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Contents
Preface - Ted Whitecalf
Introduction - H.C. Wolfart
Part I. Becoming a Cree woman
1. êkosi nikî-pê-ay-itâcihonân / This has been our way of life
2. êkosi nikî-tâs-ôy-ohpikihikawin / This is the way I was raised
3. mêh-mêskoc nikî-pimohtahikawin / I was taken back and forth
4. miton ê-kî-pê-na-nêhiyaw-ôhpikihikawiyân / I was truly raised as a Cree woman
Part II. Being a Cree woman
5. êwak ôm ê-kî-ay-itâcimisot awa nikâwiy / This is my mother’s own story
6. iyikohk ê-kî-sôhkêpayik anima nipahtâkêwin / So horrible was that murder
7. ê-nipahi-kâh-kaskêyihtamân / I was desperately lonesome
8. pikw êkwa niya / Now I had to take charge
Part III. The spiritual life
9. ê-sîkâwîhcikêhk / Observing the mourning ritual
10. manitow kâ-matwêhikêt / Where the spirts drum (I)
11. manitow kâ-matwêhikêt / Where the spirits drum (II)
12. manitow kâ-matwêhikêt / Where the spirits drum (III)
