Meet Cree Longjohn

• tânisi: hello
• Cree Longjohn nitisiyihkâson: My name is Cree Longjohn
• pakitahwân sâkahikan ohci niya: I am from Sturgeon Lake First Nation, Saskatchewan
• âstam: come here

Water on Turtle Island

• kayâs: long ago
• mâmawi-okâwîmâw: Earth
• wacask: muskrat
• kihcikamiy: ocean
• sâkahikana: lakes
• sîpiya: rivers
• paskwâw: plains
• pimâtisiwin: life
• kinosêw: fish

The Frogs are Singing

• ayîkisak ê-nikamowin: the frogs are singing
• ayîkis: frog
• ayîki-pîsim: frog moon, May (or April)
• sâkahikana êkwa sâkahikanis: lakes and ponds
• miyoskamin: spring

Horses are Prairie Companions

• nêhiyawak: Plains Cree People
• mistatim: horse
• mista: big
• atim: dog
• mîpita: teeth
• mâmawi-okâwîmâw: Earth
• sakâw: forests
• maskotêw: grasslands
• misatimwaskasiy: hoof

Rocks are the Grandfathers

• mâmawi-okâwîmâw: Earth
• asiniyak: rocks
• waciy: mountain
• tihkitêw: melting
• saskan: melting
• mistasiniy: big rock

Fire is a Medicine

• pasitêw: fire caused naturally
• nêhiyawêwin: Cree language
• oskâhtak: jack pines
• wasaskwêcôs: pine cone
• sîpihkomina: blueberries
• môswa: moose
• oskihcikêwin: renewal

Plants and Interconnectedness

• wâhkôhtohwin: all my relations
• âmowak: bees
• wâpikwaniya: flowers
• mihkwâpakwanîw: red flower
• mâmawi-okâwîmâw: Earth
• maskihkiy: plant/medicine