During our recent Zoom discussion of Patrick Gale's A Place Called Winter, Mike Mazza helpfully utilized the chat function to share three links related to one of the most fascinating characters in the novel (to me, anyway): Ursula, a Two-Spirit Canadian. If you're interested in learning more about her First Nation culture, here is a great visual of the Cree language and its syllabary; a proof from freshly made Cree typeface; and John Horden's translation of William Pinnock's Catechism of Bible and Gospel History, printed in Moose Cree syllabics.
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