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ᐦᐋᕆᔨᑦ ᐧᒑᕐᒋᑮᔥ Harriet Georgekish

ᒑᐧᑳᑦ ᑳ ᐊᑐᔑᐧᐃᑦ ᓈᐹᔑᔥ
A boy that almost turned cannibal

ᓈᐹᔑᔥ ᑳ ᓂᑭᑖᑭᓂᐧᐃᑦ ᑳ ᒋᑎᐦᑐᑖᔨᒡᐦ ᐅᐦᑖᐧᐄᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑯᑎᒃᐦ ᐅᐧᐄᒋᒫᑭᓐᐦ᙮ ᑳ ᓈᓂᑑᒥᔅᐧᑳᑦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑳ ᓂᐱᐦᐋᑦ, ᑳ ᒧᐧᐋᑦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐊᒥᔅᒄᐦ ᐋᑳ ᐊᐧᐋᔨᐤᐦ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐊᔑᒫᑦ᙮ ᑳ ᒧᐧᐋᑦ ᐋᐦ ᒌᐦ ᒋᑭᔅᒋᔨᐦᒡ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐊᒥᔅᒄᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑳ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒧᐧᐋᑦ ᐄᔨᔨᐤᐦ ᑳ ᐃᔨᑖᔨᐦᑎᒃ᙮

A boy stays behind when his father and the other people leave. He goes to hunt for beaver and kills, cooks and eats it. He eats the beaver raw and tells the people how he felt.

Age 8+

EcWe-038-008.mp3

Code: EcWe-038-008
File Size: 0.91 mb
Duration: 2.49 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Sound Editor: Margaret Cox
Described By: Margaret Cox
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, Citizenship, History
Themes: Legends
Topics: Boy, Food, Man

ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔥ ᑳ ᐅᑎᓂᑯᑦ ᐧᐹᑦᐦ
A girl is taken from her brother by prospectors

Harriet Georgekish

ᐆ ᐋᑎᔪᐦᑳᓐ ᓈᐹᔥ, ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔥ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐅᑳᐧᐄᒫᐤ ᑎᐹᒋᒫᑭᓂᐤ᙮ ᐹᔨᐧᑳᐤ ᐋ ᒌᔑᑳᔨᒡ ᓈᐹᔥ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔥ ᑳ ᓈᑎᐦᐄᐹᒡ, ᑳ ᐅᑎᐦᑎᑯᐧᐃᒡ ᐧᐹᒋᑮᐦ᙮ ᑳ ᐅᑎᓂᑯᐧᐃᑦ ᐊᓐ ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔥ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐧᐹᒋᑮᐦ ᑳ ᐧᐄᒋᒫᑦ᙮ ᑳ ᒌᐧᐋᑦ ᐊᓐ ᓈᐹᔥ ᑳᐧᐄᐦᑎᒧᐧᐋᑦ ᐅᑳᐧᐄᐦ ᐋ ᒌ ᐅᑎᓂᑯᔨᐦᒡ ᐧᐹᒋᑮᐦ᙮ ᒑᒃ ᐹᔨᐧᑳᐤ ᐋ ᒌᔑᑳᔨᒡ ᐊᓐ ᓈᐹᔥ ᑳ ᓈᓂᑎᐧᐋᐱᒫᑦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐧᐄᒋᔖᓂᔥᐦ, ᑳ ᒥᔅᑯᐧᐋᑦ ᐋ ᐃᔮᐧᐋᔨᐦᒡ ᐊᐧᐋᔑᔥ᙮

This legend is about a boy, a girl and their mother. One day the boy and girl went out to check their fish net and then prospectors arrive. The girl is taken by the prospectors and lives with them. The boy goes home and informs their mother what happened to his sister. Then one day the boy goes and looks for his sister and finds her with a child.

