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Isúh áníi : Dátł'ìshí Ts'ìká áa guunijà =as grandmother said : the narratives of Bessie Meguinis

Isúh áníi : Dátł'ìshí Ts'ìká áa guunijà =as grandmother said : the narratives of Bessie Meguinis

Book 2024

The first book published in Tsuut’ina—a critically endangered language—in over a century. With fewer than 20 speakers, Tsuut’ina is a critically endangered language. Isúh Áníi / As Grandmother Said brings together nine traditional narratives and historical accounts in the Tsuut’ina language, originally narrated by Elders Dátl’ìshí Ts’ìká Bessie Meguinis (1883–1987) and Ninàghá Tsìtl’á Willie Little Bear (1912–1989). At once an act of language pre...