100 days of Cree / Neal McLeod with Arok Wolvengrey.
"As an Elder once said, "Learn one Cree word a day for 100 days, and emerge a different person." In 100 Days of Cree Neal McLeod offers a portal into another way of understanding the universe--and our place within it--while demonstrating why this funny, vibrant, and sometimes salaciou...
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English Cree |
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Regina, Saskatchewan :
University of Regina Press,
2016.
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| Genre/Form: | Dictionary, dictionaries, Dictionaries |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "As an Elder once said, "Learn one Cree word a day for 100 days, and emerge a different person." In 100 Days of Cree Neal McLeod offers a portal into another way of understanding the universe--and our place within it--while demonstrating why this funny, vibrant, and sometimes salacious language is "the sexiest" of them all (according to Tomson Highway). Based on a series of Facebook posts, the 100 short chapters or "days" in the book present chains of related words, some dealing with the traditional--the buffalo hunt, the seasons--and others cheekily capturing the detritus of modern life--from internet slang to Johnny Cash songs to Viagra."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 0889774307 9780889774308 |
| Language: | Text in English; some text in Cree. |