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Apisheesh: A Cree Learning Podcast

Apisheesh: A Cree Learning Podcast

By: Lenny Carpenter
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Apisheesh is a monthly interview podcast where Omushkego (Swampy Cree) host Lenny Carpenter shares his journey to learn his Cree language through interviews with fluent speakers and other resources. Lenny aims to understand the words of his late mooshoom (grandfather) whose Cree stories are preserved in audio recordings.

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Lenny Carpenter
Language Learning Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Episode 1: Angela Shisheesh
    May 26 2025
    Host Lenny Carpenter introduces himself and his plan to learn Cree so he can understand his late mooshoom (grandfather)'s telling of legends in audio recordings. He speaks with Angela Shisheesh, an elder, Cree translator and residential survivor. She shares her journey to becoming a translator, confronting an abuser from residential school, the origin of Cree last names and tips to learn Cree. TRIGGER WARNING: this episode contains discussion of sexual abuse at residential school.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Introducing Apisheesh: A Cree Learning Podcast
    May 18 2025
    Omushkego (Swampy Cree) host Lenny Carpenter introduces Apisheesh, a monthly interview podcast where he documents his journey to learn Cree after he discovers recordings of his late mooshoom (grandfather).

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    1 min
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