Dialect

Level

Community

Teaching

Theme

Topic

Storyteller

About this catalogue
Here you can listen to and download stories and other audio material (mp3) in East Cree. You can also select them and download them to put on a CD to share with your class. We ask that you do not transcribe, translate or reproduce these stories without prior permission from the Cree School Board.

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ᓇᒧᐃ ᒋᔅᒉᒫᑲᓅ ᒉᒄ ᐃᔅᐧᑫᐤ Unknown2

ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ ᑳ ᐃᐦᑎᓈᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᑯᑎᐧᐋᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᐋᐧᒫᔮ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐋᐱᑎᓯᔨᒡ ᒫᒌᓯᒡ
How they made fire before matches
Unknown2

ᐧᐋᐱᒫᑯᔅᑐᐃ ᒋᔖᔨᔨᐤ ᐃᔮᔨᒧᑎᒻ ᑖᓐ ᑳ ᐃᐦᑎᓈᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᐋ ᑯᑎᐧᐋᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ᙮ ᓃᔓᔨᒡ ᒌ ᐃᐦᑎᓈᓂᐤ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑎᓈᓄᐧᐃᔨᒡ ᒌ ᐃᔮᔨᐧᒫᐅᐦᐄᑭᐤ᙮ ᐅᐦᑖᐧᐄᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑎᐹᒋᒫᐤ ᐋ ᒌ ᒫᑯᐦᐧᐋᔨᐦᒡ ᐊᐧᐋᔨᐤᐦ ᑳ ᑯᒋᐦᐋᔨᐦᒡ ᐃᔥᑯᑖᔨᔨᐤ ᒥᒄ ᐋ ᒌ ᐋᐱᒋᐦᑖᐃᒡ᙮

An elder from Whapmagoostui describes how they built fires before the introduction of matches. He explains two different ways his father made fire. He also includes a story of how his father defeated his enemy using fire as a weapon.
Age 8+
EcWh-905-001-01.mp3 EcWh-905-001-02.mp3 EcWh-905-001-03.mp3
Code

EcWh-905-001

File Size

2.88 mb

Duration

49 mins

Year Of Recording

19??

Year Of Last Edit

2004

Collected By

Unknown

Sound Editor

Alisson Bobbish

Described By

Alisson Bobbish

Dialect

Northern

Quality

Good with noise

Communities

Whapmagoostui

Languages

Northern Dialect

Teachings

Science, History

Themes

Memoirs, Teachings

Topics

Tradition, Past, Man

ᐋ ᓈᓂᑐᑎᐦᐧᑳᓄᐧᐃᒡ
Hunting for Caribou
Unknown2

ᐧᐋᐱᒫᑯᔅᑐᐃ ᒋᔖᔨᔨᐤ ᑎᐹᒋᒥᐤ ᓃᔥᑎᒻ ᑳ ᐧᐄᒑᐧᐋᑦ ᐅᐦᑖᐧᐄᐦ ᐋ ᓂᑐᑎᐦᐧᑳᔨᐦᒡ᙮

An elder from Whapmagoostui shares his memories of going caribou hunting with his father for the first time.
Age 6+
EcWh-905-002-01.mp3 EcWh-905-002-02.mp3 EcWh-905-002-03.mp3 EcWh-905-002-04.mp3 EcWh-905-002-05.mp3 EcWh-905-002-06.mp3
Code

EcWh-905-002

File Size

5.67 mb

Duration

33 mins

Year Of Recording

19??

Year Of Last Edit

2004

Collected By

Unknown

Sound Editor

Alisson Bobbish

Described By

Alisson Bobbish

Dialect

Northern

Communities

Whapmagoostui

Languages

Northern Dialect

Teachings

Social studies, History

Themes

Memoirs

Topics

Family, Tradition, Animals, Food

ᒣᒣᐧᑫᔔ
Memekweshuu
Unknown2

ᐆ ᐊᑎᔪᐦᑳᓐᐦ ᑳ ᑎᐹᒋᒪᑲᓅᐧᑖᐤᐦ ᒣᒣᐧᑫᔔᒡ᙮ ᐁ ᓈᑎᐦᐄᐯᐧᑖᐤ ᐊᐦᐄᐲᐦ

ᒧᒄ ᒫᒃ ᓇᒧᐧᐃ ᒦᔪᐦᑕᑯᓐ ᑲᔦ ᐊᔅᑯᑌᐅᒡ ᒣᔅᑖᑲᓲᒡ᙮

This is a legend about memekweshshuu that they discovered while checking their nets. This tape is of poor quality.
Age 10+
EcWa-801-001.mp3
Code

EcWa-801-001

File Size

0.86 mb

Duration

5.18 mins

Year Of Recording

1969

Year Of Last Edit

2003

Collected By

Marguerite Mackenzie

Sound Editor

Edith Matoush

Described By

Edith Matoush

Dialect

Southern

Quality

Poor

Communities

Waswanapi

Languages

Southern Dialect

Teachings

Social studies

Themes

Legends

Topics

Tradition, Past, Animals

ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ
Stories from the past
Unknown2

ᓈᐹᐤ ᑎᐹᒋᒥᐤ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐆ ᐱᒫᑎᓰᐅᓐ, ᐋ ᐹᔨᑯᑖᐅᓯᔨᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑖᓂᑖᐦ ᑳ ᐃᐦᑎᒡ ᐋ ᓂᑐᐦᐆᐧᐃᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐋ ᐱᒥᐧᐄᔨᓱᐧᐃᒡ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ᙮ ᐧᐃᐦᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑖᓂᑖᐦ ᑳ ᐃᔑ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᑯᐧᐃᑦ ᐅᐦᑖᐧᐄᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐅᔅᑖᔅᐦ ᐋ ᓂᑐᐦᐆᐧᐃᑦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐋ ᒦᔥᑯᑎᓂᐦᒃ ᔫᓂᔨᐤ ᑭᔮᐦ

This is a person who is telling a story about his life and family and how they used to hunt and travel in the past. It is also about how his father and his brother taught him how to hunt and trade their furs and pelts for goods such as stoves and flour from the white travelers that came by ships to their camps.
Age 10+
EcWh-906-001-01.mp3 EcWh-906-001-02.mp3 EcWh-906-001-03.mp3 EcWh-906-001-04.mp3 EcWh-906-001-05.mp3 EcWh-906-001-06.mp3 EcWh-906-001-07.mp3 EcWh-906-001-08.mp3 EcWh-906-001-09.mp3 EcWh-906-001-10.mp3 EcWh-906-001-11.mp3 EcWh-906-001-12.mp3
Code

EcWh-906-001

File Size

12.05 mb

Duration

70 mins

Year Of Recording

19??

Year Of Last Edit

2004

Sound Editor

Suzanne House

Described By

Suzanne House

Dialect

Northern

Quality

Good with noise

Communities

Whapmagoostui

Languages

Northern Dialect

Teachings

Social studies, History

Themes

Memoirs, Teachings

Topics

Transportation, Family, Boy, Girl, Tradition, Past, Places, Man, Woman

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