The Life and Traditions of the Red Man

by Nicolar, Joseph; Kolodny, Annette

• ISBN13: 9780822340096
• ISBN10: 0822340097
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-30
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

""The Life and Traditions of the Red Man" is an extraordinary rendering of Eastern Algonquian history, story, and prophecy, self-published in the nineteenth century by a native writer from the northeast coast of the United States. As remarkable as the text was Joseph Nicolar himself, a brilliant and largely self-educated member of the Penobscot tribe who fervently wished to pass on what he could to the younger generations."--Patricia Clark Smith, coauthor of "On the Trail of Elder Brother: Glous'gap Stories of the Micmac Indians"

Table of Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

A Summary History of the Penobscot Nation

Introduction to Joseph Nicolar's 1893 The Life and Traditions of the Red Man

A Note on Nicolar's Text

Joseph Nicolar's The Life and Traditions of the Red Man

Preface

The Creation

Klose-kur-beh's Journey

Meeting his Companions

The Marriage

With the aid of May May, Klose-kur-beh destroyed the Serpent

The Sea Voyage

Klose-kur-beh's hunting

The first mother changed into corn and tobacco

The winter and the seven years famine

The discovery of the frist white man's track

The fish famine

The capture of the white swan and the white spiritual men driven away

The winding up the war with the May-Quays

The grand council established

The arrival and settlement of the white man

Conclusion

Notes to the Nicolar Text

Afterword

Works Consulted and Recommendations for Further Reading

Illustration Credits

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