| Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary/alperta ohci kehtehayak nehiyaw otwestamakewasinahikan |
Nancy LeClaire, George Cardinal
Editor Earle H. Waugh
Foreword Thelma J. Chalifoux |
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| Cree is the most widespread native language in Canada. The Alberta Elders' Cree Dictionary is a highly usable and effective dictionary that serves students, business, governments, and media. Designed for speakers, students, and teachers of Cree; includes Cree-English and English-Cree sections. [See online dictionary at http://www.creedictionary.com or download the app from iTunes.] |
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Copublished with Duval House Publishing.
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| Format: Trade Paperback |
| ISBN: 978-0-88864-284-4 |
| Price: CND$ 49.95, USD$ 49.95, £ 41.99 |
| Discount: Trade |
| Subject: Language/Cree |
| Publication Date: December 1998 |
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| Awards |
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| 1999 Alberta Book Awards |
| Alberta Scholarly Title of the Year |
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| 1999 Association for Canadian Studies |
| Award of Merit |
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| 1999 Board of Governors, University of Alberta |
| Award of Distinction |
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| Reviews |
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"[A]landmark work of native scholarship.”
Suzanne Methot, Quill & Quire |
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"[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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"[S]erves as a cultural focal point for an entire nationality.”
– Bruce Butcher, Athabasca Advocate |
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"In illuminating the wealth of the Cree language, the dictionary more than meets its goal.”
Karen Rice, Letters in Canada |
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…"demonstrates the amazing achievement of Alberta's Cree people in the last hundred plus years.”
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