Cree Oral Stories: the collection of online stories: Stories

ᑳᐧᐄᒋᐦᐊᒡ ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᒌ ᐧᐄᑯᑯᑖᐃᒡ
Helping a starving family

Maggie Enish Sandy

ᒪᑮ ᑎᐹᒋᒨ ᐊᒌ ᐧᐄᒋᐦᐊᒡ ᑭᔮ ᐊᒌ ᐱᒪᒋᐦᐊᒡ ᐃᔨᔫᐦ ᒐᑳᑦ ᐊᒌ ᑯᑭᑖᐃᒡ

Maggie is telling a story about people they helped and saved from starvation.

Age 8+

EcWh-900-014-01.mp3

EcWh-900-014-02.mp3

EcWh-900-014-03.mp3

Code: EcWh-900-014
File Size: 4.84 mb
Duration: 15.5 mins
Year Of Recording: 197?
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Emily Masty
Sound Editor: Maggie Sheshamush George
Described By: Maggie Sheshamush George
Modified: 2017-07-08 00:00:00
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Whapmagoostui
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Family, Boy, Girl, Past, Food, Man, Woman, Starvation

ᒫᑮ ᐋ ᒌ ᒌᐦᒋᐱᒋᑦ
Maggie and her travels

Maggie Enish Sandy

ᒫᑮ ᒌ ᑎᐹᒋᒦᓯᐤ ᐋᔥᒄ ᐋ ᒌ ᐊᐧᐋᔑᔒᐅᑦ᙮ ᐋ ᒌ ᐧᐄᒋᐦᐧᒑᒧᑦ ᐅᔅᑖᔥ ᒌ ᐧᐄᒋᒫᐤ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑳ ᒋᐦᒋᐱᒋᒡ ᐋ ᒌ ᒋᔅᑯᑎᒫᓱᐧᐃᑦ ᓂᑑᐦᐆᓂᔨᐤ᙮

Maggie speaks of her younger days when she and her family used to travel and hunt.

Age 12+

EcWh-900-018-01.mp3

EcWh-900-018-02.mp3

EcWh-900-018-03.mp3

EcWh-900-018-04.mp3

Code: EcWh-900-018
File Size: 3.85 mb
Duration: 22.24 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Sound Editor: Suzanne House
Described By: Suzanne House
Modified: 2017-07-08 00:00:00
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Whapmagoostui
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Family, Past, Animals, Food, Woman

ᒪᑮ ᓴᓐᑏ ᑳ ᑖᐦᒡ ᐊᓐᑖ ᐊᐱᓯᑭᒦᓯᐦᒡ
Maggie living in Lac Bienville

Maggie Enish Sandy

ᒪᑮ ᑎᐸᒋᒨ ᐊᓂᑖ ᑳᑖᐦᒡ ᐊᐱᓯᑭᒦᓯᐦᒡ, ᑳ ᐧᐋᐱᒪᒡ ᐧᒑᓐ ᑭᔮ ᓱᓴᓐ ᑲᐧᐊᐸᔨᒡ ᑭᔮ ᑲ ᐧᐄᒋᒪᒡ,

Maggie tells the story of the time they travelled to lake Bienville and met up with John and Susan Kawapit on their journey.

Age 8+

EcWh-900-013-01.mp3

EcWh-900-013-02.mp3

EcWh-900-013-03.mp3

Code: EcWh-900-013
File Size: 2.41 mb
Duration: 14.04 mins
Year Of Recording: 197?
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Emily Masty
Sound Editor: Maggie Sheshamush George
Described By: Maggie Sheshamush George
Modified: 2017-07-08 00:00:00
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Whapmagoostui
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Family, Past, Transportation

