David Westfall's Northern Manitoba Mosaic

David Westfall's
Northern Manitoba Mosaic

David Westfall

CONTENTS

Introduction
From the Past. . . A Photo Archive
The Land
Wildlife
Settlement
Work and Play

Visit the other Westfall Web pages:
Westfall/Castel English-Cree Dictionary and Memoirs of the Elders
Pukatawagan: The English-Cree Dictionary

The anthology Castel's English Cree Dictionary and Memoirs of the Elders
is enhanced by many photos,
including the following from the past and present.

Of those included in the text,
most are from from the Pukatawagan area
but a few were taken at other Cree and Oji-Cree sites
in the northern boreal forest of Manitoba
and the adjacent part of Saskatchewan.

David Westfall
Assistant Professor
Brandon University ~ Brandon, Manitoba ~ Canada

CD-ROM Label

Castel's English-Cree Dictionary and Memoirs of the Elders
Based on the Woods Cree of Pukatawagan, Manitoba
Author: Robert J. Castel, teacher and Cree native speaker
Editor: David Westfall, Assistant Professor at Brandon University

Over 400 pages of verbatim transcripts
and translations of interviews with
the following elders provide
a wealth of authentic Rock Cree material:

Charlie Bighetty
Miles Bighetty
Abraham Bird
Adam Castel
Athanase Castel
Domithilde Castel
Sidney Castel
Agnes Colomb
Hyacinth Colomb

John Colomb
Rosie Colomb
Charlie Hart
Dominique Hart
Henrietta Linklater
Keno Linklater
Emile Sinclair
Margaret Sinclair

A researched and referenced preface and introduction outline the purpose of the anthology and sketch the key grammatical elements of the dialect.
The appendices include quick reference tables and special reference sections that show the main grammatical patterns.
A comprehensive, annotated glossary of Cree words and English-Cree index complete the collection.
The texts are enhanced by many photographs from Pukatawagan, Lynn Lake and Granville Lake.
Audio CDs of the recorded interviews and the English-Cree Dictionary are available at cost and by request.

Cover painting c1999 Leonard Bighetty. Image used by permission of the artist.
Brandon University Northern Teacher Education Program
270-18th Street
Brandon, Manitoba R7A 6A9
ISBN-09689858-0-7

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