Research Catalog

Title

Telling our stories : Omushkego legends and histories from Hudson Bay / Louis Bird ; edited by Jennifer S.H. Brown, Paul W. DePasquale and Mark F. Ruml ; with contributions by Roland Bohr, Anne Lindsay, and Donna G. Sutherland.

Author

Bird, Louis.

Publication

[Peterborough, Ont.] : Broadview press, [2005]

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Additional Authors

• Brown, Jennifer S. H., 1940-
• Lindsay, Anne.
• DePasquale, Paul W. (Paul Warren), 1965-
• Bohr, Roland.
• Sutherland, Donna G., 1961-
• Ruml, Mark F. (Mark Francis), 1962-
• Lindsay, Anne (M. Anne)

Description

269 p. : ill., maps, port.; 23 cm.

Alternative Title

Telling our stories: Omushkego legends & histories from Hudson Bay

Subject

• Cree Indians > Hudson Bay Region > Folklore
• Tales > Hudson Bay Region
• Legends > Hudson Bay Region
• Cree Indians > Hudson Bay Region > History
• Cris (Indiens) > Hudson, Région de la baie d' > Folklore
• Contes > Hudson, Région de la baie d'
• Cris (Indiens) > Hudson, Région de la baie d' > Histoire
• Cree Indians > James Bay Region > Folklore
• Tales > James Bay Region
• Cree Indians > James Bay Region > History

Genre/Form

• Folklore
• History
• Anthologie.
• Folklore.
• History.

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-258).

Contents

An Omushkego storyteller and his book -- "Now, the question of creation" : stories about beginnings and the world before we came -- Mi-te-win : stories of Shamanism and survival -- Mi-Tew power : stories of Shamanic showdowns -- Omens, mysteries, and first encounters -- "The wailing clouds" (Pa-so-way-yan-nask chi-pe-ta-so-win) -- Arrows and thunder sticks : technologies old and new -- Mi-te-wi-win versus Christianity : grand Sophia's story -- Conclusion: problems and hopes.

ISBN

1551115808

OCLC

60739388

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library