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ᔖᕐᓕᑦ ᕕᓯᑎᕐ Charlotte Visitor

ᐱᐧᐋᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ
Dreams

Charlotte Visitor

ᑖᓐ ᐊᔥᒌᔑᐧᐋᒥᑭᓂᔨᒡ ᐱᐧᐋᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ

The meaning of various kinds of dreams.

Age 12+

EcWe-004-002.mp3

Code: EcWe-004-002
File Size: 0.98 mb
Duration: 8 mins
Year Of Recording: 1998
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Jacqueline Blackned
Sound Editor: Frances Visitor
Described By: Frances Visitor
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Spirituality
Themes: Teachings
Topics: Predictions, Supernatural

ᐋᐧᐋᓰᓯᒡ ᐅᐱᔅᒑᓱᐧᐃᓂᐧᐋᐤᐦ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑐᑭᓂᔨᐦᒡ
How animal parts tell people stories

Charlotte Visitor

ᔖᕐᓕᑦ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᐋ ᓄᑯᓂᔨᐦᒡ ᒋᔥᒋᓂᐧᐋᒋᐦᒋᑭᓐᐦ ᐋᐧᐋᓰᔅᐦ ᐅᐱᔅᒑᓱᐧᐃᓂᔨᐤᐦ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᓂᔨᐦᒡ᙮ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᐋ ᐃᔥᒌᐧᔖᒥᑭᓂᔨᒡ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐅᐱᔅᒑᓱᐧᐃᓐᐦ, ᐧᑳᐧᔖ ᐋ ᒥᔖᒡ ᒦᒌᒻ ᒑ ᓂᐱᐦᑖᑭᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐱᔥᒡ ᐅᐱᔅᒑᓱᐧᐃᓐᐦ ᐧᑳᐧᔖ ᐋ ᐊᐱᔖᔑᒡ ᒦᒌᒻ ᒑ ᓂᐱᐦᑖᑭᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᓂᑐᐦᐅᐧᑖᐧᐋ ᓈᐹᐅᒡ᙮

Charlotte talks about the signs they see on animal parts. She talks about certain parts that could mean large animals are going to be killed and certain parts that mean small animals will be killed when the men are hunting.

Age 6+

EcWe-004-017.mp3

Code: EcWe-004-017
File Size: 1.49 mb
Duration: 8 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: History
Themes: Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Woman, Tradition, Animals, Food, Man

ᑳ ᐃᔑ ᑭᓂᐧᐋᔨᐦᑎᑭᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᒦᒋᒻ ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ
How food was preserved back in the day

Charlotte Visitor

ᔖᕐᓕᑦ ᑯᐃᔅᒄ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᑖᓐ ᐋ ᐃᔑ ᒌ ᐧᐄᑭᓂᐧᐋᔨᐦᑎᑭᓄᐧᐃᔨᒡ ᒦᒋᒥᔨᐤ ᐋᐧᒫᔮ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᓂᔨᐦᒡ ᒥᔅᑯᒦᐅᑭᒥᒄ᙮ ᐊᓐ ᒥᓯᐧᐋ ᒑᐧᑳᓐ ᐋ ᒌ ᐧᐄ ᑭᓂᐧᐋᔨᐦᑎᑭᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᐋ ᒌ ᐃᔑ ᐧᐄᐦᐋᑭᓄᐧᐃᑦ ᐊᐧᐋᓰᔅ᙮

Charlotte talks about how food was stored back then before they had freezers. How everything was saved from the animal that was killed.

Age 6+

EcWe-004-016.mp3

Code: EcWe-004-016
File Size: 1.30 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
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Tradition, Animals, Food, Man, Woman

ᐋ ᓃᔓᑳᐳᐧᐃᓇᓄᐧᐃᒡ
Marriage

Charlotte Visitor

ᐋ ᓃᔓᑳᐳᐧᐃᓈᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᑳ ᐄᔅᐱᔨᒡ ᐧᐋᔅᑭᒡ ᑭᔮ ᒫᒃ ᐊᓅᐦᒡ ᐋᔅᐱᔨᒡ᙮

She talks about the differences of marriages now and then.

