Ojibwe Stories from the Upper Berens River
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Ojibwe Stories from the Upper Berens River
A. Irving Hallowell and Adam Bigmouth in Conversation
Brown, Jennifer S. H.
University of Nebraska Press
12/2017
246
Dura
Inglês
9781496202253
15 a 20 dias
Presents the dozens of stories and memories that A. Irving Hallowell recorded from Adam (Samuel) Bigmouth, son of Ochiipwamoshiish (Northern Barred Owl), at Little Grand Rapids in the summer of 1938 and 1940. The stories range widely across the lives of four generations of Anishinaabeg along the Berens River in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario.
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Glossary of Ojibwe Personal Names Appearing in the Text Map of the World of Adam Bigmouth Prologue: Adam Declines to Conjure, 1932 1. Boyhood Memories 2. Working for the Hudson's Bay Company 3. Dream Experiences 4. Curing, Helping, Love Medicine, and an Old Man's Jealousy 5. Northern Barred Owl, Man of Many Powers 6. Gender, Power, and Incest 7. The Challenges and Risks of Being Female 8. Bad Medicine and Old Men's Threats 9. Starvation Threatened and Real 10. Encounters and Contests with Windigos 11. Human Beings Made into Windigos 12. The Curing of Windigos 13. The Costs of Mockery and Cruelty 14. Magical Medicines and Powers Afterword: Cousins and Connections, Power and Succession, Seeking Life References Index
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Presents the dozens of stories and memories that A. Irving Hallowell recorded from Adam (Samuel) Bigmouth, son of Ochiipwamoshiish (Northern Barred Owl), at Little Grand Rapids in the summer of 1938 and 1940. The stories range widely across the lives of four generations of Anishinaabeg along the Berens River in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario.
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Glossary of Ojibwe Personal Names Appearing in the Text Map of the World of Adam Bigmouth Prologue: Adam Declines to Conjure, 1932 1. Boyhood Memories 2. Working for the Hudson's Bay Company 3. Dream Experiences 4. Curing, Helping, Love Medicine, and an Old Man's Jealousy 5. Northern Barred Owl, Man of Many Powers 6. Gender, Power, and Incest 7. The Challenges and Risks of Being Female 8. Bad Medicine and Old Men's Threats 9. Starvation Threatened and Real 10. Encounters and Contests with Windigos 11. Human Beings Made into Windigos 12. The Curing of Windigos 13. The Costs of Mockery and Cruelty 14. Magical Medicines and Powers Afterword: Cousins and Connections, Power and Succession, Seeking Life References Index
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