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ᐄᔨᒦᒋᒻ
Traditional foods

Cree Programs

ᐁᐦ ᓅᑯᐦᑖᑲᓄᐧᐃᐦᒡ ᓈᓈᐦᑰ ᐄᓂᒦᒋᒻ

A presentation of traditional foods

Age 4+

Code: ECS-001-001
Year Of Recording: 2017
Year Of Last Edit: 2018
Created: 2020-01-22 15:21:53
Modified: 2020-01-31 10:42:29
Dialect: Southern
Quality: Very good
Topics: Food

ᐄᔨᒦᒋᒻ
Traditional foods

Cree Programs

Presentation of East Cree traditional foods

Age 4+

Code: ECN-001-001
Year Of Recording: 2017
Year Of Last Edit: 2018
Collected By: Cree Literacy Students
Sound Editor: Cree Programs
Photo Credits: Jody Mianscum, Mary Mianscum
Created: 2020-01-22 15:13:55
Modified: 2020-01-29 14:25:00
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Very good
Topics: Food

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 ᑳ ᐃᔥ ᑭᓂ ᐧᐋᔨᒫᑦ ᐧᐄᑐᐧᐋᔑᒻᐦ ᑭᔮ ᐧᐄᓈᐸᒻ
Maggie taking care of her family

Maggie Enish Sandy

ᒪᑮ ᑎᐹᒋᒨ ᑳ ᐄᔥ ᑭᓂᐧᐋᔨᒪᑦ ᐧᐄᑐᐧᐋᔑᒻᐦ ᑭᔮ ᐧᐄᓇᐹᒻ ᐊᓂᑕ ᐧᐋᐱᒪᑯᔥᑑᐦᒡ, ᐊᐦᐊᑳ ᐧᐄᒌ ᑖᒡ ᓅᐦᒋᒦᒡ ᐊᒌ ᐊᑯᓰᒡ ᐊᓂᔭ ᐧᐄᓈᐸᒻ

Maggie is telling a story about when she took care of her family in Whapmagoostui, when her husband got sick and could no longer go in the bush.

Age 10+

EcWh-900-015.mp3

Code: EcWh-900-015
File Size: 0.99 mb
Duration: 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
Themes: Teachings
Topics: Past, Food, Man, Family, Boy, Girl

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

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

ᓇᒧᐄ ᐅᒋ ᐄ"ᑖᐆᒡ ᓂᔅᑲᒡ ᐊᓐ ᑳ ᓰᑰᒡ᙮
Unfortunately we didn`t have geese

Florrie Mark-Stewart

ᐯᔨᐧᑳᐤ ᐁ ᓰᑰᒡ ᓇᒨᐃ ᐅᒋ ᐄ"ᑖᐆᒡ ᓂᔅᑳᒡ"᙮

Florrie Mark-Stewart tells us the story of geese that didn`t migrate that spring.

Age 6+

EcEm-020-007.mp3

Code: EcEm-020-007
File Size: 0.88 mb
Duration: 5.07 mins
Year Of Recording: 199?
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Sound Editor: Rose Dixon-Gilpin
Described By: Rose Dixon-Gilpin
Modified: 2016-09-29 00:00:00
Dialect: Southern
Quality: Good
Communities: Eastmain
Languages: Southern Dialect
Teachings: Science
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Food, Family, Seasons, Spring, Animals

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

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

ᐅᔅᒋᓃᒋᓯᐤ ᐋ ᑳ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᐅᐦᒋ ᓂᐱᐦᑖᑦ ᒑᐧᑳᔨᐤ
The young man who never killed anything

Job Kawapit

ᒥᒑᔨᐦᑎᒻ ᓈᐹᔥ, ᓈᔥᑎᔨᒡ ᐋᑳ ᐅᐦᒋ ᓂᐱᐦᑖᑦ ᐊᔥᒄ ᒑᐧᑳᔨᐤ᙮ ᒑ ᐹᔨᐧᑳᐤ ᐋ ᐧᐄᐧᐄᑦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒑᒃ ᒥᔮᑐᐧᐃᑦ᙮ ᐹᑎᔥ ᑳ ᑯᑯᔑᑦ ᐃᔮᒄ ᓂᒥ ᐅᐦᒋ ᒫᑎᐤ᙮ ᒫᐧᑳᒡ ᒫᒃ ᐋ ᓂᐹᑦ ᒥᓯᐧᐋ ᐋᑎ ᐃᓯᓈᑯᓯᔨᐦᒡ ᐧᐋᔅᑳ ᑳ ᐃᐦᑖᔨᐦᒡ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑖᑦ᙮ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐹᐦᐹᔨᒄ ᐅᐱᒑᓱᐧᐃᓐᐦ ᑳ ᐊᐱᔨᐦᒡ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐅᐦᑳᓐᐦ; ᓂᑐᐦᐅᐧᐃᑖ ᒑ ᓂᐱᐦᐋᑦ ᐊᓂᔮᐦ ᐋ ᐃᓯᓈᑯᓯᔨᐦᒡ ᐅᐦᑳᓐᐦ᙮

