Founding director of the Cree Literacy Network (2010), dedicated to creating and sharing resources for education about Cree language and cultural issues. The Network was incorporated nationally as a not-for-profit in 2011.

Over 20 years design-and-layout and copy-editing experience in the production of Algonquian Language books (through the Linguistics Department, University of Manitoba), particularly the bilingual Cree/English titles of H.C. Wolfart and Freda Ahenakew.

Twelve years as Managing Editor of Papers of the Algonquian Conference, an annual, multi-author, academic publication including contributions in Ethnohistory, Anthropology, Native Studies, Linguistics and many others disciplines.

Managing Editor, People of the Moose River Basin historic text and map project (2012-2017), working with with a team of collaborators including members of  Moose Cree First Nation and Taykwa Tagamou Nation. This book is a requirement of the Environmental Assessment associated with Ontario Power Generation’s redevelopment of three dams on the Mattagami River. This challenging project involves project management, developmental and stylistic editing. It also includes a mapping project, the goal of which is to restore traditional Cree and Ojibwe place names to geographical locations in the Moose/Mattagami River basin.

Contact:

arden.ogg<at>gmail.com

Education:

  • M.A. Linguistics, University of Manitoba
    Thesis title: Plains Cree Connective Particles. 1992.
  • B.Mus. (History), University of Manitoba. 1982.

Original Publications and Presentations:

  • Arden Ogg & Solomon Ratt. 2018. Translating English into Cree: Not Just Lip Service. [paper read at Editors Canada annual conference, Saskatoon, 2018.]
  • Supporting Cree as a 21st Century Language [paper read at Indigenous Mapping Workshop, Winnipeg, 2017.]
  • Invited contributor, Winnipeg pre-engagement hearings about Indigenous Languages Act (August 2017)
  • Invited panellist: “The Writing Stick: Sharing Indigenous Stories” (June 2017), University of Alberta, Edmonton: Giving appropriate editorial care to First Nations languages in print.
  • Arden Ogg & Dorothy Thunder. 2013, 2014. Cree Language Facts for Editors of French and English. Language Portal of Canada, June 2013, October 2013, March 2014 (Federal government website for language professionals).
  • Cree Names of Cree-speaking Communities (Creeliteracy.org) [Google My Map, 2017.]
  • Review of Priscilla Settee, The Strength of Women: âhkamêyihowak. Canadian Journal of Native Studies. 32.1:221. 2012.
  • Cree language maintenance: A lesson in four generations. 2011. Say Magazine, 2011 Canada & US University and College Guide, pp. 52-53.
  • Arden Ogg & Ken Paupanekis. 2011. Building Cree Language Literacy Through Standard Spelling. Poster Presentation for the Manitoba Aboriginal Literacy Symposium, “New Relationships – New Opportunities.” Winnipeg.
  • Lost in Translation: Multicultural misconstruals in the Cree performance of a Dakota hymn. [paper read at 40th Algonquian Conference, Minneapolis, 2008.]
  • Four Cree Love Songs: The Interaction of Text and Music. 1990. Canadian Journal of Native Studies 8.2:231-250.
  • Ojibwa tales of the Foolish Maidens. 1989. Actes du 20e Congrès des Algonquinistes, ed. by William Cowan, pp. 279-291. Ottawa: Carleton University.

Professional Development:

  • First Nations Language Keepers Gathering, 2019. Saskatoon, Sasatchewan.
  • Fourth annual Indigenous Mapping Workshop, 2017. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Technical training co-led by The Firelight Group, Google Earth Outreach, Google’s Trainer Network, Esri Canada, Mapbox and others.
  • Third Annual Indigenous Mapping Workshop, 2016. Hosted by Firelight Group, in partnership with Musqueam Indian Band, Squamish Nation, Inlailawatash (Tsleil-Waututh Nation), National Aboriginal Lands Manager Association, Ecotrust Canada, Google Earth Outreach, and ESRI Canada.
  • First Nations Healing Workshop. 2015. Organized by Dr David MacKinnon, facilitated by Tyrone Tootoosis. North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
  • Second Annual Indigenous Mapping Workshop. 2015. Hosted by Chiefs of Ontario, Firelight Group and Google Earth. Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario.
  • University of Manitoba, Cree Institute. 2011. Introductory Cree. (Ken Paupanekis).
  • ACI Manitoba. 2011. Effective Marketing: Bringing Arts and Audiences Together; Marketing Boot Camp (Nathalie Kleinschmit).
  • Simon Fraser University Summer Publishing Workshops.
    2009. Business of Book Publishing (Kevin Williams);
    2007. Proofreading & copyediting. (Ruth Wilson);
    2007. Book Editing Immersion. (Mary Schendlinger).
  • University of Alberta Canadian Indigenous Languages and Literacy Development Institute (CILLDI). 2008. Cree Immersion for Adult Beginners. (Dolores Sand).

