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A´kaitsinikssiistsi = Blackfoot stories of old

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25057
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2014
Author
Heavy Shields Russel, Lena (author)
Genee, Inge (author)
Singer, William (illustrator)
Publisher
Regina (Saskatchewan), Canada : University of Regina Press
Call Number
05 R91ak
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Author
Heavy Shields Russel, Lena (author)
Genee, Inge (author)
Singer, William (illustrator)
Responsibility
Lena Heavy Shields Russell - Ikkinainihki
Inge Genee - Piitaakii
William Singer - Api'soomaahka
Publisher
Regina (Saskatchewan), Canada : University of Regina Press
Published Date
2014
Physical Description
xxiii, 68 pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Blackfoot
First Nations
Abstract
The third volume in the First Nations Language Readers series--meant for language learners and language users--this collection presents eight Blackfoot stories told by Lena Russell, a fluent speaker of Blackfoot from the Kainai (Blood) reserve in southern Alberta. In contract with other Algonquian languages, such as Cree and Saulteaux (Ojibwe), Blackfoot is not usually written in syllabics, so these stories are presented in the Blackfoot language using the Roman alphabet, together with the English translation. The spelling system is based on the conventions of the International Phonetic Alphabet, and should be transparent for native speakers of Blackfoot as well as for linguists. The Reader includes a Blackfoot-to-English glossary containing all the nouns, verbs, adjuncts, etc. , found in the texts, as well as stress or pitch accents over the vowel or vowels which bear the accent. (from University of Regina Press website)
Contents
1. Omohto´'totama'piihpi aahkssawa´ tsto'si Niitsi´'powahsini Why the Blackfoot language is important to preserve -- 2. Aatsi´moi'hkaani Prayer -- 3. Ni´nna Aka´o´hkitopiiwa #1 My Father, Rides-Many-Horses #1 -- 4. Ni´nna Aka´o´hkitopiiwa #2 My Father, Rides-Many-Horses #2 -- 5. Ami´i´ ohki´ni ki ama´a´ya na´i´i´pisstsiitapiima A finger bone and a rag doll -- 6. Ksi´ssta'pssiwa A Spirit -- 7. Isstoyi´i´si Cold Weather -- 8. O´mahksisttsi´i´ksiinaiksi Rattlesnakes -- Blackfoot -- English Glossary.
ISBN
9780889773189
Accession Number
P2020-1
Call Number
05 R91ak
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Summary on University of Regina Press website
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