Learning to Be ANêhiyaw(Cree) Through Language

Autor:	Belinda Daniels-Fiss
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Anthropology media_common.quotation_subject Childhood memory Sociology Indigenous Literacy Education Visual arts media_common
Zdroj:	Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education. 2:233-245
ISSN:	1559-5706 1559-5692
Popis:	This article describes a journey and a rediscovery of what it meant and means to speak from a Cree worldview. The way I was raised created my identity as a nehiyaw and to my having a Cree worldview; however, I lost these concepts when I started school and moved to the city. Later, in my adult years, I began re-learning my own history and language. Participating in a Cree immersion camp helped me to regain the Cree literacy that I had lost or forgotten. To understand the structure of the Cree language and philosophy, I looked to childhood memories and graduate-level classes that drew on Indigenous peoples' knowledge. Both memories and classes added to my Cree state of being, which resulted in my becoming a whole and complete nehiyaw—“an exact person.”
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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