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ᐄᔨᔨᐅᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐄᔥᒌᒫᐅᒡ
Crees and Inuits
ᐋᐱᕐᐦᐋᒻ ᒌᐦ ᑎᐹᒋᒨ ᑖᓂᑖᐦ ᑳ ᐅᐦᒋ ᒋᐦᒋᐱᔨᔨᒡ ᐋᐦ ᓂᑐᐱᔨᑎᑖᑐᒡ ᐄᔨᔨᐅᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐄᔥᒌᒫᐅᒡ᙮
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Abraham begins to tell the story of battles that were fought among the cree and Inuk people.
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Age 12+
ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᓂᑭᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ
Traditional Cree Songs
ᐋᐱᕐᐦᐋᒻ ᓂᑭᒨ ᐱᔥᒡ ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ ᓂᑭᒧᓐᐦ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐋᐧᐋᓰᔅᐦ ᐋᐦ ᓂᑭᒧᐦᐋᑭᓂᐧᐃᔨᒡᐦ᙮ ᓂᔅᒃᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒥᐦᒑᔑᐤᐦ ᐋᑎ ᐃᔨᑎᐦᐋᒧᐧᐋᑭᓂᐧᐃᔨᒡᐦ᙮ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑖᓂᑖᐦ ᑳ ᐅᐦᒋᐱᔨᔨᒡ ᓃᔥᑎᒻ ᑳᓯᓂᐧᑳᐹᑭᐦᐄᑭᓂᐧᐃᔨᒡ᙮
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Abraham shares some traditional songs about animals, specifically the goose and fox. He also mentions the introduction of the fiddle and how it was adopted.
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Age 6+
ᐋ ᒌ ᒫᔅᒑᒡ ᐄᔅᒌᒫᐅᒡ
Battle with the Inuits
ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᐋᔥᒄ ᐋ ᒌ ᒫᔑᐦᐄᑐᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐋ ᒌ ᓂᐱᐦᐄᑐᒡ ᐄᔨᔨᐅᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐄᔅᒌᒫᐅᒡ
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This is a story of long ago when the Crees and the Inuits were still fighting and killing each other. .
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Age 10+
ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐ ᒥᒫᐦᑖᐅᐧᐃᔨᐦᑎᐤ ᓈᐹᐤ
Magic powers
ᒥᑖᐅᐧᐃᓐ ᐋ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓈᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐊᓐ ᐊᐧᐋᓐ ᑳ ᒋᐦᒋᐱᔨᐦᑖᑦ ᐋ ᐧᐄ ᒋᐱᒋᐦᐋᑭᓄᐧᐃᑦ᙮
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Story about magic and the attempt to stop the person involved.
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Age 18+
ᐧᐹᒋᑮ(ᒡ)
The Boogeyman(men)
ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ, ᐧᐹᒋᑮᒡ ᐋ ᐃᔮᔨᒧᒫᑭᓂᐧᐃᒡ᙮ ᐧᐹᒋᑮᒡ ᒌ ᐧᐋᐱᒫᑭᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᐋ ᔮᔮᐅᐧᐋᔮᔨᒡ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᒉᐃᒥᔅ ᐯᐃ᙮ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᑭᓅᔨᐤ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑳ ᐃᑖᔨᒥᑐᐧᐃᒡ ᐊᓂᒌ ᒥᓯᐧᐋ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐄᔨᔨᐅᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒥᓯᐧᐋ ᐋᑎᔑᒡ,
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Cree stories about the boogeymen (prospectors) along the shores of James Bay. Tales on how they got along with each other and with the local guides.
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Age 12+
ᑰᐃᑯᐦᐋᒑᐤ ᐋᐦᑎᔫᐦᑳᓐ
The legend of the wolverine
ᐹᔨᐧᑳᐤ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᐋᔥᒄ ᐋ ᒌ ᐊᔨᒥᑦ ᒥᓯᐧᐋ ᐅᐧᐃᐦᑳᓐᐦ, ᑯᐃᑯᐦᐋᒑᐤ ᒌ ᓂᒋᔥᑯᐧᐋᐤ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒌ ᐊᔨᒥᐦᐋᐤ ᐅᐧᐃᑳᓐᐦ ᐧᒫᐦᒡ ᑎᐱᔨᐧᐋ ᐋ ᐧᐄᒋᔖᓂᑦ ᓈᔥᑖᐧᐹ ᐋᔨᒥᓐ ᐋ ᐧᐄ ᓂᔅᑐᐦᑎᑭᓄᐧᐃᒡ
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Once upon a time animals were still talking. The wolverine met all kinds of other animals and talked to them as if they were his brothers and sisters. (Cree terminology is very hard to understand.)
