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Author: Robert Alain Brightman
Publisher: Hull, Que. : Canadian Museum of Civilization
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780660107868
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents narratives from different genres of Rock Cree oral literature in northwestern Manitoba accompanied by interpretive and comparative commentary. Collection contains stories of the trickster-transformer Wisahkicahk, animal-human characters, early encounters with Catholicism, etc.
Author: Robert Brightman
Publisher: University of Regina Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780889771956
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1980 by the Canadian Museum of Civilization, this study presents narratives from different genres of Rock Cree oral literature in northwestern Manitoba together with interpretive and comparative commentary. The collection comprises narratives of the trickster-transformer Wisahkicahk, animal-human characters, spirit guardians, the wihtikow or cannibal monster, humorous experiences, sorcery, and early encounters with Catholicism.
Author: George P. Nicholas
Publisher: Burnaby, B.C. : Archaeology Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 324
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 238
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert Brightman
Publisher: Regina : Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina 2002
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780889771376
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGrateful Preyuncovers the interaction between magico-religious ideology and hunting strategies among the Asinskawoiniwak, or Rock Cree, of Northern Manitoba. Brightman maintains that subsistence strategies need to be analyzed in terms of the foragers' own ethnoecological categories and postulates, both sacred and secular, a position which poses a challenge to prevailing ecological and Marxist approaches to foraging societies and strategies. A major contribution to the study of foraging societies.
Author: Toby Elaine Morantz
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780773522992
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDespite becoming increasingly politically and economically dominated by Canadian society, the Crees succeeded in staving off cultural subjugation. They were able to face the massive hydroelectric development of the 1970s with their language, practices, and values intact and succeeded in negotiating a modern treaty."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Marjorie M. Halpin
Publisher: UBC Press
Published: 1980
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 077480288X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSasquatch, Bigfoot, Yeti, the 'Abominable Snowman,' and other manlike creatures have been reported in many cultures throughout history. Now, for the first time, international experts examine arguments for and against their existence.
Author: John Robert Colombo
Publisher: Saskatoon : Western Producer Prairie Books
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 224
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKForty-four passages of fact and fantastic fiction - legends and lore, stories and poems, descriptions and interpretations - concerned with Windigo, the horrible and terrible spirit which haunts Algonkian-speaking Indians of Canada.
Author: George Nelson
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780873513708
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The introduction by Brown and Brightman describes Nelson's career in the fur trade and explains the influences affecting his perception and understanding of Native religions. They also provide a comparative summary of Subarctic Algonquian religion, with emphasis on the beliefs and practices described by Nelson. Stan Cuthand, a Cree Anglican minister, author, and language instructor, who lived in Lac la Ronge in the 1940s, adds a commentary relating Nelson's writing to his own knowledge of Cree religion in Saskatchewan. Emma LaRoque, an author and instructor in Native Studies, presents a Native scholar's perspective on the ethics of publishing historical documents."--Amazon.com.
Author: Germaine Warkentin
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780802081490
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEighteen innovative essays explore not only how the European Renaissance helped form Canada, but also how more significantly the experience of Canada touched the Renaissance and those who first came to the shores of North America.
