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

A highly personal document, these memoirs are altogether exceptional in recounting the thoughts and feelings of a Cree woman as she copes with the challenges of reserve life but also, in a key chapter, with her loneliness while tending a relative's children in a place far away from home.

Product details

• Assisted by: H. C. Wolfart (Editor), H C Wolfart (Editor), Freda Ahenakew (Editor), H. C. Wolfart (Translation), Freda Ahenakew (Translation), H C Wolfart (Translation)
• Authors: Sarah Whitecalf
• Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.12.2022
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore
• EAN: 9780887559488
• ISBN: 978-0-88755-948-8
• Pages: 368
• Dimensions (packing): 15.2 x 22.9 x 2.4 cm
• Weight (packing): 676 g
• Series: Algonquian Text Society; Publications of the Algonquian
• Subjects: Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik, Saskatchewan, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Ethnic Issues, Bezug zu amerikanische Ureinwohner, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Indigenous