchewan History, vol. 9, no. 3, Autumn, 1956, pp. 81-101
Description
Describes the College and its role in the education of First Nations and Métis with the intention that they would minister to other First Nations and Métis within the Diocese of Saskatchewan.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 81.
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.
Fine Day Interview #36
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
D.G. (Dr.) Mandelbaum
Fine Day
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview with Fine Day were he talks about various traditions such as the War Bundle. He also gives the Cree names of the colors of horses.