Telling Our Stories: Omushkego Legends And Histories From Hudson Bay Louis Bird

• Auteur : Louis Bird
• Editeur : Univ Of Toronto Pr
• Langue : Anglais
• Parution : 01/08/2005
• Nombre de pages : 269
• Dimensions : 22.6 x 15.0 x 1.3

Sommaire
List of Maps and Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgements, The Editors Glossary of Cree Terms Words and Personal Names Place Names Suggested Language Resources Maps Chapter 1: An Omushkego Storyteller and his Book A Quotation Story: It Must Be Your Thigh Bone that You Hear Chapter 2: Now, the Question of Creation: Stories About Beginnings and the World before We Came Introduction, Paul W. DePasquale Giant Animals Mi-she-shek-kak (The Giant Skunk) Creator Talks to the Animals About the Emergence of the Humans E-hep Chapter 3: Mi-te-wi-win: Stories of Shamanism and Survival Introduction, Mark F. Ruml The Dream Quest and Mi-te-wi-win Guidance and Instruction From an Older Relative Dream Quest Extra Senses?Mind Power Mi-te-wak Fights Introduction to the Shaking Tent, Mark F. Ruml The Shaking Tent Chapter 4: Mi-tew Power: Stories of Shamanic Showdowns Introduction, Mark F. Ruml The Legend of We-mis-shoosh The Young Orphan Boy Defeats a Powerful and Feared Mi-tew Chapter 5: Omens, Mysteries, and First Encounters Introduction, Jennifer S.H. Brown The Omushkego Captive and the Na-to-way-wak: A Remarkable Escape Omens, Mysteries, and First Encounters with Europeans I Cannot Have Anything from these We-mis-ti-go-si-wak In the Memory of the Wikeson I-skwe-o Cha-ka-pesh and the Sailors Strangers on Akimiski Island: Helping a Grounded Ship Wa-pa-mo-win, the Mirror Chapter 6: The Wailing Clouds (Pa-so-way-yan-nask Chi-pe-ta-so-win) Introduction, Anne Lindsay The Wailing Clouds Chapter 7: Arrows and Thunder Sticks: Technologies Old and New Introduction, Roland Bohr On Firearms and Archery Chapter 8: Mi-te-wi-win versus Christianity: Grand Sophia's Story Introduction, Donna G. Sutherland Grand Sophia's Near-Death Experience Chapter 9: Conclusion: Problems and Hopes References Notes on Contributors Index