Ellen Smallboy : glimpses of a Cree woman's life

Type

Book

Authors

Regina Flannery ( Flannery, Regina )

ISBN 10

0773513698

ISBN 13

9780773513693

Tags

Ellen Smallboy 1853-1941, Cree -- James Bay Region (Ont. and Quebec) -- Biography, Cree -- James Bay Region (Ont. and Quebec) -- History, Indigenous peoples -- James Bay Region (Ont. and Quebec) -- Biography, Indigenous peoples -- James Bay Region (Ont. and Quebec) -- History, Cree

Abstract

"Flannery recounts Smallboy's childhood at Lake Kesagami, her father's early death and the effect of this tragedy, her marriage to Simon Smallboy and move to French River, and her old age at Moose Factory. Through Smallboy's anecdotes and episodes in her life, long-vanished values and norms of Cree society are illustrated and recorded. A concise history of European contact with James Bay Cree by John Long and a summary of literature on the Cree of Moose Factory and James Bay by Laura Peers place Smallboy's life in historical context."--Amazon.

Description

xvii, 104 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Biblio Notes

Contents:
Illustrations
Foreword
Preface
Meeting Ellen
Ellen's Early Days at Kesagami
Married Life on French Creek
Old Age at Moose Factory
Perspectives on Ellen's Life
Revisiting Moose Factory, 1985
Historical Context
Literature on the Cree of James Bay Suggestions for Further Reading
Afterword
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.

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