Age 6+

EcWe-038-003.mp3

Code: EcWe-038-003
File Size: 1.25 mb
Duration: 7 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: Unknown
Sound Editor: Margaret Cox
Described By: Margaret Cox
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Themes: Legends
Topics: Boy, Girl, Food, Woman, Inter-racial

ᐊᑑᔥ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐅᑯᓯᔅᐦ ᑳ ᔒᐅᑖᒡ
Atuush and his son are hungry

Harriet Georgekish

ᐊᑑᔥ ᑳ ᐃᔨᑖᑦ ᐅᑯᓯᔅᐦ ᒑ ᒫᔑᐦᐄᑐᐧᐃᒡ ᐊᓐ ᐊᐧᐋᓐ ᒑ ᒫᑭᐦᐧᐋᑭᓄᐧᐃᑦ ᐋᐅᒃ ᒑ ᒧᐧᐋᑭᓄᐧᐃᑦ᙮ ᒫᐧᑳᒡ ᒫᒃ ᐊᓂᔮ ᐋ ᒫᔑᐦᐄᑐᐧᐃᒡ, ᐊᑑᔥ ᑳ ᐧᐋᐱᒫᑦ ᐊᑎᒻᐦ ᐋ ᐱᒥᐱᐦᑖᔨᐦᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐄᔨᔨᐤᐦ ᐋ ᐱᒥᐱᒌᐦᒡ᙮ ᐊᑑᔥ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐅᑯᓯᔅᐦ ᑳ ᒋᐱᐦᒌᒡ ᐋ ᒫᔑᐦᐄᑐᐧᐃᒡ ᑳ ᐧᐄ ᒥᔪᐲᐦᑖᒡ ᒑ ᐃᐦᑐᑎᐧᐋᒡ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐄᔨᔨᐤᐦ᙮

Atuush tells his son that they should fight and which ever loses will be the broth. While they are fighting, Atuush sees a dog running then people travelling on foot. Atuush and his son stop fighting and begin planning what they will do to them.

Age 8+

EcWe-038-004.mp3

Code: EcWe-038-004
File Size: 0.72 mb
Duration: 4 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: Unknown
Sound Editor: Margaret Cox
Described By: Margaret Cox
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Legends
Topics: Family, Animals, Food, Monsters

ᑳᓂᐧᐋᑦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐊᑑᔥ
Kaanwaat and the atuush

Harriet Georgekish

ᓃᔥᑎᒻ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ - ᓈᐹᐤ ᑳᓂᐧᐋᑦ ᑳ ᐅᑎᐦᑖᑦ ᐊᑑᔥᐦ᙮ ᑳ ᒧᒋᔔᒫᑦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑳ ᐧᐋᒋᔮᒥᑯᐧᐃᑦ᙮

ᑳ ᒌᐧᐋᑦ ᒫᒃ ᐊᓐ ᓈᐹᐤ ᑳ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒧᐧᐋᑦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐅᑎᔨᔨᒻᐦ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐊᑑᔥᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑳ ᐧᐄᑎᒧᐧᐋᑦ ᒑ ᑎᑯᔑᓂᔨᐦᒡ᙮ ᑳ ᐃᔨᑖᑦ, ᒑ ᐧᐄ ᓈᑭᑎᐧᐋᔨᒥᓱᔨᐦᒡ᙮

ᓃᔓ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ - ᓈᐹᐤ ᒥᔥᑎᑯᔥᐦ ᑳ ᐋᐱᒋᐦᐋᑦ ᒥᑐᑎᓵᓈᒋᓂᑭᒥᑯᔨᐤ ᐋ ᐅᔑᐦᑖᑦ, ᓃᑳᓐ ᐋ ᐧᐄ ᒋᔅᒑᔨᐦᑎᐦᒃ ᓂᒋᔥᑯᐧᐋᐧᑖᐧᐋ ᐧᐋᒥᔥᑎᑯᔒᐤᐦ᙮ ᒌ ᐊᔓᒦᔮᐤ ᒫᒃ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐅᑰᓯᔅᐦ ᒥᐧᐋᐧᐃᓂᔨᐤ ᑳ ᐃᔑ ᒋᔅᒑᔨᐦᑎᐦᒃ᙮