ᒫᑮ ᐅᑎᐸᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐ
Maggie`s Story

Maggie Enish Sandy

ᒫᑮ ᒌ ᑎᐹᒋᒨ, ᒫᐧᑳᒡ ᑳ ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔑᐅᑦ

ᑳᑎ ᐄᔅᐱᔨᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒌ ᐋᔨᒥᓂᔨᐤ ᒫᐧᑳᒡ ᐋ ᐧᐄ ᓂᑑᐦᐆᐧᐃᒡ᙮ ᒫᐧᑳᒡ ᓈᔥᒡ ᓂᒥ ᐅᐦᒋ ᓂᐱᐦᑖᑭᓄᔨᐤ ᒦᒋᒥᔨᐤ᙮ ᒌ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᒫᒃ ᓈᔥᒡ ᐋ ᒥᒋᐦᐄᑯᐧᐃᑦ ᐅᔅᑖᔅᐦ ᐋ ᒌ ᐧᐄᒋᐦᐋᔨᐦᒡ ᑯᑎᒃᐦ ᐄᔨᔨᐤᐦ ᐅᐦᒌ ᐋ ᑯᐦᑭᑖᓄᐧᐃᔨᒡ᙮

Maggie recounts the story of when she was a young girl and how they lived in times of hardship when it was difficult to hunt and food was scarce.

She tells of how grateful she is for her older brother and how he saved other families from starvation.

Age 12+

EcWh-900-016-01.mp3

EcWh-900-016-02.mp3

EcWh-900-016-03.mp3

Code: EcWh-900-016
File Size: 2.41 mb
Duration: 14.02 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: unknown
Sound Editor: Suzanne House
Described By: Suzanne House
Modified: 2017-07-08 00:00:00
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Whapmagoostui
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Food, Man, Starvation, Family, Girl, Animals

ᒫᑮ ᐅᑖᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐ
Maggie`s thankfulness

Maggie Enish Sandy

ᒫᑮ ᒌ ᑎᐹᒋᒨ ᒑᑳᑦ ᑳ ᑯᐦᑭᑖᒡᐦ ᐋᔥᒄ ᐋ ᒌ ᐃᔥᐧᑳᔒᐅᑦ᙮ ᐅᔅᑖᔅᐦ ᒫᒃ ᒌ ᐱᒥᓂᑰᑦ᙮ ᒌ ᒋᔅᒎ ᒫᒃ ᑳ ᒌ ᓂᑐᓂᒫᓵᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑳ ᒌ ᓂᑑᐦᐆᐧᐃᒡ᙮ ᒌ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᒻ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑖᓐ ᑳᒋ ᐋᑎ ᐃᔨᐦᑎᒡᐦ ᐋ ᐱᒥᐱᒋᒡᐦ᙮

Maggie shares her stories of how they survived starvation with the help of her brother. She remembers how they used to hunt and fish. She also tells us of how they used to travel.

Age 12+

EcWh-900-017-01.mp3

EcWh-900-017-02.mp3

EcWh-900-017-03.mp3

EcWh-900-017-04.mp3

EcWh-900-017-05.mp3

EcWh-900-017-06.mp3

EcWh-900-017-07.mp3

EcWh-900-017-08.mp3

Code: EcWh-900-017
File Size: 7.75 mb
Duration: 45.09 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Sound Editor: Suzanne House
Described By: Suzanne House
Modified: 2017-07-08 00:00:00
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Whapmagoostui
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Family, Past, Animals, Food, Man, Woman, Starvation

ᐁᒫ ᐅᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐ
Emma`s Story

Emma Neacappo

ᐁᒫ ᑎᐹᒋᒥᐤ ᒫᐧᑳᒡ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᓂᑐᐦᐅᐧᐃᔅᒌᐦᒡ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑖᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐋ ᐹᔨᑯᐧᐋᐅᓯᔨᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᓂᔮ ᐅᓈᐹᒻᐦ᙮

Emma tells stories about her time out in the land with her family and her late husband.

