Small Number and the Skateboard Park- Cree
Small Number and the Skateboard Park
Small Number is a young boy who gets into a lot of mischief. He lives in a big city with his mother and his older sister Perfect Number. Every Sunday afternoon, Small Number does his math homework. When he has trouble with math, he usually asks his sister for help. But this Sunday he has a geometry problem that looks very difficult and he decides to ask his cousin, Full Angle, who studies mathematics at the university.
Apsch Akichikewin ikwa eta kasooskawtuykeetaw metaweewnihk
(Cree Translation)
Cree Translation by Barry Cardinal
Written by Veselin Jungic & Mark MacLean
Illustrated by Simon Roy
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Page 1
Apsch Akichikewin esa mana kenatohkunkeet uma. Misihk esa umah oteenow eta kaweekitaw, Umamawah ikwa Umsah, Koyask Akitasowin esa weetohkeemat. Kimewkeesikihk esa mana key-atohskatuhk otukichikewin. Umsah esa mana ikoychimat kanisookumakoot uma kiymihoot. Maka esa uma anoch kimewkeesikihk nichimoykoot esa peyuk uma akichikewin, weeschaasa esa koychimaat kaneesookumakoot. Weeschaasa esa umah iksinahumakseet misih-skinahumatookumkohk.
Page 2
Kapihtohkeet esa weeschaasa asasskustaat esa ususskautuykun ikohtowchi toow akuskitinaat umamasah. Apsch Akichikewin esa iktapahtumaught usooskautuykunew ekohk takuhkih skohpeekuykateek.
Page 3
Weeschaasa esa kunowapahtumeet ohtatuskewin ekwa papeet, 鈥減eetuss nitsikunoowapateenan ohi akichikewna itikoot esa, moychi tapusinuykewin taskootch, kiya toota.鈥�
鈥淣isakitan ohi akichikewina.鈥� Apsch Akichikewin esa iksookunoowapimat. 鈥淜eekoya maka tapatauk uma akichikewin?鈥� Weeschaasa esa a-husoowapeet kawapatumeet esa akohps agooteek ikoota, ookohmowawa esa kehoseetuyeet. Kiytohuk esa ikwa ihtaat Apsch Akichikewina, 鈥淜iwaapahteen chi uma kysapihkatuhk kohkoomnow, iwapatuhk tansi kysapihkatuhk ikwa tansi kyskusskotuhk umantohneechikunihk uma. Kinihta-akichikew esa kohkoomnow. 鈥淚kootwa omatoowa nimeweeteen akichikewna,鈥� kitoyt esa Apsch Akichikewin.
Page 4
Weeschaasa esa moya wihtumakoot tansi kuystootuk maka esa kamatchi koychimkoot tansi wehitootuck. Oskutch esa moya ikskeetum tansi uma kuysatooskatuhk. Maka esa moystas kamachi wapahtuhk tansi kaki-wihtumakoot tansisih kuysatohskatuhk. Kakeesih atoskatuhk esa ohpeet ekwa sakooweet. 鈥淲ah waa, nihkeeseetan.鈥�
Page 5
Weeschaasa esa meywetumeet ekohk takakih atoskewin tootahk. Umsah esa kapeepihtohkeet,
鈥淜eyapich chee sasooskawtuykeen?鈥� itat esa .鈥�
鈥淓he, mitohnih anima koynihta sooskawtuykeyan machiki naki kootuskusoowan metawewnihk.鈥�
鈥淢oycheekwa kewehntow seesowyan Apsch Akichikewin kateeposit.鈥�
鈥� Kiwewechewnawow chee?鈥� Etat esa.
Page 6
Kamachi pihmotetaw esa ka machi wihtumoowat esa ekohk natohksih isooskawtykewina ikuskitaat. 鈥淣ikuskitan mihtohnih kuyusk ohi wasukapuyhoona, chookootchan kaksinahumaatinowow, peyukaw pita nawassukiasstun nisooskautykun nikootowchi neesow.鈥� Tikootaw esa.
Page 7
Weeschaasa esa itohumeet eta nesoyuk ohpuna, neso esa assusteakow napakitukoh, peyuk esa nupakauk, ekwa kohtuhk wawiyauk moychi wusskoychoos. 鈥渃hukootchun kaksinahumatinowow nesow nawasakiyastan uma nisooskautuykun.鈥� Kamatchisooskautuykeet esa takiywak esa kamatchsookiyapoyut ka-otihtuhk esa uhpewnihk
ka-uhpeet ikwatowchih ohtihtinuhk usooskautuykun ekwa nesow wassukuyasstaat ekwa kowih ekwatah cheechohpeet sooskautuykunihk. Apsch Akichikewin ekwa umsah esa ekohk mewehtuhkaw ekwa mamusskatuhkaw.
鈥淣ohteekuskitan neesta ikseesih keesweepinkeyan.鈥� Itoyt esa Apsch Akichikewin.鈥�
鈥淜eespin keesta kinteekuskitan umseesih kuysooweepinkeen pita poohkoh kakuskituyin uma kimuhk akichikewin.鈥� Itihkoot esa weeschaasa.
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Tansi? Isihskeetumewah weeschaasa tanimah ikonma ohpewin
ka-utinuhk mamuysk neesaw kawaasukiyasstaat osooskautuykun ekwa towchi kowih ka-puhksihk peyukuhntah.
Credits and Acknowledgements
Voice: Dexter Anakson of the Cree Nation, Piapot First Nation Band Illustrator: Simon Roy, Victoria, BC Sound Recording: David Brigden, 大象传媒 Music: Cameron Tathan, Vancouver, BC and Barry Cardinal of the Bigstone Cree Nation Sound Design and Animation: Andrew Gavel, 大象传媒 Producer: Veselin Jungic, 大象传媒 Director: Andrew Gavel, 大象传媒 Special thanks to: Barry Cardinal of the Bigstone Cree Nation Ozren Jungic, University of Oxford Pam Borghardt, 大象传媒 Department of Mathematics, 大象传媒 Department of Mathematics, UBC Faculty of Science, 大象传媒 The IRMACS Centre, 大象传媒 Office for Aboriginal Peoples, 大象传媒 Pacific Institute for Mathematical Sciences This movie is part of the NSERC PromoScience project "Math Catchers Mathematics Through Aboriginal Storytelling"