kôkominawak otâcimowiniwâwa / Our Grandmothers’ Lives (Cree and English) Arctic The contributors are Sharon Venne

The contributors are Sharon Venne

a thirty-something urban professional

Written by Award-Winning Cree author Larry Loyie with Constance Brissenden

an initiative of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

Julie Flett est une auteure

kôkominawak otâcimowiniwâwa / Our Grandmothers’ Lives (Cree and English) Arctic The contributors are Sharon VenneFreda Ahenakew (19322011) earned her MA in Cree linguistics at the University of Manitoba and was a founding director of the Saskatchewan Indian Languages Institute. Awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Saskatchewan in 1997, she was considered a leader in Indigenous language preservation and literary heritage preservation in Canada. She was made a member of the Order of Canada in 1998. H. C. Wolfart is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of