Age 10+

EcCh-031-001-01.mp3

EcCh-031-001-02.mp3

EcCh-031-001-03.mp3

EcCh-031-001-04.mp3

EcCh-031-001-05.mp3

Code: EcCh-031-001
File Size: 4.04 mb
Duration: 23 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: Adrian Tanner
Sound Editor: Rhonda Iserhoff
Described By: Rhonda Iserhoff
Modified: 2016-09-29 00:00:00
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Chisasibi
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: History
Themes: Memoirs, Interview, Teachings
Topics: Woman, Family, Tradition, Past, Places, Man

ᐁ ᐊᑕ ᐄᔑᓈᑯᐦᒡ ᒌᔑᒄ
Climate change

Florrie Mark-Stewart

ᐁ ᓇᓈᑲᒋᔥᑖᑲᓅᐦᒡ ᐁ ᐊᑕ ᐄᔑ ᒌᔑᑳᒡ᙮ ᐋᐦᒋᔫᐦ ᐁ ᐊᑕ ᐄ ᒌᔑᑳᒡ ᐁ ᐊᑕ ᒥᔫᔅᑲᒪᐦᒡ᙮ ᑖᓐ ᐁ ᐄᔑ ᑕᐦᑲᐦᐅᑯᐧᑖᐤ ᐊᐧᐁᔒᔕᒡ ᐁ ᐊᑕ ᐋᐦᒋᐸᔩᐦᒡ ᐁ ᓰᑯᐦᒡ ᐁ ᒌᔑᑳᒡ᙮

Observations on climate change. Changes to the weather patterns in the Spring. How migratory birds and animals are affected by changes in the Spring.

Age 12+

EcEm-020-001-01.mp3

EcEm-020-001-02.mp3

EcEm-020-001.mp3

Code: EcEm-020-001
File Size: 1.51 mb
Duration: 4.03 mins
Year Of Recording: 1998
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Caroline Metabie-Mist radio
Sound Editor: Charlie Loon
Described By: Charlie Loon
Modified: 2016-09-29 00:00:00
Dialect: Southern
Quality: Good
Communities: Eastmain
Languages: Southern Dialect
Teachings: History, Geography
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Tradition, Seasons, Spring, Animals, Woman

ᑳᐄᔥ ᐯᒋ ᐱᒪᐦᒋᐦᐆᒡ
Survival in the bush

Florrie Mark-Stewart

ᑖᓐ ᑳ ᐄᔑ ᐯᐦᒋ ᐱᒫᐦᒋᐦᐆᒡ ᐊᓂᑌᐦ ᓅᐦᒋᒦᐦᒡ ᒣᐧᑳᒡ ᑳ ᐯᒋ ᐱᒥᓈᑲᓄᑦ ᐁᔥᒄ ᐁ ᒌ ᐊᐱᔒᔑᑦ᙮

The author tells about how they used to live in the bush and how they survived, when she was a little girl.

Age 10+

EcEm-020-004-01.mp3

EcEm-020-004-02.mp3

EcEm-020-004-03.mp3

EcEm-020-004-04.mp3

Code: EcEm-020-004
File Size: 2.53 mb
Duration: 14.54 mins
Year Of Recording: 2002
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Marie-Odile Junker
Sound Editor: Florrie Mayappo
Described By: Florrie Mayappo
Modified: 2016-09-29 00:00:00
Dialect: Southern
Quality: Good
Communities: Eastmain
Languages: Southern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History, Geography
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Food, Transportation, Family, Past, Fall, Winter, Animals, Places, Tradition

ᓂᔅᒃ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒋᔖᔮᒄ ᓂᑭᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ
Goose and Bear Songs

Geordie Georgekish

ᐅᐦᐄ ᓂᑭᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ ᓂᔅᒃ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒋᔖᔮᒄ ᓂᑭᒧᐦᐧᐋᑭᓄᐧᐃᒡ, ᑎᑯᓐ ᐋ ᐃᔑ ᒋᐧᔖᒥᑭᐦᒡ᙮ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑳ ᐃᑖᔨᐦᑎᒥᐦᐄᑯᐧᐃᒡ ᐄᔨᔨᐅᒡ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᓂᑭᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ᙮

These are songs about the goose and the bear and the meaning behind the songs. What the songs mean to the Crees.

