Bible portions, 1921 New Testament, 2001 Methodist, later Anglican, William Mason and his wife Sophia Thomas Mason's[1][2] work comprises several editions of the Gospel of St John in the Plains Cree dialect made between 1851 and 1857, the complete New Testament in 1859, and the whole Bible in 1861-62.
Anglican Archdeacon James Hunter's[3][4] version of three of the Gospels in the same Plains Cree language appeared in 1853-55 (reprinted in 1876-77).
Anglican Bishop John Horden's Four Gospels in Moose Cree was printed in 1859, and his complete New Testament in 1876.
Progress on this new translation has been slow due in part to the lack of adequate resources to complete the quality assurance process.
The Old Testament Book of Ruth was published in a parallel-script format that presented Cree syllabics and Latin on facing pages.