ᓂᔥᑐ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ - ᓈᐹᐤ ᐧᐄᐤᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᓃᔓ ᐅᑖᓂᔅᐦ ᒦᒋᐧᐋᐦᐱᔑᐦᒡ ᒌ ᐧᐄᒎᒡ᙮ ᓈᐹᐤ ᑳ ᒧᐧᐋᐱᑦ, ᒫᐧᑳᒡ ᒫ ᐊᓂᔮ ᐋ ᐃᑎᓂᐦᐅᐧᐃᑦ ᓂᒥ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐱᒫᑎᓯᔨᐤᐦ ᐧᐄᐤᐦ᙮ ᑳ ᑎᑯᔑᐦᒃ ᒫᒃ ᐊᓂᑖ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑖᒡ ᑳ ᐧᐄᑎᒫᑯᑦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐅᑖᓂᔅᐦ ᐋ ᑳ ᐱᒫᑎᓯᔨᐦᒡ ᐧᐄᐤᐦ᙮

Part 1 - A man named Kaanwaat arrives upon a village of atuush. He visits and is greeted by the atuush. Then he goes home and tells his people about the atuush and predicts that they will be coming. He tells his people how to protect themselves.

Part 2 - A man uses young trees to make a shaking tent to do predictions of the first contact of white man. He was able to pass his gift of predicting to his sons.

Part 3 - A man and his wife and two daughters lived in a teepee. One day the man leaves to get supplies while he is away his wife passes away. He comes back to his daughters and finds that his wife passed away.

Age 8+

EcWe-038-005-01.mp3

EcWe-038-005-02.mp3

EcWe-038-005-03.mp3

Code: EcWe-038-005
File Size: 2.26 mb
Duration: 13 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: Unknown
Sound Editor: Margaret Cox
Described By: Margaret Cox
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Legends
Topics: Food, Man, Predictions, Starvation, Monsters, Family, Boy, Girl

ᐃᔥᒌᒫᐤ ᐋ ᒌᐧᐄ ᐧᐃᓂᒧᔮᑦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐊᑑᔥ ᒧᔮᒻ ᐋ ᒥᔅᑯᒋᑦ ᑳ ᐃᐦᑎᒃ
The inuit that pretends to be frozen and is taken by the atuush

Harriet Georgekish

ᐊᑑᔥ ᑎᐹᒋᒫᑭᓂᐤ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐋ ᐹᔨᑯᑖᐅᓯᔨᑦ, ᐆ ᐋᑎᔫᐦᑳᓐ᙮ ᐊᑑᔥ ᒌᐧᐋᐱᒫᐤ ᐃᔥᒌᒫᐤᐦ ᐋ ᐱᒥᔑᓂᔨᐦᒡ ᐋ ᒌ ᒥᔥᑯᐧᐃᒋᔨᐦᒡ ᐋ ᒌ ᐅᒋᐧᑳᒑᔨᑯᐱᓈᓂᐦᐄ᙮ ᐊᑑᔥ ᑳ ᐅᑎᓇᑦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᓈᐹᐤᐦ, ᑳ ᒋᐧᐋᑎᐦᐋᑦ᙮ ᑳ ᐅᒦᒋᒥᐦᑯᐧᐋᑦ ᐅᑏᔨᔨᒻᐦ᙮

This is a legend about the Atuush and his family. The atuush sees an inuit man that had been fishing that is lying on the ground frozen. Atuush takes the man and brings him to his family as food.

Age 6+

EcWe-038-001.mp3

Code: EcWe-038-001
File Size: 0.55 mb
Duration: 3 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: Unknown
Sound Editor: Margaret Cox
Described By: Margaret Cox
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Citizenship, History
Themes: Legends
Topics: Food, Man, Monsters, Family

ᑳ ᑎᑯᔑᐦᒃ ᐊᑑᔥ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑳ ᓈᑭᔑᒋᐦᐋᑦ ᐊᐧᐋᔑᔥᐦ
When atuush walks and listens for children

Harriet Georgekish

ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ ᑳ ᒌ ᐄᑖᑭᓂᐅᐧᐃᒡ ᐊᐧᐋᔑᔑᒡ ᐋᑳ ᒑ ᐃᔮᔑᐦᐧᑳᒡ ᐋᑎ ᐅᑖᑯᔑᔨᒡᐦ, ᒑ ᐹᐦᑖᑯᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐊᑑᔥᐦ᙮

Long ago children were told not to scream and yell in the evening because atuush would be listening for noise coming from anywhere.

