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Lies to live by / Lois Beardslee.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beardslee, Lois.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ojibwa Indians--Social life and customs.
- Ojibwa Indians.
- Ojibwa Indians--Folklore.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 143 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State University Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Lies To Live By brings together two selections of stories by Ojibwe storyteller Lois Beardslee. "Lies to Live By, " a series of interdependent tales, reflects the storyteller's role in interpreting traditional stories for contemporary audiences, while preserving traditions based not in mysticism but in pragmatism. In "Calm Days, " three generations--the narrator, her grandfather, and her son--spend a week together on a remote island during the course of which they demonstrate the continuity of Ojibwe life. Together these stories weave the contemporary and the traditional to show how cultural diversity can be preserved even as cultural boundaries are transcended.
- Contents:
- Lies to Live By 1
- Dibawjimot, the Storyteller 3
- Minan 5
- Keepers of the Water 7
- Sneaking Up on a Fish 9
- Big Water 11
- Ice 14
- The Origins of the First Ice Fishing Shanty 16
- Inhaling the Night 18
- Birch Bark Biting 21
- Bebookwedagaminh 24
- Dreamcatchers 25
- In Pursuit of Shiigun, the Bass 27
- Chiibii Tag 31
- Siisagwad 33
- Charlie's Bundle 35
- Manaboozhou and the Ducks 38
- The Devil's Chair 42
- Fine Weather for Painting 47
- Niimik Niigik 50
- Why Are You Sleeping on a Nice Day Like This? 52
- Don't Judge a Book By its Cover 54
- Fins 59
- Indian Mission Church 62
- That Wonderful Thing 67
- The Winona Dilemma 70
- Calm Days 75
- One End of the Boat 77
- Fried Eggs 79
- The Little People of the North Woods 82
- The Storeroom 86
- My Favorite Fish 90
- The Drum 95
- Superior's Gifts 97
- The Log 99
- Biboon 102
- Fog Paints the Landscape 107
- The Trout Lake 110
- Manaboozhou's Basket 114
- The Michikiniibigag 119
- Laundry Day 121
- Flowers and Kisses 124
- Flying Pigs 127
- Shampoo Soup 133
- Quiet Time 136
- When Stones Walk the Earth 141.
- ISBN:
- 0870136631
- OCLC:
- 51009376
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