Age 12+

EcWe-004-001.mp3

Code: EcWe-004-001
File Size: 0.98 mb
Duration: 1.03 mins
Year Of Recording: 1970
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Jacqueline Blackned
Sound Editor: Frances Visitor
Described By: Frances Visitor
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Spirituality, Social studies, Citizenship, History
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Family, Tradition, Celebrations, Man, Woman

ᑳ ᐃᔑ ᑭᓂᐧᐋᔨᐦᑖᑭᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᒦᒋᒻ ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ
Preservation of food long ago

Charlotte Visitor

ᒥᓯᐧᐋ ᒑᐧᑳᔫ ᐋ ᒌ ᒥᓈᐦᐅᓈᓂᐧᐄᒡ ᒥᒄ ᑖᓐ ᐋᔑᓈᑯᓂᔨᒡ ᒦᒋᒥᔫ ᐋ ᐃᔑ ᓂᐱᐦᑖᑭᓂᐧᐃᔨᒡ ᐊᑎ ᐊᓂᔮ ᒫᐅᐧᐃᒡ ᐋ ᐱᔖᔑᔨᒡ ᒑᐧᑳᔫ ᐋ ᓂᐦᐱᐦᑖᑭᓂᐧᐃᔨᒡ᙮

She talks about the preservation of small and large game and how everything and all the parts of animals were preserved and cooked.

Age 12+

EcWe-004-003.mp3

Code: EcWe-004-003
File Size: 1.01 mb
Duration: 5.54 mins
Year Of Recording: 1998
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Jacqueline Blackned
Sound Editor: Frances Visitor
Described By: Frances Visitor
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies
Themes: Teachings
Topics: Tradition, Animals, Food, Man, Woman

ᐋ ᒋᔥᑖᔨᐦᒫᑭᓄᐧᐃᑦ ᓈᐹᐤ
Respect For The Husband

Charlotte Visitor

ᒥᐦᒑᑐᔨᒡ ᐋ ᐃᔑ ᒋᔥᑖᔨᒫᑦ ᐊᐧᐋᓐ ᐅᓈᐹᒻᐦ᙮

The various ways of respecting one`s husband.

Age 6+

EcWe-004-010.mp3

Code: EcWe-004-010
File Size: 1.43 mb
Duration: 8 mins
Year Of Recording: 1970
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Colin Scott/Frances Visitor
Sound Editor: C.Visitor
Described By: C.Visitor
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies
Themes: Teachings
Topics: Family, Tradition, Seasons, Animals, Man, Woman

ᐋ ᒋᔥᑖᔨᐦᑖᑭᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᒥᓯᐧᐋ ᐋ ᐃᔑᓈᑯᓂᔨᒡ ᒦᒋᒥᔫ ᐋ ᓂᐱᐦᑖᑭᓂᐧᐃᒡ
Respecting animals and food

Charlotte Visitor

ᐋᔫ ᐊᔨᐧᒫᐦᐄᑭᐤ ᑳ ᐃᔥᐱᔥ ᒋᔥᑖᔨᐦᑖᑭᓂᐧᐄᒡ ᒥᓯᐧᐋ ᐋ ᐃᔑᓈᑯᓂᔨᒡ ᒦᒋᒥᔫ ᐋ ᓂᐱᐦᑖᑭᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᑭᔮ ᒫᒃ ᐋᑳ ᒑ ᒌ ᐧᐋᐱᓂᒥᔨᒡ ᐊᐧᐋᔫ ᒑᐧᑳᔫ ᐋᑳ ᐧᐄᒦᒋᔨᒡ᙮

She talks about respecting the animals that are killed for food and not to be too wasteful.

Age 18+

EcWe-004-004-01.mp3

EcWe-004-004-02.mp3

EcWe-004-004-03.mp3

Code: EcWe-004-004
File Size: 3.55 mb
Duration: 20.22 mins
Year Of Recording: 1970
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Jacqueline Blackned
Sound Editor: Frances Visitor
Described By: Frances Visitor
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies
Themes: Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Tradition, Food

ᐄᐦᒡ ᐋ ᐃᔑᓈᑯᓂᔨᒡ ᓈᐹᐅᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐃᔅᐧᑳᐅᒡ ᐅᑖᐱᑎᓰᐅᓂᐧᐋᐤ
The different roles of men and women

