Awards

• Winner of Alberta Book Publishing Awards - Alberta Scholarly Title of the Year 1999
• Winner of Association for Canadian Studies - Award of Merit 1999
• Winner of Board of Governors, University of Alberta - Award of Distinction 1999

Overview

Cree is the most widespread native language in Canada. This is a highly usable and effective dictionary that will serve students, business, governments and media. Designed for speakers, students and teachers of Cree; includes Cree-English and English-Cree sections.

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Author:   Nancy LeClaire ,  George Cardinal ,  Earle H. Waugh (Professor, Dept. of Religious Studies (3-37C Arts)) ,  Thelma J. Chalifoux
Publisher:   University of Alberta Press
Imprint:   University of Alberta Press
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.180kg
ISBN:  

9780888642844

ISBN 10:   0888642849
Pages:   604
Publication Date:   01 December 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Reviews

"""""Demonstrates the amazing achievement of Alberta's Cree people in the last hundred plus years.""... In illuminating the wealth of the Cree language, the dictionary more than meets its goal."" Karen Rice, Letters in Canada, Volume 70, Number 1, Winter 2000/2001 ""[A]landmark work of native scholarship."" Suzanne Methot, Quill & Quire ""[S]erves as a cultural focal point for an entire nationality."" - Bruce Butcher, Athabasca Advocate ""[T]he publication of this dictionary has made a major cultural contribution to the Cree Community, to preserving and rejuvenating the Cree language."" - Lucianna Ciccocioppo, Folio ""Our South Slave communities (Northern, sakāw nēhiyawēwin, ‘U’-dialect) are amazed with these Elders’ dictionaries... We are sharing them among our Cree classes and using them across our curricula, and our teachers really appreciate having the Cree—English, English—Cree, and new technical words. mistahi kīnanāskomawāw."" Kyle Napier, Cree Language Manager | Communications & Research Manager -- Kyle Napier #1 on the Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestsellers list, June 5, 2022"

. demonstrates the amazing achievement of Alberta's Cree people in the last hundred plus years. In illuminating the wealth of the Cree language, the dictionary more than meets its goal. Karen Rice, Letters in Canada [A]landmark work of native scholarship. Suzanne Methot, Quill & Quire [S]erves as a cultural focal point for an entire nationality. - Bruce Butcher, Athabasca Advocate [T]he publication of this dictionary has made a major cultural contribution to the Cree Community, to preserving and rejuvenating the Cree language. - Lucianna Ciccocioppo, Folio

".""demonstrates the amazing achievement of Alberta's Cree people in the last hundred plus years."" ""In illuminating the wealth of the Cree language, the dictionary more than meets its goal."" Karen Rice, Letters in Canada ""[A]landmark work of native scholarship."" Suzanne Methot, Quill & Quire ""[S]erves as a cultural focal point for an entire nationality."" - Bruce Butcher, Athabasca Advocate ""[T]he publication of this dictionary has made a major cultural contribution to the Cree Community, to preserving and rejuvenating the Cree language."" - Lucianna Ciccocioppo, Folio"

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Nancy LeClaire and George Cardinal; Edited by Earle Waugh

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