Glecia Bear Explained
Glecia Bear or Nêhiyaw (April 29, 1912 in Green Lake, Saskatchewan – September 1998, Flying Dust First Nation[1]) was a Saskatchewan-born Cree elder and a traditional tale teller.[2] Her stories were recorded and translated by Freda Ahenakew.
She was the first female chief of the Flying Dust First Nation.[1]
Works
In Kthkominawak otbcimowiniwbwa, Glecia Bear tells her life story as a Cree woman.[3] [4] In Wanisinwak iskwesisak : awasisasinahikanis, Glecia Bear recalls being lost in the forest with her little sister when they were eleven and eight years old.[5]
Bibliography
- Book: Wanisinwak iskwesisak : awasisasinahikanis . Two little girls lost in the bush: a Cree story for children . 1991. [6]
- Book: Kthkominawak otbcimowiniwbwa . Our grandmothers' lives, as told in their own words . 1992. [7]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Compassion/manâcihitowin. Dene/Cree ElderSpeak. Meadow Lake Tribal Council. 23 December 2010. en, cr. https://web.archive.org/web/20161013002606/http://www.horizonzero.ca/elderspeak/stories/compassion.html. 13 October 2016. dead.
- Book: Carter, Sarah. Unsettled pasts: reconceiving the west through women's history. 2005. University of Calgary Press. 978-1-55238-177-9. 23 December 2010. 154.
- Book: Their example showed me the way. Emma Minde. Freda Ahenakew. H. Christoph Wolfart. H. Christoph Wolfart. University of Alberta. 1997. 978-0-88864-291-2. xi ff. 23 December 2010.
- Book: 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. 1998. Ahenakew. Freda. Wolfart. H.C.. Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina. 9780889771185.
- Book: Windows and words: a look at Canadian children's literature in English. Susan-Ann Cooper. Aïda Hudson. University of Ottawa Press. 2003. 978-0-7766-0556-2. 54. 23 December 2010.
- Kerman. Kay. 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. September 1992. 20. 4. 2 March 2022. University of Manitoba.
- Whidden. Lynn. Reviewed work(s): Our Grandmothers' Lives as Told in Their Own Words by Freda Ahenakew; H. C. Wolfart. American Indian Quarterly. Spring 1993. 17. 2. 284–286 . 1185550. University of Nebraska Press. 10.2307/1185550.