Charlotte Visitor

ᔖᕐᓕᑦ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᐋ ᐃᑖᐱᑎᓰᓈᓄᐧᐃᔨᒡ ᒋᔖᔮᒄᐦ ᐋ ᒥᔪᐦᑯᐧᐋᔨᐦᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᓈᐹᐤᐦ ᐋ ᐱᒥᓂᐧᐋᔨᐦᒡ᙮ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒑᒄ ᐱᔅᒑᓱᐧᐃᓐᐦ ᒫᒌᐦᒡ ᐃᔅᐧᑳᐤ ᑭᔮᐦ ᓈᐹᐤᐦ ᒋᔖᔮᒄᐦ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑖᔨᐦᒡ᙮

Charlotte talks about the roles that women have when cleaning a bear and the men when cooking the bear. She also talks about the parts of the bear a woman eats and the parts that a man eats.

Age 8+

EcWe-004-014.mp3

Code: EcWe-004-014
File Size: 1.52 mb
Duration: 8 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, Citizenship, History
Themes: Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Family, Tradition, Animals, Food, Man, Woman

ᐱᐧᐋᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ ᐋ ᐃᔑ ᒌᐧᔖᒥᑭᐦᒡ
The meaning of dreams

Charlotte Visitor

ᓂᔥᑎᒻ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ:

ᔖᕐᓕᑦ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐊᐳᐧᐋᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒑ ᐅᐦᒋ ᑭᐧᐋᔨᐦᑎᒫᓱᐧᐃᑦ ᐊᐧᐋᓐ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑯᑎᒃᐦ ᒑ ᒌ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒧᐧᐋᔨᐦᒡ ᐊᐧᐋᔨᐤᐦ᙮

ᓃᔓ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ:

ᔖᕐᓕᑦ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᑳ ᐳᐧᐋᒧᐧᐃᑦ ᐹᔨᐧᑳᐤ ᐋ ᑳ ᐅᐦᒋ ᓂᔥᑐᐦᑎᐦᒃ, ᐹᑎᔥ ᐊᓂᔮ ᑳᔑᑳᔨᒡ ᑳ ᐹᔓᐧᐋᔨᐦᒡ ᒋᔖᔮᒄ᙮

ᓂᔥᑐ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ:

ᔖᕐᓕᑦ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᓂᓈᐦᑭᐤ ᐋ ᐃᔑᓈᑯᓂᔨᐦᒡ ᐳᐧᐋᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ᙮ ᐳᐧᐋᒧᐧᐃᓐ ᐋ ᐳᓂᐱᒫᓯᔨᑦ ᐊᐧᐋᓐ ᐋ ᐳᐧᐋᑖᑭᓄᐧᐃᑦ, ᒋᐱᐦᒌ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᐊᐧᐋᓐ᙮ ᒃᑎᒃᐦ ᐳᐧᐋᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ ᐋ ᒥᑖᐧᐋᒋᓰᓈᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᐋᑯᓐᐦ ᐧᐋᔥ ᐅᓵ ᐊᓄᐦᒡ ᐋᑎ ᐃᔅᐱᔨᐦᒡ᙮

Part 1 - Charlotte talks about what dreams mean and why to keep some dreams to oneself and other dreams to tell about.

Part 2 - Charlotte talks about a dream she had about her husband and not knowing what her dream meant until the day she saw him bring home a bear.

Part 3- Charlotte talks about the different types of dreams that one has. Dreams that have someone dying are the ones you should talk about. Other dreams that involve shamanism are usually the ones that have somekind of a presence.

Age 6+

EcWe-004-018-01.mp3

EcWe-004-018-02.mp3

EcWe-004-018-03.mp3

Code: EcWe-004-018
File Size: 1.70 mb
Duration: 9 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: Spirituality, History
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Woman, Predictions, Tradition, Animals, Food, Man

ᐅᑖᐱᑎᓰᐅᓂᐧᐋᐤ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐅᒋᒫᐅᐧᐃᓂᐧᐋᐤ ᓈᐹᐅᒡ
The roles and responsibilities of men and women

Charlotte Visitor

ᔖᕐᓕᑦ ᐅᑖᐱᑎᓰᐅᓂᔨᐤ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐅᒋᒫᐅᐧᐃᓂᔨᐤ ᓈᐹᐤᐦ, ᒫᐧᑳᒡ ᐋ ᓂᑐᐦᐅᐧᐃᔨᐦᒡ᙮ ᐃᔮᔨᐧᒫᐅᐦᐄᑭᐤ ᐃᔅᐧᑳᐤᐦ ᐧᐋᔅᑳ ᐊᓂᑦ ᐋ ᐃᔨᐦᑖᒡ᙮ ᒦᔥᑯᒡ ᒫ ᒥᔪᓂᑐᐦᐅᔨᐦᒡ ᐅᓈᐹᒥᐧᐋᐤᐦ᙮

Charlotte talks about the role and responsibility of a woman when her husband is away hunting. She talks about the chores a woman has around the camp. Therefore when the man is away he is able to hunt very well.

