"These stories from the Peepeekisis Cree Nation tell of the Little People, Wesuketchuk, and the Sky People, and share the Plains Cree worldview, values, and spiritual beliefs."--Back cover.
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ISBN: 9781988783635 (pbk.)
Physical Description:93 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 28 cmprint
Publisher:Regina, Saskatchewan : Your Nickel's Worth Publishing, 2021.
General Note: Parallel text in Plains Cree and English.Translated from the English."Original published text (English), Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, 1978, Medicine boy and other Cree tales"--Title page verso.
Formatted Contents Note: pīsimoyāpīs = Little rainbow -- maskihkiy-nāpēsis = Medicine boy -- mēmēkwēsiwak = The little people -- misti-kinēpik = The water serpent -- misāskwatōmina ēkwa misti-kinēpik = The Saskatoons and the serpent -- paskwāwi-mostos sākahikan = Buffalo Lake -- maskwa ēkwa okāsakēwak = Musqua and the greedy ones -- kinēpik = Kinaipic the snake -- mōniyāskwēsis = Little Mooniasquaiw -- wāpi-paskwāwi-mostos = The White buffalo -- nistam mistatimwak = The first horses -- nakatikowin = Abandoned -- pītos pīkiskwēwin = A strange dialect -- ātayōhkēwin: awīna kā-tēpwēt = A legend of qu'appelle -- wīsahkēcāhk = Wesuketchuk -- tānēhki āhāsiwak kā-kaskitēsicik = Why crows are black -- wīsahkēcāhk ēkwa mahkēsīs = Wesuketchuk and the fox -- kā-pāh-piskwātisit mistik = The lumpy trunked tree -- wāpos = Wapoose the rabbit -- pasānak kā-nīmihitocik = The dancing bullrushes -- kēhtē-mahihkan ē-iyinīsit = The wise old wolf -- mostos ēkwa sihkos = Moostoos and the weasel -- wīsahkēcahk ēkwa maskwa = Wesuketchuk and the bear -- ayīkis = Ayekis the frog -- kā-mācipayit tipiskāwi-pīsim = The origin of the moon -- Pronounciation guide.