List of files for the CD

This CD has been made for facilitating the learning of Michif. It can be copied freely both on CD and on cassette, but it may not be sold.

If you appreciate this work, please sponsor our project. Please send a financial contribution.

We would like to produce additional CDs in the future, and we will use this money to distribute CDs and cassettes for free among Métis and others who want to learn this fascinating language.

The following persons all volunteered to help to produce this CD:

• Norman Fleury of the Michif Language Program of the Manitoba Métis Federation, who is the main speaker on this CD;
• Julius Grant -ipan of Turtle Mountain (North Dakota);
• Peter Bakker of Aarhus University for production work (recording, editing, transcribing);
• Heather Souter for sponsoring mini-discs and editing;
• Torkil Østerbye and Anette Nissen of Aarhus for technical support with sound files;
• Ida Rose Allard for transcription of the story;
• Rik van Gijn, Heather Souter and Hein van der Voort for their comments and suggestions for improvements and corrections with regards to an earlier version;
• Rita Flamand and Bob Papen for inspiration;
• and finally all the Michif speakers who have continued to speak the language of their forebears.

If you like to have the sound files on cassette, please find someone to copy the CD to a cassette, or send a message to:

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Additional CDs are being planned, among others with stories and Michif language learning computer games.

If you want to remain informed, please send an email to:

References

This CD is only the first step in learning Michif. The following resources are easy to obtain, and will help you to deepen your knowledge of Michif.

• Norman Fleury. La Lawng. Michif Peekishkweewin. The Canadian Michif Language Dictionary (Introductory Level). Winnipeg: Métis Resource Centre and Michif Language Program of the Manitoba Métis Federation. 42 pages.
  (Some of the texts on this CD are also found in this booklet).
• A new book will be out in spring 2004:
  Fleury, Norman, Rita Flamand, Peter Bakker & Lawrence Barkwell. 2002. La Lawng: Michif Peekishkeewin. The Heritage Language of the Canadian Métis. Winnipeg: Pemmican Publications.
• A course in Michif, with two CDs, was prepared by Rita Flamand. Rita Flamand. Michif conversational lessons for beginners. Métis Resource Centre.
  This is for sale from the Métis Resource Centre (for address see below).
• Lawrence Barkwell, Leah Dorion & Darren Préfontaine (eds.) Métis Legacy. A Métis Historiography and annotated bibliography. Saskatoon: Gabriel Dumont Institute & Winnipeg: Pemmican Publications.
  This impressive book contains a list of publications on Michif.
• Bonny Murray, Rita Flamand. 2001. Li Minoush. A reading book for children in Michif and English. Available from Pemmican Publications. (for address see below).
• The Alfred Series. Try to order from the Gabriel Dumont Institute (address, see below)
• Peter Bakker. 1997. "A Language of our Own". The Genesis of Michif - the Mixed Cree-French language of the Canadian Métis. New York: Oxford University Press. 316 pp. $ 45, paperback. ISBN 0195097122.
  This academic book describes where the language comes from, and provides background information on Michif.
  [See these links for more information:] [1] [2]

Addresses

Métis Resource Centre
506 - 63 Albert Street
Winnipeg, MB  R3B 1G4
Canada
http://www.metisresourcecentre.mb.ca/

Michif Language Program
Manitoba Métis Federation
150 Henry Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3B OJ7
Canada

Gabriel Dumont Institute
2 - 604 22nd Street West
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan  S7M 5W1
FAX: 306.244.0252
GDINS dot org

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