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9781551115801

Telling Our Stories

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  • ISBN13:

    9781551115801

  • ISBN10:

    1551115808

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-08-15
  • Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr Higher education
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Summary

Since the 1970s, Louis Bird, a distinguished Aboriginal storyteller and historian, has been recording the stories and memories of Omushkego (Swampy Cree) communities along western Hudson and James Bays. In nine chapters, he presents some of the most vivid legends and historical stories from his collection, casting new light on his people's history, culture, and values. Working with the editors and other contributors to provide background and context for the stories, he illuminates their many levels of meaning and brings forward the value system and world-view that underlie their teachings. Students of Aboriginal culture, history, and literature will find that this is no ordinary book of stories compiled from a remote, disconnected voice, but rather a project in which the teller, deeply engaged in preserving his people's history, language, and values, is committed to bringing his listeners and readers as far along the road to understanding as he possibly can.

Table of Contents

An Omushkego storyteller and his bookp. 33
A quotation story : "It must be your thigh bone that you hear"p. 55
"Now, the question of creation" : stories about beginnings and the world before we camep. 59
Introductionp. 59
Giant animalsp. 66
Mi-she-shek-kak (the giant skunk)p. 69
Creator talks to the animals about the emergence of the humansp. 78
E-hepp. 81
Mi-te-wi-win : stories of shamanism and survivalp. 87
Introductionp. 87
The dream quest and Mi-te-wi-winp. 91
Guidance and instruction from an older relativep. 92
Dream questp. 92
Extra senses - mind powerp. 97
Mi-te-wak fightsp. 100
Introduction to the shaking tentp. 103
The shaking tentp. 104
Mi-tew power : stories of shamanic showdownsp. 107
Introductionp. 107
The legend of We-mis-shooshp. 107
The young orphan boy defeats a powerful and feared Mi-tewp. 124
Omens, mysteries, and first encountersp. 133
Introductionp. 133
The Omushkego captive and the Na-to-way-wak : a remarkable escapep. 143
Omens, mysteries, and first encounters with Europeansp. 146
"I cannot have anything from these We-mis-ti-go-si-wak"p. 147
"In the memory of the Wikeson I-skwe-o"p. 149
Cha-ka-pesh and the sailorsp. 152
Strangers on Akimiski Island : helping a grounded shipp. 157
Wa-pa-mo-win, the mirrorp. 160
"The wailing clouds" (Pa-so-way-yan-nask Chi-pe-ta-so-win)p. 163
Introductionp. 163
The wailing cloudsp. 169
Arrows and thunder sticks : technologies old and newp. 189
Introductionp. 189
On firearms and archeryp. 196
Mi-te-wi-win versus Christianity : Grand Sophia's storyp. 209
Introductionp. 209
Grand Sophia's near-death experiencep. 212
Conclusion : problems and hopesp. 225
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