kôkominawak otâcimowiniwâwa Our Grandmothers' Lives (Cree and English) Mother Earth The authors do not attempt The authors do not attempt to build a new master narrative – they instead juxtapose narratives of contact and arrival as they explore key themes: the nature and hazards of telling stories in the political realm It begins with the author’s personal musical story that draws upon her Mi’kmaq Abenaki First Nation and French roots and providing insights into the traditional teachings of a society in which the practical and spiritual are never far apart Freda Ahenakew (1932–2011) earned her MA in Cree linguistics at the University of Manitoba and was a founding director of the Saskatchewan Indian Languages Institute