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ᐧᕌᓃ ᓘᓐ Ronnie Loon

This elder is Ronnie Loon who was born in the bush Inland of Neoskweskau north of Mistissini in the year of 1928. Ronnie Loon had a chance to get married and he married Gertie Voyageur of Mistissini. They had eight children all together and also had a chance to deliver as a midwife one of his first sons at birth. This was before the arrival of doctors. Ronnie and his wife love the bush life and that is how they supported their children through their hunting skills.

ᐁᐅᒄ ᐆ ᒋᔐᐄᓅ ᐧᕌᓃ ᓘᓐ ᐃᓯᓇᐦᑳᓲ ᐊᓂᑌᐦ ᓅᐦᒋᒦᐦᒡ ᓀᐅᔥᐧᑫᔥᑳᐤ ᑳ ᐃᔑᓇᐦᑳᑌᒡ ᒌᐧᐁᑕᓅᑖᐦᒡ ᒥᔅᑎᓯᓃᐦᒡ ᐁᑯᑌᐦ ᑳ ᐱᒫᑎᓰᑦ, 1928 ᑳ ᐃᑎᔥᑌᔨᒡ ᐊᔅᒌᐅᒋᔅᑖᓱᓂᔫ᙮ ᐧᕌᓃ ᓘᓐ ᒫᒃ ᒌ ᐃᓯᓈᑯᐦᓲ ᒉᒃ ᐱᐦᑳᓐ ᒉ ᒌ ᐱᒫᑎᓰᑦ ᐁᑯᐦ ᒫᒃ ᑲᕐᑏ ᐧᕚᔩᒐᕐ ᑳ ᐧᐄᒋᒫᑦ ᑲᔦᐦ ᐃᐦᑖᔫᐦ ᐅᑕᐧᐋᔑᒥᐧᐋᐤᐦ ᓂᔮᓈᓀᐤ ᐃᐦᑕᔑᔫᐦ᙮ ᐊᓂᔫᐦ ᒫᒃ ᒑᕐᓖ ᑳ ᐃᓯᓇᐦᑳᓱᔨᒡ ᐅᑯᐦᓵᐦ ᐁᐅᒄ ᐊᓂᔫᐦ ᐧᐄ ᑳ ᐅᑎᓈᑦ ᐃᔥᑯᑕᒃ ᐯᒫᑎᓰᔭᒡ ᐊᓂᑌᐦ ᓅᐦᒋᒦᐦᒡ ᐁ ᐃᐦᑖᐧᑖᐤ ᐁᔥᒄ ᐁᑳ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐃᐦᑖᔨᒡ ᓂᑐᐦᑯᔨᓐ᙮ ᐧᕌᓃ ᒫᒃ ᐃᓯᓈᑯᐦᓲ ᓈᔥᒡ ᐁ ᓵᒋᔅᑖᑦ ᓅᐦᒋᒦᐦᒡ ᐁ ᐃᐦᑖᑦ ᑲᔦᐦ ᐊᓂᔫᐦ ᐅᐧᐄᒋᒫᑲᓐᐦ ᐁᑯᑌᐦ ᒫᒃ ᑳ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐱᒋᐦᐋᐧᑖᐤ ᐅᑕᐊᐧᐋᔑᒧᐧᐋᐤ ᐁ ᓂᑑᐦᐆᐧᑖᐤ᙮

ᐁ ᐅᑎᓈᐅᓱᓈᓅᐦᒡ
A birth in the bush

Ronnie Loon

ᐧᕌᓃ ᓘᓐ ᒌ ᑎᐹᒋᒨ ᑳ ᐅᑎᓈᐅᓱᑦ ᐊᓂᑌᐦ ᓅᐦᒋᒦᐦᒡ ᐁ ᐃᐦᑖᐧᑖᐤ ᑎᐱᐧᐁ ᐅᐧᐄᒋᒫᑲᓐᐦ ᐁ ᒌ ᐋᐦᑯᐦᓰᒡ ᑲᔦᐦ ᒫᒃ ᐁᐅᑯᓐᐦ ᐊᓂᔫᐦ ᓃᔥᑕᒻ ᐅᑯᐦᓯᐧᐋᐤᐦ ᑳ ᐱᒫᑎᓰᔭᒡᐦ᙮

Ronnie Loon tells how he was a midwife to his wife Gertie while they were in the bush and he delivered their first child, a son.

