Ákaitsinikssiistsi = Blackfoot stories of old /

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Author / Creator:Russell, Lena Heavy Shields, author.
Imprint:Regina (Saskatchewan), Canada : University of Regina Press, 2014.
Description:xxiii, 68 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Siksika
Series:First nations language readers ; [memoir 3]
First Nations language readers ; memoir 3.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13440926
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Varying Form of Title:Blackfoot stories
Other authors / contributors:Genee, Inge, author.
Singer, William, III.
ISBN:9780889773189
0889773181
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (page xxiii).
Parallel Blackfoot text with English translation.
Summary:A collection of eight stories introducing the Blackfoot language. Includes a pronunciation guide and Blackfoot-to-English glossary.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Omohtó'totama'piihpi aahkssawá tsto'si Niitsí'powahsini Why the Blackfoot language is important to preserve
  • 2. Aatsímoi'hkaani Prayer
  • 3. Nínna Akáóhkitopiiwa #1 My Father, Rides-Many-Horses #1
  • 4. Nínna Akáóhkitopiiwa #2 My Father, Rides-Many-Horses #2
  • 5. Amíí ohkíni ki amááya náíípisstsiitapiima A finger bone and a rag doll
  • 6. Ksíssta'pssiwa A Spirit
  • 7. Isstoyíísi Cold Weather
  • 8. Ómahksisttsííksiinaiksi Rattlesnakes
  • Blackfoot
  • English Glossary.