Nēhiyawēwin (Cree)
The James Smith Reserve Cree Counterbalance I.Q. Test
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Doug Daniels
Cree Teacher Trainees
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, 1981, pp. 101-118
Description
Author and his Saskatchewan Cree teacher trainees developed their own "Cree biased I.Q. test." (Abstract in English/French, article in English only)
The Journey to Reclamation through Oral Tradition
Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 272
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Diane Peekeekoot
Charlotte Campbell
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Description
Follows up on Ē-kiwēyitotamāhk Kitāyisinēwinānāw: Reclaiming Our Cree Language through Oral Tradition and examines the impact on grade 7-9 students when Elders are integrated into Cree classrooms.
kimotinâniwiw itwêwina = Stolen Words Written by Melanie Florence; Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard: Guide to the Plains Cree Edition
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dolores Greyeyes Sand
Arden Ogg
Description
Story about a little Cree girl who helps her grandfather regain his language after he tells her about his experience of residential school, separation from his family and culture and loss of language.
Suitable for use with students aged 9-13 (Grades 4-7) who have completed three or more years of Cree language instruction.
kôhkominawak otâcimowiniwâwa: Our Grandmothers' Lives as Told in Their Own Words
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Neal McLeod
Prairie Forum, vol. 23, no. 2, Fall, 1998, pp. 283-285
Description
Book review of: kôhkominawak otâcimowiniwâwa: Our Grandmothers' Lives as Told in Their Own Words edited and translated by Freda Ahenakew and H.C. Wolfart.
Language Use and Attitudes Among Fisher River Cree in Manitoba
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
I. Sachdev
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Creating Power in the Land of the Eagle, 1998, pp. 108-119
Description
Study supports language revitalization and suggests success requires wider community and government support as well.
Lips' Inking: Cree and Cree-Métis Authors' Writings of the Oral and What They Might Tell Educators
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Gingell
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. suppl., Aboriginal Englishes and Education, 2010, pp. 35-61, 154
Description
Discussion on the mixing of Cree, Michif, and English languages in Indigenous communities; and looks at the evidence of how teachers are responding to this Indigenizing of EngUsh.
A Metrical Analysis of Primary Stress Placement in Southern East Cree
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Brittain
International Journal of American Linguistics, vol. 66, no. 2, April 2000, pp. 181-217
Description
Metrical stress assignment in a sub dialect of the Cree spoken on the Quebec-Labrador peninsula along the east coast of James Bay.
Native Languages of North America: The European Response
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Cowan
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, 1974, pp. 3-10
Description
Looks at efforts of explorers and travelers, missionaries, and scholars to record the languages they came in contact with and the methods they used.
nehiyawasinahikanisa = Little Cree Books
Alternate Title
maskosis okîsikâm = Little Bear's Day [Kindergarten]
askiw meskocipayowina = The Seasons [Grade One]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Caylie Gnyra
Description
Designed for early Cree readers of the Plains Cree dialect. Available in Standard Roman Orthography (no English or syllabics), syllabics, Cree and English, and syllabics only.
Nehiyawewin: Cree Language and Culture Guide to Implementation: Grade Ten to Grade Twelve: Draft
Alternate Title
Nehiyawewin: Cree language and Culture Guide to Implementation: Grade 10 to Grade 12: Draft
Cree language and Culture Guide to Implementation: Grade 10 to Grade 12: Draft
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alberta Education
Description
Includes teaching aids and strategies for Cree language and culture, instruction plans, classroom evaluation and assessment, and teaching applications.
Niw_Hk_M_Kanak ("All My Relations") Metis-First Nations Relations
Alternate Title
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Paul L. A. H. Chartrand
Description
Discusses relations between First Nations and Metis peoples before Federal presence in the West and looks for ideas on how self-government might be brought about.
"One Small Medicine": An Interview with Maria Campbell
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gingell
Susan
Essays on Canadian Writing, vol. 83, Fall, 2004, pp. 188-205
Description
Interview with Maria Campbell about her reasons for writing the book Stories of the Road Allowance People and her experience in translating Cree concepts into English.
Orality in Northern Cree Indigenous Worlds
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cora Weber-Pillwax
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 25, no. 2, 2001, pp. 149-165
Description
Author contextualizes the topic of orality in a discussion of the practice of shared memories and their functions in personal and communal healing among the Northern Cree, in particular as this relates to orality in Indigenous worlds.