Age 12+

EcMi-520-001-01.mp3

EcMi-520-001-02.mp3

Code: EcMi-520-001
File Size: 1.74 mb
Duration: 10.07 mins
Year Of Recording: 2003
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Mistissini workshop
Sound Editor: Anna Blacksmith
Described By: Anna Blacksmith
Dialect: Southern
Quality: Good
Communities: Mistissini
Languages: Southern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies
Themes: Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Family, Tradition, Celebrations, Man, Woman

ᐁ ᓂᑕᐅᐦᐅᓈᓅᐦᒡ ᑲᔅᒋᐦᐅᐧᐊᓐ
Hunting Skills

Ronnie Loon

ᐁᐅᒄ ᐆ ᐧᕌᓃ ᓘᓐ ᑳ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᑦ ᑖᓐ ᑳ ᐄᔑ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒫᑯᑦ ᐅᔅᑌᔅᐦ ᐧᒑᓐ ᓘᓐ ᐁ ᓂᑑᐦᐆᓈᓄᐧᐃᔨᒡ᙮

Ronnie Loon tells a story of how his brother John taught him hunting skills.

Age 12+

Code: EcMi-520-003
File Size: 0.00 mb
Duration: 4.03 mins
Year Of Recording: 2003
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Mistissin workshop
Sound Editor: Anna Blacksmith
Described By: Anna Blacksmith
Dialect: Southern
Quality: Very good
Communities: Mistissini
Languages: Southern Dialect
Teachings: Geography, Social studies
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Family, Tradition, Celebrations, Past

ᐁᑳ ᑳ ᐱᒫᑎᓰᑦ ᓅᐦᑖᐧᐄ
When my father died

Ronnie Loon

ᐁᐅᒄ ᐆ ᒋᔐᐄᓅ ᐧᕌᓃ ᓘᓐ ᑳ ᑎᐹᒋᒨᑦ ᐃᔥᑯᑕᒃ ᐁᑳ ᐯᒫᑎᓰᔭᒡᐦ ᐅᐦᑖᐧᐄᐦ ᐊᓂᑌᐦ ᒣᐧᑳᒡ ᓅᐦᒋᒦᐦᒡ ᐁ ᐃᐦᑖᐧᑖᐤ᙮ ᑎᐹᒋᒨ ᑖᓐ ᑳ ᐄᔑ ᐱᒫᒋᐦᐄᑯᐧᑖᐤ ᐆᑳᐧᐄᐧᐋᐤᐦ ᐁᑳ ᐅᐦᒋ ᒋᔅᒉᔨᐦᒫᑲᓄᐧᐃᐧᑖᐤ ᑖᓐ ᑳ ᐃᔅᐸᔨᒡ ᐅᐦᑖᐧᐄᐦ᙮

Ronnie Loon talks about the accidental death of his father while they were in the bush. Their mother had to look after the seven of them after his father died.There was no one living near their camp to tell them what had happened and Ronnie talks about how they survived all spring.

Age 12+

EcMi-520-002-01.mp3

EcMi-520-002-02.mp3

EcMi-520-002-03.mp3

Code: EcMi-520-002
File Size: 2.83 mb
Duration: 12.29 mins
Year Of Recording: 2003
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Mistissini workshop
Sound Editor: Anna Blacksmith
Described By: Anna Blacksmith
Dialect: Southern
Quality: Very good
Communities: Mistissini
Languages: Southern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Family, Past

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