Age 4+

EcWe-006-019.mp3

Code: EcWe-006-019
File Size: 0.81 mb
Duration: 4 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: Unknown
Sound Editor: Hank House
Described By: Hank House
Modified: 2016-09-29 00:00:00
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Art and Music, History
Themes: Teachings
Topics: Family, Seasons

TO BE DESCRIBED
The story about an old man

Geordie Georgekish

ᒋᔖᔨᔨᐤ ᑎᐹᒋᒫᑭᓂᐤ, ᑳᒋᔪᐧᐅᒋᐤ ᒌ ᐃᓯᓂᐦᑳᓯᐤ᙮ ᒌ ᐅᑐᑎᐦᑳᓯᐤ᙮ ᒌ ᐅᑖᓂᓯᐤ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒌ ᐅᓂᐦᐋᒋᒥᐤ᙮ ᒌ ᓃᔑᔨᐤᐦ ᐅᑭᓯᓯᔨᐤᐦ᙮ ᑳ ᐃᔨᑖᑦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐅᓂᐦᐋᒋᒻᐦ, ᒋᐱᐦ ᒌ ᓂᐱᐦᐋᐤ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐊᑎᐦᒄ, ᒌ ᐃᔮᑦ ᒑᐧᑳᔨᔨᐤ ᒑ ᐋᐱᒋᐦᑖᑦ᙮ ᑳ ᓂᑎᐧᐋᐱᒫᑦ ᒫᒃ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐊᑎᐦᒄ, ᑳ ᐧᐋᐱᐦᑎᒃ ᒦᓂᔥᐦ ᓈᔥᒡ ᐋ ᒥᐦᒑᓂᔨᐦᒡ᙮ ᒦᓐ ᑳ ᐧᐋᐱᒫᒡ ᐊᐧᐋᔨᔨᐤᐦ ᐋ ᓃᐳᐧᐃᔨᐦᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑳ ᒋᒋᓈᒡ᙮

ᒌ ᐋᔨᒥᓐ ᐋᐧᐄᓂᔥᑐᐦᑐᐧᐃᒃ᙮

This is a story about old man; his name was Kaauchiyuwichiu. He made himself a canoe. He had a daughter and a son-in-law; they had two grandsons. He told his son-in-law; he would kill a caribou if he had something to use. When he went to get the caribou; he saw lots of berries. He picked them up. He saw the greater yellowlegs. They saw someone standing and ran after it.

Some of his words were hard to understand.

Age 6+

EcWe-006-005.mp3

Code: EcWe-006-005
File Size: 2.12 mb
Duration: 12 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: unknown
Sound Editor: unknown
Described By: Francine Snowboy
Modified: 2016-09-29 00:00:00
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Very good
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Legends, Teachings

ᐄᔨᔨᐅᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐃᔥᒌᒫᐅᒡ ᑎᐹᒋᒫᑭᓄᐧᐃᒡ
The story about the Crees and the Inuits

Geordie Georgekish

ᐆ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐ, ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ ᐊᐦᐃᑖᐦ ᐋ ᒌ ᐹᐦᑎᒃ᙮ ᒋᓵᓰᐲᐅᐃᔨᔨᐤᐦ ᑳ ᐃᔅᐱᔨᐦᒡ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᐧᐋᐱᒫᑯᔅᑐᐃ, ᐋᐦᒋᑯᐱᒦᐦ ᐋ ᓈᑎᐦᐧᐋᔨᐦᒡ᙮ ᐃᔥᒌᒫᐤᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒌ ᐊᑎᐹᒋᒪᐤ᙮ ᐄᔨᔨᐅᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐃᔥᒌᒫᐅᒡ ᐧᐋᔥ ᒌ ᓂᑐᐱᔨᑖᑐᐧᐃᒡ᙮ ᐃᔥᒌᒫᐅᒡ ᒌ ᐃᔮᔫᐦᑖᐧᐋᐅᐧᐃᒡ ᐃᔨᔨᐤᐦ ᐆ ᒑᐧᑳᓂᔨᐤᐦ᙮

The story he talks about is what he heard longtime ago.

