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Ida Tremblay, 2017: Wisahkecahk’s Belt (th-dialect)
Warning: This story includes what we might call “adult content” in English. Or simply an authentically Cree sense of humour. Ida Tremblay-pan ī-ācimot nīhithaw ācathōhkāniwin kapīsiwin 2017 mistasiniy sākahikanihk oskāyak-kapīsiwinihk. The late Ida Tremblay storytelling at the Cree Storytelling … Continue reading
Falynn Baptiste Christmas Album 2020 (y-dialect)
Here is a special treat for Christmas 2020, ready to launch December 11th from Falynn Baptiste, who is a Cree-Métis woman form Red Pheasant First Nation. Enjoy her YouTube video of O Holy Night below, or listen here to samples … Continue reading
Posted in Audio (y-dialect), Christmas, Songs in Cree, Video
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Skinnard’s Simple Man: Art Napoleon (Northern y-dialect)
Thanks to Art Napoleon for permission to share his interpretation of Lynyrd Skinnard’s “Simple Man,” so we can all listen and sing along. Translating any song text into Cree presents a special kind of challenge. English words are typically short; … Continue reading
Posted in Art Napoleon, Audio (y-dialect), Songs in Cree, Video
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First Nations University Fall 2020 Valedictory
Thanks to Solomon Ratt for sharing the following video excerpt from the October 2020 Virtual Convocation of First Nations University, emceed jointly in English and Cree by Dustin Brass and Simon Bird (#creesimonsays). The highlight of the video is the … Continue reading
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Cree Demonstrative Pronouns by Andrea Custer (y-dialect)
Sometimes Cree language complexity makes English look impoverished. Take this lesson on demonstrative pronouns, for example, that English tries to cover with merely “this/these” and “that/those.” Thanks to Andrea Custer for permission to share this really carefully crafted lesson that … Continue reading
Posted in Audio (y-dialect), How Cree Works, Video
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