Freda Ahenakew (1932-2011) earned her MA in Cree linguistics at the University of Manitoba and was a founding director of the Saskatchewan Indian Languages Institute. Awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Saskatchewan in 1997, she was considered a leader in Indigenous language preservation and literary heritage preservation in Canada. She was made a member of the Order of Canada in 1998. H.C. Wolfart is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Manitoba.
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Foreword by Arok Wolvengrey Preface to the 1992 Edition Preface to the 1998 Reprint kohkominawak / ??????? / Our Grandmothersby Freda Ahenakew Introduction to the Texts by H.C. Wolfart I. Life in the Bush 1. Janet Feitz, Encounters with Bears. 2. Glecia Bear, Daily Life 3. Janet Feitz, Then and Now 4. Minnie Fraser, His First Moose II Reserve Life 5. Glecia Bear, Lost and Found 6. Irene Calliou, Household Chores 7. Mary Wells, Fun and Games 8. Glecia Bear, A Woman's Life III Dialogue 9. Alpha Lafond & Rosa Longneck, Reminiscences of Muskeg Lake, edited and translated by Freda Ahenakew & Arok Wolvengrey Notes by H.C. Wolfart
"[T]hese ... are good stories to share ... and are absolute treasures." -Chelsea Vowel, author of Buffalo is the New Buffalo