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Age 12+
- Code
EcWh-901-010
- File Size
9.61 mb
- Duration
56 mins
- Year Of Recording
1960
- Year Of Last Edit
2003
- Collected By
Unknown
- Sound Editor
Alice Duff
- Described By
Alice Duff
- Dialect
Northern
- Quality
Good
- Communities
Chisasibi
- Languages
Northern Dialect
- Teachings
History
- Themes
Legends
- Topics
Animals
ᑳ ᐯᑕᑲᓅᐦᒡ ᐊᔨᒥᐦᐁᐧᐃᓐ
Arrival of Christian Religion
ᐧᐁᔥᑲᒡ ᓂᒧᔓᒻ ᓂᒌ ᐯᐦᑕᐧᐋᐤ ᐅᔫ ᐁ ᑎᐹᒋᒨᑦ, ᐁᑯᑦᐦ ᒫᒃ ᑳ ᐅᐦᑎᓂᒫᓐ ᐆ᙮ ᐁᑳ ᐅᐦᒋ ᑕᑯᓂᔨᒡ ᐊᔨᒥᐦᐁᐧᐃᓂᔫ ᐊᓂᑌᐦ ᐯᒋ ᐧᐁᔥᑲᒡ᙮ ᐹᔅᑲᓐ ᐧᐁᒥᔅᑎᑯᔒᐤ ᑳ ᑕᑯᔒᐦᒃ ᐁᑯᑦᐦ ᐃᔮᒄ ᑳ ᒋᔅᑯᑕᒧᐧᐋᑲᓄᐧᑖᐤ ᐄᓅᒡ, ᐊᓂᔫ ᐊᔨᒥᐦᐁᐧᐃᓂᔫᐦ᙮
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Long time ago I heard my old grandfather telling this story. He said there was no religion in the old days; not until the whitemen came and that`s how the Natives were taught about religion.
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Age 8+
ᓈᐯᐤ ᑳ ᓂᑲᑕᐦᐧᐊᑦ ᐅᑯᐦᓴᐦ ᒥᓂᔥᑎᑯᐦᒡ
A man that left his son on an Island
ᓇᒧᐃ ᒌᔖᒋᒨᒪᑲᓐ
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story is unfinished
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Age 6+
ᐲᐦᐲᐦᒉᐤ ᑳ ᑎᐹᒋᒫᑲᓅᑦ
Legend of a robin
ᓇᒧᐃ ᒌᔖᒋᒧᑯᐦᓰᐤ ᐆ ᐲᐦᐲᐦᒉᐤ. ᐁ ᒋᐦᑖᒋᒫᑲᓅᑦ ᑲᔦᐦ ᒫᒃ ᐊᓂᑌᐦ ᐁ ᒌᔖᒋᒧᑯᐦᓰᑦ᙮ ᐋᐱᔒᔥ ᒥᒄ ᐁ ᑎᐹᒋᒫᑲᓅᑦ.
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Incomplete part of the legend of the robin.The begining and the end only. Brief story.
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Age 8+
ᐲᐦᐲᐦᒉᐤ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐊᓐ
Legend of the Robin
ᐁᐅᒄ ᐆ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐ ᓈᐯᐤ ᐁ ᑎᐹᒋᒫᑲᓅᑦ ᑳ ᐧᐄᐦ ᐄᒉᓈᑦ ᐅᑯᐦᓴᐦ ᐊᓂᑌᐦ ᒥᔥᑎᑯᐦᒡ ᐁᒌ ᓂᑲᑖᑦ᙮ ᒨᒄ ᒫᒃ ᐊᔮᐸᒡ ᒌ ᒪᔅᑲᒻ ᑖᓂᑌᐦ ᒉ ᐄᔑ ᒌᐧᐁᑦ ᑲᔦᐦ ᒌ ᐃᓯᓈᑯᐦᓯᑦ ᐁᒌ ᐊᑕ ᐸᐦᐧᓵᑦ ᐊᓂᔫᐦ ᐅᐦᑖᐧᐄᐦ ᐊᓂᑌᐦ ᐅᒫᐦᑮᒦᐦᒡ᙮
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This story is about a man who tries to get rid of his son by dropping him off on an island and leaving him there, but the boy finds his way home and ends up burning his father in their tent.
