Description |
1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Series |
New Visions in Native American and Indigenous Studies |
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New visions in Native American and indigenous studies.
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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
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Ojibwa Indians -- Folklore.
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Ojibwa Indians -- History
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Ojibwa Indians -- Manitoba -- Berens River Valley -- Biography
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Ojibwa mythology.
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Families
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Ojibwa Indians
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Ojibwa mythology
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SUBJECT |
Berens River (First Nation) -- History
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Subject |
Manitoba -- Berens River Valley
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Folklore
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Brown, Jennifer S. H., 1940- editor.
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LC no. |
2017017420 |
ISBN |
9781496202253 |
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1496202252 |
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9781496204479 |
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1496204476 |
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9781496204462 |
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1496204468 |
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9781496204486 |
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1496204484 |
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