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Telling our stories : Omushkego legends and histories from Hudson Bay
- 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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- Description
- 269 pages : illustrations, maps, portrait; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Since the 1970s, Louis Bird, a distinguished Aboriginal storyteller and historian, has been recording the stories and memories of Omushkego (Swampy Cree [Winisk region of Northern Ontario) communities along western Hudson and James Bays. In nine chapters, he presents some of the most vivid legends and historical stories from his collection, casting new light on his people's history, culture, and values. Working with the editors and other contributors to provide background and context for the stories, he illuminates their many levels of meaning and brings forward the value system and world-view that underlie their teachings." "Students of Aboriginal culture, history, and literature will find that this is no ordinary book of stories compiled from a remote, disconnected voice, but rather a project in which the teller, deeply engaged in preserving his people's history, language, and values, is committed to bringing his listeners and readers as far along the road to understanding as he possibly can."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Cree Indians > Hudson Bay Region > Folklore
- Cree Indians > James Bay Region > Folklore
- Tales > Hudson Bay Region
- Tales > James Bay Region
- Cree Indians > Hudson Bay Region > History
- Cree Indians > James Bay Region > History
- Cree Indians
- Tales
- Märchen
- Volkserzählung
- Canada > James Bay Region
- Hudson Bay Region
- Hudsonbai-Gebiet
- Cree
- Genre/Form
- Folklore.
- History.
- Anthologie.
- 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
- 9781551115801
- LCCN
- 2006373148
- OCLC
- ocm60739388
- 60739388
- SCSB-9518415
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library