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Cree cassettes for C.D. Ellis texts
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- Sound recording
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CA RBD C-2
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1955- [1979?] (Creation)
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32 audio cassettes (approximately 38 hours)
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Sub-series consists of 32 cassettes, recorded between 1955 and the end of the 1970s, created to accompany the Cree language course developed by C. Douglas Ellis. First published in 1962, the course was revised and reissued in 3 volumes in 2000. Tapes correspond to lessons in Spoken Cree: Level I and Spoken Cree: Level II. Instruction is in the N-Dialect, or Swampy Cree, spoken on the west coast of James Bay. Guidelines for applying lessons to the L-Dialect are given in audio.
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Numbered 1-2 to 67-68, with spine label "Cree A4." Cassettes have detailed hand-written notation on sides indicating which textbook lesson facets are recorded per tape side. Material is recorded on both sides.
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- Cree
- English
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Spoken Cree: Lesson II text at https://mcgill.on.worldcat.org/oclc/52196865
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Two cassettes are missing from the numbered sequence: missing lessons are 57-58 and 59-60.
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- Ellis, C. D. (Clarence Douglas), 1923- (Subject)
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Source for date of recordings is Ellis' website, Spoken Cree https://www.spokencree.org/Units/view/1/Spoken%20Cree%20Level%201%3A%20Unit%201