Ákaitsinikssiistsi/Blackfoot Stories of Old (First Nations Language Readers) MMIWG Willy Littlechild

Willy Littlechild

John Jacob Astor

Bear wakes up to a noise in the woods outside his winter den

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Ákaitsinikssiistsi/Blackfoot Stories of Old (First Nations Language Readers) MMIWG Willy LittlechildBlackfoot Stories of Old kaitsinikssiistsi is the third volume in the First Nations Language Readers series meant for language learners and language users. This collection presents eight Blackfoot stories told by Lena Russell Ikkinnihki 'Gentle Singer,' a fluent speaker of Blackfoot from the Kainai (Blood) reserve in southern Alberta. In contrast with other Algonquian languages, such as Cree and Saulteaux (Ojibwe), Blackfoot is not usually written in