When he is not blogging, he works as the Cree Language Coordinator for the Cree Nation Government in Quebec.

Blogger and Cree language digital activist Kevin Brousseau noticed that traditional Cree stories had been translated into English, but not the other way around as other well known stories were not available in Cree.

Little Cree Books is an online project that seeks to publish free texts in the Plains Cree dialect, all of which are available under a Creative Commons license.

In addition to his blog, he cites various online projects that are working to promote the language, such as Cree Literacy, a network that promotes Cree language and cultural literacy.

On his blog, he also writes original stories in the Cree language, translates into and from the Cree language, and shares insight about the language's grammar, dialects, lexicon, and the various orthographies.

So far, Brousseau has translated popular fairy tales such as Goldilocks and the Three Little Pigs, as well as some of Aesop's Fables in both the Southern East Cree and Moose Cree dialects.

As I read my stories to my elderly grandmother, I was struck by how much she enjoyed them, but also how closely these stories resembled Cree stories once they were read aloud in Cree.

When it comes to its presence on the Internet, Kevin has noticed that the Cree language has significantly increased online over the past few years, but Cree citizen media is still in its infancy.

Scan of a page of the Cree translation of Pilgrim s Progress published in 1886.

Cree is the most widely spoken native language in Canada, and is comprised of various dialects.

Another blog called âpihtawikosisân is written by a Plains Cree speaking Métis woman living in Montreal.

This is a nuisance that often keeps people from even attempting to write in Cree online.

So began his desire to make these popular stories available to more people through his blog Cree Language.

Screenshot of the first part of Little Red Riding Hood translated into Southern East Cree by Kevin Brousseau

After translating the Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel, I realized that elderly monolingual speakers of Cree had never heard of these stories!

For the Cree, Inuit and Naskapi nations, with whom Québec has signed agreements, the Government of Québec will assume responsibility for providing health and social services.

Further, many speakers of Michif are able to identify the French and Cree components of a given sentence, likely from the phonological and morphological features of words.

On social media, there are several Facebook groups that share resources, teach basic words or phrases, or act as a space where people can communicate in the Cree language.

Treaty No. 6 between Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and the Plain and Wood Cree Indians and Other Tribes of Indians (1876) and adhesions

Despite this increase in the availability of content in different dialects of the Cree language, communities still face challenges especially when it comes to the unique writing, also called syllabics, in the language on the web.

More particularly, during the period in question, a complementary agreement on the implementation of Chapter 14 of the James Bay Agreement, dealing with health, was signed on March 31, 2005, by the Government of Québec and the Cree Nation.

In 1999 and 2002 respectively, laws were enacted to ensure the implementation of agreements between the Government of Québec and the Mohawk and Cree communities of Québec (see Canada's Fifth Report on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights for additional information).

He cites one example of how the translations found on his blog are now being used for educational purposes A lady from a neighbouring community was pretty excited about my Cree translation of the 3 Little Pigs and asked if she could use it in her community as a teaching resource.

The relatively low numbers of people that read and write in the language is one of the major challenges, but the increase in the number of online resources and content can help encourage more people to explore communicating in the Cree language. I love seeing things like this in my schools nēhiyawe SpeakCree