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.

About the author

Sarah Whitecalf (1919-1991) spoke Cree exclusively, spending most of her life at Nakiwacîhk/ Sweetgrass Reserve on the North Saskatchwan River. Her lectures are collected in The Cree Language is Our Identity. H.C. Wolfart is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Manitoba.
Freda Ahenakew (1932-2011), founding Director of the Saskatchewan Indian Languages Institute, earned her MA in Cree linguistics at the University of Manitoba. In 1997 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Saskatchewan. She was made a member of the Order of Canada in 1998.
Ted Whitecalf is Sarah Whitecalf's son and a professional photographer. His Sweet Grass Records/Productions in Saskatoon has been publishing recordings of Indigenous music and photographic books for over twenty-five years.

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), H C Wolfart (Translation), Freda Ahenakew (Translation), H. C. Wolfart (Translation)
• Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.12.2022
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics
• EAN: 9780887559426
• ISBN: 978-0-88755-942-6
• Pages: 366
• Dimensions (packing): 16.5 x 24.8 x 2.5 cm
• Weight (packing): 649 g
• Series: Algonquian Text Society
• Subjects: Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Saskatchewan, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Ethnic Issues, Bezug zu amerikanische Ureinwohner, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Indigenous