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Author: Albert D. DeBlois
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Published: 1991-01-01
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 1772822817
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection of Micmac texts includes an oral history of the arrival of the first Europeans on the shores of Cape Breton, a ghost story and a tale of the hero Gluscap.
Author: Albert D. DeBlois
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Published: 1996-01-01
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1772822957
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Micmac Dictionary derives from texts and anecdotes collected over the past thirty-five years from speakers of Micmac in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Quebec. It consists of a Micmac/English section with 7,850 Micmac entries with their English equivalents and a comprehensive English/Micmac keyword index.
Author: Silas Tertius Rand
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Published: 1875
Total Pages: 252
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Anne-Christine Hornborg
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-07-22
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 1317096215
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book seeks to explore historical changes in the lifeworld of the Mi'kmaq Indians of Eastern Canada. The Mi'kmaq culture hero Kluskap serves as a key persona in discussing issues such as traditions, changing conceptions of land, and human-environmental relations. In order not to depict Mi'kmaq culture as timeless, two important periods in its history are examined. Within the first period, between 1850 and 1930, Hornborg explores historical evidence of the ontology, epistemology, and ethics - jointly labelled animism - that stem from a premodern Mi'kmaq hunting subsistence. New ways of discussing animism and shamanism are here richly exemplified. The second study situates the culture hero in the modern world of the 1990s, when allusions to Mi'kmaq tradition and to Kluskap played an important role in the struggle against a planned superquarry on Cape Breton. This study discusses the eco-cosmology that has been formulated by modern reserve inhabitants which could be labelled a 'sacred ecology'. Focusing on how the Mi'kmaq are rebuilding their traditions and environmental relations in interaction with modern society, Hornborg illustrates how environmental groups, pan-Indianism, and education play an important role, but so does reserve life. By anchoring their engagement in reserve life the Mi'kmaq traditionalists have, to a large extent, been able to confront both external and internal doubts about their authenticity.
Author: Alden Nowlan
Publisher: Hantsport, N.S. : Lancelot Press
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 60
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlden Nowlan is one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. Though he earned his living as a journalist, he is perhaps best known as a poet; he won the Governor-General's Award for his collection Bread, Wine, and Salt in 1967. He penned four novels as well as numerous non-fiction books.
Author: Jean Delisle
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 2012-07-05
Total Pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9027273812
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAcclaimed, when it first appeared, as a seminal work – a groundbreaking book that was both informative and highly readable – Translators through History is being released in a new edition, substantially revised and expanded by Judith Woodsworth. Translators have played a key role in intellectual exchange through the ages and across borders. This account of how they have contributed to the development of languages, the emergence of literatures, the dissemination of knowledge and the spread of values tells the story of world culture itself. Content has been updated, new elements introduced and recent directions in translation scholarship incorporated, providing fresh insights and a more nuanced view of past events. The bibliography contains over 100 new titles and illustrations have been refreshed and enhanced. An invaluable tool for students, scholars and professionals in the field of translation, the latest version of Translators through History remains a vital resource for researchers in other disciplines and a fascinating read for the wider public.
Author: Silas Tertius Rand
Publisher: New York ; London : Longmans, Green
Published: 1894
Total Pages: 510
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ruth Holmes Whitehead
Publisher: Halifax : Nova Scotia Museum
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 264
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMajor portion of the work deals with the bark insertion technique. Lavishly illustrated with black and white and colour photographs.
Author: Brian Swann
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 660
ISBN-13: 9780803243002
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGathers stories and songs from thirty-one native groups in North America, including the Inupiaqs, the Lushoots, the Catawbas, and the Maliseets.
Author: Siobhan Senier
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 2014-09-01
Total Pages: 717
ISBN-13: 0803256795
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDawnland Voices calls attention to the little-known but extraordinarily rich literary traditions of New England’s Native Americans. This pathbreaking anthology includes both classic and contemporary literary works from ten New England indigenous nations: the Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Mohegan, Narragansett, Nipmuc, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Schaghticoke, and Wampanoag. Through literary collaboration and recovery, Siobhan Senier and Native tribal historians and scholars have crafted a unique volume covering a variety of genres and historical periods. From the earliest petroglyphs and petitions to contemporary stories and hip-hop poetry, this volume highlights the diversity and strength of New England Native literary traditions. Dawnland Voices introduces readers to the compelling and unique literary heritage in New England, banishing the misconception that “real” Indians and their traditions vanished from that region centuries ago.
