Literary Collections Native American
Stories of the House People
Told by Peter Vandall and Joe Douquette
- Publisher
- University of Manitoba Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1987
- Category
- Native American, Native American Languages
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780887558962
- Publish Date
- Jan 1987
- List Price
- $25.00
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Description
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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