Woods Cree Stories

Humour is not only the best medicine; it is also an exceptionally useful teaching tool.

So often, it is through humour that the big lessons in life are learned--about responsibility, honour, hard work, and respect. Cree people are known for their wit, so the tales in Woods Cree Stories are filled with humour. The book includes nine stories--including Boys Get Lost, Foolishness, and Animals Become Friends--and a Woods Cree-to-English glossary.

All the stories are presented in Cree syllabics, Standard Roman Orthography, and English translation and can be enjoyed by those new to the language and more advanced learners.

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Woods Cree Stories

Humour is not only the best medicine; it is also an exceptionally useful teaching tool.

So often, it is through humour that the big lessons in life are learned--about responsibility, honour, hard work, and respect. Cree people are known for their wit, so the tales in Woods Cree Stories are filled with humour. The book includes nine stories--including Boys Get Lost, Foolishness, and Animals Become Friends--and a Woods Cree-to-English glossary.

All the stories are presented in Cree syllabics, Standard Roman Orthography, and English translation and can be enjoyed by those new to the language and more advanced learners.

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Woods Cree Stories

Woods Cree Stories

by Solomon Solomon
Woods Cree Stories

Woods Cree Stories

by Solomon Solomon

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Humour is not only the best medicine; it is also an exceptionally useful teaching tool.

So often, it is through humour that the big lessons in life are learned--about responsibility, honour, hard work, and respect. Cree people are known for their wit, so the tales in Woods Cree Stories are filled with humour. The book includes nine stories--including Boys Get Lost, Foolishness, and Animals Become Friends--and a Woods Cree-to-English glossary.

All the stories are presented in Cree syllabics, Standard Roman Orthography, and English translation and can be enjoyed by those new to the language and more advanced learners.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780889773455
Publisher: University of Regina Press
Publication date: 11/30/2014
Pages: 138
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)
Language: Cree

About the Author


Solomon Ratt, a Woods Cree speaker and educator from Stanley Mission, Saskatchewan is an associate professor in the Department of Indigenous Languages, Arts and Cultures at the First Nations University of Canada.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Introduction ix

Note on the Text xiv

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nihithaw acimowina / Woods Cree Stories

1 wisahkicahk ikwa okoskohowiak Wisahkicahk and the Startlers 39

2 wanisinwak napisisak Boys Get Lost 47

3 kayas ka-makosi-kisikak Long Ago Christmas 51

4 kohkominanihk Grandmother's Bay 55

5 Shaking-Spear papamohtiw Shaking-Spear Wanders About 59

6 Shaking-Spear ikwa maskwa Shaking-Spear and the Bear 65

7 paskwawi-mostos mitahtahkwana Buffalo Wings-71

8 mohcohkasowin Foolishness 77

9 pisiskiwak ototimitowak Animals Become Friends 83

Woods Cree-English Glossary 95

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