{"product_id":"ojibwe-stories-from-the-upper-berens-river-9781496202253","title":"Ojibwe Stories from the Upper Berens River","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOjibwe Stories from the Upper Berens River\u003c\/i\u003e Jennifer S. H. Brown presents the dozens of stories and memories that A. Irving Hallowell recorded from Adam (Samuel) Bigmouth, son of \u003ci\u003eOchiipwamoshiish\u003c\/i\u003e (Northern Barred Owl), at Little Grand Rapids in the summers of 1938 and 1940. The stories range widely across the lives of four generations of Anishinaabeg along the Berens River in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In an open and wide-ranging conversation, Hallowell discovered that Bigmouth was a vivid storyteller as he talked about the eight decades of his own life and the lives of his father, various relatives, and other persons of the past. Bigmouth related stories about his youth, his intermittent work for the Hudson’s Bay Company, the traditional curing of patients, ancestral memories, encounters with sorcerers, and contests with cannibalistic windigos. The stories also tell of vision-fasting experiences, often fraught gender relations, and huntin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Any effort to make archival sources more accessible to the general public should be applauded, and Ojibwe Stories from the Upper Berens River, edited by Jennifer S. H. Brown, is no exception. This text offers readers an opportunity to hear Adam Bigmouth's voice, opinions, and stories, which otherwise may have been lost to time, forgotten in a collection of old notes. It will be of use to scholars in a variety of fields, and it is an important inclusion in academic libraries.\"—Wendy Makoons Geniusz, \u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of Native Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“These stories are not merely interwoven with life situations; they are an integral part of life. This book is an immense contribution to its field. It brings to life the people, practices, and stories that were real and alive one hundred years ago. The stories themselves give extraordinary insights into the daily personal lives of the Berens River Ojibwe.”—Theresa M. Schenck, professor emerita of American Indian studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Ojibwe Journals of Edmund F. Ely, 1833–1849\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“The book’s focus and strength is its very detailed contextualization and annotation of Bigmouth’s tales. . . . It will be of considerable interest and value to specialists in Rupert’s Land ethnography and ethnohistory. It will also be of interest to scholars in history of American anthropology.”—Alice Beck Kehoe, author of \u003ci\u003eNorth America Before the European Invasions, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations    \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments    \u003cbr\u003e Introduction    \u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Ojibwe Personal Names Appearing in the Text    \u003cbr\u003e Map of the World of Adam Bigmouth    \u003cbr\u003e Prologue: Adam Declines to Conjure, 1932    \u003cbr\u003e 1. Boyhood Memories    \u003cbr\u003e 2. Working for the Hudson’s Bay Company    \u003cbr\u003e 3. Dream Experiences    \u003cbr\u003e 4. Curing, Helping, Love Medicine, and an Old Man’s Jealousy    \u003cbr\u003e 5. Northern Barred Owl, Man of Many Powers    \u003cbr\u003e 6. Gender, Power, and Incest    \u003cbr\u003e 7. The Challenges and Risks of Being Female    \u003cbr\u003e 8. Bad Medicine and Old Men’s Threats    \u003cbr\u003e 9. Starvation Threatened and Real    \u003cbr\u003e 10. Encounters and Contests with Windigos    \u003cbr\u003e 11. Human Beings Made into Windigos    \u003cbr\u003e 12. The Curing of Windigos    \u003cbr\u003e 13. The Costs of Mockery and Cruelty    \u003cbr\u003e 14. Magical Medicines and Powers    \u003cbr\u003e Afterword: Cousins and Connections, Power and Succession, Seeking Life    \u003cbr\u003e References    \u003cbr\u003e Index    \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409217331543,"sku":"9781496202253","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496202253.jpg?v=1730505988","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ojibwe-stories-from-the-upper-berens-river-9781496202253","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}