Foreword by Solomon Ratt Part One: nehiyaw pikiskwewin acimowin / The History of the Cree Language nehiyawak / The nehiyawak kahkiyaw nanatohk nehiyawak / Locating the Many Different Types of Cree People ohtaskanesiwin acimowina / Stories of 'Place' ahtaskewi-moskistakewin / The Invasion kayasi-kiskinwahamakosiwin kiki kawi ka-ki-ohpinikatek pikiskwewin / A Brief History of Indigenous Ways of Learning with a Focus on Language Revitalization iyiniw-ayisiyiniw kiskinawahamatowin / Indigenous Education ka-wanahikoyahk nehiyaw kiskinawahamatowin / The Interruption of nehiyaw Lifelong Learning kawi-kimiskasonaw-iyiniw-ayisiyiniwiwin pimatisiwin e-ohpinamahk / Finding Our Way Back-Indigenous Reclamation iyiniw-ayisiyiniwiwin pikiskwewin ka-ohpinamahk-at(i)-nikan / Indigenous Language Reclamation-The Way Forward Part Two: ka-asonamakehk / Leaving a Legacy ka-sakocihikoyahk ekwa ka-ataweyihtamahk moniyaw mamitoneyihcikan / Colonization and Decolonization ohtaskanesiwin ekwa pimohtehiwin / Roots and Routes pikikiskwewin ekwa nehiyawatisiwin ispihteyihtakwan / The Value of Language and Culture ewako ka-sakihitayan, kimiyikosiwin anima / Your Passion Is Your Gift miyo-ohpikihawasowin / Good Child-Rearing Part Three: soskwac ta-apacihtayek nehiyawewin kikiwahk / The Practical Application of Cree in the Home okawimaw oma niya/ I Am a Mother macihtatan / Let's Begin osihta pikiskwewin kaskihtawina/ Setting Language Goals ka-miyo-apatahki kikwaya/ Methods apacihcikana/ Resources ka-ayamihtahk nehiyawasinahikewin / Reading Cree Standard Roman Orthography nehiyawewin itwewina / Cree Vocabulary ka-nehiyaweyan kikihk / Speaking Cree Around the Home mitatahtomitanaw mawaci ka-apatahki itwewina / 100 High-Frequency Words and Phrases isihcikewina kiya ekwa kicawasimis ohci / Activities for You and Your Child sihkimitowina / Inspirational Quotes nanaskomowin / Acknowledgments Notes References About the Authors
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Andrea Custer is Woodland Cree and a fluent Cree speaker who grew up in wapawikoscikanihk, 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 nehiyawak Language Experience Inc. and resides in Victoria, BC. Dr. Lana Whiskeyjack is a multidisciplinary treaty nehiyaw (Cree) scholar and artist from Saddle Lake Cree Nation and assistant professor in the Faculty of Arts, Women's and Gender Studies, at the University of Alberta.