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Serve Up Fire Safety In The Kitchen – Morin Lake Fire Department
This is a video entry for the 2020 National Firefighting Competition. For more details, visit https://indigenousfiresafety.ca/2020-… Actors: Jr. Firefighters Jack Halkett and Orlen Halkett. Written and narrated by Deputy Fire Chief Leonard Halkett, Directed and edited by Clarence Morin
Common Cree words from the video entry:
otāstawīhikīw – fire fighter
otāstawīhikīwak – fire fighters
piminawasowikamikos – kitchen
kotawānāpisk – stove
sāsīskihkwān – frying pan
piminawasow – cook
mīciwin – food
pimiy – lard/oil (grease)
nākatāpahta kipiminawasowin – take care of your cooking/look after your cooking
Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen!TM – https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Staying-safe/Preparedness/Fire-Prevention-Week
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Staying with Teaching
I recently made the decision to stay with my teaching job at Sally Ross School. I submitted my letter of intent to continue working at my hometown of Hall Lake. It was a hard choice but I feel it is better for my family and myself.
I had some thoughts of going back to my old job as web developer because it was easier than what I had to go through on a day to day basis with my job as grade 5 and 6 teacher. I have met challenges that I thought were too much to handle. I felt inept and too inexperienced to deal with my students who I though deserved a better teacher. I still believe they do, but they are stuck with me until the end of the school year.
I have had much trouble with classroom management and discipline. I have much support and will try to get the understanding of the parents to try and do better. I hope there is some type of understanding worked out because I want all my students to do well.
As for this website, I will continue on because it is my pride and joy. Whenever I am going through a tough time, I know I can get some appreciation for the time and effort I put into this website from my many followers and visitors. It has got me through, time and again and I do not want to lose the support I have garnered from my visitors. I enjoy writing stories and providing a supplement to any Cree program through my efforts. I have enjoyed and used many resource people, especially Solomon Ratt, Simon Bird and Arden Ogg. There are many others of course but these have been my main sources because they are constantly online to support me (more than they know).
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Call for Stories on Trapline Cabins
This is a call for stories on trapline cabins. I want you to share stories of your time in a trapline cabin. All stories are welcome. It would be great to hear about your time in a trapline cabin. You can write about anything you want from how and when it was built, or maybe just the times your family traveled to the cabin during certain seasons. While I would like to publish all stories, there are a few guidelines I would like to inform you about.
- I cannot offer remuneration or a prize, but I will publish shared stories as deemed appropriate.
- I will give full credit and a link to your Facebook profile.
- It needs to be between 150 to 1000 words. I can be flexible on this, in the case of several short stories, I will combine stories into one page on the website.
- Appropriate language is encouraged
- Happy stories are encouraged but sad stories will not be refused
- Deadline is March 27, 2020, but I will add stories before that date over the weekends.
- No real need to be formal, but I will make minor edits if needed. This is a story telling website, not an English class.
- Please inbox me your stories and I will reply during evenings and weekends. I am a full-time teacher and I do not go on Facebook during the day. You can also email me the original document to cv2k@hotmail.com Please write subject as “trapline cabin”
Just a note that this is not a contest, it is more of a chance to share your story with us.
A big thank you to Tom Ballantyne for giving me the idea. I hope you decide to share your story with us at some point.
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My Online Cree Sources – Facebook Pages and Websites
I refer to many sources for my website. Without these sources I would be spending enormous amounts of time to complete my blogs about Cree. As a semi-fluent speaker, writer and reader of Woodland Cree, the following sources are invaluable to me.
Facebook pages I follow:
Nêhiyawêwin (Cree) Word/Phrase of the Day – https://www.facebook.com/groups/18414147673/
#CreeSimonSays – https://www.facebook.com/groups/380099328844547/
Cree Language Videos – https://www.facebook.com/groups/100216916980387/
Spoken Cree Video Group – https://www.facebook.com/groups/Creevideos/
Cree Language Resources ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ – https://www.facebook.com/groups/104500159643897/
LLRIB Cree Language Resources – https://www.facebook.com/llribcreelanguage/
Websites I have used:
Learn Cree – http://learncree.ca/ In 2020, the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB), revamped the Gift of Language and Culture website to a more modern format and to work on mobile devices. It is awesome and it is being used in all the band schools for their Cree Language programs.
