Foreign Language Study Native American Languages
Funny Little Stories
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2007
- Category
- Native American Languages
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780889771857
- Publish Date
- Jun 2007
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
Funny Little Stories is a collection of nine stories representing the Plains Cree, Woods Cree, and Swampy Cree dialects, with a pronunciation guide and a Cree-to-English glossary.
Students and Elders come together in this volume to offer samples of three distinct genres of Cree storytelling: word play, humorous accounts of life experiences, and traditional stories about Wisahkecahk, the trickster-hero.
Each story is illustrated and is presented in both Standard Roman Orthography and syllabics, with English translation.
About the author
Arok Wolvengrey is Department Head, Associate Professor, and Linguistics Program Coordinator at the First Nations University of Canada in Regina.