The people of chisasibi were travelling to Whapmagoostui to get some oil from the seal. He also talked about the Inuits. There was a conflict between the Crees and Inuits. The inuits were destroying stuff.

Age 6+

EcWe-006-008.mp3

Code: EcWe-006-008
File Size: 2.63 mb
Duration: 15 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: CSB Collection
Sound Editor: unknown
Described By: Francine Snowboy
Modified: 2016-09-29 00:00:00
Dialect: Northern
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Artifacts, Family, Tradition, Past, Animals, Places

ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ ᑳᒌ ᒋᐦᒋᐱᔨᓈᓄᐧᐃᒡ ᐋ ᓂᑐᐦᐆᓈᓄᐧᐃᒡ
Hunting Trips long ago

George Kakabat

ᐧᒑᕐᒡ ᐊᔮᔨᒧᐧᐃᑎᒻ ᐋ ᓂᑑᐦᐆᐧᐃᒡ ᑳ ᒌ ᐱᒥᐱᒋᒡ ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ᙮ ᒋᔅᒋᐤ ᐊᓂᔮ ᑳ ᓂᐱᐦᐋᑦ ᐋᐦᒋᒄ᙮ ᐧᒑᕐᒡ ᒌ ᐋᔨᐧᒫᐅᐦᐄᑭᐤ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐋᒌ ᐧᐄᒋᒡᐦ ᒥᐦᑐᑳᓂᐦᒡ᙮

George talks about hunting trips they went on a long time ago. He remembers a time when he killed a seal. George also mentions the dwelling made of tree saplings.

Age 6+

EcWe-015-004.mp3

Code: EcWe-015-004
File Size: 1.08 mb
Duration: 6 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: Unknown
Sound Editor: Alisson Bobbish
Described By: Alisson Bobbish
Modified: 2016-09-29 00:00:00
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Poor
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Tradition, Animals, Food, Man, Woman

ᐊᓅᐦᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐅᑖᐦᒡ ᐋᒌ ᐃᔅᐱᔨᒡ
Now and then times

George Matoush

ᐧᐋᔅᑭᒡ ᒌ ᐃᔮᔨᒧᐧᐃᑎᒻ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐊᓅᐦᒡ᙮ ᐄᐦᒡ ᐋ ᐃᔅᐱᔨᒡ ᒑᐧᑳᔨᔨᐤᐦ ᐅᑎᐦ ᐱᒫᑎᓯᐅᐧᐃᓂᐦᒡ, ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐧᒑᔨᔨᐤᐦ ᐋ ᐃᔅᐱᔨᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑖᓐ ᐊᑎ ᐃᔅᐱᔨᔨᒡ ᒑᐧᑳᔨᔨᐤ ᐃᔥᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᓂᑎᐦᐄᐧᐃᓂᔨᐤ᙮

He talk about the old days and for today. He talks about the changes of life and compaired some of ways or things and for the hunting.

Age 6+

EcMi-516-001.mp3

Code: EcMi-516-001
File Size: 1.98 mb
Duration: 11 mins
Year Of Recording: 1970
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Marguerite MacKenzie
Described By: Francine Snowboy
Modified: 2016-09-29 00:00:00
Dialect: Southern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Mistissini
Languages: Southern Dialect
Teachings: History, Social studies
Themes: Teachings
Topics: Family, Tradition, Past, Animals, Food

ᐄᔥᒌᓚᔥᐧᑳᐤ ᐋᒑᓐ
Giant Inuit woman

Hannah Natachiquan

ᐦᐋᓈ ᑎᐹᒋᒨ ᐊᒌ ᐧᐋᐱᒥᐦᒡ ᐃᔥᒌᒪᔥᐧᑳᐤ ᐊᒑᓐ,

Hannah is telling a story about a giant Inuit woman, that people saw in the bush.

