Category Archives: Plains Cree

Undermined at every turn: the lie of the failed native farm on the Prairies.

What do you know about farming among the Prairie nations? Here’s what I knew.  I knew that after the annihilation of our main economic base, the buffalo, native peoples in the Prairies were encouraged to become farmers.  I knew that … Continue reading

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Categories: Alienation, Culture, Decolonisation, First Nations, INAC, Injustice, Métis, Plains Cree, Representation of natives

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napatêhkasikan, my pumpkin pie adventure.

napatêhkasikan cî ahpô wîhkihkasikan? Pie, or cake?  Answering “both” is of course understandable, but I like to think that just as some people are ‘dog’ people while others are ‘cat’ people, some of us will take a pie over a … Continue reading

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Categories: Cree vocabulary, Imperative/command form, Language learning, Plains Cree

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Cree kinship terms

In the Language and Culture Links section of this blog I linked to a Cree Family Unit site that I stumbled across years ago.  As you can see from the URL, it appears to have been developed in Saskatchewan as … Continue reading

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Categories: Cree vocabulary, Culture, Kinship, Language learning, Plains Cree, Word lists

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