tântê kâ-ohci-wîhcikâtêkopanê cîpayi-sîpiy - How Ghost River got its name
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StoryTeller | John Wynne | Community | Kashechewan (Fort Albany) |
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Age/Level | preschool | Language | Kashechewan Cree (mixed n-l dialect) |
Year Recorded | 1956-58 | Year Last Edited | 2009 |
Described by | Marie-Odile Junker & Doug Ellis |
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mâwaci-oskac ê-takoshinowâkopanê ininiwak ôta askîhk - The arrival of people here on earth at the very beginning
Simeon Scott
Long ago the land we know as Canada was empty. People lived in another land, up above. An unseen voice asked a man and a woman, if they would like to go to another land down below. They agreed and went to see Spider to get there. They did not heed his warnings, however, that only one person may look down from the spider's line and, when both looked, they fell into the great eagle-nest. They were rescued by a wolverine and a bear. The bear taught the pair the ways of life on this new land. This is why the bear is respected and considered a wise person. When the White-Men came, they were interested in the Indians' coats and skins, but the two groups of people did not understand each other.
StoryTeller | Simeon Scott | Community | Kashechewan (Fort Albany) |
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Age/Level | preschool | Language | Swampy Cree (n dialect) |
Year Recorded | 1955-57 | Year Last Edited | 2010 |
Described by | Marie-Odile Junker & Doug Ellis |
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wîsakêcâhk ê-âtanôhkâsot kâ-kî-niskipotênik ômêniw askîniw - The legend of Weesakechahk and the flood
Simeon Scott
When a flood covered all land, Weesakechahk built a raft to save himself and gathered creatures onto it. He decided, however, that he wanted to make more land and so he lowered the creatures he had down into the depths of the water to gather earth from the bottom. The first animal drowned on the way and the second, a muskrat, was near death when Weesakechahk blew it off and collected the earth from the creature's claw. Weesakechahk told the wolverine to run around in circles until the land was so large that the wolverine never made it back. Then, Weesakechahk made his way North, leaving signs of himself behind, and he was found at the end of the land by two men. One asked to live long enough to see his children supporting themselves and Weesakechahk granted him this, the other asked to live forever and Weesakechahk turned him into a stone.
StoryTeller | Simeon Scott | Community | Kashechewan (Fort Albany) |
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Age/Level | cycle 2 | Language | Swampy Cree (n dialect) |
Year Recorded | 1956-57 | Year Last Edited | 2009 |
Described by | Marie-Odile Junker & Doug Ellis |
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wêhci-kî-shîwâkamihk wînipêk - Why the water in James Bay is salt
John Carpenter
James Bay is salty because, when the wolverine wanted to attend Weesahkwechahk's feast, a skunk repelled him with its spray and the wolverine had to wash it off in the bay.
StoryTeller | John Carpenter | Community | Moose Factory |
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Age/Level | preschool | Language | Moose Cree (l dialect) |
Year Recorded | 1965 | Year Last Edited | 2010 |
Described by | Marie-Odile Junker & Doug Ellis |
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