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Title Ojibwe stories from the Upper Berens River : A. Irving Hallowell and Adam Bigmouth in conversation / edited and with an introduction by Jennifer S. H. Brown
Published Lincoln, [Nebraska] : University of Nebraska Press : co-published with the American Philosophical Society, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series New Visions in Native American and Indigenous Studies
New visions in Native American and indigenous studies.
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Glossary of Ojibwe Personal Names Appearing in the Text -- Map of the World of Adam Bigmouth -- Prologue -- 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 -- References -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Bigmouth, Adam -- Family
Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore.
Ojibwa Indians -- History
Ojibwa Indians -- Manitoba -- Berens River Valley -- Biography
Ojibwa mythology.
Families
Ojibwa Indians
Ojibwa mythology
SUBJECT Berens River (First Nation) -- History
Subject Manitoba -- Berens River Valley
Genre/Form Biographies
Folklore
History
Form Electronic book
Author Brown, Jennifer S. H., 1940- editor.
LC no. 2017017420
ISBN 9781496202253
1496202252
9781496204479
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9781496204462
1496204468
9781496204486
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Other Titles A. Irving Hallowell and Adam Bigmouth in conversation