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Age 8+
ᐋᐱᐦᑎᐧᐋᐱᐧᓈᔥᑭᒻ
Aapihtuwaapinwaashkim
ᐋᐅᒄ ᐋᐦ ᑎᐹᒋᒫᑭᓂᐧᐃᑦ ᐋᐱᐦᑎᐧᐋᐱᐧᓈᔥᑭᒻ ᐋᐦ ᐱᒥᔥᑳᒡ ᐧᐄᓂᐹᑯᐦᒡ ᒑᒃ ᓈᔥᒡ ᔑᔥᒋᑯᒡ ᐋᐦ ᔫᑎᓂᔨᒡ᙮ ᑯᑎᑭᒡ ᑳᐦ ᐃᑖᔨᒫᒡ ᐋᐦ ᒌᐦ ᐃᔮᔪᐧᐃᐦᐅᐧᐃᔨᒡ᙮ ᐋᑯᐦ ᒫᒃ ᑭᔨᐧᐹ ᑳ ᒌᐦ ᐃᐦᑎᒃ ᐋᑳ ᒑ ᒌᐦ ᑯᑎᐹᔑᒡ᙮ ᐋᔪᐧᐃᒄ ᐋᐦ ᒌᐦ ᒥᑖᐧᐃᑎᑖᑯᑦ ᐄᔥᒌᒫᐤᐦ᙮
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Aapihtuwaapinwaashkim was paddling with his family out in the bay when a sudden wind storm came. Others believed he didn`t survive. He was able to steer his canoe from tipping over. An Inuit shaman was trying to kill him.
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Age 6+
ᑳ ᓂᑐᐦᑯᐦᐋᑭᓂᐧᐃᑦ ᓈᐹᐤ
Curing the Sick Man
ᐋᐅᒄ ᐆ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐ ᓈᐹᐤ ᓈᔥᒡ ᐋᐦ ᒌᐦ ᐋᐦᑯᓯᑦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐋᐦ ᒌᐦ ᐃᑖᔨᒫᑭᓂᐧᐃᑦ ᐋᑳ ᒑ ᐱᒫᑎᓰᑦ᙮ ᐋᑯᐦ ᒫᒃ ᒋᔖᔨᔨᐤᐦ ᑳ ᓂᑐᐦᑯᐦᐄᑯᑦ ᓂᐲᔨᐤ ᐋᐦ ᒌᐦ ᒥᓂᐦᐄᑯᑦ ᐋᐦ ᒋᔖᑭᒥᑖᔨᒡ᙮
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A story of a man who was very sick and hope is fading for him to get better. An elder cures him by giving him with hot water to drink.
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Age 6+
ᒋᔖᔨᔨᐤ ᑳ ᐧᐄᒋᐦᐋᑦ ᑳ ᓂᑑᑎᐦᐧᑳᔨᒡᐦ
Elder helping caribou hunters
ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ ᐄᔨᔨᐅᒡ ᐋh ᐧᐄᐦ ᒦᒋᓱᒡ ᐧᐃᔮᐱᐦᑖᒡ ᐊᑎᐦᒄᐦ᙮ ᔖᔥ ᓈᔥᒡ ᓂᒥ ᔖᐱᒥᒋᐦᐅᐧᐃᒡ ᒑ ᒌᐦ ᓂᑑᐦᐅᒡ᙮ ᐧᐋᒑᐧᐋᑦ ᒋᔖᔨᔨᐤᐦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐅᔅᒋᓃᒋᓯᐤᐦ ᒑ ᓂᑐᐧᐋᐱᒫᔨᒡᐦ ᐊᑎᐦᒄᐦ᙮ ᐧᐃᔮᐱᒫᒡ ᒥᔅᑯᒦᐦᒡ᙮ ᐧᐋᐦᑎᒧᐧᐋᑦ ᐊᓐ ᒋᔖᔨᔨᐤ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐅᒋᓃᒋᓯᐤᐦ ᓰᑎᐤ ᒑ ᓈᑖᔨᒡᐦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐊᑎᐦᒄᐦ᙮ ᓂᒥᒋᔨᐧᐋ ᒋᐦᒋᐱᐦᐄᑐᔨᐤᐦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐊᑎᐦᒄᐦ, ᐋᑯᑎᐦ ᒫᒃ ᐧᐋᐦᒋ ᓂᐱᐦᐋᒡ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐊᑎᐦᒄᐦ᙮
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A group of people are starving long ago and they find tracks of caribou. The hunters are already very weak and cannot chase the caribou. An elder goes with the hunters towards the caribou. They see the caribou on the lake ice. The elder instructs the hunters to simply walk towards the caribou. The caribou don`t flee and are killed.
