Freda Ahenakew Translator & Editor

Jim Kâ-Nîpitêhtêw was a respected Cree Elder from Onion Lake, Saskatchewan.

Freda Ahenakew, formerly Director of the Saskatchewan Indian Languages Institute, earned her M.A. in Cree linguistics at the University of Manitoba. In 1997 she was awarded an honourary doctorate by the University of Saskatchewan. She was made a member of the Order of Canada in 1998.

H.C. Wolfart is University Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at the University of Manitoba.