Isúh Áníi / As Grandmother Said : Dátl'ìshí Ts'ìká áa Guunijà / The Narratives of Bessie Meguinis / ed. by Christopher Cox.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cox, Christopher, 1982- Editor.

Starlight, Bruce, 1947- Contributor.

Series:

First Nations Language Reader

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Place of Publication:

Regina : University of Regina Press, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A singular collection of stories published in Tsuut'ina, a critically endangered language With fewer than 20 speakers, Tsuut’ina is a critically endangered language. Isúh Áníi / As Grandmother Said brings together nine traditional narratives and historical accounts in the Tsuut’ina language, originally narrated by Elders Dátł’ìshí Ts’ìká Bessie Meguinis (1883–1987) and Ninàghá Tsìtł’á Willie Little Bear (1912–1989). At once an act of language preservation and a learning resource, each story is retold in Tsuut’ina by Dit’óní Didlíshí Dr. Bruce Starlight and is presented with English translations and a Tsuut’ina-to-English glossary. The narratives included in this collection cover considerable ground, ranging from the creation of the world in the caring hands of Xàlítsa-tsii and his animal helpers, to accounts of separation, migration, and cross-cultural contact that mark major turning points in Tsuut’ina history, and to important cultural and ceremonial items and practices that the Tsuut’ina Nation maintains to this day. These stories will be of lasting value to Tsuut’ina language learners and teachers, and will share the legacy of Elders Bessie Meguinis and Willie Little Bear with generations of Tsuut’ina to come.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Foreword

Introduction

Acknowledgments

1. Diyí Ts’ínìsk’a Nináts’inìstł’úní K’àsì – Xàlítsa-tsii ùwà Tásk’òyí-tsii

2. Tsúut’ínà Ásch’áyídátł’í K’àsì – Tú-chu Nóghàts’ádìłí Ìsíla

3. Xaní-tii Tú-chu

4. Tsúut’ínà Ásch’áyídátł’í K’àsì – Tłích’á Dósa Ítłíts’íyíídátł’í (Tłìk’í)

5. Ninàghá Tsitł’á: Ts’ìká Wúnit’ósì Guminánìstití (Tłìk’í)

6. Tsúut’ínà Goòjí Tonídátł’í K’àsì

8. Tsúut’ínà Kùwa-gutii Oghàtł’oʔí K’àsì

9. Tsúut’ínà Túwúł Oghàtł’oʔí K’àsì

Tsuut’ina-English Glossary

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024)

ISBN:

0-88977-986-4

OCLC:

1409804383