Social Science Indigenous Studies
Our Grandmothers' Lives
As Told in Their Own Words
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Initial publish date
- Apr 1998
- Category
- Indigenous Studies, Native American Languages
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780889771185
- Publish Date
- Apr 1998
- List Price
- $29.95
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Description
This collection of reminiscences and personal stories tells us about the daily lives of Cree women over the past century: household chores, snaring rabbits, and picking berries, going to school, marriage, bearing and raising children. Seven Cree women share memories about their lives and the history of their people, and provide insights into the traditional teachings of a society where practical and spiritual matters are never far apart.
About the authors
Freda Ahenakew (1932-2011), founding Director of the Saskatchewan Indian Languages Institute, earned her M.A. in Cree linguistics at the University of Manitoba. Ahenakew received an honorary LLD from the University of Saskatchewan (1997) and was named to the World Indigenous Education Task Force; she also received the Citizen of the Year Award from the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians (1992), the Order of Canada (1998), and a National Aboriginal Achievement Award (2001).
H.C. Wolfart is University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Manitoba.
