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ᒥᕌᔮ ᓯᐱᔫ Maria Scipio

ᐋ ᑎᐧᑳᑭᐳᓈᓄᐧᐃᒡ
Bush Life In the Fall

Maria Scipio

ᐹᔨᒄ ᑳ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ:

ᒥᕌᔮ ᐃᔮᔨᐧᒫᐅᐦᐄᑭᐤ ᐋ ᒌ ᐧᐄᒋᒫᑦ ᐅᓃᒋᐦᐄᒄᐦ ᑳ ᐃᐦᑐᑎᒥᔨᐦᒡ ᐋ ᐹᔅᑖᐅᒥᒋᒥᐦᒑᔨᐦᒡ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᐅᓂᑐᐦᐅᔅᒌᐧᐋᐦᒡ᙮

ᓃᔓ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ:

ᒥᕌᔮ ᐃᔮᔨᐧᒫᐅᐦᐄᑭᐤ ᑖᓐ ᑳ ᐃᐦᑐᑎᐦᒡ ᐋ ᐧᐄ ᑭᓂᐧᐋᔨᐦᑎᐦᒡ ᐅᐹᔥᑖᐅᒦᒋᒥᐧᐋᐤ᙮

ᓂᔥᑐ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᑭᐦᒡ:

ᒥᕌᔮ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᐋ ᐃᔑ ᒋᔅᒋᑦ ᑳ ᒌ ᐳᓯᒡ ᒥᒄ ᐊᐳᐃᐦ ᐋ ᐱᒋᐦᐋᒡ, ᒥᐦᒑᐧᑖᐤ ᐋ ᒋᓂᐧᑳᓂᐦᑖᔨᐦᒡ ᐲᓯᒧᐦᑳᓐᐦ᙮

ᓈᐤ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ:

ᒥᕌᔮ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᑖᓂᑖᐦ ᑳ ᐃᐦᑎᒡ ᐋ ᒫᓂᒑᒡ᙮

Part 1- Maria talks about life in the bush with her parents and how they prepared dried food the season ahead.

Part 2 - Maria talks about how they kept dried food and how it was cooked.

Part 3 - Maria talks about how she remembers when they travelled by boat using paddles for hours and hours.

Part 4 - Maria talks about the way they build a dwelling, how it kept them warm in the cold winter.

Age 8+

EcCh-033-003-01.mp3

EcCh-033-003-02.mp3

EcCh-033-003-03.mp3

EcCh-033-003-04.mp3

Code: EcCh-033-003
File Size: 3.09 mb
Duration: 18 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: Unknown
Sound Editor: Marie-Odile Junker
Described By: Marie-Odile Junker
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Very good
Communities: Chisasibi
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: History
Themes: Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Past, Seasons, Fall, Animals, Food, Man, Woman, Transportation, Family, Boy, Girl

ᑖᓂᑖ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᓈᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᐃᔅᐧᑳᐤ ᐋ ᐧᐄ ᐧᐋᐱᒫᐅᓱᐧᐃᑦ
How to prepare for childbirth

Maria Scipio

ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐ 1- ᒥᕌᔮ ᐃᔮᔨᒧᑎᒻ ᑖᓐ ᑳᑎ ᐃᔨᐦᑎᔨᒡ ᐃᔅᐧᑳᐤᐦ ᐋ ᐧᐄ ᐧᐋᐱᒫᐅᓱᔨᐦᒡ᙮

ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐ 2- ᒥᕌᔮ ᐃᔮᔨᒧᒫᐤ ᐅᑳᐧᐄᐦ ᑳ ᐅᑎᐧᐋᔑᔒᒥᔨᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐃᔅᐧᑳᐤᐦ ᑳ ᓄᑎᐧᐋᔖᔨᐦᒡ ᔮᐱᒡ ᑳ ᒋᔅᒑᔨᒫᔨᒡ ᐋ ᑳ ᒥᔪᐱᔨᒡ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐊᐧᐋᔑᔥ ᒫᐧᑳᒡ ᒫᒃ ᐋ ᒌ ᒋᐦᒋᑯᐧᐋᔨᐦᒡ ᐅᑳᐧᐄᐦ᙮

ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐ 3- ᒥᕌᔮ ᐃᔮᔨᒧᑎᒻ ᐊᓅᐦᒡ ᐋ ᐃᔑ ᐅᐦᐱᒋᓈᐅᓱᔨᒡ ᐃᔅᐧᑳᐤᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᓈᔥᒡ ᐃᔨᐦᒡ ᐋ ᐃᔅᐱᔨᒡ ᐃᔥᐱᔑ ᐧᐄ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ᙮

Part 1- Maria talks about how woman prepared for childbirth long ago.

