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I dreamed the animals : Kaniuekutat : the life of an Innu hunter

Title
I dreamed the animals : Kaniuekutat : the life of an Innu hunter / Georg Henriksen.
Author
Kaneuketat, -1994.
Publication
New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.

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Additional Authors
Henriksen, Georg.
Description
336 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Kaneuketat, -1994
  • Naskapi Indians > Biography
  • Naskapi Indians > Hunting
  • Naskapi Indians > Social life and customs
  • Caribou hunting > Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Newfoundland and Labrador > Social life and customs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-322) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The day I became a hunter -- Kauitatikumat : the boy who married a caribou -- Gifts from the animal spirits -- The shaking tent, Mishtapeu and the shaman -- The power of myths -- The elders always found a way to find animals -- Atshen and the shaman -- The myth of Aiasheu -- To travel alone is dangerous -- The myth of Mehutshu -- Meminiteu and Atshen -- I dreamed the animals -- Impact with no return -- Atsheniss and the shaman -- Kuekuatsheu made the world -- Only priests and God keep records -- Tshiushuass -- Innu-white relations : from mutual respect to mistrust -- Alcohol didn't solve my problems -- I wanted to die -- Some anthropological reflections.
Call Number
JGE 08-430
ISBN
  • 9781845454890 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1845454898 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008030295
OCLC
  • 180755118
  • vendorOCN180755118
Author
Kaneuketat, -1994.
Title
I dreamed the animals : Kaniuekutat : the life of an Innu hunter / Georg Henriksen.
Imprint
New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-322) and index.
Added Author
Henriksen, Georg.
Research Call Number
JGE 08-430
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