Jean Okimāsis

Dr. Jean L. Okimāsis (born Jean Lillian Littlechief)^[1] is a Cree linguist who has worked on teaching and documenting the Plains Cree language.

Career[]

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.

Recognition[]

Okimāsis received the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award in 2000, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Regina in 2005.^[4]

In 2019, a park was named after Okimāsis in Regina.^[4][3]

See also[]

• Arok Wolvengrey

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Okimāsis, Jean L. (2004). Cree: Language of the Plains/nēhiyawēwin: paskwāwi-pīkiskwēwin. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center. ISBN 0-88977-155-3.
• Okimāsis, Jean; Wolvengrey, Arok (2009). How to Spell it in Cree (The Standard Roman Orthography) (PDF). Regina: miywāsin ink. ISBN 978-0-9784935-0-9.

External links[]

• Jean Okimāsis on the University of Regina Press
• Cree: Language of the Plains / nēhiyawēwin: paskwāwi-pīkiskwēwin

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