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Âtalôhkâna nêsta tipâcimôwina = Cree legends and narratives from the west coast of James Bay / told by Simeon Scott ... [et al.] ; text and translation edited and with a glossary by C. Douglas Ellis.

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Âtalôhkâna nêsta tipâcimôwina = Cree legends and narratives from the west coast of James Bay / told by Simeon Scott ... [et al.] ; text and translation edited and with a glossary by C. Douglas Ellis.
Publication
Winnipeg, Man. : University of Manitoba Press, 1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Scott, Simeon, -1979
  • Ellis, C. D. (Clarence Douglas), 1923-
  • Algonquian Text Society
Description
xxxvi, 554 p. : map; 26 cm. +
Series Statement
Publications of the Algonquian Text Society, 0829-755X
Uniform Title
Publications of the Algonquian Text Society
Alternative Title
  • Cree legends and narratives from the west coast of James Bay
  • Cree legends and narratives
Subject
  • Cree language > Texts
  • Cree Indians > James Bay (Ont. and Québec) > Folklore
  • Cree Indians > James Bay (Ont. and Québec) > Social life and customs
  • Cree Indians > James Bay (Ont. and Québec) > Rites and ceremonies
  • Cree language > English
  • Legends > James Bay (Ont. and Québec)
  • Cree Indians > Folklore
  • Legends > James Bay Region
  • Legends > Ontario
  • Cree Indians > Social life and customs
  • Cree language > Glossaries, vocabularies, etc
Genre/Form
  • Folklore
  • Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
  • Texts
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Language (note)
  • Text in Cree (Roman orthography) and in English translation.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Where the first people came from -- The arrival of people here on earth at the very beginning -- How Chahkabesh snared the sun -- Chahkabesh is swallowed by the giant fish -- Chahkabesh and the bears -- Chahkabesh is drawn up by the moon -- The legend of Weesakachahk and the flood -- Weesakechahk and the birds who flew south -- The legend of Ayas -- Mistaganash who is supposed to have ied and then to have risen -- Memishoosh the conjurer -- The windigoes / Simeon Scott.
  • Chahkabesh reaches for the giant beaver -- Chahkabesh and the giant women -- Chahkabesh snares the sun-- Chahkabesh is swallowed by the giant fish -- Chahkabesh is drawn up by the moon -- Weesakechahkcarried around his song bag -- Weesakechahk tricks the bear -- Weesakechahk flies south with the waveys -- The man who was devoured by rabbits -- The man who was bitten by mosquitos -- The man who kicked away the snow -- About animals kept as pets -- A story about an otter -- About hawks / Xavier Sutherland.
  • Weesakechahktricks the bear -- Weesakechahk creates an immortal -- Chahkabesh is swallowed by the giant fish / Isaiah Sutherland -- How Ghost River got its name -- Two men meet a polar bear -- A northern blizzard -- A dog-team race / John Wynne -- Moose-hunting on the Kwetabohigan River -- Stuck frozen in a moose-hide -- Beware of the mouse! -- Lost in the bush -- Retrieval of a lost rifle / Joel Linklater -- A job outside / Silas Wesley -- The old days / Hannah Wynne -- A conversation 1 / Gabriel Kiokee and Joel Linklater.
  • A conversation 2 / Gabriel Kiokee and Joel Linklater -- A converstaion 3 / Gabriel Kiokee and two family guests -- The first airplane comes to Moose Factory / Andres Faries -- How the muskrat got his long, tapered tail -- Why the squirrel has red eyes -- Why the loon's feet are near the tail -- Why the bear has a short tail -- The old days at Moose Factory / Gilbert Faries -- Tanning moose-hide -- The preparation of moss for babies' diapers -- Making rabbit-skin blankets -- Making babiche for snow-shoes -- A favorite dish from whitefish roe -- Weesahkwechahk and the birds, and why the trees have scabs -- Chahkabesh and the giant women / Sophie Gunner.
  • Snatch of a conversation : to go up-river or not? / Sophie Gunner and James Gunner -- Stories of youthful exploits -- Life in the old days -- People killed and eaten -- More early activities -- Making birch bark canoes / Willie Frenchman -- Mischagalash who is supposed to have dies and then to have risen -- The Bushman -- Childhood memories -- A fight between a whiskey-jack and a mouse / Hannah Loon -- A conversation / Hannah Loon and Ellen McLeod -- Why the water in James Bay is salt / John Carpenter.
ISBN
  • 0887551599 :
  • 0887551637 (cassettes)
LCCN
cn^94920203^
OCLC
  • 31171552
  • SCSB-12383730
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library