Category Archives: Video

Wisahkecahk and the Little Startlers: Solomon Ratt 2016, 2020 (th-dialect)

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Arden Ogg

The Cree word for “sacred story” or “myth” is âtayôhkêwin (in y-dialect), âcathôhkîwin (in th-dialect). Wisahkecahk is the protagonist in many of these stories, which often serve to explain some curious aspect of the natural world, or teach some important … Continue reading →

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Wisahkecahk and the Birch Trees: Solomon Ratt 2016, 2019, 2021 (th-dialect)

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Arden Ogg

The Cree word for “sacred story” or “myth” is âtayôhkêwin (in y-dialect), âcathôhkîwin (in th-dialect). This story of Wisahkecahk and the Birch Trees explains how the birch trees got their markings. Variations from one telling to the next give us … Continue reading →

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The Flood, 2016, 2019, 2020 (th-dialect) – an âtayôhkêwin (Sacred Story)

Posted on January 28, 2021 by Arden Ogg

The Cree word for “sacred story” or “myth” is âtayôhkêwin (in y-dialect), âcathôhkîwin (in th-dialect). Solomon Ratt recorded a first video telling of this story in February 2016. In 2019 he prepared a text edition of the story with translation … Continue reading →

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Big Skunk, 2017 (Solomon Ratt, th-dialect)

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Arden Ogg

From the 2017 Storytelling Camp, transcription and video captioning provided by Ben Godden; reading edition (text and translation) edited by Solomon Ratt (2021).

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Big Skunk, 2017, 2021 (th-dialect) – an âtayôhkêwin (Sacred Story)

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Arden Ogg

The Cree word for “sacred story” or “myth” is âtayôhkêwin (in y-dialect), âcathôhkîwin (in th-dialect). Wisahkecahk is the protagonist in many of these stories, but in this case, our “hero” is the Big Skunk. Solomon Ratt told this story at … Continue reading →

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Ida Tremblay, 2017: Wisahkecahk’s Belt (th-dialect)

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Arden Ogg

 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 →

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Falynn Baptiste Christmas Album 2020 (y-dialect)

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Arden Ogg

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 →

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Skinnard’s Simple Man: Art Napoleon (Northern y-dialect)

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Arden Ogg

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 →

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First Nations University Fall 2020 Valedictory

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Arden Ogg

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)

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Arden Ogg

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 →

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