Part 2- Maria talks about her mother when she was pregnant and how the other women knew that something was not right with the child that is still in the womb.

Part 3 - Maria talks about how woman today raise their children and how different it is than how it was back in the day.

Age 8+

EcCh-033-001-01.mp3

EcCh-033-001-02.mp3

EcCh-033-001-03.mp3

Code: EcCh-033-001
File Size: 4.09 mb
Duration: 23.55 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Sound Editor: Marie-Odile Junker
Described By: Marie-Odile Junker
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Very good
Communities: Chisasibi
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Family, Boy, Girl, Tradition, Past, Woman

ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐ ᐋ ᑎᐧᑳᒋᐦᒡ
Story of Fall

Maria Scipio

ᓃᔥᑎᒻ ᑎᐸᒋᒧᓐ - ᒫᐧᑳᒡ ᐋ ᑎᐧᑳᒋᐦᒡ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᐧᐄᓂᐹᑯᐦᒡ (ᒉᐃᒥᔅ ᐯᐃ) ᐋ ᓂᑐᐋᐦᒋᐧᑳᓄᐧᐃᒡ᙮

ᓃᔓ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ - ᒥᕌᔮ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᐋᑎ ᐃᔨᐦᑐᑎᐧᐋᑭᓄᐧᐃᔨᐦᒡ ᐋ ᒥᔪᐦᑯᐧᐋᑭᓄᐧᐃᔨᐦᒡ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐋᐦᒋᑯᔭᓐᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒑᐧᑳᔨᐤ ᐃᔮᐱᑎᓂᔨᒡ᙮ ᐋ ᒥᔅᒋᓂᐦᒑᓄᐧᐃᔨᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐋ ᐅᔑᐦᐋᑭᓄᐧᐃᔨᐦᒡ ᐊᔅᑎᔅ ᐋᐦᐋᑳ ᒌ ᔖᐧᐹᐹᐧᐋᔨᐦᒡ᙮

ᓂᔥᑐ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ - ᒥᕌᔮ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᐋ ᔖᔑᐦᑎᐧᑳᔮᐲᐦᒑᓄᐧᐃᔨᒡ ᐋᐦᒋᑯᔮᓐ ᐋᐱᑎᓯᔨᐦᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐊᑎᒽᐦ ᐋ ᒫᑯᐱᑖᑭᓄᐧᐃᔨᐦᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐅᑖᐹᓂᐦᒑᓄᐧᐃᐦᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐋ ᐹᔥᑭᔖᐦᐧᐋᑯᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᐊᑎᒧᒡ ᐋ ᐃᑖᐱᑎᓯᔨᑦ᙮

Part 1- In the Fall people went out in the James Bay by boat to hunt for seal.

Part 2 - Maria talks about the process of cleaning the sealskin, what they used it for, how they cleaned the skin. They made things like boots that were waterproof and mittens.

Part 3- Maria talks about the string made out of sealskin and used to tie dogs and sleds together, also made a whip out of sealskin to make dogs run faster.

Age 6+

EcCh-033-005-01.mp3

EcCh-033-005-02.mp3

EcCh-033-005-03.mp3

Code: EcCh-033-005
File Size: 2.80 mb
Duration: 16 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: Unknown
Sound Editor: Marie-Odile Junker
Described By: Marie-Odile Junker
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Very good
Communities: Chisasibi
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Art and Music, Social studies, History
Themes: Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Winter, Animals, Food, Clothing, Man, Woman, Transportation, Family, Tradition, Fall

ᓰᑯᓐ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐ
Story of Spring

Maria Scipio

ᐹᔨᒄ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᒡ:

