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kisiskâciwan kisiskâciwan Indigenous Voices from Where the River Flows Swiftly Edited by Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber © 2018 Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber All rights reserved. No part of this work covered by the copyrights hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means — graphic, electronic, or mechanical — without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any request for photocopying, recording, taping or placement in information storage and retrieval systems of any sort shall be directed in writing to Access Copyright. Since this page cannot accommodate all the copyright notices, pages 433–439 constitute an extension of the copyright page. Printed and bound in Canada at Marquis. The text of this book is printed on 100% post- consumer recycled paper with earth-friendly vegetable-based inks. Cover design: Duncan Campbell, University of Regina Press Text design: John van der Woude, JVDW Designs Proofreader: Kristine Douaud Cover art: “Flowing Water” by Dieter Tracey / iStockphoto. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Kisiskâciwan : Indigenous voices from where the river flows swiftly / edited by Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber. Includes index. Issued in print and electronic formats. ISBN 978-0-88977-542-8 (softcover).— ISBN 978-0-88977-543-5 (PDF).—ISBN 978-0-88977-544-2 (HTML) 1. Canadian literature (English)—Native authors. 2. Canadian literature—Native authors. 3. Canadian literature (English)—Saskatchewan. 4. Canadian literature—Saskatchewan. 5. Native peoples—Saskatchewan—Literary collections. 6. Canadian literature (English)— 21st century. 7. Canadian literature—21st century. I. Archibald-Barber, Jesse Rae, 1972-, editor PS8235.I6K57 2018 C810.8’089707124 C2018-900974-8 C2018-900975-6 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 University of Regina Press, University of Regina Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, s4s 0a2 tel: (306) 585-4758 fax: (306) 585-4699 web: www.uofrpress.ca We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts for our publishing program. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada. / Nous reconnaissons l’appui financier du gouvernement du Canada. This publication was made possible with support from Creative Saskatchewan’s Creative Industries Production Grant Program. For all those whose voices have been lost too soon and for all those whose voices are still singing The prairie is full of bones. The bones stand and sing and I feel the weight of them as they guide my fingers on this page. —Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe, from Blue Marrow Contents Preface xv atakawinin (The Gambler) 28 Introduction xix Saulteaux • c. 1842–1916 Speeches at Treaty Four (Morris) Saukamappee (Young Man) 1 Cree • c. 1700–1793 kamooses 30 Life Among the Peigans Plains Cree • c. 18??–?? Speeches at Treaty Four (Morris) James Settee 9 Swampy Cree • c. 1809–1902 mistawāsis (Big Child) 31 An Indian Camp at the Mouth of Plains Cree • c. 1813–1903 Nelson River Hudson’s Bay Speech at Treaty Six (Morris) Wars between the Sioux and Saulteaux Speech at Treaty Six (Erasmus) Charles Pratt 24 atāhkakohp (Star Blanket) 34 Cree-Assiniboine • 1816–1888 Plains Cree • c. 1816–1896 CMS catechist meets Cha-wa-cis, Speeches at Treaty Six (Morris) Saulteaux Medicine Man Speech at Treaty Six (Erasmus) kā-kišīwē (Loud Voice) 27 payipwāt 36 Plains Cree • c. 1796–1884 Plains Cree (Sioux) • c. 1816–1908 Speeches at Treaty Four (Morris) To the Superior-General Defending the Sundance Response to Offer of Baptism viii kisiskâciwan wīhkasko-kisēyin (Sweet Grass) 37 pīhtikwahānapiwiyin Plains Cree • 18?? –1877 (Poundmaker) 55 Messages from the Cree Chiefs of the Plains Cree • c. 1842–1886 Plains Speeches at Treaty Six (Morris) Speech at Treaty Six (Morris) Letter to Riel Letter to Middleton mistahi-maskwa (Big Bear) 