Glecia Bear or Nêhiyaw (April 29, 1912 in Green Lake, Saskatchewan – September 1998, Flying Dust First Nation[1]) was a Saskatchewan-born[2] Cree elder and a traditional tale teller.[3] Her stories were recorded and translated by Freda Ahenakew.
Glecia Bear | |
|---|---|
| Nêhiyaw | |
| Cree leader | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 29, 1912 Green Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Died | September 1998 (aged 85–86) Flying Dust First Nation, Canada |
She was the first female chief of the Flying Dust First Nation.[1]
Works
editIn Kthkominawak otbcimowiniwbwa, Glecia Bear tells her life story as a Cree woman.[4][5] In Wanisinwak iskwesisak : awasisasinahikanis, Glecia Bear recalls being lost in the forest with her little sister when they were eleven and eight years old.[6]
Bibliography
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Compassion/manâcihitowin". Dene/Cree ElderSpeak (in English and Cree). Meadow Lake Tribal Council. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ a b Kerman, Kay (September 1992). "TWO LITTLE GIRLS LOST IN THE BUSH: A CREE STORY FOR CHILDREN/WANISINWAK ISKWESISAK: AWASISASINAHIKANIS (review)". CM: A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People. 20 (4). University of Manitoba. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ Carter, Sarah (2005). Unsettled pasts: reconceiving the west through women's history. University of Calgary Press. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-55238-177-9. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ Emma Minde; Freda Ahenakew; H. Christoph Wolfart (1997). Their example showed me the way. University of Alberta. pp. xi ff. ISBN 978-0-88864-291-2. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ Ahenakew, Freda; Wolfart, H.C., eds. (1998). Kôhkominawak Otâcimowiniwâwa / Our Grandmothers' Lives As Told in Their Own Words: Told By Glecia Bear, Irene Calliou, Janet Feitz, Minnie Fraser, Alpha Lafond, Rosa Longneck, Mary Wells. Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina. ISBN 9780889771185.
- ^ Susan-Ann Cooper; Aïda Hudson (2003). Windows and words: a look at Canadian children's literature in English. University of Ottawa Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-7766-0556-2. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ Whidden, Lynn (Spring 1993). "Reviewed work(s): Our Grandmothers' Lives as Told in Their Own Words by Freda Ahenakew; H. C. Wolfart". American Indian Quarterly. 17 (2). University of Nebraska Press: 284–286. doi:10.2307/1185550. JSTOR 1185550.
