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I dreamed the animals : Kaniuekutat : the life of an Innu hunter / Georg Henriksen.

Penn Museum Library E99.N18 K35 2008
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kaneuketat, -1994.
Contributor:
Henriksen, Georg.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Kaneuketat, -1994.
Kaneuketat.
Naskapi Indians--Biography.
Naskapi Indians.
Naskapi Indians--Hunting.
Naskapi Indians--Social life and customs.
Caribou hunting--Newfoundland and Labrador.
Caribou hunting.
Manners and customs.
Newfoundland and Labrador--Social life and customs.
Newfoundland and Labrador.
Genre:
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Berghahn Books, 2009.
Contents:
Introduction
The day I became a hunter
Kauitatikumat : the boy who married a caribou
Gifts from the animal spirits
The shaking tent, Mishtapeu and the shaman
The power of myths
The elders always found a way to find animals
Atshen and the shaman
The myth of Aiasheu
To travel alone is dangerous
The myth of Mehutshu
Meminiteu and Atshen
I dreamed the animals
Impact with no return
Atsheniss and the shaman
Kuekuatsheu made the world
Only priests and God keep records
Tshiushuass
Innu-white relations : from mutual respect to mistrust
Alcohol didn't solve my problems
I wanted to die
Some anthropological reflections.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-322) and index.
ISBN:
9781845454890
1845454898
OCLC:
180755118

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