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Stories of the House People

Told by Peter Vandall and Joe Douquette

by (author) Freda Ahenakew

Publisher
University of Manitoba Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1987
Category
Native American, Native American Languages
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780887558962
    Publish Date
    Jan 1987
    List Price
    $25.00

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Ten Stories of the House People, plains Cree from north of the North Saskatchewan River, told by Peter Vandall and Joe Douquette to Freda Ahenakew. In Cree with English translations, Cree-English and English-Cree glossaries and an outline of the writing system. The term wâskahikaniwiyiniwak ‘House People’ was traditionally used for the Plains Cree groups clustering around Carlton House.

About the author

Freda Ahenakew (1932-2011), founding Director of the Saskatchewan Indian Languages Institute, earned her M.A. in Cree linguistics at the University of Manitoba. Ahenakew received an honorary LLD from the University of Saskatchewan (1997) and was named to the World Indigenous Education Task Force; she also received the Citizen of the Year Award from the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians (1992), the Order of Canada (1998), and a National Aboriginal Achievement Award (2001). 

 

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