Âh-âyîtaw isi ê-kî-kiskêyihtahkik maskihkiy = They knew both sides of medicine : Cree tales of curing and cursing / told by Alice Ahenakew ; edited, translated and with a glossary by H.C. Wolfart & Freda Ahenakew.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Ahenakew, Alice, 1912- author.

Contributor:

• Ahenakew, Freda, 1932-2011, editor, translator, writer of supplementary textual content.
• Wolfart, H. Christoph, editor, translator, writer of supplementary textual content.
• Algonquian Text Society, issuing body.

Series:

• Publications of the Algonquian Text Society 0829-755X
• Publications of the Algonquian Text Society, 0829-755X

Language:

• Cree
• English

Subjects (All):

• Ahenakew, Alice, 1912-.
• Cree language--Texts.
• Cree language.
• Cree Indians.
• Cree Indians--Biography.
• Cree Indians--Medicine.
• Cree language--Dictionaries--English.
• Saskatchewan.
• Medicine, Traditional.
• Indians, North American.

Medical Subjects:

• Medicine, Traditional.
• Indians, North American.
• Saskatchewan.

Genre:

• Texts.
• Biographies.
• Dictionaries.
• Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 314 pages : black and white illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

They knew both sides of medicine

Place of Publication:

Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, 2000.

Language Note:

Cree and English on facing pages.

Summary:

"Born in 1912, Mrs. Alice Ahenakew grew up in a traditional Cree community in north-central Saskatchewan. As a young woman, she married Andrew Ahenakew, a member of the prominent Saskatchewan family, who later became a well-known Anglican priest and Cree healer." "Mrs. Ahenakew's personal reminiscences include stories of her childhood, courtship and marriage, as well as an account of the 1918 influenza epidemic and encounters with a windigo. The centrepiece of this book is the fascinating account of the bear vision to which the Rev. Andrew Ahenakew owed his healing powers. Mrs. Ahenakew concludes with the story of an old woman's curse and its terrifying results." "This book presents Mrs. Ahenakew's original Cree text along with a full English translation. It also includes an introduction discussing the historical background of the narrative and its style and rhetorical structure, as well as a complete Cree-English glossary."--Jacket.

Contents:

• Case Histories of Living Practice / H.C. Wolfart
• I. Anglican Priest and Cree Healer. 1. Coping with a Windigo and the Great Epidemic. 2. Courtship and Marriage. 3. A Tour of England. 4. The Priest's Bear Medicine
• II. Strange New World. 5. Good Times in a Hard Life. 6. A Throw-away Society. 7. An Ungodly Smell. 8. Facing the Other
• III. Powers of Good and Evil. 9. Escaping a Windigo and Starvation. 10. Seeking Refuge. 11. A Dreadful Curse (First Telling). 12. A Dreadful Curse (Second Telling).

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Text in English and Cree.

Other Format:

Online version: Ahenakew, Alice, 1912- Âh-âyîtaw isi ê-kî-kiskêyihtahkik maskihkiy.

ISBN:

• 0887556493
• 9780887556494
• 0887564933
• 9780887564932
• 9780887553103
• 0887553109

OCLC:

43275655

Online:

• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description