Âh-âyîtaw isi ê-kî-kiskêyihtahkik maskihkiy: They knew both sides of medicine : Cree tales of curing and cursing
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Main Author: Ahenakew, Alice (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Cree
Published: Winnipeg, Man. University of Manitoba Press 2000
Series:Publications of the Algonquian Text Society
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references
"Born in 1912, Mrs. Alice Ahenakew grew up in a traditional Cree community in north-central Saskatchewan. As a young woman, she married Andrew Ahenakew, a member of the prominent Saskatchewan family, who later became a well-known Anglican priest and Cree healer." "Mrs. Ahenakew's personal reminiscences include stories of her childhood, courtship and marriage, as well as an account of the 1918 influenza epidemic and encounters with a windigo. The centrepiece of this book is the fascinating account of the bear vision to which the Rev. Andrew Ahenakew owed his healing powers. Mrs. Ahenakew concludes with the story of an old woman's curse and its terrifying results." "This book presents Mrs. Ahenakew's original Cree text along with a full English translation. It also includes an introduction discussing the historical background of the narrative and its style and rhetorical structure, as well as a complete Cree-English glossary."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 314 p.)
ISBN:0887553109
0887556493
0887564933
9780887553103
9780887556494
9780887564932

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