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UNINA9910826654003321 |
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Autore |
Beardslee Lois |
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Titolo |
Lies to live by / / Lois Beardslee |
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East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-62895-197-4 |
0-87013-890-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (152 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ojibwa Indians - Social life and customs |
Ojibwa Indians |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; Introduction; Lies to Live By; Dibawjimot, the Storyteller; Minan; Keepers of the Water; Sneaking Up on a Fish; Big Water; Ice; The Origins of the First Ice Fishing Shanty; Inhaling the Night; Birch Bark Biting; Bebookwedagaminh; Dreamcatchers; In Pursuit of Shiigun, the Bass; Chiibii Tag; Siisagwad; Charlie's Bundle; Manaboozhou and the Ducks; The Devil's Chair; Fine Weather for Painting; Niimik Niigik; Why Are You Sleeping on a Nice Day Like This?; Don't Judge a Book By its Cover; Fins; Indian Mission Church; That Wonderful Thing; The Winona Dilemma; Calm Days; One End of the Boat |
Fried EggsThe Little People of the North Woods; The Storeroom; My Favorite Fish; The Drum; Superior's Gifts; The Log; Biboon; Fog Paints the Landscape; The Trout Lake; Manaboozhou's Basket; The Michikiniibigag; Laundry Day; Flowers and Kisses; Flying Pigs; Shampoo Soup; Quiet Time; When Stones Walk the Earth |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Lies To Live By brings together two selections of stories by Ojibwe storyteller Lois Beardslee. "Lies to Live By," a series of interdependent tales, reflects the storyteller's role in interpreting traditional stories for contemporary audiences, while preserving traditions based not in mysticism but in pragmatism. In "Calm Days," three generations-the narrator, her grandfather, and her son-spend a week together on a remote island during the course of which they demonstrate the continuity of Ojibwe life. Together these stories weave the |
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