Ojibwe stories from the Upper Berens River A. Irving Hallowell and Adam Bigmouth in conversation / edited and with an introduction by Jennifer S. H. Brown.
| Author/creator | Bigmouth, Adam |
| Other author | Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974. |
| Other author | Brown, Jennifer S. H., 1940- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press ; co-published with the American Philosophical Society, [2018] |
| Description | xxxiii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | A. Irving Hallowell and Adam Bigmouth in conversation |
| Series | New visions in Native American and Indigenous studies |
| Contents | Map of the world of Adam Bigmouth -- Prologue: Little Grand Rapids, 1932: Adam declines to conjure -- Boyhood memories -- Working for the Hudson's Bay Company -- Dream experiences -- Curing, helping, love medicine, and an old man's jealousy -- Northern Barred Owl, man of many powers -- Gender, power, and the problematics of incest -- The challenges and risks of being female -- Bad medicine and old men's threats -- Starvation threatened and real -- Encounters and contests with windigos -- Human beings made into windigos -- The curing of windigos -- The costs of mockery and cruelty -- Magical medicines and powers -- Afterword: cousins and connections, power and succession, seeking life. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-179) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017017420 |
| ISBN | 9781496202253 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |