Freda Ahenakew
Freda Ahenakew | |
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Born | Ahtahkakoop 104, Saskatchewan | February 11, 1932
Died | April 8, 2011 | (aged 79)
Occupation | Author Academic |
Alma mater | University of Saskatchewan University of Manitoba |
Genre | Children's Literature |
Notable awards | Order of Canada Saskatchewan Order of Merit |
Freda Ahenakew CM SOM (February 11, 1932 – April 8, 2011) was a Canadian author and academic of Cree descent.[1][2] Ahenakew was considered a leader in Indigenous language preservation and literary heritage preservation in Canada.[3][4] She was a sister-in-law to the political activist David Ahenakew.
Biography
Freda Ahenakew was born in
Ahenakew married Harold Greyeyes (who attended
In 1984, she received a Master of Arts in Cree linguistics from the
Ahenakew has been the recipient of numerous honorary awards including an honorary degree from the University of Saskatchewan.[7] She was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1998[8] and was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 2005.[9]
In 2016, a branch of the Saskatoon Public Library was named for Freda Ahenakew.[10]
Selected bibliography
- Cree Language Structures: A Cree Approach. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press (1987)
- "wâskahikaniwiyiniw-âcimowina / Stories of the House People. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press" (1987) Coeditor.
- How the Birch Tree Got its Stripes: A Cree Story for Children (1988)
- How the Mouse Got Brown Teeth: A Cree Story for Children (1988)
- kôhkominawak otâcimowiniwâwa / Our Grandmothers' Lives, as Told in Their Own Words. Told by Glecia Bear et al. Edited and translated by F. Ahenakew & H.C. Wolfart. Saskatoon: Fifth House Publishers, 1992. [facsimile reprint, with new preface: Canadian Plains Reprint Series, Canadian Plains Research Centre, University of Regina, 1998]
- kinêhiyâwiwininaw nêhiyawêwin / The Cree Language is Our Identity: The La Ronge Lectures of Sarah Whitecalf. Edited, translated and with a glossary by H.C. Wolfart & F. Ahenakew. Publications of the Algonquian Text Society / Collection de la Société d'édition de textes algonquiens. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1993.
- kwayask ê-kî-pê-kiskinowâpahtihicik / Their Example Showed Me the Way: A Cree Woman's Life Shaped by Two Cultures. Told by Emma Minde. Edited, translated and with a glossary by F. Ahenakew & H.C. Wolfart. Edmonton, University of Alberta Press, 1997.
- The Student's Dictionary of Literary Plains Cree, Based on Contemporary Texts. with H.C. Wolfart. Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics, Memoir 15, 1998.
- Wisahkecahk Flies to the Moon (1999)
- âh-âyîtaw isi ê-kî-kiskêyihtahkik maskihkiy / They Knew Both Sides of Medicine: Cree Tales of Curing and Cursing Told by Alice Ahenakew. Edited, translated and with a glossary by H.C. Wolfart & Freda Ahenakew. Publications of the Algonquian Text Society / Collection de la Société d'édition de textes algonquiens. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 2000.
- ana kâ-pimwêwêhahk okakêskihkêmowina / The Counselling Speeches of Jim Kâ-Nîpitêhtêw. Edited, translated and with a glossary by F. Ahenakew & H.C. Wolfart. Publications of the Algonquian Text Society / Collection de la Société d'édition de textes algonquiens. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1998. [2007]
References
- ^ "Freda Ahenakew". Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre. Archived from the original on 2010-09-20. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ "Freda Ahenakew's Obituary by The Star Phoenix". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-415-93020-8. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Freda Ahenakew". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f Ahenakew, Freda, Saskatchewan Archival Information Network
- ^ Another good Anthropologist: H.C. Wolfart | That Môniyâw Linguist
- ^ "Honorary Degrees". University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ "Edited Hansard". Parliament of Canada. February 1999. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ "Members of U of S Community Receive Saskatchewan Order of Merit". University of Saskatchewan. October 2005. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ "Dr. Freda Ahenakew honoured in renaming of Saskatoon Public Library Branch" Treaty 4 News (December 21, 2016).