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Cree linguist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dr. Jean L. Okimāsis (born Jean Lillian Littlechief)[1] is a Cree linguist who has worked on teaching and documenting the Plains Cree language.
Dr. Jean Okimāsis | |
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Pronunciation | (/ˈdʒiːn oʊˈɡɪˌmɑːsɪs/) |
Born | Jean Lillian Littlechief 1938 (age 85–86) |
Alma mater | University of Regina |
Spouse | Arok Wolvengrey |
In 1982, Okimāsis started work on Cree language programs at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated college (now the First Nations University of Canada). She published a textbook, workbook, and teaching grammar of the Cree language called Cree, Language of the Plains,[1] which is publicly available under a Creative commons license.[2]
Okimāsis has been instrumental in developing and promoting the use of the standard Roman orthography for writing the Cree language.[3] In 2008, she cowrote How to Spell it in Cree (The Standard Roman Orthography) with Arok Wolvengrey.
Okimāsis received the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award in 2000, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Regina in 2005.[4]
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