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Age 6+
ᑳ ᒥᑖᐤ ᐃᐦᑎᒃ ᒋᔖᔨᔨᐤ
Elder with Shaman power
ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ ᒋᔖᔨᔨᐤ ᐋᐦ ᒌᐦ ᒥᑖᐧᐃᑦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᓈᔥᒡ ᐋᐦ ᒌᐦ ᐧᐋᐦᒋᐦᐋᑦ ᐋᐦ ᐧᐄᐦ ᓂᐱᐦᐋᑦ ᐊᒥᔅᒄᐦ᙮ ᑳ ᒌᔑ ᐹᐦᑳᐦᒃ ᐹᔓᒡ ᐧᐄᔥᑎᐦᒡ, ᐋᑖᑭᔥᑖᑦ ᐧᐋᐳᔮᓂᔨᐤ, ᐋᑯᑎᐦ ᐱᔮᒋ ᑭᐹᔨᒡᐦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᒥᓯᐧᐋ ᐊᒥᔅᒄᐦ ᐋᐦ ᐊᐱᔨᒡᐦ ᐊᓂᑎᐦ ᐧᐋᐳᔮᓂᐦᒡ᙮ ᐋᑯᑎᐦ ᑳ ᐅᐦᒋ ᓂᐱᐦᐋᑦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐊᒥᔅᒄᐦ᙮
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An elder long ago had shaman power and could easily catch beaver. After he chiselled a hole in ice near a beaver lodge, he laid out a blanket and the beaver came out of the water to sit on the blanket.
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Age 6+
ᐄᔥᒌᒫᐅᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐧᐋᐱᔅᒄ
Inuit and the Polar Bear
ᐄᔥᒌᒫᐤ ᐋᐦ ᓂᑑᐱᔅᒋᔅᑎᐦᐧᐋᑦ ᓵᑭᐦᐄᑭᓂᐦᒡ ᐅᑑᑦ ᐋᐦ ᐋᐱᒋᐦᑖᑦ᙮ ᐅᔅᒋᓃᒋᓯᐤᐦ ᐧᐋᒑᐅᑯᑦ᙮ ᐹᒥᔥᑳᑦ ᐊᓐ ᐄᔥᒌᒫᐤ ᓂᔮᑖᐦᒃ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᒥᓂᓵᑯᔨᐤ ᐋᐦ ᓂᑎᐧᐋᐧᐋᑦ᙮ ᐋᑯᐦ ᓂᔮᑎᐦᐅᑯᑦ ᐧᐋᐱᔅᒄᐦ ᐋᐦ ᐃᔮᔪᐧᐃᐦᐄᑯᑦ ᐊᓐ ᐄᔥᒌᒫᐤ᙮ ᐧᐋᐦᒋ ᓈᓈᑭᒋᐦᐋᑦ ᐊᓐ ᐅᔅᒋᓃᒋᓯᐤ᙮ ᐋᑯᐦ ᐧᐄᒌᔨᔨᐤᐦ ᓈᐱᐦᐋᔨᒡᐦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐧᐋᐱᔅᒄᐦ᙮ ᒥᔑᐤ ᒫᒃ ᓈᐱᐦᐋᔨᒡᐦ ᐧᐋᔨᐦᐋᑦ, ᐧᐃᔮᐱᒫᑦ ᓈᔥᒡ ᐋᐦ ᒌᐦ ᒥᔅᑭᐧᐃᓯᔨᐦᑯᐱᓈᓂᐦᐄ, ᐱᔑᔑᒄ ᐋᐦ ᐅᒑᔥᑎᐧᐃᔨᒡᐦ ᐊᓂᑎᐦ ᐊᓂᔮ ᒑ ᐧᐃᔮᓯᐧᐃᔨᑯᐱᓈᓂᐦᐄ᙮
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A story of an Inuk going to set a net at a lake in his kayak. A young friend watches from the shore. He paddles to a small island to look for eggs and is chased by a polar bear. He gets attacked by the polar bear and the young man watches. His brother takes revenge on the polar bear. After killing the polar bear, he sees that it was a very strong animal, full of sinew and muscle.
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Age 12+