Age 8+

EcWe-004-013.mp3

Code: EcWe-004-013
File Size: 1.50 mb
Duration: 8 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: Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Family, Tradition, Animals, Food, Clothing, Man, Woman, Predictions

ᓃᔥᑎᒻ ᑳ ᓂᐱᐦᐋᑭᓄᐧᐃᑦ ᐊᒥᔅᒄ
When beaver was first killed

Charlotte Visitor

ᔖᕐᓕᑦ ᑎᐹᒋᒥᐤ ᐋ ᑎᐧᑳᔅᐧᑳᔮᔨᒡ ᓃᔥᑎᒻ ᐋᑎ ᓂᐱᐦᐋᑭᓄᐧᐃᑦ ᑖᑯᐧᓵᑭᓄᐧᐃᐦᑦ ᐊᓐ ᐊᒥᔅᒄ ᒥᓯᐧᐋ ᐊᐧᐋᓐ ᐊᔑᒫᑭᓂᐤ᙮ ᐃᔮᔨᐧᒫᐅᐦᐄᑭᐤ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑯᑎᒃᐦ ᐋᐧᐋᔒᔥᐦ ᔮᐱᒡ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑐᑎᐧᐋᑭᓄᐧᐃᔨᐦᒡ, ᐋ ᒫᑎᓂᒫᑐᓈᓄᐧᐃᔨᒡ᙮

Charlotte talks about when a beaver is killed at the beginning of the season the beaver is cooked and distributed to everyone. She also talks about other animals that are killed at the beginning of each season how they share the food.

Age 8+

EcWe-004-015.mp3

Code: EcWe-004-015
File Size: 1.56 mb
Duration: 9 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, Citizenship, History
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Tradition, Animals, Food, Man, Woman

ᐄᔨᒦᒋᒻ
Wild Meat

Charlotte Visitor

ᐋ ᐱᒥᓂᐧᐋᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐋ ᐃᔨᑎᑭᓯᑭᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᐄᔨᒦᒋᒻ᙮

Cleaning and preserving the meat of wild animals for food.

Age 6+

EcWe-004-011-01.mp3

EcWe-004-011-02.mp3

Code: EcWe-004-011
File Size: 2.67 mb
Duration: 15 mins
Year Of Recording: 1970
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Colin Scott Frances Visitor
Sound Editor: C.Visitor
Described By: C.Visitor
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: History
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Animals, Food, Man, Woman, Cree values, Family, Tradition

ᐋ ᐅᐦᑖᒋᐦᐅᐧᐃᒡ ᒫᐧᑳᒡ ᐋ ᐱᐳᓂᔨᒡ
Winter Survival

Charlotte Visitor

ᑳ ᐱᑯᔥᑎᐧᐋᐱᔨᑦ ᐅᐦᑖᐧᐄᒪᐤ ᓰᐲᐦᒡ, ᓂᒫᔅᐦ ᑲ ᐅᐦᑖᒋᐦᐅᐧᐃᒡ ᒫᐧᑳᒡ ᐋ ᐱᐳᓂᔨ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑳ ᐱᒥᐱᒋᐦᒡ ᐋ ᒧᐧᐋᐱᒡ᙮

Father falls in the river, preserves fish for winter use and travels by foot to get supplies.

Age 8+

EcWe-004-012-01.mp3

EcWe-004-012-02.mp3

EcWe-004-012-03.mp3

EcWe-004-012-04.mp3

EcWe-004-012-05.mp3

EcWe-004-012-06.mp3

EcWe-004-012-07.mp3

EcWe-004-012-08.mp3

Code: EcWe-004-012
File Size: 4.64 mb
Duration: 27 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Unknown
Sound Editor: Frances Visitor
Described By: Frances Visitor
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Very good
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Tradition, Past, Spring, Winter, Food, Transportation

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