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Foreign Language Study Native American Languages

Blackfoot Stories of Old

edited by Lena Russell & Inge Genee

illustrated by William Singer

Publisher
University of Regina Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2014
Category
Native American Languages, Bilingual Education
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889773189
    Publish Date
    Apr 2014
    List Price
    $24.95

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Description

The third volume in the First Nations Language Readers series--meant for language learners and language users--this collection presents eight Blackfoot stories told by Lena Russell, a fluent speaker of Blackfoot from the Kainai (Blood) reserve in southern Alberta.

In contract with other Algonquian languages, such as Cree and Saulteaux (Ojibwe), Blackfoot is not usually written in syllabics, so these stories are presented in the Blackfoot language using the Roman alphabet, together with the English translation.

The spelling system is based on the conventions of the International Phonetic Alphabet, and should be transparent for native speakers of Blackfoot as well as for linguists. The Reader includes a Blackfoot-to-English glossary containing all the nouns, verbs, adjuncts, etc., found in the texts, as well as stress or pitch accents over the vowel or vowels which bear the accent.

About the authors

Contributor Notes

 A fluent speaker of Blackfoot from the Kainai reserve in southern Alberta, Lena Russell's Blackfoot name is "Gentle Singer." The author of thirteen resource books, she helped develop the Blackfoot language curriculum and taught it for over 50 years.

Inge Genee's Blackfoot name is 'Eagle Woman.' A linguist at the University of Lethbridge, she has published and presented on various languages, including English, Dutch, Irish, and Blackfoot.