Algonquian Spirit: Contemporary Translations of the Algonquian Literatures of North America

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Contents Introduction xi Brian Swann part 1 East 1 The Tale of a Hoax: Translating the Walam Olum 3 David M. Oestreicher eastern seaboard community Fair Warning 42 Alex MacKenzie Hargrave lenape The Arrival of the Whites 49 Jim Rementer Told by Captain Pipe, Willie Longbone, Bessie Snake, and Nora Thompson Dean munsee The Delaware Creation Story 62 John Bierhorst Told by John Armstrong passamaquoddy Two Animal Stories 72 Robert M. Leavitt and Jennifer Andrews Written by Lewis Mitchell Translated by Robert M. Leavitt Social and Ceremonial Songs 84 Ann Morrison Spinney Sung by Blanche Sockabason, Wayne A. Newell, Joseph A. Nicholas, and Lewis Mitchell Translated by Wayne A. Newell, Joseph A. Nicholas, and David A. Francis maliseet Traditions of Koluskap, the Culture Hero 99 Philip S. LeSourd Told by Peter Lewis Paul Translated by Philip S. LeSourd mi’kmaq The Great Fire 112 Franziska von Rosen Told by Michael William Francis Translated by Lorne Simon part 2 Central 119 naskapi Two Wolverine Stories 121 Julie Brittain and Marguerite MacKenzie Told by John Peastitute Translated by Julie Brittain, Alma Chemaganish, Philip Einish, Marguerite MacKenzie, and Silas Nabinicaboo ojibwe Waabitigweyaa, the One Who Found the Anishinaabeg First 159 Jennifer S. H. Brown and Roger Roulette Told by Charlie George Owen (Omishoosh) Translated by Roger Roulette The Origin of War 170 J. Randolph Valentine Told by Waasaagoneshkang Translated by J. Randolph Valentine That Way We Should Be Walking 185 Mary Magoulick Told by Oogima Ikwe potawatomi Three Tales 201 Laura Buszard-Welcher Told by Alice Spear and Jim Spear Translated by Laura Buszard-Welcher eastern cree Louse and Wide Lake 215 Richard J. Preston Told by George Head Translated by Gerti Diamond Murdoch A Pair of Hero Stories 230 Susan M. Preston Told by John Blackned Translated by Anderson Jolly omushkego (swampy cree) Omushkego Legends from Hudson Bay 247 Paul W. DePasquale Told and Recorded by Louis Bird (Pennishish) Transcribed by Paul W. DePasquale miami-illinois and shawnee Culture-Hero and Trickster Stories 292 David J. Costa Told by George Finley, Elizabeth Vallier, and an Unknown Shawnee Speaker Translated by David J. Costa meskwaki Winter Stories 320 Ives Goddard Written by Sakihtanohkweha and Charley H. Chuck Translated by Ives Goddard Three Winter Stories 368 Lucy G. Thomason Written by Maggie Morgan, Pearl Leaf, and an Unknown Author Translated by Lucy G. Thomason menominee The Origin of the Spirit Rock 411 Marianne Milligan Told by Charles Dutchman (Naehcīwetok) Translated by Marianne Milligan part 3 West 429 plains cree Pine Root 431 Stan Cuthand Written and Translated by Stan Cuthand arapaho Ghost Dance Songs 448 Jeffrey D. Anderson Translated by Jeffrey D. Anderson Three Stories 472 Andrew Cowell Told by Richard Moss Translated by Andrew Cowell and Alonzo Moss Sr. blackfeet Scarface 495 Theresa Schenck Written and Translated by Pauline Running Crane cheyenne The Rolling Head 501 Wayne Leman Told by Laura Rockroads Translated by Wayne Leman and Josephine Stands in Timber Glenmore Contributors 511 Index 523 ...