The first-ever collection of Anniiih/Gros Ventre narratives to be
published in the Aaniiih/Gros Ventre language, this book contains
traditional trickster tales and war stories. Some of these stories were
collected by Alfred Kroeber in 1901, while others are contemporary, oral
stories, told in the past few years.
As with the previous titles in the First Nations Language Readers
series, Aaniiih/Gros Ventre stories comes with a complete glossary and
provides some grammar usage. Delightfully illustrated, each story is
accompanied by an introduction to guide the reader through the material.
The Aaniiih/Gros Ventre people lived in the Saskatchewan area in the
1700s, before being driven south during the 1800s to the Milk River area
in Montana, along the USA/Canada border.