Cree Term Analysis

...the attention of the German gunners. Xavier opens his mouth to warn McCaan but only Cree words escape. McCaan is thrown back from the periscope, his eye quickly swelling shut. A... (full context)

...disappear. Elijah says the river washed away the tracks. He speaks in English instead of Cree because the wemistikoshiw “tongue is better for lies.”  (full context)

...of anything on the reserve and frequently did. “What if they mistake us for Plains Cree and give us horses to ride?” Xavier asks Elijah through the darkness. “Are they going... (full context)

...man’s land” yesterday and never returned. “We’re going over the top,” Elijah says excitedly in Cree. “We’re going Fritz hunting in the craters.” (full context)

...their language but pretends he doesn’t. When an officer speaks to him, Xavier answers in Cree. (full context)

...see and wait for hours on end, looking down their scopes. “There,” Xavier says in Cree and motions toward the bobbing head of a German soldier. Elijah fires, and the soldier’s... (full context)

...as the flashing glow of the Wawahtew.” But the Hudson’s Bay Company “instilled in the Cree a greed for furs that nearly wiped out the animals,” and the land could no... (full context)

...Anne, away from Niska. They washed Niska’s mouth out with lye soap if she spoke Cree, and they did not give her food for days. When the nuns cut her hair,... (full context)

...man comes by a name like yours?” Xavier explains that he is a “James Bay Cree” and tells Fat “the story of [his] name.” He asks about Elijah’s name, Whiskeyjack, too.... (full context)

Elijah looks to Xavier. “I will come with you,” he says. “Just speak in Cree and I will translate.” Elijah and Xavier report to McCaan’s dugout where he waits with... (full context)

...punishment for desertion is death by firing squad. “I’ve got an idea,” Elijah says in Cree. “Just speak in our tongue and I will do the translating.” “I don’t give a... (full context)

...the wild forests back home,” Breech says. “You are a lucky bastard,” Elijah says in Cree. (full context)

...a hose and a tank strapped to his back. “Lie down, Graves!” Elijah yells in Cree and flames explode from the end of the hose and “engulf Graves’s body.” A Canadian... (full context)