Memberships/Associations/Volunteer Experience:

  • Partner/Collaborator: 21st Century Tools for Indigenous Languages, 2014-. SSHRC-sponsored research project hosted by ALTLab at University of Alberta, with cooperation from Giallatekno and Divvun research/development groups, University of Tromsø, Norway, Miyo Wahkohtowin Education.
  • Maggie Awards: Manitoba Magazine Publisher’s Association, 2016.  Judge for Best Editorial Feature; Best Regular Column or Department.
  • Got Bannock? [Winnipeg homelessness/food security initiative, founded by Althea Guiboche.] Childminder, 2013-2015. Founding Secretary of the Board, 2014.
  • Stay and Play [Family Literacy] Program. Win Gardner Centre, Winnipeg, 2013-2014.
  • Editors’ Association of Canada: Western Regional Director, 2011-2013; Prairie Provinces Branch Representative to National Executive Council, 2009-2011. Editor/compiler of EAC’s (fully bilingual) 2009 Annual Survey Report.

Design, Editorial, Pre-publication Work

Cree Literacy Network

  • nicâpân owâskahikan / Câpân’s House: A Family Album from the Home of Dr Freda Ahenakew. Arden C. Ogg and Dolores Greyeyes Sand. Edited and with a glossary by Arden C. Ogg, 2017.

University of Manitoba Press (Publications of the Algonquian Text Society)

  • Hinónó’éínoo3ítoono / Arapaho Historical Traditions Told by Paul Moss. Edited, translated, and with a glossary by Andrew Cowell & Alonzo Moss, Sr., 2006.
  • âh-âyîtaw isi ê-kî-kiskêyihtahkik maskihkiy / They Knew Both Sides of Medicine: Cree Tales of Curing and Cursing Told by Alice Ahenakew. Edited and translated by H.C. Wolfart & Freda Ahenakew, 2000.
  • ana kâ-pimwêwêhahk okakêskihkêmowina / The Counselling Speeches of Jim Kâ-Nîpitêhtêw. Edited, translated and with a glossary by Freda Ahenakew & H.C. Wolfart, 1998.
  • âtalôhkâna nêsta tipâcimôwina / Cree Legends and Narratives from the West Coast of James Bay. Told by Simeon Scott et al. Text and translation. Edited, translated and with a glossary by C. Douglas Ellis, 1995.
  • kinêhiyâwiwininaw nêhiyawêwin / The Cree Language is Our Identity: The La Ronge Lectures of Sarah Whitecalf. Edited, translated and with a glossary by H.C. Wolfart & Freda Ahenakew, 1993.

Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics Memoirs

  • The Owl Sacred Pack: A New Edition and Translation of the Meskwaki Manuscript of Alfred Kiyana. Ives Goddard. 2007.
  • The Autobiography of a Meskwaki Woman: A New Edition and Translation. IvesGoddard. 2006.
  • Essays in Algonquian, Catawban and Siouan Linguistics in Memory of Frank T. Siebert, Jr. Edited by Blair A. Rudes & David J. Costa. 2003.
  • The Student’s Dictionary of Literary Plains Cree, Based on Contemporary Texts. H.C. Wolfart & Freda Ahenakew. 1998.
  • nikotwâsik iskwâhtêm, pâskihtêpayih! Studies in Honour of H.C. Wolfart. 1996. Edited by John D. Nichols & Arden C. Ogg.
  • Leonard Bloomfield’s Fox Lexicon: Critical Edition. Ives Goddard. 1994.
  • pisiskiwak kâ-pîkiskwêcik / Talking Animals. Told [in Swampy Cree] by L. Beardy, Edited and Translated by H.C. Wolfart. 1988. [includes syllabic texts]

Titles from Other Publishers

  • Solomon Ratt 2023. [in press] kâ-pî-isi-kiskisiyân / The Way I Remember, edited and with an introduction by Arden Ogg. Regina: University of Regina Press. 
  • Anihshininiimowin Oji-Cree Dictionary (Severn River and Winisk River Dialects). Kwayaciiwin Education Resource Centre, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, 2014.
  • kôhkominawak otâcimowiniwâwa / Our Grandmothers’ Lives, as Told in Their Own Words. Told by Glecia Bear et al. Edited and translated by F. Ahenakew & H.C. Wolfart. Saskatoon: Fifth House Publishers, 1992. [facsimile reprint, with new preface: Canadian Plains Reprint Series, Canadian Plains Research Centre, University of Regina, 1998]
  • kwayask ê-kî-pê-kiskinowâpahtihicik / Their Example Showed Me the Way: A Cree Woman’s Life Shaped by Two Cultures. Told by Emma Minde. Edited, translated and with a glossary by F. Ahenakew & H.C. Wolfart. Edmonton, University of Alberta Press, 1997. [Alberta Book Award 1998: “Scholarly Title of the Year”]