April 4 & 5 2018
Delta Bessborough Hotel Saskatoon
At the National Michif Conference held on April 4 & 5 2018 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan a number of participants shared their stories around the general theme of “childhood memories”. The interviews include combinations of stories in Michif and in English.
The Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI) works with Michif speakers to preserve and promote the three Michif languages spoken in Saskatchewan: Michif, Michif-French, and Northern Michif. GDI employs sociological conventions when classifying a Michif language: if a Michif person living in Saskatchewan calls their language “Michif,” than the Institute respects their wishes and calls that language “Michif.”
Explore video clips and transcripts of interviews with Northern Saskatchewan Michif speakers.
This series of interviews are part of a larger body of interviews conducted by Father Guy Lavallée with the Métis residents of St. Laurent, Manitoba. The traditional language of this community is Michif-French or Métis-French, a very distinct dialect of Canadian French which has Cree and Ojibway syntax. Father Lavallée donated this body of interviews known as the “St. Laurent Oral History Project” to the Gabriel Dumont Institute (credit: Gabriel Dumont Institute)
Louis Riel Institute has produced a number of sample Michif-Cree and Michif-French video. Explore these conversational samples.
Produced by Louis Riel Institute, a collection of conversational videos with Michif-Cree speakers on the following topics:
Medicines and How We Use Them
The Michif Way of Hunting
Ste Madeleine Conversation
Drying Meat, Fish and Berries
The Lost Dog
A Blessing for the Meal
Oh Where oh Where has my Little Dog Gone (song)
Produced by Louis Riel Institute, a collection of conversational videos with Michif-French speakers on the following topics:
Skinning a Rabbit
Catching Frogs
How to Pluck a Chicken
Ice Fishing
Rooster Eggs