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Abraham sings and discusses cree hymn which he learned from Reverend Walton many years ago.
Age 6+EcCh-008-008
0.81 mb
4.43 mins
19??
2004
Alisson Bobbish
Alisson Bobbish
Abraham begins to tell the story of battles that were fought among the cree and Inuk people.
Age 12+EcCh-008-005
0.62 mb
3 mins
19??
2004
Unknown
Alisson Bobbish
Alisson Bobbish
Abraham recounts the story of Iyaashaau and his son. Iyaashaau abandoned his son on an island far from home, but with the help of the seagull and fish, Iyaashaau`s son finds his way home. When the son returns home he seeks revenge on his father and sets his mother and siblings free by turning them into birds.
Age 8+Abraham shares some traditional songs about animals, specifically the goose and fox. He also mentions the introduction of the fiddle and how it was adopted.
Age 6+EcCh-008-006
1.95 mb
11.22 mins
19??
2004
Alisson Bobbish
Alisson Bobbish
Traditional songs about animals and hunting animals.
Age 8+EcCh-008-003
0.00 mb
10 mins
1984
2003
Violet Bates, Lynn Whidden
Alice Duff
Alice Duff
The first story tells about how rituals were performed to create good. It is a story about when a community nearly went into starvation and how an elder performed a shaking tent to prevent the community from this bad omen. The second story tells how an old man who was sick was brought back to health by similar rituals.
Age 6+EcCh-028-001
2.90 mb
16.56 mins
19??
2004
Violet Bates/unknown interviewer
Suzanne House
Suzanne House
Emily Hughboy is discussing with a secondary three student of Maquatua Eeyou School about the traditions of a walking out ceremony. Throughout the recording Patrica, a Music/M.R.E. teacher of Maquatua Eeyou School in the early 1990`s is asking questions and Linda is translating for Emily.
Age 12+EcWe-014-001
3.66 mb
21.19 mins
1990
2003
Linda Visitor
Frances Visitor
Frances Visitor
A man and his wife lived with their 3 sons and their wives. They had no food to eat and they became weak. The man of the family has a dream of the caribou that his sons will find when he instructs them to go to a lake.
Age 6+EcWh-904-001
1.78 mb
10 mins
19??
2004
Unknown
Margaret Cox
Margaret Cox
2016-09-29 00:00:00
There was a man long ago who went out to find caribou. He only took his gun and a small pot. He came upon a woman who told him that she has set up her camp on his way.
Age 6+EcWh-904-002
0.84 mb
4 mins
19??
2004
Margaret Cox
Margaret Cox
2016-09-29 00:00:00
A man chasing the caribou all night long and made them tired. As he arrived to the area where the caribou were resting from running the man talks to the caribou and asks them `Why are you doing sitting down? If I were you I would still be running.`
Age 6+EcWh-904-003
0.48 mb
2 mins
19??
2004
Unknown
Margaret Cox
Margaret Cox
2016-09-29 00:00:00
A young man is unhappy because he can never kill anything when he went hunting. Until one day he goes out and begins to cry, he cries to the point where he falls asleep. During his sleep all kinds of animals gathered around him. Each animal sits on a part of his body and say that when he hunts he will kill that kind of animal.
Age 6+EcWh-904-004
3.27 mb
19 mins
19??
2004
Unknown
Margaret Cox
Margaret Cox
2016-09-29 00:00:00
John Blackned tells what is the meaning of the name `Gamit`
Age 18+EcWk-704-001
0.00 mb
0 mins
1965
1999
Richard J. Preston III
Susan M. Preston
Susan M. Preston
Joseph sings and discusses cree hymns.
Age 6+EcCh-002-015
2.03 mb
11.51 mins
19??
2004
Alisson Bobbish
Alisson Bobbish
Joseph sings and discusses songs about the goose, the hunt and the fish.
Age 6+EcCh-002-014
2.88 mb
16.47 mins
19??
2004
Alisson Bobbish
Alisson Bobbish
Joseph sings and discusses cree songs about the fox and muskrat.
Age 6+EcCh-002-016
1.64 mb
9.33 mins
19??
2004
Alisson Bobbish
Alisson Bobbish
He talks about his early hunting days, times of scarcity, hunting group strategy, trapline custodianship, relations between the coast and inland people, leadership, beaver preserves, and early relief.
Age 12+EcWe-005-001
8.08 mb
53 mins
1970
2003
Collin Scott/Frances Visitor
Naomi Tomatuk
Naomi Tomatuk
An interview in English with a Cree translator (Elizabeth Dick) about traditions: mittens, personal life, guns and knifes, what girls and boys did all day, traps. When it is time to tell stories; medicine; songs...
Age 12+
EcWh-903-001-01.mp3
EcWh-903-001-02.mp3
EcWh-903-001-03.mp3
EcWh-903-001-04.mp3
EcWh-903-001-05.mp3
EcWh-903-001-06.mp3
EcWh-903-001
9.59 mb
56 mins
1970
2003
Cree Program collection
Louisa George
Louisa George
Boy, Girl, Tradition, Past, Artifacts, Clothing, Man, Woman, Medicines, Transportation
