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Ojibwe stories from the Upper Berens River : A. Irving Hallowell and Adam Bigmouth in conversation / edited and with an introduction by Jennifer S.H. Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bigmouth, Adam, author.
- Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974, author.
- Series:
- New visions in Native American and indigenous studies
- New visions in Native American and Indigenous studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bigmouth, Adam--Family.
- Bigmouth, Adam.
- Ojibwa Indians--Folklore.
- Ojibwa Indians.
- Manitoba--Berens River Valley.
- Ojibwa Indians--History.
- History.
- Ojibwa Indians--Manitoba--Berens River Valley--Biography.
- Berens River (First Nation)--History.
- Berens River (First Nation).
- Ojibwa mythology.
- Genre:
- Folklore.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiii, 188 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illlustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- A. Irving Hallowell and Adam Bigmouth in conversation
- Place of Publication:
- [Lincoln] : co-published by The University of Nebraska Press and the American Philosophical Society, [2018]
- Contents:
- Map of the world of Adam Bigmouth
- Prologue: Little Grand Rapids, 1932: Adam declines to conjure
- Boyhood memories
- Working for the Hudson's Bay Company
- Dream experiences
- Curing, helping, love medicine, and an old man's jealousy
- Northern Barred Owl, man of many powers
- Gender, power, and the problematics of incest
- The challenges and risks of being female
- Bad medicine and old men's threats
- Starvation threatened and real
- Encounters and contests with windigos
- Human beings made into windigos
- The curing of windigos
- The costs of mockery and cruelty
- Magical medicines and powers
- Afterword: cousins and connections, power and succession, seeking life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Bigmouth, Adam. Ojibwe stories from the Upper Berens River.
- ISBN:
- 9781496202253
- 1496202252
- OCLC:
- 995847155
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