Told by Eliza Bobbish Webb, Chisasibi Transcribed and translated by Brian Webb Beesum-communications.com/legends I wanted to share the story of the times when I went with my father on the hunt. This was before his sons were capable of hunting. […]
Category: Cree Legends
Food Preservation
Told by Maria Scipio Translated and transcribed by Brian Webb www.beesum-communications.com/legends I’ll talk about how food was handled in the past. Everything was kept. This is what I’ll talk about. This was when the Canada Geese were still abundant. In […]
ᒦᒋᒻ ᑳ ᒌ ᑭᓄᐙᔨᐦᑖᑭᓂᐎᒡ
ᒥᕌᔮ ᓯᐱᔨᐤ ᐋ ᒌ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᑦ ᐱᕌᔨᓐ ᐌᑉ ᐋ ᒌ ᐃᑣᔥᑎᒫᑎᐦᒃ ᑭᔮ ᐋ ᒌ ᒥᓯᓂᐦᐊᐦᒃ ᐋᐃ ᓂᑭ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᓐ, ᐊᓐ ᒀ ᒦᒋᒻ ᑳ ᐊᑎ ᐃᐦᑐᑖᑭᓂᐎᒡ ᐙᔥᑭᒡ᙮ ᒥᓯᐙ ᑮᑆ ᒑᒀᓐ ᐋ ᒌ ᒥᓈᐦᐅᓈᓂᐎᒡ᙮ ᐋᐅᒄ ᐊᓐ ᒑ ᐐᐦᑎᒫᓐ᙮ ᓈᔥᒡ ᒀ ᐋᔥᒄ ᐋ ᒌ ᐙᔪᑎᓰᑦ […]
My Father
Told by Eliza Webb Translated and transcribed by Brian Webb www.beesum-communications.com/legends Another story I’ve heard of my father was during the fall when ice begins to form. People jigged for fish on the river where we stayed. People caught lots […]
ᓅᐦᑖᐐ
ᐃᓛᐃᓵ ᐌᑉ ᐋ ᒌ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᑦ ᐱᕌᔨᓐ ᐌᑉ ᐋ ᒌ ᐃᑣᔥᑎᒫᑎᐦᒃ ᑭᔮ ᐋ ᒌ ᒥᓯᓂᐦᐊᐦᒃ ᐋᔪᐎᒄ ᑮᑆ ᒥᒄ ᐊᓂᔮ ᑳ ᐹᐦᑎᒧᒡ ᐊᓂᔮ ᓅᐦᑖᐐ, ᐊᓂᑖ ᑮᑆ ᐋ ᑎᒀᒑᔨᐦᑖᑯᓂᔨᒡ, ᐅᔥᑭᒡ ᐋ ᐊᑎ ᒥᒥᔥᑭᐎᑎᐦᒡ ᐊᓂᑖ᙮ ᑳ ᒌ ᐃᐦᑎᓈᓂᐎᒡ ᐙᔥ ᐊᓂᑖ ᐋ ᐅᒋᒀᒋᒑᓂᐎᒡ ᐊᓂᑖ, ᐊᓐ […]
ᑳ ᐙᐹᐦᐆᑯᓈᓂᐎᒡ
ᓯᐱᔨᐤ ᐋ ᒌ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᑦ, ᒋᓵᓰᐲ ᐱᕌᔨᓐ ᐌᑉ ᑳ ᒥᓯᓂᐦᐊᐦᒃ ᑭᔮ ᑳ ᐃᑣᔥᑎᒫᑎᐦᒃ ᐹᔨᒀᐤ ᓅᐦᑖᐐ ᒌ ᐐᒋᐦᐄᐙᐤ ᐋ ᐙᐹᐦᐆᑯᓈᓂᐎᔨᒡ᙮ ᐋᐅᒄ ᑳ ᒫᒥᔅᑳᑖᔨᐦᑎᒫᓐ ᐊᓐ, ᐊᓐ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐎᓐ ᐊᓂᔮ ᑳ ᐃᐦᑎᒡ ᐊᓂᔮ᙮ ᔖᔥ-ᐋ? ᐋᐅᒄ ᒑ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᔮᓐ᙮ ᐊᓂᑖ ᐋ ᐃᐦᑖᔮᐦᒡ ᐊᓂᑖ ᒫᓂᐦᐄᑯᔅᑳᑭᒦᐦᒡ᙮ ᑳᑭᔮ ᒑᒃ ᐊᓂᑖ […]
Adrift on the Bay
Told by Harry Scipio, Chisasibi Translated and transcribed by Brian Webb www.beesum-communications.com/legends Once my late father was with a group of hunters on a sheet of ice that drifted away into open water. That story amazed me. I shall tell […]
Trapping Beaver in the Winter
Told by Elsie Duff, Chisasibi Translated and transcribed by Brian Webb Beesum-communications.com/legends As far as you can remember, did your family move camp almost every day during the winter? Sometimes we did. During autumn, we settled down to wait for […]
ᑳ ᒸᔅᒑᐱᒋᔮᐦᒡ
ᐁᓪᓰ ᑕᕝ ᐋ ᒌ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᑦ, ᒋᓵᓰᐲ ᐱᕌᔨᓐ ᐌᑉ ᐋ ᒌ ᐃᑣᔥᑎᒫᑎᐦᒃ ᑭᔮ ᑭᔮ ᐋ ᒌ ᒥᓯᓂᐦᐊᐦᒃ ᐊᓂᑖ ᒫ ᐱᔮᒋ ᒋᔅᒋᔨᓐ ᐊᓂᑖ ᒀ ᐋ ᐱᐳᐦᒡ, ᒥᐦᑎᐙᒡ-ᐋ ᐋᔑᑯᒻ ᒌᔑᑳᐤᐦ ᔥᒌ ᐱᒋᓈᐙᐤ? ᓂᔮᓂᑯᑐᓐᐦ ᑮᑆ᙮ ᐊᓂᑖ ᒀ ᐋ ᑎᒀᑭᐱᓈᓂᐎᒡ ᒀ, ᑖᒀᑭᐱᔮᐦᒡᐦ, ᐋᑯᑦ ᓂᒥ ᔖᒫᒡ […]
The Woman who turned Cannibalistic
Told by Mary Masty Sr. There was once a man with his wife living out on the land. They lived a simple life and were not experiencing any hardship. The couple was living not far from the man’s father-in-law. The […]