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Category Archives: Language Lessons
Imagine, translated by Solomon Ratt (th-dialect)
Sol’s at it again. This time, John Lennon’s classic Imagine: and all on the first take! No English included here, due to copyright. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m imagining everyone singing along in Cree! 😉 mâmitonîthihta nama-kway … Continue reading
Posted in Audio (th-dialect), Solomon Ratt, Songs in Cree
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Raffi’s Baby Beluga, translated by Ellen Cook (n-dialect)
What a treat to find this video of the K-2 awâsisak from Winnipeg’s Isaac Brock Cree Bilingual Program, proudly belting out Raffi’s “Baby Beluga” translated into Cree by classroom câpân Ellen Cook, and led by classroom teacher Colleen Omand. Even … Continue reading
Posted in Songs in Cree, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged Ellen Cook, For Kids, n-dialect, Video
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Play and Learn with Playing Cards
pêyakopêhikan(ak): Playing Card(s) A recent discussion on FaceBook sent me hunting for card-playing terms in Cree. So did Dawnis Kennedy at Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre with her delight in using games to teach Anishinaabemowin. Even the simplest card game … Continue reading
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Buffy Sainte-Marie’s “Take My Hand for a While” sung in Cree by Tammy Lamouche
This post is a little gift for Buffy Sainte-Marie from all of us at the Cree Literacy Network. It’s a little late for her birthday, but it’s still 100% sincere because we think the world of her! The translation is … Continue reading
Posted in Audio (y-dialect), Solomon Ratt, Songs in Cree
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Happy Birthday, kohkom Sophie: National Indigenous People’s Languages Day 2021
iyiniw pīkiskwēwin kīsikāw = Indigenous People’s Language Day Thanks to Andrea Custer for agreeing (on this National Indigenous People’s Language Day) to share this reflection on her kohkom’s birthday with all of us. I can’t think of a better way … Continue reading
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Christi Belcourt: What Adult Learners Need
Thanks to Christi Belcourt for permission to share this graphic (with its unmistakable painted beadwork) – and for allowing us to share the thoughts that give it context as well. As a second (and third!) language learner, Christi’s insights are … Continue reading
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Water Keeps Us Alive: International Water Day, 2021
nipiy kipimâcihikonaw : ᓂᐱᐩ ᑭᐱᒫᒋᐦᐃᑯᓇᐤ Water Keeps us Alive (Thanks to Solomon Ratt for this magical photo of a beaver swimming in sunlit Wascana Creek.) Water is fundamental to life: we can’t exist without it. Simon Bird (#CreeSimonSays) recently built … Continue reading
tâpiskôc otêhimin: Naomi McIlwraith (y-dialect)
tâpiskôc otêhimin “just like a strawberry” – or “heart berry” if you translate more literally from Cree. Thank you, Naomi McIlwraith, for sharing these sweet, tangy, and even silly thoughts of love in a cold climate. tâpiskôc otêhimin, my heart … Continue reading
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Cree Language makes the CBC National News (with #CreeSimonSays)
The story began last week of a Canadian comic book publisher, Joseph John, astonished to discover there was no Google Translate option for Cree. Perhaps it was the request of a genuine cultural “outsider” (a real Indian from India!) that … Continue reading