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Nehiyawetan Kikinahk? / Speaking Cree in the Home: A Beginner's Guide for Families Hardcover - 2022

by Andrea Custer; Belinda Daniels; Foreword by Solomon Ratt

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Speaking Cree in the Home, Belinda Daniels and Andrea Custer provide an introductory text to help families immerse themselves, their children, and their homes in nēhiyawēwin--the Cree language.

Despite the colonial attacks on Cree culture, language, and peoples, Custer and Daniels remind readers that the traditional ways of knowing and transferring knowledge to younger generations have not been lost and can be revived in the home, around the table, every day.

Speaking Cree in the Home is an approachable, hands-on manual that helps to re-forge connections between identity, language, family, and community--by centering Indigenous knowledge and providing Cree learners and speakers with a practical guide to begin their own journey of reclaiming and revitalizing Cree in the home.

Readers are guided through methods for language learning, the basics of reading Cree and Standard Roman Orthography, pronunciation of vowels, engaging language-learning games, and examples of high-frequency words and phrases that can easily be incorporated into daily routines and taught to children young and old.

Details

Title Nehiyawetan Kikinahk? / Speaking Cree in the Home: A Beginner's Guide for Families
Author Andrea Custer; Belinda Daniels; Foreword by Solomon Ratt
Binding Hardcover
Pages 122
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher University of Regina Press
Date 2022-10-22
ISBN 9780889779037 / 0889779031
Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
Dimensions 8 x 5 x 0.56 in (20.32 x 12.70 x 1.42 cm)

About the author

Andrea Custer is Woodland Cree and a fluent Cree speaker who grew up in wapwikoscikanihk, also known as Pelican Narrows. She has a BA in Indigenous Studies from First Nations University, a secondary level BEd teaching degree from the University of Alberta, and a MEd from the University of Saskatchewan in Indigenous Land-Based Education. Andrea currently works at First Nations University as a Cree language lecturer.

Belinda Daniels began a journey in language recovery and now teaches others how to teach an Indigenous second language with the Canadian Indigenous Language and Development Institute. She is the founder of the non-profit nhiyawak Language Experience Inc. and resides in Victoria, BC.