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This is what they say : a story cycle dictated in northern Alberta in 1928 / François Mandeville ; edited and translated from Chipewyan by Ron Scollon ; foreword by Robert Bringhurst.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mandeville, François.
- Language:
- Chipewyan
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chipewyan Indians--Alberta--Folklore.
- Chipewyan Indians.
- Tales--Alberta.
- Tales.
- Legends--Alberta.
- Legends.
- Folklore--Alberta.
- Folklore.
- Alberta.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- 286 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre ; Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2009]
- Language Note:
- Includes some text in Chipewyan.
- Summary:
- This is What They Say: A Story Cycle Dictated in Northern Alberta in 1928 is a unique collection of oral narratives, stories, and traditional cultural information originally collected from Francois Mandeville by Chinese linguist Ki Fang-kuei in 1928. These stories were published in Taipei in 1978 and now they appear in English through the work of Ron Scallon. Francoise Mandeville (1878-1952) was fluent in French, Chipewyan, Dogrib, Cree and Slavey. His father was a Metis trader and interpreter at Fort Resolution in the Northwest Territories. Mandeville's stories include 21 selections: How Copper Was Discovered; The Cannibal; His Grandmother Raised Him; The Man Who Became a Wolf; The Man Who Became a Wolf; The Flight of the Last Dogribs; Education; About Fish; How I Made a Canoe; How I Tanned a Moose Hide; and How I Hunted Beaver. The final section of the book explains the significance of this Chipewyan narrative ethnography. The book contains maps, archival photographs, and a bibliography.
- Contents:
- How copper was discovered
- How iron was discovered
- Raven Head
- His grandmother raised him
- Scabby
- Old axe, story one
- Old axe, story two
- The cannibal
- The man who hibernated with a bear
- The adventures of Beaulieu
- The man who became a wolf
- The cheating gambler
- The flight of the last Dogribs
- The shaman of the Yellowknives
- The wise man, story one
- The wise man, story two
- Education
- About fish
- How I made a canoe
- How I tanned a moose hide
- How I hunted beaver.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- American Book Awards, Winner, 2010
- Other Format:
- Online version: Mandeville, François. This is what they say.
- ISBN:
- 9780295989334
- 0295989335
- 9781553654735
- 1553654730
- OCLC:
- 314378252
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