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University of Winnipeg receives $2.5M research grant
Research team aims to preserve Asiniskaw Ithiniwak (Rocky Cree) culture.
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Centuries-old story begging to be told
A project led by Dr. Mavis Reimer and her team, called Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak, has won a $2.5-million grant from the Social Science and Humanities Council of Canada.
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350-year-old woman helping to preserve Rocky Cree language
Research project housed at the University of Winnipeg award $2.5 Million to continue series of children's books preserving Asiniskaw Ithiniwak (Rocky Cree) language and culture.
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Indigenous research receives $2.5 Million at UWinnipeg
Six Seasons of Asiniskaw Ithiniwak receives $2.5 Million SSHRC grant.
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Indigenous History Brought To Life
Six Seasons of Asiniskaw Ithiniwak Partnership project focuses on Rock Cree history from the protocontact period.
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Crowdfunding Campaign for Pīsim Finds Her Miskanow App
From 2008 to 2013, the Centre for Research in Young People’s Texts and Cultures collaborated on producing Pīsim Finds Her Miskanow, a picture book for young people about the life of Kayasochi Kikawenow, Our Mother from Long Ago, a young Cree woman who lived in northern Manitoba in the late-seventeenth century and whose burial site was discovered in 1993. Now the Pīsim research team has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help create an interactive digital text version of the story.
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Reclaiming Rocky Cree Culture
A collaborative journey of cultural understanding and reconciliation.
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Award-winning book a look back into Northern Manitoba's past
Pisim Finds Her Miskanaw author William Dumas speaks with the Thompson Citizen about the process of publishing the book.
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UWinnipeg Congratulates Pīsim Finds Her Miskanow Collaborators on Award
The Canadian Archeological Association (CAA) has awarded Pisim Finds Her Miskanow its 2014 Public Communications Award, which recognizes outstanding books, articles, documentaries or other forms of communication that promote the understanding and awareness of archeology in Canada.
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Book inspired by discovery of remains
A group of archaeologists, educators, and illustrators, an aboriginal storyteller, and a University of Winnipeg professor have worked together over the past five years to create a picture book about a young Cree woman who lived in northern Manitoba in the mid-17th century. The book is called Pisim Finds Her Miskanow.