Cree Literacy Network – https://creeliteracy.org/
I have used this website from time to time to see what many prominent Cree teachers are up to. There are too many people to mention, and I do not want to leave anybody out. Check it out yourself for the video, audio and text.
itwêwina – A dictionary that understands what you’re looking for. – https://sapir.artsrn.ualberta.ca/cree-dictionary/
I came across this website last year when I was looking for sources with many variations of Cree words in the linguistics column after a search. I use it extensively.
Online Cree Dictionary – http://www.creedictionary.com/
I think the title of this website, speaks for itself.
Welcome to the Plains Cree Dictionary! – https://dictionary.plainscree.atlas-ling.ca/#/help
I only started using this website today for a project I am working on. It is bit different, but it looks and works very well.
The Gift of Language and Culture website – http://giftoflanguageandculture.ca/glcp/index.html
This website was revamped and has a new domain name – http://learncree.ca/
This website is one I built using Adobe Flash with the help of many great people in the Lac La Ronge Indian Band. Unfortunately, the Flash app is pretty much obsolete. It still works on desktop computers but it will be discontinued in 2020 by Adobe (The demise of Flash – https://sdtimes.com/webdev/the-demise-of-flash/).
The websites below are from a Google search, maybe you will find them useful in your quest to learn our beautiful language.
How to speak Cree – https://www.canadiangeographic.ca/article/how-speak-cree
Vocabulary in Native American Languages: Cree Words – http://www.native-languages.org/cree_words.htm
Cree Language Lessons – http://nisto.com/cree/lesson/
Please feel free to share your sources as well, whether it’s a book, Elders or other online sources.
Cree language – nīhithawīwin
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November 2019 – Most successful Month of all time for First Nation Stories
November 2019, is the most most successful month for this website. A total of 3457 views and 2018 visitors altogether.
The year 2019, saw 23, 256 views and 14, 206 visitors. More than tripling 2018, in both views and visitors.
Many countries have visited my website. The list is impressive but I am sure that many hits are by accident, especially from the countries overseas.
My Facebook likes have climbed from 100 in November 2018, to 1800 in November 2019. The First Nation Stories Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/firstnationstories/)
It has been a great year for the First Nation Stories brand and I hope it continues for the New Year!
From the words of Cree Teacher, Simon Bird – kinanāskomitin = I thank you/I am thankful for you/I am grateful for you (#CreeSimonSays).
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First Nations Unity Day – November 12
Cree audio after the image. First Nations Unity is observed in Saskatchewan on November 12, a day after Remembrance Day.
To remember those who fought and those who fell
Kita kiskisīyāhk aniki kākī nōtinikīcik ikwa aniki kākī pahkisīkwāw
Pixabay – https://pixabay.com/photos/poppies-field-yorkshire-sun-rays-4291704/
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Tatanka wrestles – Tatanka māsihkīw
Cree audio at bottom of page. I hope I get to see this guy wrestle someday.
Thx to @temis.tv for posting! TV cameras at the event Fri night plus we filmed a movie trailer the following day with…
Posted by Tatanka on Monday, November 11, 2019
Tatanka māsihkīw – Tatanka wrestles
māsihkīwin – wrestling
omāsihkīw – wrestler
māsihkī – (you) wrestle, as in a command.
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Trees in Woodland Cree
These are the local trees we have in the La Ronge and Hall Lake areas. I am sure there are many more types that I have left out.
mistik – tree
mistikwak – trees
Thank you for visiting, if you see a mistake, please let me know and I will do what I can to fix it.
I took most of the pictures myself over the years, birch and tamarack were downloaded from Pixabay
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nīhithow nītha – I am Cree
nīhithow nītha – otākosihk – anohc kākīsikāk – kākiki
I am Cree – Yesterday – Today – Forever
