Ojibwe stories from the Upper Berens River : A. Irving Hallowell and Adam Bigmouth in conversation

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Brown, Jennifer S. H., 1940- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln, [Nebraska] : University of Nebraska Press : co-published with the American Philosophical Society, 2018.
Series:New visions in Native American and indigenous studies.
Subjects:
Bigmouth, Adam > Family.
Ojibwa Indians > Folklore.
Ojibwa Indians > History.
Ojibwa Indians > Manitoba > Berens River Valley > Biography.
Ojibwa mythology.
Families
Ojibwa Indians
Ojibwa mythology
Berens River (First Nation) > History.
Manitoba > Berens River Valley
Biographies
Folklore
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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