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Ojibwe Stories From the Upper Berens River - A. Irving Hallowell and Adam Bigmouth in Conversation

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Informationen zum Autor Jennifer S. H. Brown is professor emerita of history at the University of Winnipeg and fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Among her many publications she is the coeditor of A. Irving Hallowell’s Contributions to Ojibwe Studies: Essays, 1934–1972 (Nebraska, 2010), Memories, Myths, and Dreams of an Ojibwe Leader, and other books.   Klappentext Jennifer S. H. Brown is professor emerita¿of history at the University of Winnipeg and fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.¿Among her many publications she is the coeditor of A. Irving Hallowell’s Contributions to Ojibwe Studies: Essays, 1934–1972 (Nebraska, 2010), Memories, Myths, and Dreams of an Ojibwe Leader, and other books. ¿ Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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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