Legends from the forest

Type
Book
Authors
Thomas Fiddler ( Fiddler, Thomas )
James R. Stevens ( Stevens, James R. )
 
ISBN 10
0920806643 
ISBN 13
9780920806647 
Category
General Library Collection  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
1985 
Publisher
Pages
109 
Subject
Indigenous peoples -- Northern Ontario -- Folklore 
Abstract
"Collection of stories told primarily by Chief Thomas Fiddler of the Sucker clan at Big Sandy Lake. The legends reflect a tradition of life in the boreal forest prior to the introduction of Judaeo-Christian concepts of life. Illustrations are by six well-known native artists."--WorldCat.org. 
Description
109 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. 
Biblio Notes
Contents:
Weesakayjac, his little brother Wolf, and the flood
Weesakayjac and the return of Summer
Weesakayjac gives birth
On killing moose
The bearchild
Crow visits the North Wind
The white crow
Asamojamekum steals a Sandy Lake woman
Lynxhead kills a Little Grand trapper
The old man from Big Trout Lake
Wahpeekeeneeseewhy defeats the bee
Pascan takes a wife
Death at Snake Hill
Charles Goodman calls up the wind
Young Lad and Man Always Sitting duel with the Little Grand shaman
Young Lad attacked by Yorkboat men
Young Lad's daughter gets killed
Young Lad under attack
Young Lad decides to die
Man Always Sitting married a Little Grand woman
Man Always Sitting, the beaver hunter
Man Always Sitting travels with Bo-kwatch-ikway
Man Always Sitting, the beaver hunter
Man Always Sitting leads the Wabino ceremony
Marten cures Thomas Fiddler
When Marten wasn't around
Marten performs for the Hudson's Bay trader
Marten cures his brother
Marten, the old beaver trapper
Solomon Wagan killed by a bear
Francis Meekis attacked by a bear
Thomas Fiddler calls up a wolf pack
The wolves steal the beaver
Wolves after beaver.  
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