MICEC Online

Solomon Ratt

MICEC Online is a series of virtual educational presentations and discussions on themes of traditional parenting, food, medicine, crafting, language, storytelling, reconciliation and more.

The Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre is a not-for-profit charitable organization, and a member of the First Nations Confederacy of Cultural Education Centres. MICEC supports Indigenous language knowledge, traditional and contemporary cultural skills, and cross-cultural awareness.

Solomon Ratt is a nêhithaw nâpêw (Cree man) from ámaciwíspimowinihk (Stanley Mission, Saskatchewan). Solomon is a first language speaker of nêhithawêwin, an Associate Professor of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature at First Nations University of Canada, and the author of books such as Mâci-Nêhiyawêwin / Beginning Cree, Âhkami-Nêhiyawêtân: Let's Keep Speaking Cree, and Woods Cree Stories. Solomon is also an incredible story teller. You can visit the Cree Literacy Network: https://creeliteracy.org to listen.

Thank you to the NIB Trust Fund for supporting MICEC Online.