Research Catalog

Title

Askiwina : a Cree world / Doug Cuthand.

Author

Cuthand, Doug

Publication

Regina : Coteau Books, c2007.

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Details

Description

iii, 115 p. : ill., ports.; 22 cm.

Summary

"In Askiwina: A Cree World, he offers fresh insights and straight talk over platitudes and dogma, providing readers with a bridge to understanding Aboriginal philosophy, history, culture, and society. He explores the basics of Aboriginal spirituality - the four directions, the trickster Wesakechak, creation stories, coming-of-age rituals, the Sundance, and sacred places on the prairies. He describes Saskatchewan history from an Aboriginal point of view, a perspective from which familiar events like the Battle of Cutknife Hill, the siege of Battleford, and the establishment of Prince Albert look profoundly different. He delves into the worlds of past leaders and thinkers like Canon Edward Ahenakew, Anahareo, Poundmaker, and Sweetgrass, and cultural and religious traditions like the powwow and the Ghost dance. He portrays the impact Aboriginal peoples have had on this province - including their critical role in the fur trade, place names of the province, settlement patterns, and even Canadian-American relations - and projects the impact they will have on its future. He also presents a seasoned observer''s view of economic and political issues facing Aboriginal peoples in Saskatchewan, including such topics as gaming, self-government, and land claims."--Pub. desc.

Subject

• Geschichte (umfassend)
• Indians of North America > Canada > History
• Cree Indians > History
• Cree Indians > Social life and customs
• Indians of North America > Canada > Biography
• Indians of North America > Folklore
• Indiens d'Amérique > Canada > Histoire
• Cris (Indiens) > Histoire
• Indiens d'Amérique > Canada > Moeurs et coutumes
• Indiens d'Amérique > Canada > Biographies
• Indiens d'Amérique > Amérique du Nord > Folklore

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• Folklore
• History

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The land is our soul : Profile : Canon Edward Ahenakew -- History as we see it : Shanwdithit, Sweetgrass -- The Power of Words : Anahareo, Bernelda Wheeler -- Rights and Self-Government : Harold Cardinal, Gladys Johnston -- Struggles and Successes : Tome Cogwagee Longboat, Harry Cook.

ISBN

• 9781550503456
• 1550503456

LCCN

^^2007702288

OCLC

• 150368751
• SCSB-10865254

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library