They Knew Both Sides of Medicine

Cree Tales of Curing and Cursing Told by Alice Ahenakew
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-88755-649-4
Verlag: University of Manitoba Press

Buch, Englisch, 332 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 231 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Algonquian Text Society

Born in 1912, Alice Ahenakew was brought up in a traditional Cree community in north-central Saskatchewan. As a young woman, she married Andrew Ahenakew, a member of the prominent Saskatchewan family, who later became an Anglican clergyman and a prominent healer. Alice Ahenakew's personal reminiscences include stories of her childhood, courtship and marriage, as well as an account of the 1928 influenza epidemic an encounters with a windigo.

The centrepiece of this book is the fascinating account of Andrew Ahenakews bear vision, through which he received healing powers. Written in original Cree text with a full English translation, They Knew both Sides of Medicine also includes an introduction discussing the historical background of the narrative and its style and rhetorical structure, as well as a complete Cree-English glossary.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Wolfart, H C

Ahenakew, Freda

Über Autor(innen)

H.C. Wolfart is University Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at the University of Manitoba, Canada.

Freda Ahenakew, formerly Director of the Saskatchewan Indian Languages Institute, earned her M.A. in Cree linguistics at the University of Manitoba, Canada. In 1997 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.