A´kaitsinikssiistsi = Blackfoot stories of old
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- 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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- 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
- 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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