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7 unusual facts about Cree language


Akina Shirt

Akina Shirt (born January 18, 1994 Edmonton, Alberta) is a First Nations singer known for her performances in the Cree language.

Arok Wolvengrey

On 15 October 2001, Wolvengrey published what is regarded as the most extensive CreeEnglish dictionary to date.

Koochiching County, Minnesota

The name "Koochiching" comes from either the Ojibwe word Gojijiing or Cree Kocicīhk (recorded in some documents as "Ouchichiq"), both meaning "at the place of inlets," referring to the neighboring Rainy Lake and River.

McDougall United Church

George McDougall established a school in 1871, to teach English to the children of the Hudson's Bay Company employees, because the most used languages then were French, Gaelic, and Cree.

OJS

ISO 639 language designation for the Oji-Cree language, also known as the Severn Ojibwa language or Anishininiimowin (Anishinini language)

Pigeon Lake, Alberta

It was called "Woodpecker Lake" until 1858, from Hmi-hmoo (or Ma-Me-O), the Cree word for woodpecker.

Viburnum

V. edule – squashberry, mooseberry, pembina, pimbina, highbush cranberry, lowbush cranberry, moosomin (Cree language)


2006–07 Calgary Flames season

On February 3, 2007, the Flames made history by having young Cree singer Akina Shirt perform "O Canada" in Woodlands Cree, the first time the national anthem had ever been performed in an Aboriginal language at a major league sporting event.

Kapuskasing

Kapuskasing is a word of Cree origin, and its true meaning has been the question of debate.

Oxford House, Manitoba

Cree was selected as the mother tongue of 1,500 residents.

Proto-Algonquian language

It has merged with the reflex of *r in all Algonquian languages except for Cree and the Arapaho group.

Sioux language

Sioux is a Siouan language spoken by over 30,000 Sioux in the United States and Canada, making it the fifth most spoken indigenous language in the United States or Canada, behind Navajo, Cree, Inuit and Ojibwe.


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