A young man is unhappy because he can never kill anything when he went hunting. Until one day he goes out and begins to cry, he cries to the point where he falls asleep. During his sleep all kinds of animals gathered around him. Each animal sits on a part of his body and say that when he hunts he will kill that kind of animal.

Age 6+

EcWh-904-004-01.mp3

EcWh-904-004-02.mp3

EcWh-904-004-03.mp3

EcWh-904-004-04.mp3

EcWh-904-004-05.mp3

Code: EcWh-904-004
File Size: 3.27 mb
Duration: 19 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: Social studies, History
Themes: Memoirs
Topics: Boy, Animals, Food, Man

ᑳ ᒌ ᓈᓀᑲᒋᐦᐋᑲᓄᐧᐃᑦ ᐊᐧᐋᔥ
A Child that was Teased Alot

Willie Loon Sr.

ᐆ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐ ᑎᐹᒋᒫᑲᓅ, ᐁ ᒌ ᓈᓀᑲᒋᐦᐋᑲᓅᑦ ᐊᐧᐋᔥ ᐊᓂᑌ ᐧᐁᔥᑲᒡ᙮

The story is about a child who was teased alot. A story from long ago.

Age 8+

EcMi-510-001-01.mp3

EcMi-510-001-02.mp3

Code: EcMi-510-001
File Size: 1.61 mb
Duration: 9 mins
Year Of Recording: 1960
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: unknown
Sound Editor: Linda Petawabano
Described By: Linda Petawabano
Modified: 2016-09-29 00:00:00
Dialect: Southern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Mistissini
Languages: Southern Dialect
Teachings: History
Themes: Legends
Topics: Girl, Past, Places, Food, Woman, Predictions

ᑳ ᐃᔥᐱᔥ ᐊᔨᒥᓂᔨᒡ ᐊᓂᑖ ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ ᐋ ᓂᑑᐦᐅᓈᓄᐧᐃᒡ
Hardships of hunting

William D. Visitor

ᐊᓂᑖ ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ ᑳ ᐃᔥᐱᔥ ᐊᔨᒥᓂᔨᒡ ᐋ ᓂᑐᐦᐆᒡ ᐄᔨᔩᐅᐧᐃᒡ᙮ ᐊᓅᐦᒡ ᒫᒃ ᐋ ᐃᔥᐱᔥ ᐧᐋᔫᒋᐦᑖᑦ ᐊᐧᐋᓐ ᒑᐧᑳᔨᐤ ᐋ ᐃᔮᐱᒋᐦᑖᑦ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐋᒦᒋᑦ᙮

He talks about the scarcity of animals in his early hunting days. He also talks about how people today have plenty to use for hunting and eating. Also that the people don`t have the hardships that the people of long ago encountered.

Age 12+

EcWe-013-002.mp3

Code: EcWe-013-002
File Size: 1.47 mb
Duration: 8.2 mins
Year Of Recording: 1970
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: CP collection
Sound Editor: Cheryl and Frances Visitor
Described By: Cheryl and Frances Visitor
Modified: 2016-09-28 00:00:00
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Wemindji
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Social studies
Themes: Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Family, Food

ᒣᑕᐧᐃᓐ
Medawin

Abraham Pisinquon

ᓃᔥᑎᒻ ᑖᐹᑐᑖᒡ ᒣᑖᐧᐃᓐ ᐊ ᒉ ᐊᐱᑦᔥᑖᑦ ᒐᔫ ᐊᓐᑐᐧᐋᐃᑖᒃᒡ ᒦᒋ ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ᙮ ᐊ ᒉ ᐁᒃᓵᑉᑎᑭᓅᒡ, ᒥᔥᑎᒃ ᐊᒋ ᐊᐱᑦᔥᑖᑦ ᓀᒫᔅ ᐊ ᒉ ᓀᑐᐧᐊᒫᒡ᙮

The first story tells about how rituals were performed to create good. It is a story about when a community nearly went into starvation and how an elder performed a shaking tent to prevent the community from this bad omen. The second story tells how an old man who was sick was brought back to health by similar rituals.

Age 6+

EcCh-028-001-01.mp3

EcCh-028-001-02.mp3

EcCh-028-001-03.mp3

EcCh-028-001-04.mp3

EcCh-028-001-05.mp3

Code: EcCh-028-001
File Size: 2.90 mb
Duration: 16.56 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: Violet Bates/unknown interviewer
Sound Editor: Suzanne House
Described By: Suzanne House
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good
Communities: Chisasibi
Languages: Northern Dialect, English
Teachings: History, Geography
Themes: Legends
Topics: Family, Food, Starvation

ᐋ ᒌ ᒫᔅᒑᒡ ᐄᔅᒌᒫᐅᒡ
Battle with the Inuits

Adam Mamianskum

ᐧᐋᔥᑭᒡ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᐋᔥᒄ ᐋ ᒌ ᒫᔑᐦᐄᑐᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐋ ᒌ ᓂᐱᐦᐄᑐᒡ ᐄᔨᔨᐅᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐄᔅᒌᒫᐅᒡ

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+

EcWh-901-001-01.mp3

EcWh-901-001-02.mp3

EcWh-901-001-03.mp3

EcWh-901-001-04.mp3

EcWh-901-001-05.mp3

EcWh-901-001-06.mp3

Code: EcWh-901-001
File Size: 7.93 mb
Duration: 47 mins
Year Of Recording: 1970
Year Of Last Edit: 2003
Collected By: Cree Program Collection
Sound Editor: Alice Duff
Described By: Alice Duff
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good
Communities: Whapmagoostui
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: History
Themes: Legends
Topics: Animals, Food, Man, Supernatural, Past, Winter

ᐧᐹᒋᑮ(ᒡ)
The Boogeyman(men)

Adam Mamianskum

ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐧᐃᓐᐦ, ᐧᐹᒋᑮᒡ ᐋ ᐃᔮᔨᒧᒫᑭᓂᐧᐃᒡ᙮ ᐧᐹᒋᑮᒡ ᒌ ᐧᐋᐱᒫᑭᓂᐧᐃᒡ ᐋ ᔮᔮᐅᐧᐋᔮᔨᒡ ᐊᓂᑖᐦ ᒉᐃᒥᔅ ᐯᐃ᙮ ᐧᐄᐦᑎᑭᓅᔨᐤ ᑭᔮᐦ ᑳ ᐃᑖᔨᒥᑐᐧᐃᒡ ᐊᓂᒌ ᒥᓯᐧᐋ ᑭᔮᐦ ᐄᔨᔨᐅᒡ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒥᓯᐧᐋ ᐋᑎᔑᒡ,

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.

Age 12+

EcWh-901-008-01.mp3

EcWh-901-008-02.mp3

EcWh-901-008-03.mp3

EcWh-901-008-04.mp3

EcWh-901-008-05.mp3

EcWh-901-008-06.mp3

EcWh-901-008-07.mp3

EcWh-901-008-08.mp3

Code: EcWh-901-008
File Size: 9.75 mb
Duration: 47 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Sound Editor: Hank House
Described By: Hank House
Dialect: Northern
Quality: Good
Communities: Whapmagoostui
Languages: Northern Dialect
Teachings: Spirituality, History
Themes: Legends, Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Winter, Animals, Food, Tradition, Past, Spring

Old Days
Old Days

Betsy Tent

She tells about in the old days, when they had nothing and were running out of supplies and they were getting hungry.

Age 6+

EcMi-517-002.mp3

Code: EcMi-517-002
File Size: 0.49 mb
Duration: 2.51 mins
Year Of Recording: 19??
Year Of Last Edit: 2004
Collected By: Adrian Tanner
Sound Editor: Rhonda Iserhoff
Described By: Rhonda Iserhoff
Dialect: Southern
Quality: Good with noise
Communities: Mistissini
Languages: Southern Dialect
Teachings: History
Themes: Memoirs, Teachings
Topics: Family, Past, Winter, Places, Food

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