Age 12+

EcWh-902-003.mp3

Code: EcWh-902-003
File Size: 0.61 mb
Duration: 3.36 mins
Year Of Recording: 197?
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Emily Masty
Sound Editor: Maggie Sheshamush George
Described By: Maggie Sheshamush George
Modified: 2016-09-29 00:00:00
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Poor
Communities: Whapmagoostui
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Past, Monsters, Supernatural

ᐦᐋᓈ ᓅᑕᒋᐧᑳᐤ ᐧᐄᑑᑖᒻ ᐋᑎᐹᒋᒪᑦ
Hannah Natachequan`s family story

Hannah Natachiquan

ᐦᐋᓈ ᑎᐸᒋᒫᐤ ᐧᐄᒍᔕᓐ ᑭᔮ ᑳ ᐦᐄᑏ ᑭᔮ ᑲ ᐦᐄᑖᐱᑎᔑᑦ ᐊ ᐧᐋᔒᐅᑦ,

Hannah is telling a story about her family life and history, when she was a liitle girl.

Age 10+

EcWh-902-001.mp3

Code: EcWh-902-001
File Size: 0.95 mb
Duration: 5.33 mins
Year Of Recording: 197?
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Emily Masty
Sound Editor: Maggie Sheshamush George
Described By: Maggie Sheshamush George
Modified: 2016-09-29 00:00:00
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Poor
Communities: Whapmagoostui
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Family, Past

ᐦᐋᓈ ᓅᑖᒋᐧᑳᐤ ᐧᐄᑑᑖᒻᐦ ᐊᒌ ᑎᐸᒋᒫᐦᑦ
Hannah Natchequan`s family story 2

Hannah Natachiquan

ᐦᐋᓈ ᑎᐹᒋᒫᐤ ᐄᔅᐧᑳᔅ ᑳ ᐦᐄᓯᒋᔅᑰᑎᒪᒥᒡ ᒐᐦᐋᑳ ᓅᓯᐧᐋᐱᒪᔨᒡ ᐊ ᐧᐋᔨᔪ ᐊᒌ ᓂᑐᐦᐊᔨᒡ,

Hannah is telling the story of a little girl, and how she was taught not to check on the hunters, to see when they arrive.

Age 12+

EcWh-902-002.mp3

Code: EcWh-902-002
File Size: 1.79 mb
Duration: 10.35 mins
Year Of Recording: 197?
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Emily Masty
Sound Editor: Maggie Sheshamush George
Described By: Maggie Sheshamush George
Modified: 2016-09-29 00:00:00
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Poor
Communities: Whapmagoostui
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies, History
Themes: Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Family, Girl

ᐋᓂᔅᒑ ᐃᔨᐦᑐᐧᐃᓐ
Tradition life

Hannah Natachiquan

ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐋᓂᔅᒑ ᐃᔨᐦᑐᐧᐃᓐ ᐋ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓈᓄᐧᐃᐦᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐄᔨᔨᐅᒡ ᐃᐦᑖᐧᐃᓂᐦᒡ ᑳ ᐧᐄᒋᒡ᙮

Stories about traditions and the tale of the past and how the people lived in the communities.

Age 8+

EcWh-902-004-01.mp3

EcWh-902-004-02.mp3

EcWh-902-004-03.mp3

EcWh-902-004-04.mp3

EcWh-902-004-05.mp3

EcWh-902-004-06.mp3

Code: EcWh-902-004
File Size: 6.68 mb
Duration: 37 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: Unknown
Sound Editor: Hank House
Described By: Hank House
Modified: 2016-09-29 00:00:00
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Poor
Communities: Whapmagoostui
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: History
Themes: Memoirs, Interview, Teachings
Topics: Family, Tradition, Celebrations, Past, Seasons, Places, Man, Woman

ᒋᔖᔨᐤ ᑳ ᓂᔥᑏᒡ ᐅᑯᓯᔅᐦ
The elder man with three sons

Job Kawapit

ᓇᐹᐤ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐧᐄᐤᐦ ᑳ ᓂᔥᑏᐦᒡ ᐅᑯᓯᔅ` ᐋᑳ ᐅᐦᒋ ᐃᔮᒡ ᒦᒋᒥᔨᐤ ᒑ ᒦᒋᒡ᙮ ᓈᐹᐤ ᑳ ᐊᐳᐧᐋᑖᑦ ᐊᑎᐦᒄ᙮ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐅᑯᓯᔅᐦ ᑳ ᐃᔨᑖᑦ ᒑᒃ ᓂᑎᐧᐋᐱᒫᑦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐊᑎᐦᒄ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᓵᑭᐦᐄᑭᓂᐦᒡ᙮

A man and his wife lived with their 3 sons and their wives. They had no food to eat and they became weak. The man of the family has a dream of the caribou that his sons will find when he instructs them to go to a lake.

