It was a real honour to make a joint presentation at the 2018 Editors Canada annual conference in Saskatoon on 26 May 2018, along with the infamous Solomon Ratt. Here (at last) are our PowerPoint slides.
Some links from the slides:
The dialect map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cree#/media/File:Crimapo.png
Canada Census 2011 data: http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/as-sa/98-314-x/98-314-x2011003_3-eng.cfm
Neon Syllabics by Joi Arcand: http://www.joitarcand.com/
APTN Louis Says Full Episodes (including Cree-only): http://aptn.ca/kids/louis-says/
Say It First Indigenous Language Revitalization: https://www.sayitfirst.ca/
Rosanna Deerchild, “Calling Down the Sky” read in Cree by Solomon Ratt: https://creeliteracy.org/2018/05/30/rosanna-deerchild-translated-by-solomon-ratt-th-dialect-with-audio-2/
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples.html
Artist Dawn Marie Marchand: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-indigenous-artist-residence-dawn-marie-marchand-1.4380374
About the conference itself: https://www.editors.ca/professional-development/conference/2018/index.html
