Ojibwe Stories from the Upper Berens River : A. Irving Hallowell and Adam Bigmouth in Conversation.
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- text
- computer
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- 9781496204486
- 977.00497333 23
- E99.C6 .O353 2018
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Glossary of Ojibwe Personal Names Appearing in the Text -- Map of the World of Adam Bigmouth -- Prologue -- 1. Boyhood Memories -- 2. Working for the Hudson's Bay Company -- 3. Dream Experiences -- 4. Curing, Helping, Love Medicine, and an Old Man's Jealousy -- 5. Northern Barred Owl, Man of Many Powers -- 6. Gender, Power, and Incest -- 7. The Challenges and Risks of Being Female -- 8. Bad Medicine and Old Men's Threats -- 9. Starvation Threatened and Real -- 10. Encounters and Contests with Windigos -- 11. Human Beings Made into Windigos -- 12. The Curing of Windigos -- 13. The Costs of Mockery and Cruelty -- 14. Magical Medicines and Powers -- Afterword -- References -- Index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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