03098nam 2200565 a 450 991045739770332120200520144314.01-62895-197-40-87013-890-1(CKB)2550000000066044(EBL)1768427(SSID)ssj0000646540(PQKBManifestationID)11432922(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000646540(PQKBWorkID)10703919(PQKB)11664867(MiAaPQ)EBC3338141(OCoLC)606975948(MdBmJHUP)muse12697(Au-PeEL)EBL3338141(CaPaEBR)ebr10514530(EXLCZ)99255000000006604420021108d2003 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrLies to live by[electronic resource] /Lois BeardsleeEast Lansing Michigan State University Pressc20031 online resource (152 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87013-663-1 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 BoatFried 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 EarthLies 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 contemporary and the traditional to show how cultural diveOjibwa IndiansSocial life and customsOjibwa IndiansFolkloreElectronic books.Ojibwa IndiansSocial life and customs.Ojibwa Indians398.2/089/973Beardslee Lois858672MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457397703321Lies to live by1916749UNINA