BIRD, LOUIS; GRAY, SUSAN ELAINE [COMPILED, EDITED BY]

The Spirit Lives in the Mind; Omushkego Stories, Lives, and Dreams

Montreal & Kingston London Ithaca, McGill-Queen's University Press 978-07735-3210. (ISBN: 978-07735-3210). 2007. (Mass market paperback) Good. xxi,v [8], 224pp. 8vo. A book of stories, and a lesson book, true to the Omushkego world view. Earthy, sometimes humorous, stories of greed, anger, grief, and general chicanery. Corners lightly bumped; marginalia and underling pencilled throughout. There is staining pages 196-200; that said, all text is legible. Else is clean, bright, tight, solid. Red card wrappers.

Spafford BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 128217

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: Indigenous Stories, Cree, Indigenous Stories 978077353210

BIRD, LOUIS; GRAY, SUSAN ELAINE [COMPILED, EDITED BY]

The Spirit Lives in the Mind; Omushkego Stories, Lives, and Dreams

Montreal & Kingston London Ithaca, McGill-Queen's University Press 978-07735-321-6. (ISBN: 978-07735-321-6). 2007. (Mass market paperback) Fine. xxi,v [8], 224pp. 8vo. Signed by Louis Bird to the title page. A book of stories, and a lesson book, true to the Omushkego world view. Earthy, sometimes humorous, stories of greed, anger, grief, and general chicanery. Related ephemera laid in. Red card wrappers. Fine copy.

Spafford BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 128218

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: Indigenous Stories, Cree, Indigenous Stories 978077353216

Bird, Louis; Jennifer S.H. Brown (Ed.); Paul W. DePasquale; Mark F. Ruml; Roland Buhr; Anne Lindsay; Donna G. Sutherland

Telling Our Stories: Omushkego Legends and Histories from Hudson Bay

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Broadview Press, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. pp. 269. 8vo. Pictorial covers, photographic frontispiece. No detectable flaws, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Since the 1970s, Louis Bird, a distinguished Aboriginal storyteller and historian, has been recording the stories and memories of Omushkego (Swampy Cree) communities along western Hudson and James Bays. In nine chapters, he presents some of the most vivid legends and historical stories from his collection, casting new light on his people’s history, culture, and values. Working with the editors and other contributors to provide background and context for the stories, he illuminates their many levels of meaning and brings forward the value system and world-view that underlie their teachings. Students of Aboriginal culture, history, and literature will find that this is no ordinary book of stories compiled from a remote, disconnected voice, but rather a project in which the teller, deeply engaged in preserving his people's history, language, and values, is committed to bringing his listeners and readers as far along the road to understanding as he possibly can.

Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 3470

Catalogue: Indigenous

Keywords: aboriginal studies; oral history; oral teachings; first nations; native american; indian studies

Bird, Louis; Jennifer S.H. Brown (Ed.); Paul W. DePasquale; Mark F. Ruml; Roland Buhr; Anne Lindsay; Donna G. Sutherland

Telling Our Stories: Omushkego Legends and Histories from Hudson Bay

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, Broadview Press, 2005. First edition. Softcover. pp. 269. 8vo. Pictorial covers, photographic frontispiece. No detectable flaws, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Since the 1970s, Louis Bird, a distinguished Aboriginal storyteller and historian, has been recording the stories and memories of Omushkego (Swampy Cree) communities along western Hudson and James Bays. In nine chapters, he presents some of the most vivid legends and historical stories from his collection, casting new light on his people’s history, culture, and values. Working with the editors and other contributors to provide background and context for the stories, he illuminates their many levels of meaning and brings forward the value system and world-view that underlie their teachings. Students of Aboriginal culture, history, and literature will find that this is no ordinary book of stories compiled from a remote, disconnected voice, but rather a project in which the teller, deeply engaged in preserving his people's history, language, and values, is committed to bringing his listeners and readers as far along the road to understanding as he possibly can.

Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional seller

Book number: 492

Catalogue: Indigenous

Keywords: manitoba history; local history; canadian history; canadiana; native studies; mythology; ethnic studies; indian studies;