Age 6+

EcWh-904-001-01.mp3

EcWh-904-001-02.mp3

EcWh-904-001-03.mp3

Code: EcWh-904-001
File Size: 1.78 mb
Duration: 10 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: Unknown
Sound Editor: Margaret Cox
Described By: Margaret Cox
Modified: 2016-09-29 00:00:00
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Very good
Communities: Whapmagoostui
Languages: Northern Dialect, English
Teachings: History
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Food, Woman, Starvation, Family, Boy, Past, Winter, Animals

ᓈᐹᐤ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐊᑎᐦᒄ
The man and the caribou

Job Kawapit

ᒌ ᐃᐦᑖᐤ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ ᓈᐹᐤ ᐋ ᓈᓂᑎᐧᐋᐱᒫᑦ ᓂᔅᒃᐦ᙮ ᒥᒄ ᐆ ᐹᔅᒋᑭᓐ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐅᒋᔅᒋᐦᒃ ᒌ ᑎᐦᑯᓂᒻ᙮ ᑳ ᓂᒋᐦᐋᑦ ᐃᔅᐧᑳᐤᐦ, ᑳ ᐃᑎᑯᐧᐃᑦ ᐋ ᒌ ᐹᒋ ᐊᓂᔅᑯᐧᐋ ᒫᓂᒑᐦᑳᑯᐧᐋᑦ᙮

There was a man long ago who went out to find caribou. He only took his gun and a small pot. He came upon a woman who told him that she has set up her camp on his way.

Age 6+

EcWh-904-002.mp3

Code: EcWh-904-002
File Size: 0.84 mb
Duration: 4 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Sound Editor: Margaret Cox
Described By: Margaret Cox
Modified: 2016-09-29 00:00:00
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Very good
Communities: Whapmagoostui
Languages: Northern Dialect, English
Teachings: History
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Winter, Animals, Food, Man, Woman

ᓈᐹᐤ ᑳ ᒋᒋᓈᑦ ᐊᑎᐦᒄ
The man that was chasing caribou

Job Kawapit

ᓈᐹᐤ ᐃᔅᑭᓂᑎᐱᔅᑳᐤᐦ ᑳ ᐱᐹᓈᓂᓯᓂᐧᐋᑦ ᐊᑎᐦᒄᐦ᙮ ᑳ ᐅᒋᐦᐱᑖᑦ ᒫᒃ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᒫᐧᑳᒡ ᐋ ᐃᐧᐋᔑᔨᐦᒡ᙮ ᑳ ᐧᑳᒋᒫᑦ ᐊᓐ ᓈᐹᐤ; ᒑᐧᑳᓐ ᐧᐋᐦᒋ ᐃᔨᑎᐱᔮᒄ? ᓃᔨ ᐧᐄ ᐋᔥᒄ ᓂᐱᐦ ᐱᐹᒥᐱᐦᑖᓐ᙮

A man chasing the caribou all night long and made them tired. As he arrived to the area where the caribou were resting from running the man talks to the caribou and asks them `Why are you doing sitting down? If I were you I would still be running.`

Age 6+

EcWh-904-003.mp3

Code: EcWh-904-003
File Size: 0.48 mb
Duration: 2 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: Unknown
Sound Editor: Margaret Cox
Described By: Margaret Cox
Modified: 2016-09-29 00:00:00
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Very good
Communities: Whapmagoostui
Languages: Northern Dialect, English
Teachings: History
Themes: Memoirs, Jokes
Topics: Winter, Animals, Man

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