âhkami-nêhiyawêtân : Let's Keep Speaking Cree
- Author Name: Solomon Ratt
- Publisher: University of Regina Press
- Publication Date: 2022
- ISBN: 9780889778467 (softcover)
- Author Website: https://www.fnuniv.ca/academic/faculty/solomon-ratt-ma/
About the Book
An important language resource that helps intermediate nêhiyawêwin learners begin to understand more advanced grammar of the language. Building on mâci-nêhiyawêwin / Beginning Cree, Solomon Ratt’s first influential Cree language resource, âhkami-nêhiyawêtân / Let’s Keep Speaking Cree helps intermediate nêhiyawêwin learners begin to understand more advanced grammar of the language. The textbook is more than a language textbook though: it includes a series of the author’s original stories written in Cree, complete with comprehension questions, making it ideal for self-study as well as classroom use.
About the Author
Born in a trapper’s cabin on the banks of the Churchill River, just four miles north of Stanley Mission, Saskatchewan, Solomon spent the first few years of his life travelling up and down the river with his parents until he was taken to the Residential School in Prince Albert at the age of six. He graduated from the University of Regina with a BA (Ord) and BA (Adv) and an MA. He’s been instructing at First Nations University of Canada since 1986 and recently was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit for his long-time work in Cree language revitalization.