1962, ᐋ ᓯᑯᐦᒡ᙮ ᒥᕌᔮ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐋ ᐹᔨᑯᑖᐅᓯᔨᒡ ᑳ ᓂᑭᑎᐦᒡ ᒥᓂᔥᑎᑯᔨᐤ (ᐧᕚᕐᑦ-ᐧᒑᕐᒡ) ᐊᑎᒻᐦ ᐋ ᐋᐱᒋᐦᐋᒡ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᐃᔑ ᐊᒋᐦᑎᐤ᙮

ᓃᔓ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᒡ: ᑳ ᐊᑎ ᒋᐦᒋᐱᔨᑦ ᒥᔅᑯᒦ ᒌ ᒋᔅᒑᔨᐦᑎᒧᒡ ᒑ ᐅᒫᓂᑖᒥᒡ ᐊᐧᐋᓂᒌ᙮

ᓂᔥᑐ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᒡ:

ᒥᕌᔮ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᑳ ᐃᔑ ᒥᐧᔮᔨᐦᑎᐦᒡ ᐊᐧᐋᓂᒌ ᐅᓂᑐᐦᐅᔅᒌᐧᐋᐦᒡ ᐋ ᐃᔨᐦᑖᒡ, ᐅᐦᒌ ᐋ ᓂᑐᐦᐅᔨᐦᒡ ᓈᐹᐤᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐋ ᓂᐱᐦᑖᔨᐦᒡ ᒦᒋᒥᔨᐤ᙮ ᓈᐅᔥ ᒫᒃ ᒌ ᐃᐦᑖᐅᒡ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᐋᐦᐋᑳ ᒥᐧᐋᐱᔨᐦᒡ ᓈᐹᐤ ᓈᐅᔥ ᐋ ᒌ ᐃᔅᐱᔨᐦᒡ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐅᒑᐧᑳᓂᒧᐧᐋᐤᐦ᙮

Part 1 - In the Spring of 1962 Maria and her family left Fort-George by dog sleds travelling West.

Part 2 - When the ice began to melt they knew that they would be expecting other people to come for a visit to their camp.

Part 3 - Maria talks about how people enjoyed staying in the bush because of the food the men hunted and killed. The stayed long without the men having to leave to get supplies because they had enough supplies to last them long.

Age 6+

EcCh-033-004-01.mp3

EcCh-033-004-02.mp3

EcCh-033-004-03.mp3

Code: EcCh-033-004
File Size: 2.06 mb
Duration: 11 mins
Year Of Recording: 2003
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: Marie-Odile Junker
Sound Editor: Marie-Odile Junker with Maria Scipio
Described By: Marie-Odile Junker with Maria Scipio
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Very good
Communities: Chisasibi
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Man, Transportation, Family, Past, Spring, Animals, Food

ᑎᐸᒋᒧᓐ ᐊᐱᐳᐦᒡ
Story of Winter

Maria Scipio

ᒥᕌᔮ ᒌ ᐃᐦᔮᔨᐧᒫᐅᐦᐄᑭᐤ ᓃᔥᑎᒻ ᑳᐅᔅᑖᑯᓂᒋᐱᐦᑖᒥᔨᒡ ᐊᐧᐋᔨᐤᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒌ ᑖᐧᐹᐦᑎᒧᒡ ᐄᔨᔨᐅᒡ ᐋ ᒥᐧᔮᐱᑎᓰᔨᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐊᑎᑑ ᐋ ᐧᐋᐦᑎᓂᔨᒡ ᐋ ᐱᒥᐱᒋᓈᓄᐧᐃᒡ᙮ ᐊᓐ ᒫᒃ ᑳ ᐃᔨᑖᐱᒋᐦᐋᑭᓂᐧᐃᑦ ᑳᐅᔅᑖᑯᓂᒋᐱᐦᑖᑦ ᐋ ᓈᑎᐦᑎᐦᐧᑳᓂᐧᐃᒡ᙮ ᐧᐋᐦᔨᐤ ᒫᒃ ᒌ ᐅᐦᑎᓂᒧᒡ ᐅᒥᐦᑎᒥᐧᐋᐤᐦ᙮ ᐋ ᑳ ᐃᐦᑖᔨᐦᒡ ᒫᐧᑳᒡ ᐅᑎᐧᐋᔑᔒᒥᐧᐋᐤᐦ ᐋ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒧᐧᐋᑭᓂᐧᐃᔨᒡ ᐃᔅᐧᑳᐅᐧᐃᒡ ᑳ ᒌ ᓂᑎᐧᐋᐱᒫᒡ ᑰᐃᔅᒄ ᑳ ᒌ ᓂᐦᒋᓈᑯᓈᒡ᙮

Maria talks about when they first had ski doos and the people believed ski doos made work and travel easier. However not many people had ski doos, only those who worked. The main use of ski doos was to get fire wood and it was far away where they got their firewood. When their children were away at school, the women went to visit them and bring them warm clothing.

