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Âtalôhkâna nêsta tipâcimôwina = Cree legends and narratives from the west coast of James Bay / told by Simeon Scott ... [et al.] ; text and translation edited and with a glossary by C. Douglas Ellis.

Title: Âtalôhkâna nêsta tipâcimôwina = Cree legends and narratives from the west coast of James Bay / told by Simeon Scott ... [et al.] ; text and translation edited and with a glossary by C. Douglas Ellis.
Publication: Winnipeg, Man. : University of Manitoba Press, 1995.

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Description

xxxvi, 554 p. : map; 26 cm. +

Series Statement

Publications of the Algonquian Text Society, 0829-755X

Uniform Title

Publications of the Algonquian Text Society

Alternative Title

Cree legends and narratives from the west coast of James Bay
Cree legends and narratives

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Genre/Form

Folklore
Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Texts

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

Text in Cree (Roman orthography) and in English translation.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Where the first people came from -- The arrival of people here on earth at the very beginning -- How Chahkabesh snared the sun -- Chahkabesh is swallowed by the giant fish -- Chahkabesh and the bears -- Chahkabesh is drawn up by the moon -- The legend of Weesakachahk and the flood -- Weesakechahk and the birds who flew south -- The legend of Ayas -- Mistaganash who is supposed to have ied and then to have risen -- Memishoosh the conjurer -- The windigoes / Simeon Scott.
Chahkabesh reaches for the giant beaver -- Chahkabesh and the giant women -- Chahkabesh snares the sun-- Chahkabesh is swallowed by the giant fish -- Chahkabesh is drawn up by the moon -- Weesakechahkcarried around his song bag -- Weesakechahk tricks the bear -- Weesakechahk flies south with the waveys -- The man who was devoured by rabbits -- The man who was bitten by mosquitos -- The man who kicked away the snow -- About animals kept as pets -- A story about an otter -- About hawks / Xavier Sutherland.
Weesakechahktricks the bear -- Weesakechahk creates an immortal -- Chahkabesh is swallowed by the giant fish / Isaiah Sutherland -- How Ghost River got its name -- Two men meet a polar bear -- A northern blizzard -- A dog-team race / John Wynne -- Moose-hunting on the Kwetabohigan River -- Stuck frozen in a moose-hide -- Beware of the mouse! -- Lost in the bush -- Retrieval of a lost rifle / Joel Linklater -- A job outside / Silas Wesley -- The old days / Hannah Wynne -- A conversation 1 / Gabriel Kiokee and Joel Linklater.
A conversation 2 / Gabriel Kiokee and Joel Linklater -- A converstaion 3 / Gabriel Kiokee and two family guests -- The first airplane comes to Moose Factory / Andres Faries -- How the muskrat got his long, tapered tail -- Why the squirrel has red eyes -- Why the loon's feet are near the tail -- Why the bear has a short tail -- The old days at Moose Factory / Gilbert Faries -- Tanning moose-hide -- The preparation of moss for babies' diapers -- Making rabbit-skin blankets -- Making babiche for snow-shoes -- A favorite dish from whitefish roe -- Weesahkwechahk and the birds, and why the trees have scabs -- Chahkabesh and the giant women / Sophie Gunner.
Snatch of a conversation : to go up-river or not? / Sophie Gunner and James Gunner -- Stories of youthful exploits -- Life in the old days -- People killed and eaten -- More early activities -- Making birch bark canoes / Willie Frenchman -- Mischagalash who is supposed to have dies and then to have risen -- The Bushman -- Childhood memories -- A fight between a whiskey-jack and a mouse / Hannah Loon -- A conversation / Hannah Loon and Ellen McLeod -- Why the water in James Bay is salt / John Carpenter.

ISBN

0887551599 :
0887551637 (cassettes)

LCCN

cn^94920203^

OCLC

31171552
SCSB-12383730

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Harvard Library