Category Archives: Audio (th-dialect)

Covid-19 Info in Cree and English from Simon Bird (th-dialect)

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Arden Ogg

Thanks to Simon Bird (#creesimonsays) for preparing this video aimed at fluent speakers, but including good English content as well. As a former chief, Simon has direct information from Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) emergency response team. As a … Continue reading →

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Stay home: Learn Cree – 6. A Prayer to the Four Directions (th, y-dialects)

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Arden Ogg
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Wîsahkêcahk self-medicates for Coronavirus (Solomon Ratt: th-dialect)

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Arden Ogg

[An entirely made-up legend, but – like all legends – it offers an important lesson!] kîtahtawî îsa wîsahkîcâhk kî-wâpahtam mihkwâkanasinahikanihk î-âsôskamâkâniwik ohpanahpinîwin ikwa mihcît athisitiniwa î-nanâtawihisocik nîhithaw-maskihkiya ohci. wîsta papâmi-môsahkinam nîhithaw-maskihkiya, athisk î-tâpwîhtahk kahkithaw nanâtohk kîkway kayâs ohci î-mithwâsinithik. ikwâni … Continue reading →

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How we kill our language: Solomon Ratt (th-dialect)

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Arden Ogg

tânihki ôma kipîkiskwîwininaw kâ-ati-wanihtâyahk?wîtha kîthânaw î-itôtâsoyahk:tâhtwâw îkâ kâ-nîhithowîmititoyahk;tahtwâw îkâ kâ-nîhithowîyahk ispî kâ-mâmawinitoyahk;tahtwâw îkâ kâ-nîhithowîyahk ispî kâ-mâmawapiyahk;tahtwâw îkâ kâ-nîhithowîyahk ispî kâ-kiskinwahamâkîyahk;tahtwâw îkâ kâ-nîhithowîyahk ispî kâ-âcathohkîyahk;tahtwâw îkâ kâ-nîhitowîyahk ispî kâ-kâkîsimoyahk;tahtwâw kâ-kitimâkimâyahk oskâya kâ-kakwî-nîhithowît: “kimôniyâwihtâkosin mâna,” î-isi-nanôthacimâyahk.ikosi kitisi-nisowanâcihtânaw kipîkiskwîwininaw: mitoni tâpiskôc î-ati-nisowanâcihisômakahk kipîpiskwîwininaw. … Continue reading →

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Trees: Charlie Venne & Solomon Ratt (y- and th-dialects)

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Arden Ogg

In November 2019, Charlie Venne prepared a great teaching presentation featuring the names of trees in Woodland Cree, complete with photos and audio for pronunciation. You can view his post on his First Nation Stories website, at http://firstnationstories.com/?p=3322 Inspired by … Continue reading →

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In Solidarity (Solomon Ratt th-dialect)

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Arden Ogg
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Reconciliation: Solomon Ratt (audio)

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Arden Ogg

ka-mînosihtâhk miyo-wícêhtowin isi: mâka kâkikê kitohâskwatikawinaw.  ᑲ ᒦᓄᓯᐦᑖᕽ ᒥᔪ-wíᒉᐦᑐᐏᐣ ᐃᓯ: ᒫᑲ ᑳᑭᑫ ᑭᑐᐦᐋᐢᑿᑎᑲᐏᓇᐤ᙮  Reconciliation toward harmony: but always at the point of a gun. This meme in Cree was inspired by lawyer Bruce McIvor of First People’s Law, and his article … Continue reading →

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A joking meme for Groundhog Day (Solomon Ratt: th-dialect)

Posted on February 2, 2020 by Arden Ogg

“You ain’t nothin’ but a groundhog, lyin’ all the time; If you see your shadow, you ain’t no friend of mine!” (to Sol: “Thank you, thank you very much!”  wînask (the more common form for groundhog) is a shortened form … Continue reading →

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Solomon ikwâni poko Ratt (th-dialect, audio)

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Arden Ogg

namôtha kîkway kotak niwîhthowin athisk ispî kâ-kî-nihtâwikiyân piyak awa ayamihikimâsis (onâpîma ana iskwîw kâ-kî-pamihiwîwit (Solomon kî-isithihkâsow, ikyako î-kî-okwîmîsiyân) nikî-kiskinawâcihik, tâpiskôc î-kî-sîkahahtawit nîtî wanihikîskanâhk î-kî-itwît “Salamô ikwâni poko Ratt.” ispî tâpwî takî-sîkahahtâkawiyân, nîtî ayamihikamikohk âmaciwîspimowinihk, ayamihikimâw namwâc kî-ohci-pakitinam kotak wîhthowin kita-mîthikawiwak … Continue reading →

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ita kiskîthihtamowin kâ-ohtinamahk: where we get knowledge (Solomon Ratt: th-dialect)

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Arden Ogg

(Following is audio for the title we’ve given this post, “ita kiskîthihtamowin kâ-ohtinamahk”:) The highly regarded Anishinaabe poet Basil H. Johnston is the source of the English quote translated here. This meme is more sophisticated than many we post here, … Continue reading →

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