Mitoni Niya Nêhiyaw / Cree Is Who I Truly Am - Nêhiyaw-Iskwêw Mitoni Niya / Me, I Am Truly a Cree Woman

In presenting a Cree woman's view of her world, the texts in this volume directly reflect the spoken word: Sarah Whitecalf's memoirs are here printed in Cree exactly as she recorded them, with a close English translation on the facing page. They constitute an autobiography of great personal authority and rare authenticity.

Summary

Strong women dominate these reminiscences: the grandmother taught the girl whose mother refused to let her go to school, and the life-changing events they witnessed range from the ravages of the influenza epidemic of 1918-20, to murder committed in a jealous rage, to the abduction of a young woman by underground spirits.

Product details

• Assisted by: Freda Ahenakew (Editor), H C Wolfart (Editor), H. C. Wolfart (Editor), Freda Ahenakew (Translation), H C Wolfart (Translation), H. C. Wolfart (Translation)
• Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
• Languages: Cree
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780887559426
• ISBN: 978-0-88755-942-6
• No. of pages: 366
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 248 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 649 g
• Series: Algonquian Text Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore