Glecia Bear
Glecia Bear or Nêhiyaw (April 29, 1912 in Green Lake, Saskatchewan - September 1998, Flying Dust First Nation[1]) was a Saskatchewan-born[2] Cree elder and a traditional tale teller.[3] Her stories were recorded and translated by Freda Ahenakew.
Glecia Bear | |
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Nêhiyaw | |
Cree leader | |
Personal details | |
Born | April 29, 1912 Green Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Died | September 1998 (aged 85–86) Flying Dust First Nation, Canada |
She was the first female chief of the Flying Dust First Nation[1]
Works
In Kthkominawak otbcimowiniwbwa, Glecia Bear tells her life story as a Cree woman.[4][5] In Wanisinwak iskwesisak : awasisasinahikanis, Glecia Bear recalls being lost in the forest with her little sister when they were eleven and eight years old.[6]
Bibliography
- Wanisinwak iskwesisak : awasisasinahikanis = Two little girls lost in the bush: a Cree story for children (1991)[2]
- Kthkominawak otbcimowiniwbwa/Our grandmothers' lives, as told in their own words (1992)[7]
gollark: You can print a tree with a 3D printer, a 2D printer, or a 4D printer, but not a 1D printer.
gollark: jake is 68 insane, lemmmy is 109 insane.
gollark: I'm only 19 insane, I checked.
gollark: Why?
gollark: And are the *moderators* all the same, or 3 different people?
References
- "Compassion/manâcihitowin". Dene/Cree ElderSpeak (in English and Cree). Meadow Lake Tribal Council. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- Kerman, Kay (September 1992). "TWO LITTLE GIRLS LOST IN THE BUSH: A CREE STORY FOR CHILDREN/WANISINWAK ISKWESISAK: AWASISASINAHIKANIS (review)". A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People. University of Manitoba. 20 (4). Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- Carter, Sarah (2005). Unsettled pasts: reconceiving the west through women's history. University of Calgary Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-55238-177-9. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- Emma Minde; Freda Ahenakew; H. Christoph Wolfart (1997). Their example showed me the way. University of Alberta. pp. xi ff. ISBN 978-0-88864-291-2. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- Ahenakew, Freda; Wolfart, H.C., eds. (1998). "Kôhkominawak Otâcimowiniwâwa / Our Grandmothers' Lives As Told in Their Own Words: Told By Glecia Bear, Irene Calliou, Janet Feitz, Minnie Fraser, Alpha Lafond, Rosa Longneck, Mary Wells". Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina.
- Susan-Ann Cooper; Aïda Hudson (2003). Windows and words: a look at Canadian children's literature in English. University of Ottawa Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-7766-0556-2. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- Whidden, Lynn (Spring 1993). "Reviewed work(s): Our Grandmothers' Lives as Told in Their Own Words by Freda Ahenakew; H. C. Wolfart". American Indian Quarterly. University of Nebraska Press. 17 (2): 284–286. JSTOR 1185550.
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