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They Knew Both Sides of Medicine

Cree Tales of Curing and Cursing Told by Alice Ahenakew
  • Translated by: and
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2000

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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.

Author / Editor information

Wolfart H.C. :

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

Ahenakew Freda :

Freda Ahenakew (1932–2011), founding Director of the Saskatchewan Indian Languages Institute, earned her MA in Cree linguistics at the University of Manitoba. In 1997 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Saskatchewan. She was made a member of the Order of Canada in 1998.

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“An amazing book . . . while Alice Ahenakew is talking, you want the stories to just keep coming.”

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    Front Matter

    i
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    Contents

    v
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    Preface

    vii
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    Case Histories of Living Practice

    1
    H.C. Wolfart
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  • Anglican Priest and Cree Healer
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    Coping with a Windigo and the Great Epidemic

    32
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    Courtship and Marriage

    44
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    A Tour of England

    52
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    The Priest's Bear Medicine

    62
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  • Strange New World
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    Good Times in a Hard Life

    84
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    A Throw-away Society

    92
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    An Ungodly Smell

    94
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    Facing the Other

    96
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  • Powers of Good and Evil
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    Escaping a Windigo and Starvation

    104
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    Seeking Refuge

    112
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    A Dreadful Curse (First Telling)

    120
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    A Dreadful Curse (Second Telling)

    130
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    Commentary and Notes

    141
    H.C. Wolfart
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    Cree-English Glossary

    191
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    Glossary

    193
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    English Index to the Glossary

    239
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    Index

    241
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November 22, 2000
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9780887553103
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