Age 6+

EcCh-033-006.mp3

Code: EcCh-033-006
File Size: 1.09 mb
Duration: 6 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: Unknown
Sound Editor: Marie-Odile Junker
Described By: Marie-Odile Junker
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Very good
Communities: Chisasibi
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Family, Woman, Transportation, Boy, Girl, Tradition, Past, Winter, Clothing, Man

ᓃᔥᑎᒻ ᐊ ᐅᒋᔖᐃᔥᐧᑳᒧᔑᑦ ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔥ
When a girl first had her menstruation

Maria Scipio

ᐹᔨᒄ ᑳ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ: ᒥᕌᔮ ᐃᔮᔨᐧᒫᐅᐦᐄᑭᐤ ᓃᔥᑎᒻ ᐋ ᐅᒋᔖᐃᔥᐧᑳᒧᔑᔨᒡ ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔥ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑳ ᐃᔑ ᓈᑭᑎᐧᐋᔨᒫᑭᓄᐧᐃᔨᐦᒡ᙮

ᓃᔓ ᑳ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ: ᒥᕌᔮ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᐋᐦᐋᑳ ᐅᐦᒋ ᓂᐧᐋᔨᒫᑭᓄᐧᐃᐦᒡ ᒑ ᐧᐋᐱᒫᑭᓄᐧᐃᔨᐦᒡ, ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᐋ ᒥᐦᒑᑎᓈᓄᐧᐃᔨᒡ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔥᐦ᙮

ᓂᔥᑐ ᑳ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ: ᒥᕌᔮ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᑳ ᐅᑎᐦᑎᑯᐧᐃᑦ ᒋᔖᔨᔥᐧᑳᔥ ᒫᐧᑳᒡ ᐅᓂᑐᐦᐅᔅᒌᐧᐋᐦᒡ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑖᒡ᙮

ᓈᐤ ᑳ ᐃᐦᑎᑯᐦᒡ:

ᒥᕌᔮ ᐃᔮᔨᐧᒫᐅᐦᐄᑭᐤ; ᓈᐹᔥᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔥᐦ ᐋ ᑭᓂᐧᐋᐱᒫᔨᐦᒡ ᐊᐧᐋᔨᔨᐤᐦ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑐᑎᒥᔨᐦᒡ ᒑᐧᑳᔨᔨᐤ ᑭᔮᐦᑖᐧᐹᐦᑎᒻ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᓈᐹᔥᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔥᐦ ᐋᑎ ᒋᔖᔨᔫᐧᐃᔨᐦᒑ ᒑ ᑭᔅᒍᐦᐄᒡ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑐᑎᒥᔨᐦᒡ ᒑᐧᑳᔨᔨᐤ ᐋ ᒌ ᒋᐦᒋᓂᐧᐋᐱᔨᐦᒡ᙮

Part 1 - Maria talks about when a girl`s first menstruation begins and how she was cared for.

Part 2 - Maria talks about how a girl was isolated from others when several families lived together.

Part 3 - Maria talks about when she had her menstruation while her and her family were in the bush at that time.

Part 4 - Maria talks about when boys and girls that watch what others are doing and believed to be that those boys and girls are going to grow up knowing how to do things for themselves.

Age 6+

EcCh-033-002-01.mp3

EcCh-033-002-02.mp3

EcCh-033-002-03.mp3

EcCh-033-002-04.mp3

Code: EcCh-033-002
File Size: 1.69 mb
Duration: 9 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: Unknown
Sound Editor: Marie-Odile Junker
Described By: Marie-Odile Junker
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Very good
Communities: Chisasibi
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Woman, Family, Boy, Girl, Tradition, Celebrations, Food, Clothing

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