Mind's eye : stories from Whapmagoostui

Mind's eye : stories from Whapmagoostui / compiled and edited by Susan Marshall & Emily Masty.

Based on over two decades of extensive interviews, Mind's Eye documents the stories told by eighteen Cree elders in Whapmagoostui, a mixed community of Cree, Inuit, and non-Natives, located on the eastern shore of Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Great Whale River in northern Quebec. From testimo...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Marshall, Susan, 1951- (Editor), Masty, Emily (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oujé-Bougoumou, Québec : Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute, 2013.
Subjects:
Cree Indians > History.
Cree Indians > Québec (Province) > Poste-de-la-Baleine.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Cree Indians
Poste-de-la-Baleine (Québec) > History.
Québec > Poste-de-la-Baleine
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Forword : Homage to a hunter
  • A note about names
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction : the Îyiyiu
  • Power and survival
  • 1. Lady spirit of the caribou
  • Power and protection
  • 2. Whitemen, bogeymen and war bosses
  • 3. A fragile peace
  • 4. The life and times of Kâ Mitâwit and Kâwîpâschikâtâshit
  • Swept Away
  • 5. Mistwâhtin
  • 6. From hunters to fishers
  • 7. In memoriam
  • 8. The kindness of others
  • Epilogue : taking charge.

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