Ottawa Stories from the Springs : Anishinaabe dibaadjimowinan wodi gaa binjibaamigak wodi mookodjiwong e zhinikaadek / translated and edited by Howard Webkamigad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Webkamigad, Howard.

Series:

American Indian studies series (East Lansing, Mich.)

American Indian studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ojibwa language--Texts.

Ottawa Indians--Michigan--Harbor Springs Region--Social life and customs.

Ojibwa Indians--Michigan--Harbor Springs Region--Social life and customs.

Ottawa Indians--Folklore.

Ojibwa Indians--Folklore.

Harbor Springs Region (Mich.)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Sometimes things come to people out of the blue and seemingly for a reason. The Anishinaabe word for this is nigika. The stories contained in this collection reached Howard Webkamigad nearly eighty years after they were recorded, after first being kept in their original copper wire format by the American Philosophical Society and later being converted onto cassettes and held by Dr. James McClurken of Michigan State University. These rich tales, recorded by Anishinaabe people in the Harbor Springs area of Michigan, draw on the legends, fables, trickster stories, parables, and humor of Anishinaabe culture. Reaching back to the distant past but also delving into more recent events, this book contains a broad swath of the history of the Ojibwe/Chippewa, Ottawa, Pottawatomi, Algonkian, Abenaki, Saulteau, Mashkiigowok/Cree, and other groups that make up the broad range of the Anishinaabe-speaking peoples. Provided here are original stories transcribed from Anishinaabe-language recordings alongside Howard Webkamigad's English translations. These stories not only provide a textured portrait of a complex people but also will help Anishinaabe-language learners see patterns in the language and get a sense of how it flows. Featuring side-by-side Anishinaabe/English translations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Note on the Recordings / by James McClurken

Foreword / by Frank Ettawageshik

Introduction, Acknowledgements, and General Comments

Anishinaabemowin Sounds

Long and Short Vowel Sounds

SECTION 1. Nenibozhoo Stories

SECTION 2. Legends and Cultural Stories

SECTION 3. Historical Stories

SECTION 4. Contemporary Stories.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-60917-422-4

OCLC:

908509752