Age 8+

EcWe-038-006.mp3

Code: EcWe-038-006
File Size: 0.71 mb
Duration: 6.09 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Sound Editor: Margaret Cox
Described By: Margaret Cox
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Legends
Topics: Boy, Girl, Predictions, Monsters, Inter-racial

ᐋᔥᒄ ᒥᓯᐧᐋ ᒑᐧᑳᓐ ᐋ ᒌ ᐊᔨᒦᒥᑭᐦᒡ
When everything used to talk

Harriet Georgekish

ᐋᑎᔫᐦᑳᓐ ᐆ, ᐧᐄᔥᑭᒑᓂᔥ ᑎᐹᒋᒫᑭᓂᐤ ᐋᔅᒄ ᐋ ᒌ ᐊᔨᒥᑦ᙮ ᑳ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒧᐧᐋᑭᓄᐧᐃᑦ ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔥᐦ ᐋ ᐱᒫᑎᓯᔨᐦᒡ᙮ ᑳ ᐃᔨᑦ, ᐧᐋᐱᓈᐦᒄ ᑖᓐ ᒑ ᐃᑖᐱᑎᓯᔨᑦ᙮ ᑳ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒧᐧᐋᑭᓄᐧᐃᑦ ᓈᐹᔥᐦ ᐋ ᐱᒫᑎᓯᔨᐦᒡ, ᓈᔥᒡ ᐋ ᒌ ᒥᐧᔮᔨᐦᑎᐦᒃ᙮ ᑳ ᐃᔨᑦ, ᐧᐋᔥ ᐋᐅᒄ ᒑ ᓂᑐᐦᐆᐧᐃᑦ᙮

This legend is about the Canada jay when he used to talk. He is told a girl is born and says that they should throw her away and what`s the use of her. Then he is told that a boy is born and how he is happy because he`s going to be the one to hunt.

Age 6+

EcWe-038-002.mp3

Code: EcWe-038-002
File Size: 0.24 mb
Duration: 1 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: Unknown
Sound Editor: Margaret Cox
Described By: Margaret Cox
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Citizenship, History
Themes: Legends
Topics: Boy, Girl, Animals

ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᑳ ᒧᔑᐦᐋᑦ ᐧᐋᒥᔥᑎᑯᔒᐤᐦ ᒑ ᑎᑯᔑᓂᔨᐦᒡ
When the eeyou made predictions about the white man

Harriet Georgekish

ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ ᐄᔨᔨᐅᒡ ᑳ ᒋᔅᒑᔨᒫᒡ ᐧᐋᒥᔥᑎᑯᔒᐤᐦ ᒑ ᐅᑎᐦᑎᑯᒡ᙮ ᓈᐹᐤ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐃᔅᐧᑳᐤ ᓃᔥᑎᒻ ᑳ ᓂᒋᔥᑭᐧᐋᒡ ᐧᐋᒥᔥᑎᑯᔒᐤᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑖᓂᑖᐦ ᑳ ᐃᐦᑎᒡ ᑳ ᒦᔥᑯᑎᓂᒫᑐᒡ ᒑᐧᑳᔨᐤᐦ᙮ ᐋᑯᑎᐦ ᒫᒃ ᑳ ᐅᒋᐦᒋᐱᔨᒡ ᐋᐦ ᐊᑖᐧᐋᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᐊᔨᐧᐃᓐ᙮

Long ago, they predicted the white man will arrive. A man and his wife made the first contact with white men and how they traded their clothing with them. That was when the fur trade began.

Age 8+

EcWe-038-007.mp3

Code: EcWe-038-007
File Size: 1.06 mb
Duration: 6.11 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Sound Editor: Margaret Cox
Described By: Margaret Cox
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Spirituality, Social studies, History
Themes: Legends
Topics: Predictions, Inter-racial, Clothing, Man, Woman

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