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| Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Kaneuketat, d. 1994. I dreamed the animals. New York : Berghahn Books, 2009 (OCoLC)755054264 |
| Named Person: | Kaneuketat; Kaneuketat |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Kaneuketat; Georg Henriksen |
| ISBN: | 9781845454890 1845454898 |
| OCLC Number: | 180755118 |
| Language Note: | Includes some text in Innu-aimun. |
| Description: | 336 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- The day I became a hunter -- Kauitatikumat : the boy who married a caribou -- Gifts from the animal spirits -- The shaking tent, Mishtapeu and the shaman -- The power of myths -- The elders always found a way to find animals -- Atshen and the shaman -- The myth of Aiasheu -- To travel alone is dangerous -- The myth of Mehutshu -- Meminiteu and Atshen -- I dreamed the animals -- Impact with no return -- Atsheniss and the shaman -- Kuekuatsheu made the world -- Only priests and God keep records -- Tshiushuass -- Innu-white relations : from mutual respect to mistrust -- Alcohol didn't solve my problems -- I wanted to die -- Some anthropological reflections. |
| Responsibility: | Georg Henriksen. |
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Abstract:
This is Kaniuekutat's book. In it, he tells the story of his life and that of Innu culture in the northern parts of Labrador. The pages of this book are filled with the voice of Kaniuekutat giving his account of an Innu hunter's life and the problems and distress that have been caused by sedentarization and village life.
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Through his own life story, Kaniuekutat speaks to many issues of importance facing the Innu in contemporary times, with an eye on tradition and the lessons of the past - A valuable text for students of anthropology, Native studies, and history.A" * Choice Read more...
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- Kaneuketat, -- -1994.
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- Naskapi Indians -- Hunting.
- Naskapi Indians -- Social life and customs.
- Caribou hunting -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Social life and customs.
- Innu -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador -- Biography.
- Kaneuketat, -- m. 1994.
- Innu (Indiens) -- Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador -- Labrador -- Biographies.
- Innu (Indiens) -- Biographies.
- Naskapi (Indiens) -- Chasse.
- Naskapi (Indiens) -- Moeurs et coutumes.
- Caribou -- Chasse -- Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador.
- Labrador (T.-N.-L.) -- Moeurs et coutumes.
- Labrador (T.-N.-L.) -- Biographies.
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