They Knew Both Sides of Medicine: Cree Tales of Curing and Cursing Told By Alice Akenakew (Publications of the Algonquian Text Soci)
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ISBN 10
0887556493
ISBN 13
9780887556494
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Book
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Publication Year
2000
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Pages
332
Description
Born in 1912, Alice Ahenakew was brought up in a traditional Cree community in north-central Saskatchewan. As a young woman, she married Andrew Ahenakew, a member of the prominent Saskatchewan family, who later became an Anglican clergyman and a prominent healer. Alice Ahenakew's personal reminiscences include stories of her childhood, courtship and marriage, as well as an account of the 1928 influenza epidemic an encounters with a windigo. The centrepiece of this book is the fascinating account of Andrew Ahenakew's bear vision, through which he received healing powers. Written in original Cree text with a full English translation, They Knew both Sides of Medicine also includes an introduction discussing the historical background of the narrative and its style and rhetorical structure, as well as a complete Cree-English glossary. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
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Main | 2513 | 1 | Yes |