Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgements xi
4. Introduction xiii
5. DAY 1 Working Together 1
6. DAY 2 Sky 3
7. DAY 3 Water 6
8. DAY 4 Honour 8
9. DAY 5 Sound 11
10. DAY 6 Place Names (Part 1) 16
11. DAY 7 Clothing 19
12. DAY 8 Treaty 22
13. DAY 9 Facebook/Internet Slang 26
14. DAY 10 Horses (Part 1) 29
15. DAY 11 Different Peoples 33
16. DAY 12 The Character and Knowledge of the Crees 37
17. DAY 13 Kinship 40
18. DAY 14 Dances 44
19. DAY 15 Medicine 49
20. DAY 16 Place Names (Part 2) 52
21. DAY 17 Warfare 55
22. DAY 18 Rivers 58
23. DAY 19 Star Wars 61
24. DAY 20 Kentucky Fried Chicken 64
25. DAY 21 Food 67
26. DAY 22 Buildings 70
27. DAY 23 Weather 75
28. DAY 24 Directions 78
29. DAY 25 Imitations or Fakes 81
30. DAY 26 Funny Cree Expressions (Part 1) 84
31. DAY 27 Spring 87
32. DAY 28 How Sweetgrass Became Chief (Part 1) 89
33. DAY 29 Funny Cree Expressions (Part 2) 91
34. DAY 30 How Sweetgrass Became Chief (Part 2) 94
35. DAY 31 Tim Hortons 97
36. DAY 32 Stories 99
37. DAY 33 The Goose 101
38. DAY 34 Birds 103
39. DAY 35 Education 106
40. DAY 36 How Sweetgrass Became Chief (Part 3) 109
41. DAY 37 Cree Narrative Memory 112
42. DAY 38 How Sweetgrass Became Chief (Part 4) 115
43. DAY 39 Mechanical Things 119
44. DAY 40 Treaty Four Leaders 122
45. DAY 41 Horses (Part 2) 124
46. DAY 42 Powwow (Part 1) 128
47. DAY 43 How Sweetgrass Became Chief (Part 5) 130
48. DAY 44 Powwow (Part 2) 134
49. DAY 45 Sweetgrass as a Young Man (Part 1) 136
50. DAY 46 Household Items 139
51. DAY 47 Songs to Kill a Wîhtikow 141
52. DAY 48 Flowers 143
53. DAY 49 Interacting with Our Children (Part 1) 145
54. DAY 50 Sewing/Hides 147
55. DAY 51 Interacting with Our Children (Part 2) 149
56. DAY 52 Dogs 151
57. DAY 53 Horses (Part 3) 153
58. DAY 54 Furniture 155
59. DAY 55 Colours 157
60. DAY 56 Forests 162
61. DAY 57 Art Terms (Part 1) 165
62. DAY 58 Art Terms (Part 2) 167
63. DAY 59 Feelings 169
64. DAY 60 Poker (Part 1) 171
65. DAY 61 Hunting 173
66. DAY 62 Academic Terms 176
67. DAY 63 Four Crees Resist the Blackfoot 179
68. DAY 64 Poker (Part 2) 183
69. DAY 65 Cree–English Slang 185
70. DAY 66 Johnny Cash Songs 187
71. DAY 67 Rodeo 189
72. DAY 68 Fingers and Hands 191
73. DAY 69 Transportation 194
74. DAY 70 Illnesses 196
75. DAY 71 Being Cree 198
76. DAY 72 Social Control (Part 1) 201
77. DAY 73 Social Control (Part 2) 205
78. DAY 74 Seeing and Sight 208
79. DAY 75 Increase, Move Forward, Expand 210
80. DAY 76 Leonard Cohen Songs 213
81. DAY 77 Office 215
82. DAY 78 Interacting with Our Children (Part 3) 217
83. DAY 79 Fall 219
84. DAY 80 Buffalo 221
85. DAY 81 Preverbs 225
86. DAY 82 Practical Verbs 227
87. DAY 83 Literary Theory 229
88. DAY 84 Bannock 232
89. DAY 85 Running 235
90. DAY 86 Postage 237
91. DAY 87 Guns 239
92. DAY 88 Interacting with Your Dog 241
93. DAY 89 Sweetgrass as a Young Man (Part 2) 244
94. DAY 90 Computer Terminology 246
95. DAY 91 Traditional Games 248
96. DAY 92 Winter Sports 251
97. DAY 93 Sweetgrass as a Young Man (Part 3) 253
98. DAY 94 Sweetgrass as a Young Man (Part 4) 256
99. DAY 95 Hallowe’en 259
100. DAY 96 Interacting with Our Children (Part 4): Bedtime 261
101. DAY 97 Bedtime for the Bingo Caller 263
102. DAY 98 Giving Strength 265
103. DAY 99 Contemporary Warfare 267
104. DAY 100 Until Next Time 269
105. Guide to Cree Pronunciation 271
106. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 285