39 Address to the Court Plains Cree • c. 1825–1888 To Rev. George McDougall Louis Riel 58 Speeches at Treaty Six (Morris) Métis • 1844–1885 Speech at the Council of Duck Lake Message to the Métis of Battleford Letter to Sergeant Martin, N.W.M.P. Revolutionary Bill of Rights Address to the Court Palpite! ô mon esprit! Shudder, My Spirit kā-miyēstawēsit (Beardy) 42 Margaret: be fair and good Willow Cree • c. 1828–1889 Robert Gordon! Speeches at Treaty Six Special Meeting (Morris) kā-papāmahcahkwēw (Wandering Spirit) 64 wāwikanihk kā-otāmahoht Plains Cree • 1845–1885 (Strikes Him On The Back) 44 Council Speech Cree • 1830–1884 Speech to Warriors Speech at Treaty Six Negotiations Become Farmers acāhkosa kā-otakohpit (Star Blanket) 65 tatanka iyotake (Sitting Bull) 45 Plains Cree • c. 1845–1917 Lakota • c. 1831–1890 Letter to Governor General Arriving at Wood Mountain To the American Commissioners kā-miyo-kīsikwēw (Fine Day) 66 To Major Walsh Plains Cree • c. 1847–1941 Song for Returning Warriors peopeo kiskiok hihih (White Bird) 47 Big Bear’s Last Thirst Dance Nez Percé • 18??–1892 The First Person The Nez Percé War piyēsiw-awāsis (Thunderchild) 69 Gabriel Dumont 49 Plains Cree • 1849–1927 Métis • 1837–1906 A Winter of Hardship Batoche A Fight with the Sarcee The Fourth Day The Sun Dance Contents ix Sacred Stories Of The Charlie Janvier 119 Sweet Grass Cree 74 Dene • 1889–1984 nāh-namiskwākāpaw (Louis Moosomin) A Man and a Wolf The Birth of Wisahketchahk and the Origin of Mankind Charles Ryder 121 Burnt-Stick Nakoda • 1889–19?? The Pipe of Peace kā-kīsikāw-pīhtukāw (Coming-Day) A Bear Story The Shut-Eye Dancers Peter Vandall 124 kā-wīhkaskusahk (Maggie Achenam) Plains Cree • 1899–1985 Thunderbird and Winter Social Control Hell-Diver The Foolish Maiden Marie Merasty 126 Woods Cree • c. 1900s–1983 Plains Cree Texts 96 The Wetiko Mother nāh-namiskwākāpaw (Louis Moosomin) A Race for Life Ancient Life. The Sun-Dance The Last Laugh Experience as a Medium kā-kīsikāw-pīhtukāw (Coming-Day) How Sweet-Grass Became Chief Eleanor Brass 131 A Great Herd Cree-Saulteaux • 1905–1992 A Buffalo in Human Form Medicine Boy Legend of Qu’Appelle kā-wīhkaskusahk (Maggie Achenam) Excerpt from I Walk in Two Worlds How Women Were Treated How the Blackfoot Killed Their Wives nêhiyaw (Glecia Bear) 140 Cree • 1912–1998 Abel Watetch 102 Lost and Found Cree • c. 1878–1964 The Meaning of the Rain Dance John F. Cote 146 Saulteaux • 1912–1999 Edward Ahenakew 111 Nēnapohš and the Shut-eye Dancing Cree • 1885–1961 Ducks That Fatal Day at Frog Lake (No. 5) Nēnapohš Makes Red Willows Michel Benjamin 117 Alice Ahenakew 148 Dene • 1888–19?? Plains Cree • 1912–2007 The Story of Thanadelthur The Priest’s Bear Medicine x kisiskâciwan Bertha O’Watch 155 Herbert Walker 181 Nakoda • 1914–2012 Nakoda • 1931–2012 Big Snake Mink and Coyote Įktómi and Fox Freda Ahenakew 182 Arsene Fontaine 157 Plains Cree • 1932–2011 Dene • 1918–1993 Excerpt from kinêhiyâwiwininaw The Story of the Bear nêhiyawêwin Howard Adams 159 Hubert Gunn 185 Métis • 1921–2001 Saulteaux • 1933–1995 Excerpt from Prison of Grass A Lamp to Read By Annie Benonie 160 Vicki Wilson 189 Dene • 1925–2011 Dakota-Cree A Person That Always Stays Alone It was to me like we had lost our childhood You’d be exposing yourself George Klyne 163 Métis • 1925–2015 Bernelda Wheeler 193 The Trapper and the Snare Cree-Nakoda-Saulteaux • 1937–2005 Our Beloved Land and You Alexander Wolfe 164 Saulteaux • 1927–2002 Maria Campbell 197 The Sound of Dancing Métis • b. 1940 Jacob Jim Kâ-Nîpitêhtêw 166 Plains Cree • 19??–1996 Buffy Sainte-Marie 206 The Pipestem and the Making of Plains Cree • b. 1941 Treaty Six Now That the Buffalo’s Gone My Country ’Tis of Thy People You’re Augie Merasty 171 Dying Woods Cree • 1930–2017 Excerpts from The Education of Augie Gloria Mehlmann 209 Merasty Cree-Saulteaux Pin Cherry Morning Helen Francis 176 Métis • b. 1931 Life on the Trapline Bombardier
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