|
Showing 1 - 7 of
7 matches in All Departments
An important language resource that helps intermediate nehiyawewin
learners begin to understand more advanced grammar of the language.
Building on maci-nehiyawewin / Beginning Cree, Solomon Ratt's first
influential Cree language resource, ahkami-nehiyawetan / Let's Keep
Speaking Cree helps intermediate nehiyawewin learners begin to
understand more advanced grammar of the language. The textbook is
more than a language textbook though: it includes a series of the
author's original stories written in Cree, complete with
comprehension questions, making it ideal for self-study as well as
classroom use.
Designed as an introduction for Cree language learners,
maci-nehiyawewin / Beginning Cree acts as a self-study aid--a
much-needed resource in today's world where most students cannot
speak Cree fluently. Basic grammar units and everyday vocabulary
items guide the student through the building blocks of the
language, and expansion drills and exercises reinforce lessons and
prepare the student for further study. With over 100 delightful
illustrations, maci-nehiyawewin / Beginning Cree grounds the
language in traditional and contemporary contexts.
A residential school survivor finds his way back to his language
and culture through his family's traditional stories. When
reflecting on forces that have shaped his life, Solomon Ratt says
his education was interrupted by his schooling. Torn from his
family at the age of six, Ratt was placed into the residential
school system-a harsh, institutional world, operated in a language
he could not yet understand, far from the love and comfort of home
and family. In ka-pi-isi-kiskisiyan / / The Way I Remember It ,
Ratt reflects on these memories and the life-long challenges he
endured through his telling of acimisowin -autobiographical
stories-and also traditional tales. Written over the course of
several decades, Ratt describes his life before, during, and after
residential school. In many ways, these stories reflect the
experience of thousands of other Indigenous children across Canada,
but Ratt's stories also stand apart in a significant way: he
managed to retain his mother language of Cree by returning home to
his parents each summer despite the destruction wrought by
colonialism. Ratt then shifts from the acimisowina (personal,
autobiographical stories) to acathohkiwina , (sacred stories) the
more formal and commonly recognized style of traditional Cree
literature, to illustrate how, in a world uninterrupted by
colonialism and its agenda of genocide, these traditional stories
would have formed the winter curriculum of a Cree child's
education. Presented in Cree Th-dialect Standard Roman Orthography,
syllabics, and English, Ratt's reminiscences of residential school
escapades almost always end with a close call and a smile. Even
when his memories are dark, Ratt's particularly Cree sense of
humour shines, making ka-pi-isi-kiskisiyan / / The Way I Remember
It an important and unique memoir that emphasizes and celebrates
Solomon Ratt's perseverance and life after residential school.
A hands-on guide for parents and caregivers to develop best
practices in revitalizing and teaching Cree to young children. In
nehiyawetan kikinahk / Speaking Cree in the Home , Belinda Daniels
and Andrea Custer provide an introductory text to help families
immerse themselves, their children, and their homes in nehiyawewin
-the Cree language. Despite the colonial attacks on Cree culture,
language, and peoples, Custer and Daniels remind readers that the
traditional ways of knowing and transferring knowledge to younger
generations have not been lost and can be revived in the home,
around the table, every day. nehiyawetan kikinahk / Speaking Cree
in the Home is an approachable, hands-on manual that helps to
re-forge connections between identity, language, family, and
community-by centering Indigenous knowledge and providing Cree
learners and speakers with a practical guide to begin their own
journey of reclaiming and revitalizing Cree in the home. Readers
are guided through methods for language learning, the basics of
reading Cree and Standard Roman Orthography, pronunciation of
vowels, engaging language-learning games, and examples of
high-frequency words and phrases that can easily be incorporated
into daily routines and taught to children young and old.
Humour is not only the best medicine; it is also an exceptionally
useful teaching tool. So often, it is through humour that the big
lessons in life are learned--about responsibility, honour, hard
work, and respect. Cree people are known for their wit, so the
tales in Woods Cree Stories are filled with humour. The book
includes nine stories--including Boys Get Lost, Foolishness, and
Animals Become Friends--and a Woods Cree-to-English glossary. All
the stories are presented in Cree syllabics, Standard Roman
Orthography, and English translation and can be enjoyed by those
new to the language and more advanced learners.
A hands-on guide for parents and caregivers to develop best
practices in revitalizing and teaching Cree to young children. In
nehiyawetan kikinahk / Speaking Cree in the Home , Belinda Daniels
and Andrea Custer provide an introductory text to help families
immerse themselves, their children, and their homes in nehiyawewin
-the Cree language. Despite the colonial attacks on Cree culture,
language, and peoples, Custer and Daniels remind readers that the
traditional ways of knowing and transferring knowledge to younger
generations have not been lost and can be revived in the home,
around the table, every day. nehiyawetan kikinahk / Speaking Cree
in the Home is an approachable, hands-on manual that helps to
re-forge connections between identity, language, family, and
community-by centering Indigenous knowledge and providing Cree
learners and speakers with a practical guide to begin their own
journey of reclaiming and revitalizing Cree in the home. Readers
are guided through methods for language learning, the basics of
reading Cree and Standard Roman Orthography, pronunciation of
vowels, engaging language-learning games, and examples of
high-frequency words and phrases that can easily be incorporated
into daily routines and taught to children young and old.
An important language resource that helps intermediate nehiyawewin
learners begin to understand more advanced grammar of the language.
Building on maci-nehiyawewin / Beginning Cree, Solomon Ratt's first
influential Cree language resource, ahkami-nehiyawetan / Let's Keep
Speaking Cree helps intermediate nehiyawewin learners begin to
understand more advanced grammar of the language. The textbook is
more than a language textbook though: it includes a series of the
author's original stories written in Cree, complete with
comprehension questions, making it ideal for self-study as well as
classroom use.
|
|