The Wishing Bone Cycle: Narrative Poems from the Swampy Cree IndiansHoward A. Norman Folk materials of the Cree Indians of central and eastern Canada provide an authentic record of wit and philosophy among tribal cultures. |
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Algonquian animals ashes asked baby beaver began birds called camp canoe caribou coat crows deer dream duck ears elder eyes face feathers feet fire fish flew floating frogs gathered geese girl goose happened hear heard herons Horned Owl Howard Norman hunting ice fishing ice lynx inside jackfish jays JEROME ROTHENBERG Kisewasewinokoko knew Kwenekepesim lake Lake Winnipeg laughing legs listen lived looked loud Manitoba Manitoba Province mataghwan moon moose mud fish muskrat narratives night Nisekooku noises orphan paddle poems ptarmigan rain rocks shouted sing skunk sleep snow snakes squirrel stick stopped stuck Swampy Cree tail talk tell things thought told took tree trick trout trying Tuminisku turtle Twemoostiukao village voice waited walking watched weasel Wepoostikuk Wichikapache wife wind Windigo wings winter Wishing Bone woke Wolverine wolves young
References to this book
Living Sideways: Tricksters in American Indian Oral Traditions Franchot Ballinger Limited preview - 2006 |