Birds in Woodland Cree

English – Cree

black bird – cahcahkathōs
chickadee – picikīskisīs
crow – āhāsiw
duck – sīsīp
bald – eagle mikisiw
goose – niska
hummingbird – āmōwipithīsīs
loon – mwākwa
northern goshawk – onawahithīwīsiw
owl – ōhō
pelican – cahcakiw
raven – kāhkākiw
robin – pihpihciw
seagull – kiyāsk
sharp tailed grouse – ahkisiw
barn swallow – mīscaskosīs
swan – wāpisiw
white throated sparrow – wāsīpīscān

 

Many of the images, are pictures that I took over the years. Others were used under the terms of my Bravenet web hosting Stock Images service: https://www.bravenet.com/

chickadee – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poecile-atricapilla-001.jpg

white-throated sparrow – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zonotrichia_albicollis_CT1.jpg